Silly commuting racing

attica

No SCR this morning, just three cars out to get me in the space of about half a mile.
1. Car pulls out from a turning on the right and squeezes me into the kerb
2. Car overtakes then slams on the brakes in order to turn right
3. Car overtakes then has to squeeze me into the kerb because there's a ruddy great bus coming the other way (straight section of road too).

Luckily I had my wits about me enough to avoid the lot, but it did feel like my luck was running out, took quieter roads once I reached Bristol.

Caught this last car a couple of miles later, she looked very confused as I told her to use her eyes and think using sign language, drivers just don't know what they're doing - how can we educate them?

Bassjunkieuk

Attica wrote:

No SCR this morning, just three cars out to get me in the space of about half a mile.
1. Car pulls out from a turning on the right and squeezes me into the kerb
2. Car overtakes then slams on the brakes in order to turn right
3. Car overtakes then has to squeeze me into the kerb because there's a ruddy great bus coming the other way (straight section of road too).

Luckily I had my wits about me enough to avoid the lot, but it did feel like my luck was running out, took quieter roads once I reached Bristol.

Caught this last car a couple of miles later, she looked very confused as I told her to use her eyes and think using sign language, drivers just don't know what they're doing - how can we educate them?

I think it's just another of those mornings that brings out the twunt drivers. I had a bus race to overtake me whilst in the bus lane on Crystal Palace parade this morning, not that I think I'm holding him up much doing around 20mph but that's for him to decide.
Due to this acceleration and presumably a complete lack of paying attention he VERY nearly RLJ'd. The lights about 25 yards ahead changed and he left the braking to the last minute! Ended up with a good 1/3-1/2 of the bus over the line......

Clever Pun

MonkeyMonster wrote:

Blimey, what a bunch of nutcase drivers out today. Classic form from an addison lee twunt.

Few fixies too - anyone recognise a half green, half pink number?

Morning all!

sounds like biondino

MonkeyMonster

Clever Pun wrote:

MonkeyMonster wrote:

Blimey, what a bunch of nutcase drivers out today. Classic form from an addison lee twunt.

Few fixies too - anyone recognise a half green, half pink number?

Morning all!

sounds like biondino

He was seriously pootling then. Putting some real lack of effort in Weirdly having met him twice I did clock his face but didn't recognise it...

Clever Pun

no real sport until the sprint section on Jamacia road, a road zipped past me as I was slowing for the lights (fixed gear) he hunkered on the brakes and stopped, we waited nochelantly at the lights and we're off level pegging I'm spinning faster and faster I can hear him shifting through the gears... we get to the next set and stop another roadie judges the lights well and is off to a flyer I chase him down and drop him, the other guy is nowhere to be seen.. I suspect he DDD'd it

Clever Pun

MonkeyMonster wrote:

Clever Pun wrote:

MonkeyMonster wrote:

Blimey, what a bunch of nutcase drivers out today. Classic form from an addison lee twunt.

Few fixies too - anyone recognise a half green, half pink number?

Morning all!

sounds like biondino

He was seriously pootling then. Putting some real lack of effort in Weirdly having met him twice I did clock his face but didn't recognise it...

shiny forehead, is the clue... I think he's in a bit later than you though

UndercoverElephant

itboffin wrote:

Benno68 wrote:

itboffin wrote:

I'm usually a very calm person but there's no buffet on this train tonight, that means I'll have to cycle home sober!!!

ars*

And there's me thinking you had a bottle cage specially made to fit a bottle of Pimm's :roll:

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I like the cut of your jib, young man!

Tally ho

Actually, I do have a wine-bottle holder on my old bike:



Perfect for emergencies.

MonkeyMonster

Clever Pun wrote:

MonkeyMonster wrote:

Clever Pun wrote:

MonkeyMonster wrote:

Blimey, what a bunch of nutcase drivers out today. Classic form from an addison lee twunt.

Few fixies too - anyone recognise a half green, half pink number?

Morning all!

sounds like biondino

He was seriously pootling then. Putting some real lack of effort in Weirdly having met him twice I did clock his face but didn't recognise it...

shiny forehead, is the clue... I think he's in a bit later than you though

He was wearing a helmet with headphones in. But I did meet him first on HSK and I believe he travels that way - oh and I came in late today so hit racetrack post 9.30.

attica

MonkeyMonster wrote:

Clever Pun wrote:

MonkeyMonster wrote:

Clever Pun wrote:

MonkeyMonster wrote:

Blimey, what a bunch of nutcase drivers out today. Classic form from an addison lee twunt.

