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Bizarrely he says, "Don't worry, it's not road rage, I just wanted to comment on your cycling, it's good to see someone who knows how to handle their machine; thanks a lot for making those clear signals so I knew exactly what you were going to do next." And I thanked him and we both wished each other a nice day.
Pictures, or no way did that happen!
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Dumping this here because I'm not sure if there's a 'midweek ride' thread.
Finally fitted a new chain to the Fullpro this morning, so went out to the countryside. It involves "Royal" Wootton Bassett, and a couple villages, but mostly A and B roads. It's one of my main stretches for training, with a few hard hills depending on route, and easy to add on distance in 5 mile increments.
I certainly rolled through at least one red light in Bassett, and had to filter on both the inside and outside of a lane, probably to the dismay of the cars that had passed me moments earlier, as they then hit an odd bit of traffic. Then it's over the bridge that's being raised for electrification, and yet again I cycled over, with all the huge signs saying "Cyclists Dismount". The construction guys even politely moved a little out my way so I could carry on unobstructed.
All in all I tried my best to stop at lights, especially the bits of road/gas works on the narrower country lanes. Police cars on the Marlborough road passed surprisingly close. Mostly, it was a no-dick-move ride, with the occasional naughty bit to avoid unclipping or stopping fully.
After tailing a learner most of the last 3 miles, and having a van stuck behind me, I pulled in home. As I had a quick stretch on the driveway, the white van driver had done a u-turn, parked at the end of the drive and was walking toward me.
Bizarrely he says, "Don't worry, it's not road rage, I just wanted to comment on your cycling, it's good to see someone who knows how to handle their machine; thanks a lot for making those clear signals so I knew exactly what you were going to do next." And I thanked him and we both wished each other a nice day.
Overall tired legs since the Cotswold sportive, sporadic rain shower, insane strong headwinds, and only one section of tailwind, 1,789ft elevation gain, 42.46 miles, average moving 17.1mph, max 36.5mph (just before a pothole-ridden section downhill) in 02:33:45. Felt slow, but quite okay.