This morning's commute and other commuting stories

It does rub my inner thigh on particularly vigorous down strokes...

If @Skülly isn't THE inspiration for next City Collection, I give up.

The berets would be amaeze

They'd need to develop Monkee boots with spds, a ventile poncho, a really good 8 1/2" beret and some massive peg trousers with integrated turn-up eye/button things.

I can't see it myself.

We'll just snap up Vulpine when it tanks again and make it happen.

I like the cut of your jib. Which is what a cape can easily be repurposed as, with a following wind.

To be fair, no reason why the harrumphing woman deserved the seat more than you, right?

#incomingcsb

I watched a harrumphing woman give up her seat and berate the mid 20s bloke next to her for not doing so first. He took it all without any comeback and an uneasy silence followed. A few stops later another "baby on board" badge wearer gets on (with a buggy too) and this time he does give up his seat after getting up a bit gingerly. The pregnant woman says she'll be fine standing but the bloke insists on her having his seat. Harrumphing woman is looking super smug at this point.

Coming in to the next station the train slows and the buggy swings into the back of the bloke's leg. Pregnant woman apologises and asks if he's ok. With a smile the bloke lifts up his trouser leg to show a prosthetic leg; "I'm fine! I don't feel any pain in this."

Harrumphing woman now looking aghast.

Amaze! Properly csb

Yesterday, agree , a great story!

Did anyone else think there was a lot of hi-viz out there today?

Does the clocks going forward bring the summer nodders out to play?

Yes.

Though apparently we're not allowed to call them that. #Racist

It's the fauxdies you have to look out for. Most of the gear, none of the idea. Fresh from doing fuck all riding over the weekend, ready to smash everyone on their 3mi commute, no actual ability, will take many risks to beat, say, fat Aussies on shiny new bikes they think have just arrived on London's roads off the back of a cyclescheme purchase... little do they know.

It's obviously the fast Aussies they really have to watch out for.

Quite right, I shouldn't nodder-shame, should I? Great to see so many people out on their bicycles today.

I do hope there's a culture shift away from dressing for road-war, though. Need people to see cycling as a more 'normal' activity that doesn't require the same accoutrements as working on a building site.

If it makes you feel better I wore black shorts, black tee over a black undershirt with a black helmet. My bike is FUCKING HI VIZ though!

Cha, a hi-vis jacket is £5 but a fancy hump reflective backpack cover/cycle coat set you back a lot more. [say tight fisted owner of one, using it for pissing down rain situations where really I fancy being super visible...]

The council cycle group has handed out reflective straps for free, that's not such a bad idea.

Right now in Belfast it's usually hi-vis and cheap and cheerful bikes OR the lycra everywhere OR the "I honestly don't care if I get killed or not" OR pavement cyclists with a "I'm just going to work" cyclists. They are usually on the Belfast bikes.

hi-viz, normal viz, hippy viz ;)

What the Jimmy Carr joke about giving up seats on trains, something about rather seeing a pregnant woman stand than a fat woman crying.

Everyday sexism thread >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

I have actually witnessed a woman next to me offering her seat to another woman who had quite a prominent paunch. She replied with some annoyance 'I am NOT pregnant!'. It was the cringiest moment.

Golden rule, no badge no budge.

Oh, my backpack is, of course, black.

Take book on transport and never move your eyes away from it...

Been meaning to make a bootleg of that badge:

Baby I'm Bored

I'm certain you could do a better job than these guys...

https://heavy-manners.co.uk/products/baby-im-bored-badge

come out to the shires for a few days

Babybel On Bread