This morning's commute and other commuting stories

Cold snap this morning. Summer gone?

Hedgehogs. How long before one injures a child or a pensioner?

^ not soon enough!

Hedgehogs. How long before one injures a child or a pensioner?

Pricks

ha. revenge of the hedgehogs..

Jeez it was just an observation after watching two cyclist this morning get knock, one from someone run out between buses and one when going through a crossing in green, neither cyclist was going hell for leather. The guy on the crossing kinda saw the cyclist stood still and push him away almost into the path of a motorbike.

Pricks

Nocturnal cunts

Guy on the crossing sounds like a prick. But it doesn't follow on that "peds are the real danger"...

https://youtu.be/IC8RQZK2r8o

Am I correct in thinking that if I hit a ped while at a crossing even though it was green from me I would be in the wrong?

Yes, they are allowed to be there and they are allowed to sprint out from behind stationary traffic etc. It's dumb a shit but not illegal.

Having a bath while being by surrounded by electrical appliances is dumb as shit, but being dumb as shit isn't illegal.

People will try and jump under you front wheel, just don't let it be a thing, do whatever it takes to go around them.

Give yourself space in the lane, taking prime on a road that has parked vehicles is always a good shout to give you time to dodge peds, plus you won't get doored/less chance of getting pulled out on. Also give yourself distance when there is stationary traffic on your side.

I utilise vehicles in places like Westminster Square and Elephant & Castle that have blind corners. I surround myself with metal, peds will still run out into the road but they'll run into the side of a taxi instead of you.

And if you are filtering through stationary traffic just take it easy like you were on a motorbike.

^^^^ "Oi Bruv! U lookin at my worm, com at me?!" EDIT in reply to stevo vid, not antidotes reply.

Saw a couple of deer on the road on the closed section through Roydon last night, they stood quite still until I passed so I got a good gander in.
Was nice to see wildlife 10/10 would startle again.

To the two cunts on road bikes who jumped red lights at Stoke Newington rail station,almost hitting a crossing pedestrian. This is not 1995. Cyclists are integral part of the traffic now. You don't have to prove yourself anymore. The strife is over. Come down to earth.

Had a lovely ride out to staples in merton, google maps showed me a secret path that starts behind a billboard sign near the savercenter and comes out by figges marsh. Was a really nice change and has been added to my list of random cyclepaths.

Going up to Lundun this morning = Mumble grumble Bluddy Headwind meh = 1Hr 20Min 18 Secs.

Coming home this evening = Blimey I'm feeling 'zippy' so lets go for PB commute time = 1Hr 12Min 37 Secs.

Wowwwweeeee, I think I found my 'Sport-Gene' (singular). I 'won' 1st place on a Garmin Segment too, Bwahahahahahaha.

"Gawd bless ya mother nature" :-)

I'm on a low carb high fat diet, and last night I completely stuffed my face with all the cheese in the house, a huge carvery dinner and an unknown but very large quantity of 70% chocolate, to the point where my head and stomach hurt. You know that feeling where you know you've had too much so you have another handful, because then you'll still have had too much and "too much" doesn't sound any worse than "too much" so it must be fine.

Anyway, I got to sleep ok and woke up at 5am feeling full of beans and wanting to bounce up and down on my toes (probably still off my face on caffeine, sugars and other chocolate stimulants) and I have tomorrow off from cycling, so I thought I'd give it some welly on the morning commute and see how fast I can go on the new Selle SMP that allows me some comfort on the drops.

http://www.strava.com/activities/357088256

Dafuq did that happen ? A KOM on the commute, that isn't me. I was fairly lucky with the lights, but no tailwind. It felt like I'd borrowed the legs and metabolism of a much stronger cyclist.

I must eat all of the chocolate again. Or possibly I must misplace my HRM again, so that the high reading doesn't scare me into easing up.

LFGSS. "The home of Commuter Champions"? !

My legs don't arf hurt today, I don't think I'll do this 'sport' thing again unless a huge Ginger Cookie and Cappuccino Coffee at work pre-ride home is not considered doping :)

Oval bike path- what the fuck? It's a hard left and light controlled- no wonder they had a chap stood in the road waving cyclists into the entrance. I will likely never use it.

Yeh, I went through that this morning. Reckon he's got a full time job there?

What was wrong with it before?

indeed. am i correct in my understanding that this +/- 50 metres is the sum total of protected infrastructure on offer for anyone traveling from brixton > waterloo > euston? thanks tfl! you've outdone yourself again

I love riding my bike to work. With a pair of wheels on my back.
AND CUNTS SQUEEZING UP THE INSIDE OF ME WHEN I STOP AT A RED.

Really fun spin to work today.
Recently moved down from 50x16 to 48x17. Hills are easier, flats are fun to spin hard on, much skid silliness on the back streets.

All good until oblivious ped decided to cross on red in Wimbledon because there was no 'traffic' (i.e. no cars, just me). A rather loud "look out" later, and all was well.

This, I thought Oval was fine the way it was before this much confusing bike path.

I used to see this guy all the time on my commute from Victoria station.
I'd normally intersect with his route around Buckingham Palace.
I used to laugh every time I saw him but also had a certain amount of admiration for him.
He would ride an orange Brompton and rock a full face helmet, full finger mountain bike gloves and lots of other bright coloured clothing.
I used to laugh because he looked ridiculous but the admiration came from the fact he would tear it up everywhere. He clearly couldn't handle not being at the front of the pack but did his ride with a certain style you had to like, and laugh at.

In on the train today, seemed unusually quiet and comfortable. Realised at the end of the journey that I'd inadvertently sat in first class.

Would accidentally stick it to THE MAN again

Was passed stupidly close (like 1.5 foot, maximum) on roads that are well wide enough to give me plenty of room; 1 Golf twat, 1 Post office van dickhead (on a 60mph stretch), 1 4x4 shitheadmobile. Given that they can barely look at what's ahead of them I doubt any of them checked their mirrors, but they all recieved warranted gesticulations. Also, surprisingly windy. Otherwise fine 5/10.