Silly commuting racing

1…23362337233923412342…2536

Comments

  • anonymousblackfg
    anonymousblackfg Posts: 2,029
    Nice ride in and no sight of that fat tw4t on the MTB which was nice. Cracking accident in South Wimbledon this morning, I should have stopped and taken a pic for #Audisinhouses on the twitters. Traffic wasn't mental and only one rozzer on the scene so I must have missed it by 15 mins or so.

    I did have a nodder almost rear end me at a ped crossing, very keen to ride hard but he didn't have much stamina, a real shame he turned off as I would have enjoyed the moment he fully blew.
    If I know you, and I like you, you can borrow my bike box for £30 a week. PM for details.
  • mamil314
    mamil314 Posts: 1,103
    How the hell does one reach point in their life where it seems a good idea to smash bottles on a cycling path.
  • greg66_tri_v2.0
    greg66_tri_v2.0 Posts: 7,172
    Greg66 Tri v2.0 wrote:
    prowlbass wrote:
    Greg66 Tri v2.0 wrote:
    Anyone know or know of the swift CS7 fixie girl? Long haired brunette, red back pack, (today) Sky/20C Fox shorts, *very* smooth pedalling and a really nice ability to ghost through knots in the traffic. Quick and very clearly very proficient.

    Haha yes, I know Abbi. She'll find this hilarious (and be delighted you didn't mention her clicking headset :lol:).

    Not sure I would have heard it over my creaky under tightened* front QR, TBH.

    *which I will now fix - thanks for the reminder.

    Saw her again this morning. Easy to spot because (a) she was wearing bibs that I have, and (b) she was slicing up the (entirely male and entirely humiliated) competition into very very small pieces with a relentless and ruthlessness that was a joy to behold.
    Swim. Bike. Run. Yeah. That's what I used to do.

    Bike 1
    Bike 2-A
  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,930
    pangolin wrote:
    That's downward force, it's climbing a ladder upside down they'd struggle with
    You need to lift each foot onto the next step before you can push down to lift yourself.
    1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
    Pinnacle Monzonite

    Part of the anti-growth coalition
  • hopkinb
    hopkinb Posts: 7,129
    Greg66 Tri v2.0 wrote:
    Greg66 Tri v2.0 wrote:
    prowlbass wrote:
    Greg66 Tri v2.0 wrote:
    Anyone know or know of the swift CS7 fixie girl? Long haired brunette, red back pack, (today) Sky/20C Fox shorts, *very* smooth pedalling and a really nice ability to ghost through knots in the traffic. Quick and very clearly very proficient.

    Haha yes, I know Abbi. She'll find this hilarious (and be delighted you didn't mention her clicking headset :lol:).

    Not sure I would have heard it over my creaky under tightened* front QR, TBH.

    *which I will now fix - thanks for the reminder.

    Saw her again this morning. Easy to spot because (a) she was wearing bibs that I have, and (b) she was slicing up the (entirely male and entirely humiliated) competition into very very small pieces with a relentless and ruthlessness that was a joy to behold.

    I had a bit of a race with abbster last week, managed to avoid humiliation, posted about it, and she came on here and posted. Maybe she'll spot your post too Greg.
  • smokey_bacon
    smokey_bacon Posts: 1,639
    mamil314 wrote:
    How the hell does one reach point in their life where it seems a good idea to smash bottles on a cycling path.

    Today was generally outside pubs and places that show the football. Suspect the owners just swept it all off into the cycle lane to get cleared by the road sweepers. Not ideal though.
  • wolfsbane2k
    wolfsbane2k Posts: 3,056
    anonymousblackfg wrote:
    Nice ride in and no sight of that fat tw4t on the MTB which was nice. Cracking accident in South Wimbledon this morning, I should have stopped and taken a pic for #Audisinhouses on the twitters. Traffic wasn't mental and only one rozzer on the scene so I must have missed it by 15 mins or so.

