This morning's commute and other commuting stories

It's happened to me, ended up with a lot of road rash and my house key sticking out of my leg.

Hassle. Much easier to get your lbs to 'write off' the frame - not that I would ever ever ever condone doing this. Ever.

I'm not saying it's impossible I'm saying it's not the most common cause of chain droppage.

I've done it on a BMX. Missed a couple of days at school from not being able to walk.

You only get a replacement though. I got 10x the replacement cost. Hassle = Cashle

It shows.

You're just jealous you were never 'rad'.

Hippy still walks funny?

To the nobber bellowing at peds in general as he went past Smithfields - no one could understand your ravings.

Probably @fussballclub

That was cheap joke for easy laughs.

Sorry Ludwig.

When has that stopped anyone?

Called a 'jerk' by another cyclist this morning - uncalled for, but did enjoy the PG-rated insult.

Has anyone encountered the cyclist somewhere between brixton and fulham, who rides an e-bike and rides along shouting like a nutter. I typically encounter him turning from brixton hill into acre lane then going across the top of clapham common.

He always dismounts at red lights and run through while shouting incomprehensible abuse and also a joyous 'woooo'. I've also seen him go completely ballistic at other road users for the smallest infractions. This morning i passed him going the opposite way after he RLJ and he looked at me a shouted 'neurosis'.

Moto down on Uxbridge Road in Ealing Broadway this morning.

Ask him if he's tried turning it off and on again.

Proper frosty. And frozen puddles are a lol I'd forgotten about.
unclips at the next lot post sharty moment

Witnessed a staggeringly idiotic movement by a cyclist this morning that I really wish I caught on camera.

T-Junction on New Oxford Street which goes east-west, with a road joining from the south. East-west lights are red, and green for the south road where a bus is emerging and turning east.

Bloke on a full suspension mountain bike jumps the lights from the west travelling east and undertakes the bus as it's basically turning into him. Bus slams on the anchors to avoid crushing him against some railings, and bus driver looks incredulous as the guy carries on squeezing himself through the tiny gap and rides off as if nothing happened.

Most RLJers live in a world where only they exist. Everything else is a video game/inconvenience (until something happens to them).

This morning i passed him going the opposite way after he RLJ and he
looked at me a shouted 'neurosis'.

Obviously a master of understatement.

And when it happens to them they blame the other party instantly. people = fuckers

At the Brixton Road traffic lights at the oval/A3 junction heading north... we are all queued in the cycle lane waiting for green... a twat in a mask heads right down the outside and as the lights change he pushes in awkwardly and clips the curb and stacks it.
I hope he can still hear my laughter

so last thursday I come out of the office at about 5.20pm and imagine my surprise when I see my garmin 810 edge sitting on the mount on my handlebars on the bike i'd left locked up outside 2 busy mini-supermarkets in the middle of clerkenwell since 7.30am.

a) I specifically remember thinking at least 4 times while I was locking up "must grab my garmin once i've stuck my keys in my pocket again" and also clearly recall giving the bike a "thorough" look over to make sure it was properly secured and all was as it should be.

b) how in the fucking flippity fuck , fucking, FUCK was it still there at the end of the day?!

I can see the rack from about 75yds away through the window of our 2nd floor office and through the course of the day i'd noticed a handful of bikes had locked up next to it throughout the day.

lucky lucky boy.

Did enjoy