The daily "I cycled to work" thread
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williredale said:
I've just started riding to work again after a few years out of the saddle. After three weeks or so I've bought a new bike (Kona Dew hybrid) and it's starting to get easier. However this morning after a lovely ride in I was forced off my bike by a t
t in a diesel Focus who overtook me whilst I was alongside a traffic island. I hadn't held him up at all, he just changed down as he got to me and went for it. I dived for the kerb when I realised what he was going to do and hit it whilst swearing loudly at him. fking close and completely unnecessary.
Spoilt my morning that did!
I saw Mr Focus again this morning! He stopped and waved me past some parked cars when it was his right of way.t in a diesel Focus who overtook me whilst I was alongside a traffic island. I hadn't held him up at all, he just changed down as he got to me and went for it. I dived for the kerb when I realised what he was going to do and hit it whilst swearing loudly at him. fking close and completely unnecessary.Spoilt my morning that did!
Maybe our previous encounter has made him think a bit more behind the wheel.
180 miles of commuting in the last five or so weeks and it's getting easier and quicker.
Found a headless body in the woods on the way into work today!
Luckily his head was just hidden in the nettles and he was 'sleeping it off' so he didn't need my offer of help to find somewhere more comfortable to lay his weary (drunk) head... (we had a semi coherent exchange so I felt no guilt in leaving him to his slumber)
My 2nd good deed of the day was warning a little old lady walking her dog just around the corner... 'if you're going to turn left at the end, there is a man sleeping in the nettles. He says he's OK, he just sleeping it off'
Little Old Lady: 'I think I'll turn right today, thank you deary'!
I love serious commutin'!
Luckily his head was just hidden in the nettles and he was 'sleeping it off' so he didn't need my offer of help to find somewhere more comfortable to lay his weary (drunk) head... (we had a semi coherent exchange so I felt no guilt in leaving him to his slumber)
My 2nd good deed of the day was warning a little old lady walking her dog just around the corner... 'if you're going to turn left at the end, there is a man sleeping in the nettles. He says he's OK, he just sleeping it off'
Little Old Lady: 'I think I'll turn right today, thank you deary'!
I love serious commutin'!
First commute today (sorry for posting in two threads about it).
19.3 miles from Blandford to Bournemouth. Was a nice ride, with surprisingly few busy stretches of road. I am sure it will get nicer still when my fitness improves and I am not permanently wheezing my way along - I only managed to average 13.8mph according to Strava. It certainly felt much faster.
19.3 miles from Blandford to Bournemouth. Was a nice ride, with surprisingly few busy stretches of road. I am sure it will get nicer still when my fitness improves and I am not permanently wheezing my way along - I only managed to average 13.8mph according to Strava. It certainly felt much faster.
I've been trying to mix up my route to work as the same old, same old was getting a bit boring.
Went through the local woods, then across town and did a couple of laps of one of the many Milton Keynes lakes.
There were some lovely cars outside the big houses round the lake including a stunning McLaren 650S; brightened up the ride in!
Went through the local woods, then across town and did a couple of laps of one of the many Milton Keynes lakes.
There were some lovely cars outside the big houses round the lake including a stunning McLaren 650S; brightened up the ride in!
Saw some lovely motors on the way in today too, all in Beaconsfield.
A lowered but tastefully realised BMW E9 coupe which was either mid-restoration or the chap was going for a rat kind of look, either way it looked spectacular.
A red C63 Black Series - jaw-dropping, and driven by an attractive blonde woman, surprisingly </sexist>
An MX-5 with a ridiculously huge rear wing. Seriously, this thing was like a cupboard door on 2 foot risers, totally dwarfed the back of the car. Made me chuckle after the previous two though.
The ride itself was shorter than normal as I need to be back quickly tonight to go out, so I parked up and did the flat 7 miles to work. 22.5 mph average to get to Burnham before I got snarled with lights etc., good for me.
A lowered but tastefully realised BMW E9 coupe which was either mid-restoration or the chap was going for a rat kind of look, either way it looked spectacular.
A red C63 Black Series - jaw-dropping, and driven by an attractive blonde woman, surprisingly </sexist>
An MX-5 with a ridiculously huge rear wing. Seriously, this thing was like a cupboard door on 2 foot risers, totally dwarfed the back of the car. Made me chuckle after the previous two though.
The ride itself was shorter than normal as I need to be back quickly tonight to go out, so I parked up and did the flat 7 miles to work. 22.5 mph average to get to Burnham before I got snarled with lights etc., good for me.
Three days last week and three days this week and yesterday I went up the big bridge in second gear for the first time. Nearly cracked the fitness thing enough to be able to ride everyday. Feels like its getting shorter, not such a slog.
Tomrrow as a treat I get to drive an MGA Twin Cam to work.
Tomrrow as a treat I get to drive an MGA Twin Cam to work.
Cycled home in the heaviest rain I've ever experienced on my bike last night - flash floods everywhere around Manchester. Really pleased to be in shorts and a t-shirt, at least it only took 30 secs to be soaked wet through.
Lovely ride in this morning in my PH jersey, no doubt it'll be raining on the way home again.
Lovely ride in this morning in my PH jersey, no doubt it'll be raining on the way home again.
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