This morning's commute and other commuting stories

Bet I'm not the only one who misreads that as Harley.

Edit: Bet Oliver and I aren't the only ones who misread that as Harley.

only old ones. those you have to talk to, cajole to start and stop. new ones have no soul.

saw this guy pulling a 10 foot branch along taking up all the pavement and the cycle lane.

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Sometimes Lucas Brunelle is a total knob. Other times, he's a legend.

That ^^ was legendary.

Also known as woggles...

Here

Under 2 quid hollow version for weight weenies. Great for sword fights also.

Edit- link fixed & @brameses beat me to sword fighting

Only known as woggles...

The hollow ones can also be used to spray your sibling with water like a sort of hose pipe / pea shooter thing.

They're not called pool noodles though. Maybe in America or something.

Only known as woggles...

maybe in Harry Potter land

This morning's commute, I enter a quiet roundabout at speed, car pulls out (fine, he'll just zoom in front), sees me and then STOPS right in the middle of the fucking roundabout. Gave him the two arms out gesture after slamming the brakes and he just shrugged.

Known as noodles wherever my kids have been having swimming lessons here in London's F L...

your known as noodles in london's fl.

I always just called them "floats", but I'm obviously doing it wrong

Looked like a bit of a pile up/crash on the cycle highway just past southwark station this morning about 0820. Cyclist down clearly in agony clutching knee/leg on the zebra crossing and a few other cyclists/peds attending her. Hope she's alright. Even with the person lying across half of the cycle lane there were still loads of other cyclists not giving a flying fuck and wanting to gun it past and getting in a huff about having to slow down at that crossing. I even heard someone say "cant you sit on the pavement?"

Not my commute, but yesterday morning a van turned across my dad on the CS3 cycle path and he's in hospital with a broken jaw and enough stitches to make a jumper. Be safe out there lads.

Must have just missed that, I went through about that time. I did see as I was going North through the last main junction before the bridge/Docketts, of the group of people riding South, one prick had tried to over take all the people waiting for the green light and then realised he didn't have enough time to fully pass so just barged his way back into the pack. The main contact seemed to be with someone much larger/sturdier than him so schadenfraude was causing me to almost hope to hear him go down.

glad I'm not the only one who thinks that about the people doing that at that particular junction!

Sorry to hear that, hope he heals up well! Coming down Moorgate yesterday a green bmw came whizzing past me; road was surprisingly clear gave me loads of space so didnt think much of it but as he got to the junction he took the left turning at great speed right across another cyclist who did a pretty amazing job keeping control and turning with him to avoid getting hit. I've been involved in something similar and lucked out with a few grazes but it's insane seeing it happen in front of you.

( rant ) I was riding down Tower Bridge Road last night, when some moron filtered through the stationary traffic without looking, pulling out inches in front of me. Cue emergency braking that nearly threw me over my bars, smashed my leg into the stem (must have missed the old man by mm) and narrowly avoiding wiping out into the side of a car. When I came up alongside him and said 'you could at least apologise' he started talking about how he'll apologise to avoid an argument, but he saw me, I had loads of space, he did nothing wrong. After promptly telling him what I thought about his cycling and attitude, I flipped the bird and rode off. Now, is that kind of apology 'I'll say sorry to avoid an argument, but...' worse that simply no apology at all? I would say yes. ( /rant )

I'm sorry you feel that way

he'll apologise to avoid an argument

What a meaningless concept.

Had a shocker this morning with someone undertaking me whilst I was pulling out of a junction turning right. Absolutely no clue he was wrong. Lost my temper and offered him to get out the car. Rage/10

Wait - was he turning right too!?

Yep! I was on the right hand side of the lane signalling, waiting for a gap and he pulled out on my left side and turned into my path.

Or, "I'm sorry you are upset" rather than saying "I'm sorry I upset you".

Two punctures in two days because I've been trying to ride over a de-surfaced road, so stones everywhere, and man-hole covers and drains sticking out by several inches. So went a different way down some country lanes and over a hill only to hit a long length of road works with three-way traffic lights. Got there just as mine turned red and had to wait about five ten minutes for it to flipping change. Feel nicely knackered at work with the extra hill.