This morning's commute and other commuting stories

Awful photo, sorry (was running late for work as usual). Directly opposite the flats in Deptford that had the massive fire last year, which you can see is still covered in scaffolding. Thankfully seemed ok when I rode past again this evening.

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Nearly got knocked off on the way home last night, car turning right onto my side of the road. It was one of those 'they are going to see me, they are going to see me.....oh shit'. Had to punch rear wing of car at which point the driver saw me and panicked.
The young girl did stop and was clearly shook up and apologised.

Feel sorry for anyone who woke up to the clear blue skies this morning and decided it would be a good day to dust off the bike and start the summer cycling commutes. Absolutely soaked on the way back. Thought I’d missed it all because the roads were drenched but I no rain coming down so figured it had passed. Then the last 10 minutes were wet.

waves

Lovely sunny ride home in the South West

was that wednesday? i managed to dodge the rain by taking refuge at the pub until it stopped!

perfect conditions this morning in the midlands, but warnings of showers this afternoon.

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Yeah the Wednesday, pub sounds like a much better option than just deciding to ride through it. Your commute also looks much nicer than mine so I'm jealous on two counts.

cheers. yeah, i'm lucky enough to have a few options on my commute, this route is a bit further and slower than the my 'standard' road route but much more pleasant.

Was having a lovely commute home in the sunshine until I saw a dog get sent flying down the road by a car. Absolutely no way the driver could have avoided it, it went sprinting out of the park in to traffic. The little fucker seemed absolutely fine weirdly, just bounced straight back up. I had to go and inform the owner that it had just been hit by an SUV doing ~20mph because it was so nonchalant about it. Even a good squidge of various bits of the dogs didn't get a yelp or anything out of it so hopefully it's ok. Properly shook me up though!

shit! that sounds pretty traumatic, for you and the dog! glad it seemed like it was ok.

Was having a lovely commute home in the sunshine until I saw a dog get sent flying down the road by a car. Absolutely no way the driver could have avoided it, it went sprinting out of the park in to traffic. The little fucker seemed absolutely fine weirdly, just bounced straight back up. I had to go and inform the owner that it had just been hit by an SUV doing ~20mph because it was so nonchalant about it. Even a good squidge of various bits of the dogs didn't get a yelp or anything out of it so hopefully it's ok.

Yeah that was me. I've been experimenting with changing into various animal forms and the dog is fairly easy to master, surprisingly resilient too.

Ooooohhhh....I've read your story! Most interesting!

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Hahaha... That third mutation! 😂

Looks like a certain Mr. Crash.

Whatever happened to him?

Moved to NYC IIRC. Here endeth my knowledge.

Em Horridge guided me and some mates for a weeks MTB in Les Arcs many years ago. Here she is enjoying her commute to work

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CsncwTktrRk/?igshid=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

Skillzzz

I haven’t got any nice pictures today or any tails about otters and eagles, but…
I was riding home today though the usual stop start traffic and had a (I thought) police officer step out into the road and stop me. This is how the chat went.
PO- would you mind getting off your bike?
Me- no worries, what’s up?
PO - could you move your bike out of the road?
Me- what you want me to block the footpath with it?
PO - well no, ok could you move it closer to the edge of the road so cars can get past easier?
Me - sure.
PO- do you know why I stopped you?
Me - No, but I’m sure you’re going to tell me.
PO- firstly can I take your name?
Me - no you’re alright thanks.
PO - well how would you like to be addressed?
Me - Sir will be fine
PO - Well sir, you undertook that line of cars coming up to the traffic lights and then cut in front of a car causing it to stop to avoid hitting you.
Me - really?
PO - YES
Me - No that’s not what happened at all.
PO - I just watched you do it.
Me - no I filtered down the inside of stationary traffic and stopped and indicated to join the flow as it started to pull away from the lights, I joined 2 cars from the lights and the car driver motioned me to pull in before they moved.
PO- well you’re not allowed to undertake
Me Are you sure about that? Because I’m pretty sure you are able to filter in traffic or there would be no point in having a bike or motorcycle.
Po- anyway you haven’t got any brakes on your bike
Me - what’s this then (points to front brake)
PO - but it’s not connected to anything.
Me - (Points to lever on the bottom of the bars)
PO - but how would you be able to operate that whilst riding?
Me - (pulls brake and shrugs)
PO - but you’ve no back brake
Me - (demonstrates how a fixed wheel works) ( I also noticed they were a community support officer)
CSO - hmm…but you’re not wearing a helmet.
Me - would you like a shovel?
CSO - what was that?
Me - nothing, sorry you were saying.
CSO - you’re not wearing a helmet.
Me - I know.
CSO - you should be, it would save your life in a crash
Me - I really haven’t got time to teach you the laws of the road you want to inflict on people, so I’m just going to get back on my bike and ride off. Okay?
CSO - I haven’t finished talking to you
Me - well I’ve finished taking to you
CSO - if you ride away I’ll call for back up.
Me - this could be fun, I’d enjoy seeing you being told how wrong you are about the rules of the road.
CSO - if you leave…
Me - I’m off, I’m going that way and then turning left. I wait the blues twos and the screech of tyres as the police come and take me away for not breaking the law.
Me - bye.

Needless to say in not typing this from a cell.
Arsehole!

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Fuck me. What a cunt.
10/10 for the shovel line. Well played.

Made me chuckle, good work!!

Well played

Good work for being so coherently gathered and dealing with a tosser in a hi-vis misplaced grasp of all the regs

This is how the chat went

With recall like that, maybe you should be a journalist?