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  • tangled_metal
    tangled_metal Posts: 4,021
    Apart from better health in those who take it up.
  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,064
    Tangled Metal wrote:
    Moaning about waiting for a shower at work. I've been waiting for 5 years and they've still not put one in! :(

    phew! you must stink :roll:
    :lol:
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  • waddlie
    waddlie Posts: 542
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    25 minutes in the shower at work?

    FFS.

    Oops. :oops:
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  • dinyull
    dinyull Posts: 2,979
    F*cking muppet drivers who must get past no matter what.

    At the end of my commute home I have to turn off a busy main road into our estate. Always make sure to take up primary position to try and slow the cars coming from behind as I usually have to wait till the traffic clears on the opposite side. Problem is, on the side of road I'm using the council have widened the road to create parking bays for the houses....meaning the cars behind don't actually slow down to pass as they just use the parking bays to undertake me.

    Now, I haven't had any near misses yet (as far as I'm aware), but can see a situation where someone isn't concentrating and doesn't see the car ahead undertaking, doesn't notice me and bang....

    What's worse, there are a set of traffic lights and a roundabout up ahead so at rush hour there is NEVER a clear run through....meaning the cars so determined to not let me slow them down will have to slow/stop less than 100m after they pass me.

    FWIW I'm going to stop turning off there.
  • elbowloh
    elbowloh Posts: 7,078
    RLJ's

    1) Riding in with my friend this morning, we both stop at the cyclist specific traffic light, in the cycle lane at Parliament Square (approaching from Millbank). A few seconds later (i.e. we'd been stopped for a while, so he wasn't caught out by us stopping) some sodding twat on a BSO decides he's not stopping for the light and tries to squeeze through the tiny gap at pace between my friend and the kerb hitting her, not enough to knock her off thankfully, but it's just rude and unnecessary.

    We lobbied, for years for proper cycling infrastructure and then when we get some, some people choose to not only ignore it, but actively ride like a twat through it.

    2) Again, stopped at a light, again for a few seconds, another guy on the BSO also thinks the light doesn't apply to him, but then sees that a 12 year old girl is crossing the road with her dog, he slams on the breaks, skidding through and out the bike box and only just manages to stop before he hits her.
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  • mrfpb
    mrfpb Posts: 4,569
    Two punctures on the way to work yesterday. Walked 1 mile to train station and then train into London. Tube from Cycle Surgery cost £6.00 - ouch. I had intended to buy 2 (belt and braces) but figured it's less than £6.00 Brookwood to Fleet on the train, so got one and fixed it.

    Anyway, anti-rant, Brookwood station had a bench in the bike shed, that made changing the puncture easier. They also had a selection of tools on chains that I had never seen before (not that I needed them). They also had a big floor pump, but the head didn't work.
  • tangled_metal
    tangled_metal Posts: 4,021
    itboffin wrote:
    Tangled Metal wrote:
    Moaning about waiting for a shower at work. I've been waiting for 5 years and they've still not put one in! :(

    phew! you must stink :roll:
    :lol:
    Not at the speed I cycle to work. Barely sweat at all.

    Now going home I'm a lot quicker for some reason and it's a level route too. I need a shower after that. Fortunately there's one at home. If I pick my time well there's no waiting at all.

    If I could work from home my problems would be sorted. I could pick my.commuting route with each day riding out into another area around me with no traffic. Then back to a shower and pretty good facilities too. We never run out of coffee unlike at work!
  • thistle_
    thistle_ Posts: 7,218
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    25 minutes in the shower at work?
    Has he complained about you taking too long in the shower when you only take 10 mins, like one of the guys here did to me?

    We have someone who sometimes has a shower at 5pm, just when everyone is trying to grab their cycling kit and go home :roll:
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    10 mins is the unwritten rule, no?
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  • hopkinb
    hopkinb Posts: 7,129
    10 mins actually under the water? What are you doing? Having a w@nk? 3 mins gets everything washed and rinsed. If people started taking 10 mins here, I'd start banging on the doors, and also be late up to my desk a lot more often, as there's often queues of 4 or 5 blokes for 2 showers. Luckily everyone seems to realise it's a communal facility, as there's only one regular guy who takes an age. Someone did lose their sh*t with this guy once and started banging on the door and swearing in German at him, he's better now, but still takes noticeably longer than others.
  • dinyull
    dinyull Posts: 2,979
    I take as long as I possibly can, love a long shower.

