This morning's commute and other commuting stories

I often smoke while riding, doesn't everyone? Except hippy of course because he's fa(s)t

I eat the cigarettes.

turns out they were smoking a ciggy!
never seen that before

where do you live? An uninhabited tundra?

I saw no cyclists on my commute.
This is not an unusual occurance.
It was beautiful though.

never before have i noticed people going along on a morning commute with ciggy in hand, sending puffs of smoke back into my face
not that i care, it's just odd.

but then again my water bottle is full of vodka

I saw 2! cyclists on the way back.
They were both in Nottingham though so they don't count.

I saw 2! cyclists on the way back.
They were both in Nottingham though so they don't count.

It counts! Where in Nottingham do you live?

Next to QMC, Commute to Mansfield, though the next three weeks are at QMC so that's good!

This morning was greasy as fuck. Came off round a corner/ maybe tram tracks, going at pace, cracked helmet.
Balls

cracked helmet and balls

Hit your stem?

A dude without a visible neck got very irate with me on the way home for riding in the middle of the road through a pinchpoint, so he took the opportunity at a ped crossing to start shouting at me about it. I'm in an unusually good mood this evening so I told him, "ok!" and waved my hand cheerily at him.

Then waited behind him 15 metres up the road where he'd parked himself neatly in the ASL.

Poor guy. It can't be easy not having a neck. I wonder how he checks if his toenails need cutting?

Fucking knuckle-draggers.

I wonder how he checks if his toenails need cutting?

Eh?

How do you look down if you haven't got a neck? :(

Presumably you'd lift your foot up.

That would imply good hamstring flexibility

If he doesn't have a neck, who knows what else he doesn't have? Maybe he doesn't need to cut toenails (whatever they are).

I honestly thought that your comment meant you had some odd way of checking that involved prodding them against your neck, to gauge if they were getting too long. I may have a cold and be all hopped-up on Lemsip. And an idiot. Whatever.

On discovering a cyclist you know/meet regularly is a smoker (gasp!) -

I have a mate who got into running a few years ago, in a big way. She lost loads of weight, runs almost every day, travels all over doing races. Loves it.

And has a roll-up pre-race.

What's the point of getting up the hill first, if you can't further rub it in by smoking a fag at the top while waiting for everyone else.

Em >>>

This is the reason I cycle with a knife - So I can stab the fucker when he does that.

Totally thought you meant...
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