Few fixies too - anyone recognise a half green, half pink number?

Morning all!

sounds like biondino

He was seriously pootling then. Putting some real lack of effort in Weirdly having met him twice I did clock his face but didn't recognise it...

shiny forehead, is the clue... I think he's in a bit later than you though

He was wearing a helmet with headphones in. But I did meet him first on HSK and I believe he travels that way - oh and I came in late today so hit racetrack post 9.30.

Sounding very Biondinoesque

Pink saddle and bar tape?

MonkeyMonster

Rather than continue the pyramid of quotes, his arse was never off the saddle so couldn't see and I never looked at his bars sorry... Figured that must be very few frames like that

King Donut

Got pwned outside the Morpeth this morning :oops: ...

Had to filter past traffic at VB lights and ended up jumping the queue in the ASL. Someone obviously didn't like it cos a grey/ red Cervelo (or maybe Kona) flew past 100 meters later at 30ish. I took his wheel to HoP and was preparing for a challenge on Embankment proper but alas, we got split in traffic and I think he turned off around parliament sq when he was behind me.

I've seen him a few times of late, always wearing a blue jacket and with quite short legs (or maybe his seat is low). He definitely partakes in a bit of SCR and hates being passed.

On the plus side it was actually warm out today. You think that's winter done with?

Roastie

Good ride last night. Met my MTB SS friend again but we got separated at PS.

Good bit of SCR from the CB lights. A dude with a white helmet, and I think a white bike. He took off very quickly, I chased hard to try to keep up - briefly made up ground but I was suffering and realised I had no hope of catching him before the AB queue. Still was a really fun chase.

The big effort in the cold air hurt my lungs, which now feel a bit knackered. So with aching hand and lungs on fire, I succumbed to the car this morning.

rjsterry

Roastie wrote:

The big effort in the cold air hurt my lungs, which now feel a bit knackered. So with aching hand and lungs on fire, I succumbed to the car this morning.

I'm sure that this has been mentioned before, and apologies if you've tried it and not found it a solution, but I find that my face mask really helps when the air is that cold. It pre-heats and more importantly humidifies the air a fair bit - I think it's the dryness of cold air that really does the damage.

I originally bought my face mask (a Respro Techno Gold) this summer in response to some niggly asthmatic/allergic symptoms I was getting (had asthma as a child, but no symptoms for years until a persistent tickly throat started a year or so ago and got steadily more annoying. Visits to GP, etc. got it diagnosed as probably an allergic reaction to some component of the air pollution in town, as I never had any problems on my rides around the North Downs) and it really helped. The air is a helluva lot cleaner in winter, but the mask still helps, as I say, when it's really crisp.

They do take a bit of getting used to in a gimpy kind of way. If you are really going for it up a steep hill, you do notice a bit of restriction of airflow, but generally not. They are very sweaty (but then so is the rest of SCR), and can fog your glasses up if you don't get the arrangement just right, but so long as you clean them regularly and change the filters every couple of weeks, I haven't found any real problems.

W1

Anyone on the Embankment last night at around 10pm? Someone had obviously pulled out of Lots Road (or whatever road joins Lots Road to the Embankment) and got t-boned. It's a bit of a dodgy junction there - cars tend to dash out at the hint of a pedestrian using the crossing.

Impressive traffic chaos, didn't look like any injuries but all the airbags had gone off.

Roastie

rjsterry wrote:

Roastie wrote:

The big effort in the cold air hurt my lungs, which now feel a bit knackered. So with aching hand and lungs on fire, I succumbed to the car this morning.

I'm sure that this has been mentioned before, and apologies if you've tried it and not found it a solution, but I find that my face mask really helps when the air is that cold....

Yup, I think you did suggest it before (as did Monkey), but I'm still stubbornly resisting. I'd been doing pretty well on my new meds so far, but last night was a bit much. Perhaps I should at least give it a try...

prawny

Roastie wrote:

rjsterry wrote:

Roastie wrote:

The big effort in the cold air hurt my lungs, which now feel a bit knackered. So with aching hand and lungs on fire, I succumbed to the car this morning.

