This morning's commute and other commuting stories

Yep, I can't wait until mini-me can start cycling but will hate moments like that.

How very dare you! Matt Hoffman is a bloody legend

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scfxsPFaAO0

No worries :)

Most people are still fine just the occasional dimwit. They didn't go that fast, I think the awareness is just not always there that 50 cm is just a wee bit tight...

(other than complete segregation)

Does there need to be another solution? Well strict filtering of side roads I suppose but for the majority of main roads the answer is right there!

Where did all the fenkin flying bug life come from? Clouds of winged shit.

First complete shorts day today, albeit Endura baggies over Lycra. Just a shirt on the way home too, and short-fingered gloves. Marvellous.

Side effect of the fresh air caused by the climate protests.

A bird did a poo onto my new Rapha wind jacket this morning...trying to tell me something?

It's meant to be good luck or something isn't it? Not sure why

Fresh? Pollution level have been sky high last few days.

Yeah I was thinking "This does not look healthy" yesterday evening when I saw this:

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Is haze like that always caused by pollution? Seemed really misty last night, even in the 'burbs... was hoping it was just natural mist.

The cycle in this morning and the cycle home tonight are going to feel like they were in seperate seasons. Gonna boil on the way back.

It's either going to be water vapour or particulates (or both), I guess.

Anyway, LondonAir is at Moderate. The forecast suggests the wind is bringing particulates from the continent to the East, and they're hanging around rather than dispersing.

Anyway, I Am Not A Meteorologist, I just look at that to see how nasty the air's likely to be.

It's not always caused by pollution, other causes are things like pollen, smoke, some photochemical gaseous shite that's been emitted somewhere (not necessarily anthropic - plants, microorganisms, volcanoes, whatever), dust, etc. Probably plain old pollution in this case.

(I'm also not a meteorologist.)

I’m not a meteorologist either.

(I felt left out.)

Seemingly I'm the only mug who cycled to work today. Everybody and their grandma seemed to be going in the direction of Richmond Park, and the South.

Is it ok to ride through the Greenwich foot tunnel? I've been trying to decide for months...

It is against the law.
I do when I go through there at 06:30 in the morning, when the only other users are cyclists.
I don't when I'm going in the opposite direction at 17:00, when there are pedestrians as well as cyclists using it.

No.

Also, this:

It's usually pretty busy when I use it so I've been walking but literally every other cyclist seems to merrily bomb it through so I was curious whether people thought it was a stupid rule or not.

I'll carry on walking and feeling superior and cope with getting to work 4 minutes later.

https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/155127/

Unicycle ?

literally every other cyclist seems to merrily bomb it through

Just to note that any other walking cyclists would not overtake you. Classic example of a confirmation bias. It may well be that the bombers are in the minority.

Apart from ones coming the other way, I suppose. Classic example of an idiotic post. It may well be that my brain cells are in a minority.