This morning's commute and other commuting stories

I saw one on the way home last night. They guy was riding like a tool and had the worst techno blaring out of a speaker attached to it. so shit.

Because if you're going to get batteries to do the work, what's the point of the fat tyres on the road? You're just having to charge the batteries more or have reduced speed or duration. The dude was wearing a suit so it's not like he was rippin' some trails.

I'm inclined to advise keep your wife safe and off the roads. Where's the pleasure in what she's experiencing? She's probably frightened for you too now. I went through similar with my wife. And now she doesn't ever ride in London and that makes us both happy. But a little bit sad too.

Today's commute. Down 12 stairs and across 20 grassy steps to the pool.
Dodged right around a dozy scorpion, and did a sharp left into the deep end.

Morocco. 10/10

I got my girlfriend into riding around London. It took a while to build up her confidence and now she hates getting public transport anywhere but she did nearly pack it in once when she was stopped in traffic and someone on the other side of the road who wanted to turn where she was stood waiting took exception to her being in the way, leant on their horn, called her a cunt and said they'd run her over and kill her. All the while she hadn't said a word, had nowhere to move even if she wanted to and was just patiently waiting in a line of traffic.

Getting prepped for Italy. Found scuba fins for £2.50, snorkel for free, just need a mask and I'd ready to doggy paddle my way to the coffee shop.

Ah death threats, perfectly acceptable when you're sat behind the wheel of a car.

Not had death threats but I've been spat on three times just for being somewhere I'm totally within my rights to. Two hit my face full on which was so fucking disgusting albeit pretty good aiming skills.

How does someone get spat on 3 times? I've never been spat on in my life

been snot rocketed twice by cat 1 lycramuters on the same bit of the CS7.

presumably mucus weighs a lot.

Almost got spat on the other day by a slow roadie type thinking nobody would overtake him as he spat.

In unrelated news, this morning coming up to a set of traffic lights, its on green but traffic backed up and aint moving. I'm filtering on the left as theres a good metre and a half gap.
As I get to the line at the junction, the light changes to yellow. I'm already moving and it changes when I'm crossing already so I'm going through. Woman who was sat stationary behind the line decides now is her time to move so decides that she's not waiting to go straight ahead any more and instead will suddenly turn left through the amber light without indicating, whilst I'm level with the front wing of her car having come up the side and passed most of her car, presumably unnoticed. I stepped on the pedals to jump forward and missed being left hooked by must have been an inch. I looked back and she just put her hand up to say sorry.
Lady you're driving a 2 tonne range rover and you were a tenth of a second away from killing or seriously injuring a person because you made a late decision after not paying attention. A wave is not good enough.

Good point! I hadn't thought of it that way, actually.

Three separate incidents. Twice by moving vehicles along the chelsea embankment (as far as I recall) and once by a ped that didn't like the fact I was using the segregated cycle highway near Southwark Station as they wanted to cross. Utterly repulsive behavior and made me have to pull over and wretch.

Have fun.....

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Go on then, I'll be the one to say it:

Wearing one of what? I don't see anything

Army issued camo kevlar helmet

Sometimes pics don't appear, I think it's relates to adblocker stuff. Happened to me on the firefox.

@MetalMelly thanks, but give it a week and I'm more like a gammon steak with sunglasses on.

Sometimes pics don't appear, I think it's relates to adblocker stuff. Happened to me on the firefox.

Ha, my camo joke reference hit the tumbleweed factory

@dubtap

Only with some. Some of us thought about the joke and after failing to make ourselves chuckle, didn't post.

Only with some. Some of us thought about the joke and after failing to make ourselves chuckle, didn't post.

sad "Okay." meme

......oh

I got a good laugh out of it and showed my flatmate who equally pissed himself haha