    Having said that, no others I have to share with so fairly lucky.
  • hopkinb
    hopkinb Posts: 7,129
    Dinyull wrote:
    I take as long as I possibly can, love a long shower.

    Having said that, no others I have to share with so fairly lucky.

    For sure, at home or anywhere where there isn't a line of red-faced sweaty blokes waiting for a shower. Bliss.
  • rower63
    rower63 Posts: 1,991
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    10 mins is the unwritten rule, no?
    10 minutes??? I'm 3 minutes, 5 if I'm shaving.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    hopkinb wrote:
    10 mins actually under the water? What are you doing? Having a w@nk? 3 mins gets everything washed and rinsed. If people started taking 10 mins here, I'd start banging on the doors, and also be late up to my desk a lot more often, as there's often queues of 4 or 5 blokes for 2 showers. Luckily everyone seems to realise it's a communal facility, as there's only one regular guy who takes an age. Someone did lose their sh*t with this guy once and started banging on the door and swearing in German at him, he's better now, but still takes noticeably longer than others.

    No, 10 minutes from walking in in bike kit to walking out in normal kit.

    It's one shower that's tagged onto a disabled toilet, so you get the whole place to yourself.
    _
  • elbowloh
    elbowloh Posts: 7,078
    hopkinb wrote:
    10 mins actually under the water? What are you doing? Having a w@nk? 3 mins gets everything washed and rinsed. If people started taking 10 mins here, I'd start banging on the doors, and also be late up to my desk a lot more often, as there's often queues of 4 or 5 blokes for 2 showers. Luckily everyone seems to realise it's a communal facility, as there's only one regular guy who takes an age. Someone did lose their sh*t with this guy once and started banging on the door and swearing in German at him, he's better now, but still takes noticeably longer than others.
    Is this guy actually German or just thought it sounded more angry in German? :wink:
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  • hopkinb
    hopkinb Posts: 7,129
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    hopkinb wrote:
    10 mins actually under the water? What are you doing? Having a w@nk? 3 mins gets everything washed and rinsed. If people started taking 10 mins here, I'd start banging on the doors, and also be late up to my desk a lot more often, as there's often queues of 4 or 5 blokes for 2 showers. Luckily everyone seems to realise it's a communal facility, as there's only one regular guy who takes an age. Someone did lose their sh*t with this guy once and started banging on the door and swearing in German at him, he's better now, but still takes noticeably longer than others.

    No, 10 minutes from walking in in bike kit to walking out in normal kit.

    It's one shower that's tagged onto a disabled toilet, so you get the whole place to yourself.

    Perfectly acceptable. We are quite lucky in that we have changing rooms and 2 showers in the basement, plus a couple of other showers tucked away in the building.
  • hopkinb
    hopkinb Posts: 7,129
    elbowloh wrote:
    hopkinb wrote:
    10 mins actually under the water? What are you doing? Having a w@nk? 3 mins gets everything washed and rinsed. If people started taking 10 mins here, I'd start banging on the doors, and also be late up to my desk a lot more often, as there's often queues of 4 or 5 blokes for 2 showers. Luckily everyone seems to realise it's a communal facility, as there's only one regular guy who takes an age. Someone did lose their sh*t with this guy once and started banging on the door and swearing in German at him, he's better now, but still takes noticeably longer than others.
    Is this guy actually German or just thought it sounded more angry in German? :wink:

    Actually German, about 6 ft 5 inches of angry German. His English is fine, dunno why he gave the long showering guy both barrels in German. It was terrifying though, so maybe it was calculated!
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    hopkinb wrote:
    elbowloh wrote:
    hopkinb wrote:
    10 mins actually under the water? What are you doing? Having a w@nk? 3 mins gets everything washed and rinsed. If people started taking 10 mins here, I'd start banging on the doors, and also be late up to my desk a lot more often, as there's often queues of 4 or 5 blokes for 2 showers. Luckily everyone seems to realise it's a communal facility, as there's only one regular guy who takes an age. Someone did lose their sh*t with this guy once and started banging on the door and swearing in German at him, he's better now, but still takes noticeably longer than others.
    Is this guy actually German or just thought it sounded more angry in German? :wink:

    Actually German, about 6 ft 5 inches of angry German. His English is fine, dunno why he gave the long showering guy both barrels in German. It was terrifying though, so maybe it was calculated!

    I do this on the road in Dutch.

    Gets people's backs up a lot less.
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  • waddlie
    waddlie Posts: 542
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    hopkinb wrote:
    10 mins actually under the water? What are you doing? Having a w@nk? 3 mins gets everything washed and rinsed. If people started taking 10 mins here, I'd start banging on the doors, and also be late up to my desk a lot more often, as there's often queues of 4 or 5 blokes for 2 showers. Luckily everyone seems to realise it's a communal facility, as there's only one regular guy who takes an age. Someone did lose their sh*t with this guy once and started banging on the door and swearing in German at him, he's better now, but still takes noticeably longer than others.

    No, 10 minutes from walking in in bike kit to walking out in normal kit.

    It's one shower that's tagged onto a disabled toilet, so you get the whole place to yourself.

    In an all-in-one shower/toilet room I believe the standard practice is "lock the door, get undressed, sit on toilet, take a dump, check facebook, have shower, dry off, check facebook, get dressed, pack stuff up, check facebook, leave".

    Slightly more seriously, there are possible hidden health issues which may make the whole process a bit more long-winded.

    I take ages but only because there's never anyone waiting.
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  • tangled_metal
    tangled_metal Posts: 4,021
    Used to know a 6'5" angry German. He used to do sprint kayak and rowing in Germany. So all testosterone and competition. Over here he played canoe polo which you're often getting knocked over. You just have to right yourself quickly which he wasn't good at. So when he went over the red mist came down in German and a full set of lungs too. Funny but awkward to see grown men a bit wary of him.

    Big angry German works very well in the intimidation stakes I reckon. BTW is competitiveness a real big part of German masculinity?

    There are common.traits with nationality. For example every polish man I've worked with believes he can fix anything! Whereas most English men have the attitude that it's not my job mate, see maintenance.

    A happy middle ground between machine completely in bits and work stops because some consumable part needs replacing (easy 2 minute job with basic tools).
  • jds_1981
    jds_1981 Posts: 1,858
    hopkinb wrote:
    10 mins actually under the water? What are you doing? Having a w@nk? 3 mins gets everything washed and rinsed. If people started taking 10 mins here, I'd start banging on the doors, and also be late up to my desk a lot more often, as there's often queues of 4 or 5 blokes for 2 showers. Luckily everyone seems to realise it's a communal facility, as there's only one regular guy who takes an age. Someone did lose their sh*t with this guy once and started banging on the door and swearing in German at him, he's better now, but still takes noticeably longer than others.

    Under ten minutes? There's no way you're properly clean in that amount of time you smelly sods.
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  • dinyull
    dinyull Posts: 2,979
    Waddlie wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    hopkinb wrote:
    10 mins actually under the water? What are you doing? Having a w@nk? 3 mins gets everything washed and rinsed. If people started taking 10 mins here, I'd start banging on the doors, and also be late up to my desk a lot more often, as there's often queues of 4 or 5 blokes for 2 showers. Luckily everyone seems to realise it's a communal facility, as there's only one regular guy who takes an age. Someone did lose their sh*t with this guy once and started banging on the door and swearing in German at him, he's better now, but still takes noticeably longer than others.

    No, 10 minutes from walking in in bike kit to walking out in normal kit.

    It's one shower that's tagged onto a disabled toilet, so you get the whole place to yourself.

