This morning's commute and other commuting stories

More like Hoover Dam, given the nature of the product.

So Specualtive Science = we will never know ?

All I know is my shopper with 20" wheels is really fun to ride.

I know what you mean! Been commuting on mine for a while.

Not a commute (because I'm too far) but the irony was not lost on me that the closest pass I had, by far, on my local loop over 25km was a police car.

Mean a little bit of poo sticking out of your bum, like a turtle head.

I ride what is basically a hybrid to work at the moment. Roadies love to overtake me when I'm on this thing, but it's not actually that slow. Cue a middle-aged roadie overtaking me today, just because, then immediately slowing down to leave the road and join an on-pavement cycle lane without indicating. I pointed out that he overtook me pointlessly, and caused me to brake. His retort? "Piss off."

Lovely. We see each other every day. Maybe next time I'll say "Hey, you're the 'piss off' guy. How're you doing?" and see if he remembers.

Brown ingot in his helmet?

Please do!
Or start a daily commute war and start cutting him up and braking hard in front of him. Then tell him to 'piss off' when he gets annoyed.

I'm probably going to continually overtake him wearing normal clothes, on a hybrid, and saying "lovely morning for it" until his head explodes with rage.

Passive aggressive approach. I love it!
Remember to wear flip-flops.

When I went to watch the TdF in Yorkshire I was on my tourer and wearing espadrilles, and I latched on to a group of roadies and chain-ganged along the course. Their looks of contempt fuelled me like no cake ever could...

For the sake of the forum can you film his reaction to, "Hey mate, have you seen that Wiggle advert? Racing bikes look pretty cool"

Alternatively, just sing the Wiggle 'This is how we roll' song in his face until he snaps. I give it 1.5 seconds

Just reading your post made me insanely angry inside.

♫ Because bikes have soul... ♫

All this hybrid talk reminds me - There's a chap I see on my commute (on CS7) riding a hybrid in a super-upright position, his back literally vertical, holding a steady 20-25mph. I kept looking for a motor when I first saw him, but I think he might just be a fucking machine. He never has a bead of sweat on him.

Met a bloke on my commute this morning as we rounded the roundabout off Tower Bridge Rd over to the NKR. He was just bellowing at a car for some minor infringement and I thought he was having a go at me so asked him about it. He was still ranting about stuff when we went along the little bit of cycle lane which cuts off the bottom of the roundabout and joins NKR at a ped/bike crossing. He jumped into the road as a ped lady crossed from the other side and he went all batshit again - this time at her. He'd nearly run into her and thought it was her fault (it was his). So I had a word. We cruised toward elephant while he slagged everyone off. We were quite friendly with each other while I told him he'd have a cardiac if he carried on hating everyone in the vicinity. He agreed and said he should calm down really ... Then went berserk at a van driver attempting a 3pt turn absolutely miles away.

It was a bit sad really. He just saw horror everywhere and was foaming at the mouth every time someone infringed on his life - which was really unfortunate as it was rush hour in London.

Talking about machines, there's a guy I regularly see on an mtb in a similar upright riding position POWERING down Kennington road, it's pretty impressive.

Missed the rain by 10 minutes in both the morning and the evening #Winning

#wetshoesagainstoryofmysummer

On the way home I breathe in a lungful of tree shit, spend five minutes trying to cough it up. When it finally does come up, I'm at the west end of Hackney Rd going East. I learn to my left and spit close the road to get rid of it, as I do I see someone accelerating fast towards me (i'm on Boris Bike), and shout "sorry". He (light singlespeed/fixed, red rapha top, white helmet & shades) then understakes me in the metre between me and the parked cars and calls me a wanker. WTF? I shout back "yes nice undertaking idiot!"
He then shouts back "DON'T SPIT, IT'S DISGUSTING YOU TWAT", then proceeds to spit high into the air at me serval times. Right. Cause that makes sense, call me disgusting then do it at me. He then undercut another rider.

Apart from that, gotta love the Boris Bikes for a chilled ride home.

Hypocrite/10

Didn't know this until now, but it has some verses to it... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJ6p0S5G91Q

If anyone's interested, we could get down to an open mic night and cause some havoc.

Me and my bicycoal. This is how we roll.

Turn up in full Wiggle Sportive Kit, with guitar.

I thought he sang "because bikes we've sold" until I was corrected it was "because bikes have soul" #csb