This morning's commute and other commuting stories

Booooo

apply. leave your bike in the bay.

Claim one and turn it into a bike cage.

Where is it? I'll buy a cargo bike and leave it there.

Something stung me on the neck on the way in thus morning, and I appear to be having a less than mild (but not exactly severe) histamine reaction.

I have welts and hives pretty much anywhere hair is. Head, pits and crotch. And eyebrows.

Stripey little bastards.

insanelyitchy/10

And my ear holes, it would seem.

Must.

Not.

Scratch...

pics tho?

Blimey. Why just where hair is?

Hope you get it sorted.

Because there’s nowhere where hair isn’t?

Kinda tempted...

I'm guessing it's a sweat gland thing. Or something.

Just boshed a load of loratadine.

I'm so itchy.

Ah yes, I haven't seen TW for some time.

Is this a thing? I react quite badly to bites (and get bitten a frequently) particularly if I scratch them. But, I also used to get spots when I had hairy legs, I think due to sweat. Could that be related?

offtopic/10

4 degrees this morning, left 10 minutes late, still managed to just abut be on time, full winter kit but not super thick gloves!

I enjoy the time of year where people post what they wore for their commute. It's been a good run of assumed shorts and sleeves.

Its that cross over period where there'll be some posts saying stuff like "what?! its still 5 degrees, that's not cold. I wore lightweight bibs and SS Jersey and was overheating. HTFU etc"

Arcteryx Proton LT, Uniqlo Heat-tech tshirt, Rapha loopback trousers, Pro team softshell gloves, Pro team socks, Sketchers .. next question.

It’s pedal change time for me. Overshoes work better with road cleats IME. We’ve had a good run though.

Sketchers

Woah woah woah. Not so fast. Sketchers?

New gloves in the post, currently on ^ "cross over period" thin gloves. Although I could probably commute in pants and a vest, I'm well 'ard

Er... actually... snap.

Still is...

Imagine my face when an oncoming motorcycle overtakes a car by such a wide margin he scythed through half the ASL I was on and told me to "watch were I was going"

Guess he was owning it

Maybe he said "watch where I was going" ie. "shit, did you see how far across the road i just went.

And then he shows you the ihavenoideawhatiamdoing.gif on his phone.

Stand up blazing row with a Berkmann wine delivery driver after he got within an inch or two of the back wheel.

Rung up the company and spoke to the warehouse manager who seemed apologetic and sympathetic and says he'll call back tomorrow with any feedback...

Probably the first time I'm in an argument with someone shoutier than me... Feels good to walk away with the appearance of being the sane one.