    https://twitter.com/maidstoneonbike/sta ... 1361096704
    ?
    Intent on Cycling Commuting on a budget, but keep on breaking/crashing/finding nice stuff to buy.
    Bike 1 (Broken) - Bike 2(Borked) - Bike 3(broken spokes) - Bike 4( Needs Work) - Bike 5 (in bits) - Bike 6* ...
  • anonymousblackfg
    anonymousblackfg Posts: 2,029
    Yep, quelle surprise the Audi was white. One has to assume they overcooked the a gentle left hander before the car mounted the pavement and hit the shop. I can only guess the driver reversed and tried to drive off before realising they were proper fvcked.
    If I know you, and I like you, you can borrow my bike box for £30 a week. PM for details.
  • dekant
    dekant Posts: 114
    Smokey Bacon wrote:
    Suspect the owners just swept it all off into the cycle lane to get cleared by the road sweepers. Not ideal though.

    Yup, people sweep up in front of their premises into tidy little piles, then rather than sweep that up into a bin they just shove it into the gutter where 90% of all cycle lanes are.

    It proper pisses me off when I see people doing this.
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,302
    Mattsaw wrote:
    Great to be back on the bike after 3 weeks of train purgatory.

    Fitness is going to need a lot of work!

    1:29's not bad...
  • mattsaw
    mattsaw Posts: 907
    KingstonGraham wrote:
    Mattsaw wrote:
    Great to be back on the bike after 3 weeks of train purgatory.

    Fitness is going to need a lot of work!

    1:29's not bad...

    The speed still seems to be there but it's a lot harder work than it was a few weeks ago!

    I also think I'm carrying an extra 7-8 pounds. It's amazing how quickly you can pile on weight when you stop exercising and continue to eat as if you do :shock:
    Bianchi C2C - Ritte Bosberg - Cervelo R3
    Strava
  • drhaggis
    drhaggis Posts: 1,150
    Wolfsbane2k wrote:
    anonymousblackfg wrote:
    Nice ride in and no sight of that fat tw4t on the MTB which was nice. Cracking accident in South Wimbledon this morning, I should have stopped and taken a pic for #Audisinhouses on the twitters. Traffic wasn't mental and only one rozzer on the scene so I must have missed it by 15 mins or so.

    https://twitter.com/maidstoneonbike/sta ... 1361096704
    ?

    The caption in the first reply is pure gold.
  • wolfsbane2k
    wolfsbane2k Posts: 3,056
    DrHaggis wrote:
    Wolfsbane2k wrote:
    anonymousblackfg wrote:
    Nice ride in and no sight of that fat tw4t on the MTB which was nice. Cracking accident in South Wimbledon this morning, I should have stopped and taken a pic for #Audisinhouses on the twitters. Traffic wasn't mental and only one rozzer on the scene so I must have missed it by 15 mins or so.

    https://twitter.com/maidstoneonbike/sta ... 1361096704
    ?

    The caption in the first reply is pure gold.

    Twitter prioritises responses you see based on what it thinks you want to see, so the first for you, isn't necessarily the first for others...
    Intent on Cycling Commuting on a budget, but keep on breaking/crashing/finding nice stuff to buy.
    Bike 1 (Broken) - Bike 2(Borked) - Bike 3(broken spokes) - Bike 4( Needs Work) - Bike 5 (in bits) - Bike 6* ...
  • roger_merriman
    roger_merriman Posts: 6,165
    dekant wrote:
    Smokey Bacon wrote:
    Suspect the owners just swept it all off into the cycle lane to get cleared by the road sweepers. Not ideal though.

    Yup, people sweep up in front of their premises into tidy little piles, then rather than sweep that up into a bin they just shove it into the gutter where 90% of all cycle lanes are.

    It proper pisses me off when I see people doing this.

    I have few miles of segregated bike paths from A4 up to Hillingdon circuit, but it’s quite often littered with broken bottles, for weeks on end, which is why I fitted Marthon Plus Tours though even they have some deep slashes.
  • drhaggis
    drhaggis Posts: 1,150
    Wolfsbane2k wrote:
    DrHaggis wrote:
    Wolfsbane2k wrote:
    anonymousblackfg wrote:
    Nice ride in and no sight of that fat tw4t on the MTB which was nice. Cracking accident in South Wimbledon this morning, I should have stopped and taken a pic for #Audisinhouses on the twitters. Traffic wasn't mental and only one rozzer on the scene so I must have missed it by 15 mins or so.

    https://twitter.com/maidstoneonbike/sta ... 1361096704
    ?