I'm sure that this has been mentioned before, and apologies if you've tried it and not found it a solution, but I find that my face mask really helps when the air is that cold....

Yup, I think you did suggest it before (as did Monkey), but I'm still stubbornly resisting. I'd been doing pretty well on my new meds so far, but last night was a bit much. Perhaps I should at least give it a try...

I've just bought a buff for this reason, I keep getting sore throats in the morning and I don't think the cold is helping. I might get a Merino Woll one in the new year for when it get's proper cold. Which is now looking like monday, arse.

MonkeyMonster

Roastie wrote:

rjsterry wrote:

Roastie wrote:

The big effort in the cold air hurt my lungs, which now feel a bit knackered. So with aching hand and lungs on fire, I succumbed to the car this morning.

I'm sure that this has been mentioned before, and apologies if you've tried it and not found it a solution, but I find that my face mask really helps when the air is that cold....

Yup, I think you did suggest it before (as did Monkey), but I'm still stubbornly resisting. I'd been doing pretty well on my new meds so far, but last night was a bit much. Perhaps I should at least give it a try...

And its gonna get colder... I'm being used by a chap from america to test what these masks pick up in terms of particulates an all. Two masks atm to use and then send off for analysis.

rjsterry

Go on give 'em a try. Best worn with all black kit and mirrored glasses for the full Lycra gimp/Darth Vader look. One other downside I thought of: they do make shouting at bad driving/riding even more ineffectual, "Youf yer fuffing mirrorf!"

cjcp

Roastie wrote:

rjsterry wrote:

Roastie wrote:

The big effort in the cold air hurt my lungs, which now feel a bit knackered. So with aching hand and lungs on fire, I succumbed to the car this morning.

I'm sure that this has been mentioned before, and apologies if you've tried it and not found it a solution, but I find that my face mask really helps when the air is that cold....

Yup, I think you did suggest it before (as did Monkey), but I'm still stubbornly resisting. I'd been doing pretty well on my new meds so far, but last night was a bit much. Perhaps I should at least give it a try...

Mate, you need to stop belting around like your @rse is on fire.

Fwiw, I use a snood thingy (like the one which came with C+ this month). It's great for taking the cold edge off the air. Put that on, and you can tear around to your heart's content.

rjsterry

Mate, you need to stop belting around like your @rse is on fire. Smile

That'll be the curry he had last night.

I'll go and think about what I just typed :oops:

I'll probably get scalped by DDD tonight which'll serve me right.

redvee

Attica wrote:

No SCR this morning, just three cars out to get me in the space of about half a mile.
1. Car pulls out from a turning on the right and squeezes me into the kerb
2. Car overtakes then slams on the brakes in order to turn right
3. Car overtakes then has to squeeze me into the kerb because there's a ruddy great bus coming the other way (straight section of road too).

Luckily I had my wits about me enough to avoid the lot, but it did feel like my luck was running out, took quieter roads once I reached Bristol.

Caught this last car a couple of miles later, she looked very confused as I told her to use her eyes and think using sign language, drivers just don't know what they're doing - how can we educate them?

You been allowed to play again then?

LazyBoycp

rjsterry wrote:

Go on give 'em a try. Best worn with all black kit and mirrored glasses for the full Lycra gimp/Darth Vader look. One other downside I thought of: they do make shouting at bad driving/riding even more ineffectual, "Youf yer fuffing mirrorf!"

Mention of mirrored glasses reminds me (in a bit of a roundabout way)... On the way home I saw an Audi R8 with a mirror silver finish! :shock: Looked quite cool, in a tacky kind of way.

Back OT, got overtaken for the first time in living memory this morning. In my defence, I've had no energy the past few days and he was on a road bike. Also, he managed to get past a couple of pootlers and by the time I got past he was nowhere to be seen. He also had calves about the same size as my thighs! Think I may be coming up with a few too many excuses... Still upsetting though. Anyone here? 'Twas at about 7.40am near the Sainsbury's on Wilmslow Road in Manchester.

cjcp

Some good shadow boxing with a powerful looking Cannondale rider. Seen him before - asked me I needed help when I had a deflation.

