This morning's commute and other commuting stories

Condor sell their own version for a lot of the lezyne models. Still, quite expensive for a bit of rubber!

yeah, except it doesn't have a usb slot thingy an--WHAT KIND OF MONSTER DO YOU THINK I AM???

Wow... so I see! Nice one, thanks : )

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Jaywalking has always been a bullshit law to me. Hope it's never implemented in this country.

Jaywalking laws shift ownership of roads from pedestrians to cars, basically it would be the opposite of what we want to make roads safer.

Well, wasn't that just horrible - must rate as one of the grimmest commutes I've ever done.

A few insane drivers were just the cherry on a cold, wet, miserable cake.

icantfeelmyhands/10

Why would that annoy you?

And some hail here to top it off. Fuck, that was a cold day.

because they scare the shit out of me when they step out between the cars when im filtering through traffic.

cant believe today was the day i got layering right. got home and hung sodden waterproofs up in the garage revealing bone dry clobber including socks underneath

Entertaining riding back from town tonight. Central London seemed pretty deserted and quiet (well, by London standards). There definitely seemed to be more speeding, perhaps because there wasn't much motor traffic on the streets. One of those days when you notice how many potholes can turn into black holes given a little rain.

Absolutely, I went from went to east to north to collect some stuff, worst night I could have picked. My feet were frozen

Old minis are surprisingly well suited to tall drivers

I should probably have mentioned that the guy I talked about had to sit in the back. :)

Got hit by a Uber driver who cut the CS2 to turn left, no blinkers and without looking, drove right in front of me... Only few scratches luckily but I think I'm done using this cycle lane to commute.

Did my bit to help a lady today. She stepped off the curb without looking by the sex panther shortcut. I'd seen her in plenty of time and slowed. Gave her a nice loud shout as I got closer. Poor thing jumped out of her skin but hopefully learned something.

the sex panther shortcut

I want to know what this is but I don't want to google it at work

Its when you cut down Great Guildford Street / America Street off Southwark Bridge Road to get ahead of the lights. 60% of the time...

Gave her a nice loud shout as I got closer.

Shouting at peds might not be a great idea, ask charlie alliston. It could be used against you in a court of law. might be better to keep your mouth shut and claim you didn't see them (sun in the eye etc) if anything happens, that normally works for motorist at least.

Well if you're not going to hit and kill them, I think it's less of a problem.

Did a streetview walk of the road, v disappointed by lack of sex or panther

Yeah that's what Charlie thought until she step back into his path again.

until she step back into his path again

That doesn't match what I read as the description of what happened, and it wouldn't help his case either if that was true: if there was enough time to shout, the pedestrian reacting, and then stepping out again, there was more than enough time for him to slow down a bit more in a clearly already dangerous situation.

Mrs Briggs stepped back into his path

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-41028321

I didn't shout at her to avoid a collision (had that covered already). I shouted to give her a fright and hopefully learn her not to step off a kerb without looking, so she can avoid one in the future. I was being all public spirited.