    The caption in the first reply is pure gold.

    Twitter prioritises responses you see based on what it thinks you want to see, so the first for you, isn't necessarily the first for others...

    Even when you click to open a thread and you don't have an account? Darn! Surely I cannot be the only one here with an interest in cycling, though...
  • abbster
    abbster Posts: 3
    Greg66 Tri v2.0 wrote:

    Saw her again this morning. Easy to spot because (a) she was wearing bibs that I have, and (b) she was slicing up the (entirely male and entirely humiliated) competition into very very small pieces with a relentless and ruthlessness that was a joy to behold.

    Haha, well thank you.. glad to be supplying joy to the commute! Was a joyful ride in itself because I'm back on the fixie after a week of gears :) Say hi next time!
  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    abbster wrote:
    Greg66 Tri v2.0 wrote:

    Saw her again this morning. Easy to spot because (a) she was wearing bibs that I have, and (b) she was slicing up the (entirely male and entirely humiliated) competition into very very small pieces with a relentless and ruthlessness that was a joy to behold.

    Haha, well thank you.. glad to be supplying joy to the commute! Was a joyful ride in itself because I'm back on the fixie after a week of gears :) Say hi next time!

    Greg wears the same bibs as abbster.

    Abbster is a woman.

    Therefore, Greg wears women's bibs?

    :mrgreen:
    FCN 2-4.

    "What happens when the hammer goes down, kids?"
    "It stays down, Daddy."
    "Exactly."
  • smokey_bacon
    smokey_bacon Posts: 1,639
    Saw three riders on Upper Thames Street last night drafting one of those e-scooters. Thats a new low as far as Im concerned. Got attacked by all by a plague of flies and winged things in RP last night, ate a few to boot! No real SCR this morning, good notch up in quality though by not being the usual chopperfest.
  • mattsaw
    mattsaw Posts: 907
    It was definitely flying ant day yesterday. I managed to consume quite a few of them myself
    Bianchi C2C - Ritte Bosberg - Cervelo R3
    Strava
  • hopkinb
    hopkinb Posts: 7,129
    Mattsaw wrote:
    It was definitely flying ant day yesterday. I managed to consume quite a few of them myself

    Valuable protein.

    Fun ride home last night - I was aware of someone on my wheel from around clapham north, so kept increasing the effort. Stopped at some lights and one guy said to another that he was suffering trying to hang on to him, and the other guy said that he was suffering trying to hang on to me. All very friendly, and they seemed like fast competent riders, one on a TT bike (busted wheel on his road bike apparently), and a skinny racing snake guy with a beard in very smart matching blue kit. Anyway, we rode in convoy all the way back to Raynes Park, well, they sat on my wheel as I pushed it on a bit, chatting a bit at the the lights. The traffic cleared up after the tram level crossing, and I let TT bike guy lead me out a bit, then put the head down for a good old sprint - I managed to hit 56kph before traffic stopped play in Wimbledon Chase, and I sat up and looked back to see racing snake guy glued to my wheel, laughing and whooping like nutter. Goodbyes & handshakes all round.

    Nice social ride more or less all the way in with abfg, with hardly any fcukwitterry from other road users.
  • rhodrich
    rhodrich Posts: 867
    Smokey Bacon wrote:
    Saw three riders on Upper Thames Street last night drafting one of those e-scooters. Thats a new low as far as Im concerned. Got attacked by all by a plague of flies and winged things in RP last night, ate a few to boot! No real SCR this morning, good notch up in quality though by not being the usual chopperfest.

