This morning's commute and other commuting stories

At regents mid morning, some guy in a blue range rover took the corner going right off macclesfield bridge at a crazy speed i.e 45/50mph and lost the back end, swung/slid way wide in to the opposite lane. Then overcorrected and lost it again in the other direction, both times missing parked cars by less than 30cm going fast. Took two more smaller swerves before he got it together, then crawled away and parked up clearly shitting himself.
Was lucky there wasn't anyone in the road, traffic or otherwise as it wouldve been messy

WAC

You should have a career as a professional witness for traffic incidents. I couldn't imagine clocking all of that so precisely myself. Glad there was no bang, and hope he's learned his lesson.

You should have a career as a professional witness

haha if only id remembered the number plate!

with a bit of luck he scared himself enough to not do it again.

This morning; dry and slightly hungover. This evening; wet and in a cheese and bread coma. Not sure which is worse.

Cheese and bread coma = worth it!

1. man cycling in motorcycle helemet
   
2. poor child in badly fitted child seat having her face bounced into her father exposed arse crack. nose must have been like a draft excluder.
   

#2 Is shockingly common. Along with dads who also ride with rear mounted kid carriers and bulky backpacks

New bike fun outweighed homicidal scaff truck driver.

Would enjoy new toys again.

Chain properly fucked after heavy rain. Had to ride home with a rusty chain and squealing like I enjoy killing birds. Was still the factory coating so time to clean and lube it. Maybe I should look into that chain waxing again. Should probably keep an old towel at work to dry most of the chain after a wet ride?

Just get some decent wet lube that won't wash off at the first sight of water

I use this one: https://www.wiggle.co.uk/morgan-blue-syn-lube-125ml-bottle/ but tbf I suck at maintenance for the commuter bike.

Try the muc-off wet lube. I don't think that one is bad weather specific

Or that Fenwicks stuff. That has pretty good reviews.

Or that Fenwicks stuff. That has pretty good reviews.

Love waxing a dirty chain. Chain goes silent and then I get to scrape all the grit off the wax block when it sets.

muc-off wet lube

I like that one myself

Boeshield t-9

Worth every penny!

Omg so many delivery cyclist red light jumping, undertaking on e-bikes, all sort of thing...
On top of that, in the morning I felt like pretty much only person respectful to highway code and stopping on red lights

We all come from the same pool of London cunts.

Cold weather day seemed to have scared off the usual cyclist cnuts on the commute, so had a lovely and peaceful ride in. My new son edelux ii light is amazing at 6am in the countryside!

Felt rather balmy this morning at -1. Nicely timed ascent of the climb that is the Littlehampton swing bridge for this photo...

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I see some seriously dodgy riding from deliveroo/ Uber riders. I tend to cut them a bit of slack if they're not being total nobheads. They're paid by the drop and paid fuck all for each delivery so can see the incentive to get as many done in an hour as possible.

You weren't. For a change yesterday there were more riders without lights than cars with busted lights and it seemed they all couldn't stand waiting for greens either.

Rode off road again through, forgot that it rained a lot last night, walked mud across the new office's white carpet, whoops.

Love that bridge. Often have a flask of coffee on that bench at the end.

The new path next to the A road before is such a godsend these days.