Heard the clickety-clack of his rear hub behind during some filtering on Embankment. Curiously though, despite riding all the way to the RP turn off, neither of us overtook the other in "open play" - we only got ahead of each other due to traffic - so a draw, but shall look forward to a re-match.

greg66_tri_v2.0

Had a bit of a joust this evening with a guy on a Trek. I outfiltered him pre-Northumberland Ave, and he outfiltered me on the run to Big Ben. Shot off the lights into Pt Sq liked a scalded cat, and held a good speed on the run to LB roundabout, with me watching from approx 20 yds back.

We both had a fast straight run through the roundabout and onto Millbank. He seemed to wane a bit in the wind, but I was feeling too canny to take him then, only to get held at VB lights. As we approach the lights though, they go green; I jump out of the saddle only to get baulked by a bus and a van in lanes 1-2, and get to the line just in time for full red. That wasn't so clever. Now I'm the target.

Lights are green and I faff the pedal clip a bit to try to draw him out, but it's no dice. So on the second revolution I make the pedal clip and punch it (Bishop - gold star for anyone who can place that film quote). I'm somehow in a pack of mopeds heading into the DSC, but not managing to grab a wheel - worst of both worlds - and having to concentrate too hard to worry about Trekkie.

Lights at the end of the DSC turn green 50 m out and I punch it again, trying to keep station with the mopeds who are now easing away a bit . No sign of Trekkie or his shadow. I get to CB and no one's pulling up behind me. Phew.

OTOH, maybe I imagined that he was game in the first place :oops:

cjcp

Greg66 wrote:

Had a bit of a joust this evening with a guy on a Trek. I outfiltered him pre-Northumberland Ave, and he outfiltered me on the run to Big Ben. Shot off the lights into Pt Sq liked a scalded cat, and held a good speed on the run to LB roundabout, with me watching from approx 20 yds back.

We both had a fast straight run through the roundabout and onto Millbank. He seemed to wane a bit in the wind, but I was feeling too canny to take him then, only to get held at VB lights. As we approach the lights though, they go green; I jump out of the saddle only to get baulked by a bus and a van in lanes 1-2, and get to the line just in time for full red. That wasn't so clever. Now I'm the target.

Lights are green and I faff the pedal clip a bit to try to draw him out, but it's no dice. So on the second revolution I make the pedal clip and punch it (Bishop - gold star for anyone who can place that film quote). I'm somehow in a pack of mopeds heading into the DSC, but not managing to grab a wheel - worst of both worlds - and having to concentrate too hard to worry about Trekkie.

Lights at the end of the DSC turn green 50 m out and I punch it again, trying to keep station with the mopeds who are now easing away a bit . No sign of Trekkie or his shadow. I get to CB and no one's pulling up behind me. Phew.

OTOH, maybe I imagined that he was game in the first place :oops:

Aliens.

cjcp

Greg66 wrote:

OTOH, maybe I imagined that he was game in the first place :oops:

But isn't it always?

What did the Trek look like? Was he dressed all in black?

greg66_tri_v2.0

cjcp wrote:

Aliens.

You watch too much television. Go play outside.

cjcp

Greg66 wrote:

cjcp wrote:

Aliens.

You watch too much television. Go play outside.

My favourite film of all time.

benno68

cjcp wrote:

Greg66 wrote:

cjcp wrote:

Aliens.

You watch too much television. Go play outside.

My favourite film of all time.

Don't tell me CJ, the film Aliens reminds you of some of the sites in your student days on the pop in Cardiff

That's reminded me of a time I went into a pub in Penarth and thought I'd entered a Star Wars set (the bit when Luke Skywalker goes into the bar), they weren't in fancy dress either

Did 13.5 miles in this morning, lovely and sunny. Went twice around the lake, no SCR action as usual but that's a good thing bearing in mind my current fitness level.

Hmm - what way do I go home tonight?

cjcp

Benno68 wrote:

Don't tell me CJ, the film Aliens reminds you of some of the sites in your student days on the pop in Cardiff

Some of its patrons, yes.

That's reminded me of a time I went into a pub in Penarth and thought I'd entered a Star Wars set (the bit when Luke Skywalker goes into the bar), they weren't in fancy dress either

Which one?

Hmm - what way do I go home tonight?

Not the hilly way!