    In an all-in-one shower/toilet room I believe the standard practice is "lock the door, get undressed, sit on toilet, take a dump, check facebook, have shower, dry off, check facebook, get dressed, pack stuff up, check facebook, leave".

    Slightly more seriously, there are possible hidden health issues which may make the whole process a bit more long-winded.

    I take ages but only because there's never anyone waiting.

    Your doing it wrong mate. Get fully showered etc and show up at your desk at 9am (or whatever start time). At 9.01am, then depart for dump.

    Or in my case: at desk by 9, 9.01 head off to make coffee and porridge. Then after returning them to desk, whilst waiting for them to cool off depart for dump.
  • dinyull
    dinyull Posts: 2,979
    jds_1981 wrote:
    hopkinb wrote:
    10 mins actually under the water? What are you doing? Having a w@nk? 3 mins gets everything washed and rinsed. If people started taking 10 mins here, I'd start banging on the doors, and also be late up to my desk a lot more often, as there's often queues of 4 or 5 blokes for 2 showers. Luckily everyone seems to realise it's a communal facility, as there's only one regular guy who takes an age. Someone did lose their sh*t with this guy once and started banging on the door and swearing in German at him, he's better now, but still takes noticeably longer than others.

    Under ten minutes? There's no way you're properly clean in that amount of time you smelly sods.

    When visiting a friend in Australia I noticed an egg timer attached to the wall next to the shower. After a good 20 minute shower and getting dried etc I asked what it was for. Apparently in Queensland during drought season your limited to 3 minute showers - big fines if your caught taking the pi$$.
  • redvee
    redvee Posts: 11,922
    My Ortlieb pannier has a three holes in it, two small ones and one larger one that is in an awkward place that can't be patched with gaffa tape. Can't really complain as it cost me less than £30 over four years ago but now means I'm looking at buying a pair when I'll only use one. I do have a Ortlieb City bag but it doesn't have the internal pocket like my Roller Classic but I might be able to transfer it over, something to look at for the weekend.
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  • thistle_
    thistle_ Posts: 7,218
    Allergies.

    Cycled in and again I've got a sore throat, stinging/watery eyes, runny nose and covered in spots.
    Must be allergic to work because it only happens on the ride in....

    Going to get a nose spray to see if that helps.
  • cruff
    cruff Posts: 1,518
    Calf cramp. Chainy last night, decent group so reasonably quick - had to stop suddenly when some fool in a 4x4 decided to come down the narrow lane towards us in the middle of the lane (twunt) and instantly cramped up in my calf before I could clip back in. Cue the ministry of silly walks for the next minute before I could clip back in, and watched the chainy disappear up the road without me. On target for a course record as well :x
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  • j_mcd
    j_mcd Posts: 473
    A chain whip. How the bloody hell can I have lost a chain whip. It's not like my wife or kids will have gone into garage, used it and then put it somewhere else.

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  • MrSweary
    MrSweary Posts: 1,699
    J_MCD wrote:
    A chain whip. How the bloody hell can I have lost a chain whip. It's not like my wife or kids will have gone into garage, used it and then put it somewhere else.

    Grumbles

    It will turn up as the centerpiece of some elaborate diorama..
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  • j_mcd
    j_mcd Posts: 473
    MrSweary wrote:
    J_MCD wrote:
    A chain whip. How the bloody hell can I have lost a chain whip. It's not like my wife or kids will have gone into garage, used it and then put it somewhere else.

    Grumbles

    It will turn up as the centerpiece of some elaborate diorama..

    It'll turn up as soon as I arrive home with a shiny new one!
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  • davis
    davis Posts: 2,506
    J_MCD wrote:
    MrSweary wrote:
    J_MCD wrote:
    A chain whip. How the bloody hell can I have lost a chain whip. It's not like my wife or kids will have gone into garage, used it and then put it somewhere else.

    Grumbles

    It will turn up as the centerpiece of some elaborate diorama..

    It'll turn up as soon as I arrive home with a shiny new one!

    Treat it as an opportunity to get the really good Decathlon thing that isn't a chain whip but is much much better...
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