This morning's commute and other commuting stories

Did it have one of those steering wheel frogs on to prevent theft? Better safe than sorry.

Ah, you must be a Waitrose kinda guy:

I've always been more of a Tesco man:

Each to their own (although I'm wrong)

Lovely the new route, curious incident this morning, just setting from the lights near Druid street heading to Tower Bridge, Cars set off I set off, car in front does an emergency stop I almost plow into the back, have a look in the window as I cycle past, poor lady had drop her coffee in her lap.

Felt bad about laughing for a second, then chuckled all the way to work.

Raced a pair of police bike people up the short rise on donegal street last night. They started it, and laughed as they lost. Good times and a great finish to an excellent late evening commute.

Last evening. Raced a police car with blues n twos up the Holloway Road in heavy traffic. Well not raced - tailed. Knifed through the traffic. Kept about 2m from his bumper. He slowed down. So did I. He switched off the B&T's. Emergency over I thought. Wrong.....He stopped. I pulled alongside to overtake. His window was down. F*ck - did I get a serious talking to. In front of folks at the bus stop, other drivers, cyclists. He full-on finger-wagged me. I felt like a complete tit. Then.....and at every stop up the Holloway Road where the same drivers and cyclists just stared and nodded. Yet again I achieve twat status without even trying hard. I'm 60 next year.

What did they actually say? Following too close or something else?

It can be a bit dangerous tailing an emergency vehicle as people can act unpredictably when there are lights and sirens going, but I suspect there is a bit of lost pride in their telling off too.

They are on an important mission in a brightly painted car, with lights and sirens and high powered engine and full of expensive technology; yet some old fucker on a push-bike is keeping pace with them.

some old fucker on a push-bike

Harsh! I've done the following a police car thing, kept a reasonable distance back, but was behind him the whole way through Finsbury Park. There were a few times I could've easily overtaken when he got a bit stuck but I imagine that would've riled them...

some old fucker on a push-bike??? WTF? Harsh??? Not happy about that at all.
It's a Cooper Sebring upgraded with a few tasty bits and looks the biz IMHO.

Something about the next emergency call they respond to would be me.......

"I'm 60 next year". Excellent behaviour. OK, so you did wrong but as an older person, I like to see us misbehave on occasion. Can't leave it solely to the young ones.

#brokenbritain

@MetalMelly

Would rep if I could. Excellent work.

I love the way that police patronise and treat normal decent people who are their intellectual, social and moral betters as though they are naughty four years olds.

bit of a pet peeve of mine, the lack of space/attention/priority people give emergency vehicles in this city...

#laterep

any one of them come's near my kids i swears i'll do time

family_man

Beep beep is also the warning you should give drivers before d-locking them into the next plane after their attempted homicide.

I've been catching the Tube. I've done a lot of reading. #csb

tube today. caned three candy crush levels.

I have new commute nemesis! He is a big lad that lumbers along, but if I overtake him at the right place, he then uses his power (and gears) to go past me. No stamina though, he is soon reeled in.

Whizzed past him today but got held up by lights which he rlj'd. Went past him again on a flat section and the counted to 10. Low and behold, there he goes at 40kph! Waheeeey!

Gave him some slack and victory and then destroyed him when he was spent.

Ladies and gentleman, avoid Regents Canal between Kingsland Road and Victoria Park because of some shit-fest (Lovebox). Watched a girl grope a man who was running shirtless in the opposite direction; and before I could reconcile would I do in that situation, my ass was groped by the same perpretrator as I stood out of the saddle to pass. Still not sure how to react. Uh, run to the internet, I guess.

Lovebox looks like fucking hell on earth btw, unless you're a 'balloon dealer'.

Anywhere round Tower / London bridges is a clusterfuck at present.

Tower Bridge closed due to suspect package.

your a suspect package.

TfL Traffic News ‏@TfLTrafficNews 18m18 minutes ago
A3211 Lower Thames St is blocked w/b at Fish Hill St due to a collision,traffic is slow w/b to Tower Br & e/b is to Blackfriars underpass

Thats what the Webbernet says (so it must be true). Bum, thats my route home in ~18mins time.

Nice work.