Your rants here.

Kieran_Burns

SimonAH wrote:

My colleague Sue is a very lovely lady, but has astonishing timing regarding transport. I ABSOLUTELY GUARANTEE that if I've been in the car for a few days and am therefore really needing some pedal miles Sue will have a transport crisis and sweetly ask for a lift.

All week on the road last week?
Check

Come in on bike today?
Check

Sue needs a lift from work this evening?
Check

Home to swap for car at lunchtime........

Tandem?

bails87

Kieran_Burns wrote:

SimonAH wrote:

My colleague Sue is a very lovely lady, but has astonishing timing regarding transport. I ABSOLUTELY GUARANTEE that if I've been in the car for a few days and am therefore really needing some pedal miles Sue will have a transport crisis and sweetly ask for a lift.

All week on the road last week?
Check

Come in on bike today?
Check

Sue needs a lift from work this evening?
Check

Home to swap for car at lunchtime........

Tandem?

Or "No, I'm on the bike"?

redvee

The route to Sue's is past one of 'those' wooded areas hence the enthusiasm from Simon

nich

London Bridge.

Bleh, closed cycle lane, one lane of traffic.

Not even any work going on in the cycle lane this morning - coulda left it open a bit later

Topaxci

CiB wrote:

Topaxci wrote:

Damned freewheel hub packed in. Will have to cope with pot luck traction take up coming out of freewheeling. Suppose I will just have to keep peddling. Makes junctions a real pain though. Roll on payday.

If you don't fancy stripping down & it sorting it out yourself try laying the wheel flat on the floor freewheel side downwards and gently running a couple of kettles full of hot water down through the f/w mechanism. It might work. Did for me a few times when I was a lot younger.

Cheers for the advice, will give that a try tonight.

Kieran_Burns

bails87 wrote:

Kieran_Burns wrote:

SimonAH wrote:

My colleague Sue is a very lovely lady, but has astonishing timing regarding transport. I ABSOLUTELY GUARANTEE that if I've been in the car for a few days and am therefore really needing some pedal miles Sue will have a transport crisis and sweetly ask for a lift.

All week on the road last week?
Check

Come in on bike today?
Check

Sue needs a lift from work this evening?
Check

Home to swap for car at lunchtime........

Tandem?

Or "No, I'm on the bike"?

The receptionist?

Gallywomack

nich wrote:

London Bridge.

Bleh, closed cycle lane, one lane of traffic.

Not even any work going on in the cycle lane this morning - coulda left it open a bit later

It made a nice empty lane to ride up this morning, within the protective barrier of the cones!

Think I'm going to use Tower Bridge for the next while though.

Looked like there was a little bike lane between the cones and the kerb going homewards, so will see what's going on in a bit.

SimonAH

redvee wrote:

The route to Sue's is past one of 'those' wooded areas hence the enthusiasm from Simon

Isn't that a Bristol thing Shaun? Or do I have to wait for her to buy pizza?

Actually she is the receptionist :-) but could be my mum....

anonymousblackfg

Some good SCR thismorning, but the bloke trying movember on a chrome charge ended up taking some pretty silly manouvers. I am sure he's to be soon under a car tire but the ped crossing in Fulham where the woman had to step back onto the pavement to stop her kid crossing was pretty special mate.

She seemed ok when I appologised for you.

jonny_trousers

Wanker smokers ar work flicking their butts over the chained up bikes and into the street. Had to happen at some point, but now have a f*cking fag burn in my lovely saddle. Lung cancer's too good for 'em!!!

Gallywomack

Just a generally rubbish ride today - in the first 2-3 minutes I had a car pull out on me, which I anticipated but it slowed me down, then a dozy ped walk out in front of me as the traffic was stationary, which I again anticipated, but again it slowed me down. Then I missed a green by seconds - more or less the number of seconds I lost to the aforementioned car and ped. Then at the next set of lights a car slowly overtook me before drifting across to not quite join the queue of traffic turning left - he hadn't left himself enough space and ended up stuck like a beached whale across the gap which I had been planning to filter through. I'm afraid to say he got a mouthful of abuse.

Then to cap it off, who should appear but my favourite serial RLJer. The git had the temerity to try and overtake me in open play this morning (rather than through red lights as per his normal MO), I of course had none of it but that involved holding a much faster pace than I really wanted to. And of course, after a few more sets of lights he overtook me anyway, by jumping a red, natch.

I dunno, some days it's just not worth gnawing through the leather straps.

nich

then a dozy ped walk out in front of me as the traffic was stationary, which I again anticipated, but again it slowed me down.

Saw quite a clash this morning between a dozy ped lady and a fast roadie going up Evelyn St. just before the shops start.

She didn't look, but then there's always peds around that area, so it's always wise to go slow.

I imagine they will both end up with a couple of bruises :?

redvee

Giot left-hooked by a cabbie tonight on the way home but it was alright as he saw me. If he saw me wtf did he do it? He overtook me, not particularly fast then got flagged down by a fare so he put the left indicator on and pulled into the curb. I pulled out round him and said 'not a clever move was it?' He replied 'I saw you'. I repeated my first line of attack and rode off with the adenalin boost the cabbie inadvertantly gave me.

suzyb

I am an idiot!!!

I have just managed to delete the database of a popular site whilst trying to delete a few tables. I am an idiot!!!

MonkeyMonster

suzyb wrote:

I am an idiot!!!

I have just managed to delete the database of a popular site whilst trying to delete a few tables. I am an idiot!!!

Billy DropTables strikes once more

CiB

suzyb wrote:

I am an idiot!!!

