And today's commuting highlight is...
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Rawwr said:
At the bargain price of £49.95, how can they not be totally waterproof? You could probably go diving in it!
I actually bought some army surplus goretex trousers yesterday, to see how waterproof they are. so many people have told me they are.Only downside is that I have to look a cock in camouflage trousers. That said, my commuter has handlebar muffs and my helmet has a flip down internal sun visor anyway. So I am already halfway there....
I hate myself when I am riding in the winter hahaha
Davemc37 said:
Where were you all tonight.
I got all the way from the limehouse link to Brentwood without seeing a single other biker tonight. That's twenty miles between at around 7:30pm and not so much as a three wheeler knobend. ( apologies I'm not sure what the official term is for tryclists.)
I'm guessing it was a little late and being sept only the more hardcore bikers will still be out at that time of night as its getting a little chilly for the posers LOLI got all the way from the limehouse link to Brentwood without seeing a single other biker tonight. That's twenty miles between at around 7:30pm and not so much as a three wheeler knobend. ( apologies I'm not sure what the official term is for tryclists.)
When I head home on the highway east to Limehouse link/CW area its peak bikers around 5-6pm.
Personally you got the 3 wheelers summed up nicely - most are on their pretend bikes where the rules allow them ridden on car licenses and ride them like a narrow cars i.e. like a**holes
supercommuter said:
I actually bought some army surplus goretex trousers yesterday, to see how waterproof they are. so many people have told me they are.
Only downside is that I have to look a cock in camouflage trousers. That said, my commuter has handlebar muffs and my helmet has a flip down internal sun visor anyway. So I am already halfway there....
I hate myself when I am riding in the winter hahaha
As long as they're not tundra combats with blue and white bits I can forgive your choice lol You'd need a slabby gixxer streetfighter lots of chrome/shiny bits and an ongoing subscription to back street heros oh and a simpson bandit Only downside is that I have to look a cock in camouflage trousers. That said, my commuter has handlebar muffs and my helmet has a flip down internal sun visor anyway. So I am already halfway there....
I hate myself when I am riding in the winter hahaha
These rectifiers seem to be causing a few headaches recently. No idea what they do lol.
Had a bad one yesterday, ran a blatant red. I'll hold my hands up for being a bit ditsy at times.
Filtering through Manchester traffic on the way home. Concentrating more on the road between lanes as the condition is cracked, slightly bumpy and obviously slippy with road markings. Traffic was heavy and stationary which is normal. After the approaching lights is a box junction, couldn't see the lights due to traffic but could see what I thought at the time the same lights on the opposite end of the box junction. Traffic was backed up from the lights ahead also, so I thought they was just waiting for it to clear. Gingerly went through the box junction. Looked up at the second light as I went past it and it was red. The green I seen was for the crossing just after the lights. Was too busy watching out for cars/people crossing. That’s my excuse and I'm sticking to it. Honest mistake.
Had a bad one yesterday, ran a blatant red. I'll hold my hands up for being a bit ditsy at times.
Filtering through Manchester traffic on the way home. Concentrating more on the road between lanes as the condition is cracked, slightly bumpy and obviously slippy with road markings. Traffic was heavy and stationary which is normal. After the approaching lights is a box junction, couldn't see the lights due to traffic but could see what I thought at the time the same lights on the opposite end of the box junction. Traffic was backed up from the lights ahead also, so I thought they was just waiting for it to clear. Gingerly went through the box junction. Looked up at the second light as I went past it and it was red. The green I seen was for the crossing just after the lights. Was too busy watching out for cars/people crossing. That’s my excuse and I'm sticking to it. Honest mistake.
So having to work this weekend I thought I'd give commuting from Thurrock - Green Park a try on 2 wheels...
firstly - why have I spent half my life on trains when it is SO much quicker (ok so traffic is lighter at the weekend I get that but still - 4 journeys in/out ranging from 35-60mins... still better than my 90min train commute...
BUT - I have learned that I am not yet a filtering god - having spent most of my riding time on wide open roads at evenings and weekends my filtering experience is limited, and I think that is something I need to get a bit better at before trying it during a normal rush hour, I ended up following a lot of other bikers through using their lines when I hadn't initially seen a way through...
totally agree with the previous comment about upper / lower thames street needing a few more inches to make filtering easier instead of acres of pointless pavement diving the road from the cycle superhighway
firstly - why have I spent half my life on trains when it is SO much quicker (ok so traffic is lighter at the weekend I get that but still - 4 journeys in/out ranging from 35-60mins... still better than my 90min train commute...
BUT - I have learned that I am not yet a filtering god - having spent most of my riding time on wide open roads at evenings and weekends my filtering experience is limited, and I think that is something I need to get a bit better at before trying it during a normal rush hour, I ended up following a lot of other bikers through using their lines when I hadn't initially seen a way through...
totally agree with the previous comment about upper / lower thames street needing a few more inches to make filtering easier instead of acres of pointless pavement diving the road from the cycle superhighway
My highlight/lowlight today some complete c**k socket this morning in a black X5 jumped his light/give way sign as the lights when green for us at yet again Tower Bridge lights heading west, I had to stop quickly as did all others around me as he was going irrespective and would have taken us all out.. took off full speed super dangerous driving he didn't get too far cos of usual traffic speeds but I thought I don't trust he's gonna do something stupid and I was right to hold back from 'filtering' past him because he took the tightest of gaps for his beast of a 4x4 cutting from one lane to another where he proceeded to take off like he'd stolen the thing again. He got onto lower thames street and joined the queue where I then filtered past him, by that stage he'd turned into a normal driver again and didn't want to pass the speed camera at more than double the speed limit clearly.
The only style of driving I've seen in London like this usually has blues and twos on, this was at a level where even on a motorway you'd consider it dangerous.
Bizarre behaviour in a 2 ton plus idiot 4x4 with a private plate.
The only style of driving I've seen in London like this usually has blues and twos on, this was at a level where even on a motorway you'd consider it dangerous.
Bizarre behaviour in a 2 ton plus idiot 4x4 with a private plate.
sjtscott said:
I'm guessing it was a little late and being sept only the more hardcore bikers will still be out at that time of night as its getting a little chilly for the posers LOL
When I head home on the highway east to Limehouse link/CW area its peak bikers around 5-6pm.
Personally you got the 3 wheelers summed up nicely - most are on their pretend bikes where the rules allow them ridden on car licenses and ride them like a narrow cars i.e. like a**holes
Your bike-ness, you really are the bikiest biker I know of, with and extra serving of "real biker" for good measure. I know this because every contribution of yours to this thread starts by pointing out someone else's sWhen I head home on the highway east to Limehouse link/CW area its peak bikers around 5-6pm.
Personally you got the 3 wheelers summed up nicely - most are on their pretend bikes where the rules allow them ridden on car licenses and ride them like a narrow cars i.e. like a**holes
t attempts to bike, often a pretend biker, not a real one like you and ends with a story of how you have in some way triumphed over their pitiful efforts to be as bikey as you or in fact, bikey at all.Teach me the ways...
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