And today's commuting highlight is...
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Didn't commute today but yesterday evening it was tipping down. I was going up Putney High St to Tibbet's Corner and there was a bloke on a fairly chunky Japanese cruiser of some description. He seemed to want to go in front so I let him.
At Tibbet's he was in front of me and I watched in astonishment as seemed competely terrified of leaning the bike at all. His whole body was leaning in towards the corner while he barely steered. The bike was totally upright. I thought he was going to trundle into the kerb at the edge of the road. I'm no Rossi but I certainly felt like it going up the inside of him and then around the front to peel off (giving him plenty of room).
It was raining very hard but surely anyone who rides a bike knows that tyres still grip in the rain, otherwise all bikes was be banned from going out in the wet.
At Tibbet's he was in front of me and I watched in astonishment as seemed competely terrified of leaning the bike at all. His whole body was leaning in towards the corner while he barely steered. The bike was totally upright. I thought he was going to trundle into the kerb at the edge of the road. I'm no Rossi but I certainly felt like it going up the inside of him and then around the front to peel off (giving him plenty of room).
It was raining very hard but surely anyone who rides a bike knows that tyres still grip in the rain, otherwise all bikes was be banned from going out in the wet.
GM182 said:
It was raining very hard but surely anyone who rides a bike knows that tyres still grip in the rain, otherwise all bikes was be banned from going out in the wet.
After a couple of diesely moments, both on corners metres from petrol stations, I've ended up scarred and staggeringly pathetic at cornering in the rain. I can only hope the person you saw, who admittedly sounds far worse, was similarly afflicted and shouting at themselves to get over it.Don't know how I've managed it but throughout the last three days of yellow weather warnings/ heavy rain forecasts and me being fully prepared for it by wearing heavy duty winter waterproof gear .... I've managed to avoid the rain completely!
Been lovely to be back on 2 wheels to commute though! Definitely feeling it today in the still slightly gimpy leg, but I'm so much happier in myself not having to suffer through with the train! Plus some good news - the insurance claim seems to finally be resolved so a cheque is on its way to me int he next week or two!
Been lovely to be back on 2 wheels to commute though! Definitely feeling it today in the still slightly gimpy leg, but I'm so much happier in myself not having to suffer through with the train! Plus some good news - the insurance claim seems to finally be resolved so a cheque is on its way to me int he next week or two!
camb10 said:
Roadworks everywhere today, hopefully that means councils have got their budgets sorted and are out fixing the roads!. In other news, if a load of people catch you up whilst filtering through slow traffic on the A34 do them a favour and let them past please 
Nah, will just be the utility w**kers making the roads worse.A regular painless commute until the final 1/2 mile, where a recently wonderfully resurfaced road has been coated buried in stone chips. Getting peppered from oncoming traffic, being followed far to closely by a lorry, and then saving a front wash-out crossing over the small mountain collected in the middle in order to turn right has finally prompted the question:
Is this why people ride ADVs?
Is this why people ride ADVs?
CacheMonet said:
A regular painless commute until the final 1/2 mile, where a recently wonderfully resurfaced road has been coated buried in stone chips. Getting peppered from oncoming traffic, being followed far to closely by a lorry, and then saving a front wash-out crossing over the small mountain collected in the middle in order to turn right has finally prompted the question:
Is this why people ride ADVs?
Surprise mounds of loose stones aren't much fun on a heavy Adv either Is this why people ride ADVs?
TheInternet said:
GM182 said:
It was raining very hard but surely anyone who rides a bike knows that tyres still grip in the rain, otherwise all bikes was be banned from going out in the wet.
After a couple of diesely moments, both on corners metres from petrol stations, I've ended up scarred and staggeringly pathetic at cornering in the rain. I can only hope the person you saw, who admittedly sounds far worse, was similarly afflicted and shouting at themselves to get over it.Slip/bang, not a second to react, didn't even get a leg down.
I generally tiptoe now, especially on wet roundabouts heavily used by HGVs.
ChocolateFrog said:
TheInternet said:
GM182 said:
It was raining very hard but surely anyone who rides a bike knows that tyres still grip in the rain, otherwise all bikes was be banned from going out in the wet.
After a couple of diesely moments, both on corners metres from petrol stations, I've ended up scarred and staggeringly pathetic at cornering in the rain. I can only hope the person you saw, who admittedly sounds far worse, was similarly afflicted and shouting at themselves to get over it.Slip/bang, not a second to react, didn't even get a leg down.
I generally tiptoe now, especially on wet roundabouts heavily used by HGVs.
Nice ride in this morning. 10 degrees, wall to wall sunshine and empty roads.
Beats yesterday where heavy fog made it impossible to see. Never had it that bad, breath condensing on the inside, fog on the outside. Ended up riding with the visor up all the way.
Time for a new lid I reckon.
Beats yesterday where heavy fog made it impossible to see. Never had it that bad, breath condensing on the inside, fog on the outside. Ended up riding with the visor up all the way.
Time for a new lid I reckon.
On my way home from work Friday the car in front of me was all over the place weaving about and speed varying all the time. When I went past him I looked across and he had a dinner plate on his lap and was eating with a knife and fork! He was behind me just after that at a set of temporary lights and he was eating out of a bowl, desert I assume.
SteelerSE said:
First commute in for a while. Almost every light was green, minimal traffic, beautiful sunny day and arrived in just under an hour. It doesn't get much better than that.
My experience this morning was the polar opposite - almost every light seemed to be red, and the roads seemed very busy with the added bonus of a fair few road captains blocking bikes from filtering. Knobbers. ccr32 said:
My experience this morning was the polar opposite - almost every light seemed to be red, and the roads seemed very busy with the added bonus of a fair few road captains blocking bikes from filtering. Knobbers.
Mine was similiar both ways but except remove 'road captains' and replace with 'mopedders tapping away on phones' on the way out of London today!It is a rare thing, a commute like yesterday, but it's something to savour. Back to a more normal reality today with a more standard ride in. And last night a nobber on a 1250RT pulled out without looking on the way home last night. Had to stand the bike on its nose at the Fullers brewery and he hadn't the slightest idea. Just shows you need to assume that EVERYONE is trying to get you!
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