    Disappointed that I didn't scalp you this morning. Different route today? :lol::wink:
    1938 Hobbs Tandem
    1956 Carlton Flyer Path/Track
    1960 Mercian Superlight Track
    1974 Pete Luxton Path/Track*
    1980 Harry Hall
    1986 Dawes Galaxy
    1988 Jack Taylor Tourer
    1988 Pearson
    1989 Condor
    1993 Dawes Hybrid
    2016 Ridley Helium SL
    *Currently on this
  • rhodrich
    rhodrich Posts: 867
    In other news. Felt this weird wet stuff coming from the sky on the way home yesterday. Not sure what it was? There were funny fluffy things in the sky too. Very odd!
    1938 Hobbs Tandem
    1956 Carlton Flyer Path/Track
    1960 Mercian Superlight Track
    1974 Pete Luxton Path/Track*
    1980 Harry Hall
    1986 Dawes Galaxy
    1988 Jack Taylor Tourer
    1988 Pearson
    1989 Condor
    1993 Dawes Hybrid
    2016 Ridley Helium SL
    *Currently on this
  • kingdav
    kingdav Posts: 417
    Drinking tonight post JP Morgan Chase Challenge so trainw*nkering in this morning. GCN show on the mobile. Get off at London Bridge and the the race is on, walking over the bridge is like a slow motion bunch sprint, you have to hold your line - commit, but be flexible - swap to someone else's wheel if the guy you're chasing tires... good sport.
  • smokey_bacon
    smokey_bacon Posts: 1,639
    Rhodrich wrote:
    Smokey Bacon wrote:
    Saw three riders on Upper Thames Street last night drafting one of those e-scooters. Thats a new low as far as Im concerned. Got attacked by all by a plague of flies and winged things in RP last night, ate a few to boot! No real SCR this morning, good notch up in quality though by not being the usual chopperfest.

    Disappointed that I didn't scalp you this morning. Different route today? :lol::wink:

    :lol: You know I had exactly the same thought. Same route as always, after I said hello to you in RP I didnt exactly put the hammer down but by Embankment I thought I had a chance of staying ahead. You must be getting slow :wink:
  • magictrumpet
    magictrumpet Posts: 54
    - 10 MINS out of a 55 min ride at reds this morning...seemed to hit every single one. There *are* 89 sets of traffic lights on my route, but that was definitely worse than usual.

    - I have swallowed more flies/ants in the last two weeks than ever before. Namely two. Blurgh.
  • roger_merriman
    roger_merriman Posts: 6,165
    MagicTrumpet wrote:
    - 10 MINS out of a 55 min ride at reds this morning...seemed to hit every single one. There *are* 89 sets of traffic lights on my route, but that was definitely worse than usual.

    - I have swallowed more flies/ants in the last two weeks than ever before. Namely two. Blurgh.

    Down in Wales at moment mainly fettling parents electronic devices, no flying ants thus far, 89 lights is a feck load, my commute is just over a hr and just under 12 miles, with 9 lights in total, mix of ped lights and junctions, lot of my commute is parks and what not, hence the relative rarety for a London commute.
  • smokey_bacon
    smokey_bacon Posts: 1,639
    Easy friday for me. Legs midly toasted! Highlight was the lady on the colnago c60 (i think!) black, zipp deep sections, campag group and matching rapha. Definitley winning the commute, anyone on here?
  • hopkinb
    hopkinb Posts: 7,129
    Smokey Bacon wrote:
    Easy friday for me.

    Me too. Most enjoyable. There even seemed to be fewer cars around than normal. Not looking forward to carting my bag back later.
  • anonymousblackfg
    anonymousblackfg Posts: 2,029
    Took the good bike, all very quiet but tw4ts a plenty.

    - van reving then pulled alongside me indicating with 3 metres to go before the Clapham Common left hook while I was in primary
    - told to fvck off by a chap on a cube who i told the lights had changed after he shoaled infront of us and then sat where he couldn't see the lights blocking the path
    - walked into by a chap crossing the road between buses, I was going very slow because of such things but stayed upright with some mad skillz but the Uber driver I almost hit didn't look like be believed i'd not taken a chunk out of his rear wing
    If I know you, and I like you, you can borrow my bike box for £30 a week. PM for details.
  • anonymousblackfg
    anonymousblackfg Posts: 2,029
    Plus the ASO have shut down Velogames, what utter pr1cks.
    If I know you, and I like you, you can borrow my bike box for £30 a week. PM for details.

Categories