I have just managed to delete the database of a popular site whilst trying to delete a few tables. I am an idiot!!!

Superb. Well done. Do you still want to take over SC Stats?

suzyb

CiB wrote:

suzyb wrote:

I am an idiot!!!

I have just managed to delete the database of a popular site whilst trying to delete a few tables. I am an idiot!!!

Superb. Well done. Do you still want to take over SC Stats?

That runs (I presume) on sql server, harder to drop an entire DB in Sql server. phpMyAdmin makes it sooooo easy.

CiB

Not to worry. At least you have a backup. You do. Is this why you're 'not going into the office today'?

suzyb

CiB wrote:

Not to worry. At least you have a backup. You do. Is this why you're 'not going into the office today'?

Actually it's not even work. I do some coding on a gaming site and it's that db I deleted.

On the plus side, it did show the backup procedure works and the backup restoration works as it should.

Kieran_Burns

suzyb wrote:

CiB wrote:

Not to worry. At least you have a backup. You do. Is this why you're 'not going into the office today'?

Actually it's not even work. I do some coding on a gaming site and it's that db I deleted.

On the plus side, it did show the backup procedure works and the backup restoration works as it should.

DR test... DR test... just keep telling them that

suzyb

I've been trying not to rant after finding out this was my most posted in thread however...

Coming up to a blind right hand bend an HGV passes me so close the fright caused me to swerve slightly towards the gutter. As if that wasn't enough, the HGV behind him then passes, I sure, even closer then the first and the HGV behind him closer still. I ended up bailing into the junction we were passing to make sure I was way out the road.

I don't think I've ever been as terrified out on the road before. Having one pass too close is bad enough but three. I don't even know whose lorries they were as there were no marking on them (that I could see).

Then just as I've turned off the main road the guy across the street forgets he has a brain and decides to overtake me as we're turning into a junction. And he knows he was in the wrong...couldn't take his eyes off me as I cycled up the street.

CiB

suzyb wrote:

...And he knows he was in the wrong...couldn't take his eyes off me as I cycled up the street.

Hmmm. Young lady cyclist, presumably in cycling togs. You sure his eyeballing was a tacit admission of guilt there...?

rick_chasey

*sighs*

Just because I'm not on your team doesn't mean I can't chat to you.

Perhaps you should consider why I've resorted to trying to get into your sh!t conversation about masterchef the professionals, which by the way, is an abomination of a program, which consists of a series of contrived food competitions, combined with badly scripted attempts at having a massive c*ck off, which isn't even something to aspire to.

graham.

Did someone mention Masterchef?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfeyUGZt8nk

Graham.

redvee

Getting a job with an agency that promised regular work right upto xmas and beyond only to find that my first week has so far resulted in 2 short days, one 75%, one 50% and no work tomorrow. People get your wallets down to Currys.

Mr Sworld

Rick Chasey wrote:

*sighs*

Just because I'm not on your team doesn't mean I can't chat to you.

Perhaps you should consider why I've resorted to trying to get into your sh!t conversation about masterchef the professionals, which by the way, is an abomination of a program, which consists of a series of contrived food competitions, combined with badly scripted attempts at having a massive c*ck off, which isn't even something to aspire to.

Why bother then? He / she is obviously a tawt or is this brown nosing / 'networking'?

optimisticbiker

To the young lady crossing Wentworth street at the junction with Middlesex St. this morning... You stopped at the kerb because you saw me coming... but why oh why did you then decide to rummage in your bag for your phone (sh*t ring tone btw) while walking out in front of me, when I'm less than 10 feet from you? memory span of a goldfish perhaps? You were lucky it was just the tassle on your bag that got pulled off and wasn't something more painful for both of us!

rick_chasey

Mr Sworld wrote:

Rick Chasey wrote:

*sighs*

Just because I'm not on your team doesn't mean I can't chat to you.

Perhaps you should consider why I've resorted to trying to get into your sh!t conversation about masterchef the professionals, which by the way, is an abomination of a program, which consists of a series of contrived food competitions, combined with badly scripted attempts at having a massive c*ck off, which isn't even something to aspire to.

Why bother then? He / she is obviously a tawt or is this brown nosing / 'networking'?

Nah, it was the boss. Definitely not brown nosing.

I just want to have a conversation that doesn't involve the question "does it/he/she make you hungry? *guffaw*" by the 4th exchange.





And to the Mr Smith from the matrix lookalike on the bike this morning. I appreciate you were angry with more or less everyone on the road today, but it makes a lot of sense passing cyclists on the right.

When you half-wheel me on my left, between me and the curb, at least be glad I noticed you and beckoned you over to the right hand side.Calling me a c*nt won't help.

Gallywomack

And to the Mr Smith from the matrix lookalike on the bike this morning. I appreciate you were angry with more or less everyone on the road today, but it makes a lot of sense passing cyclists on the right.

When you half-wheel me on my left, between me and the curb, at least be glad I noticed you and beckoned you over to the right hand side.Calling me a c*nt won't help.

Sounds like a nice bloke :shock:

Koncordski

Aaaaarrghhh! The PF struck tonight just as I was enjoying the unseasonably warm evening ride. Enormous wad of crushed glass buried in the tyre. Fished it out and fitted a new tube without getting a pinch refitting the tyre. Used the CO2 to get it rideable, stopped at the nearest evans and their bloody perished pump let all the air out when i tried to get the pressure up. I appreciate the effort but if the gear is knackered then replace it. Ended up just buying a mini pump in the shop and cursing myself for not already owning one. CO2 is ok but you need a pump.