Now I know why cycling exists - I love the school holidays!
Cafewanda
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This morning there was very little traffic on my route - Balham to London Bridge overall, but particularly between Clapham Common and Stockwell stations. The sheer joy of cycling, rather than the :shock: or :evil: moments was divine.
Roll on summer holidays
Roll on summer holidays
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It is wonderful. But just when you get used to it.....half term ends.
Monday will hurt a bit
Giant Escape R1
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"Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life."
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So true, but the remainder of the week and the weekend (good sunny weather?) will reduce the disappointment somewhat
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I was patting myself on the back when I got to work as I had averaged 15mph...and now i know why! :?0
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Cafewanda wrote:So true, but the remainder of the week and the weekend (good sunny weather?) will reduce the disappointment somewhat
And that's the best way to think of it - pure joy for a week
Giant Escape R1
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"Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life."
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I'm sure the day the little "treasures" go back they moan at their parents to take them in the car. :?0
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Sewinman wrote:I was patting myself on the back when I got to work as I had averaged 15mph...and now i know why! :?
I averaged 21 mph on the way to work this morning. Now if I could only manage that in a time trial!0 -
Yes there is a definite drop in the number of angry cagers on the road this week.
Hear Hear!!Roll on summer holidays Very Happy 0 -
So true! I managed home to London Bridge in 31 mins. Usually 33 mins +. I'll have to see if I can improve on that tomorrow
PS: That guy who said "passing left" before cruising past me , before we got to the lights at Clapham Common tube - cheers.0 -
Was a very very very relaxing commute today - first commute of the week. Despite all the road works still more relaxing than commuting by car.Food Chain number = 4
A true scalp is not only overtaking someone but leaving them stopped at a set of lights. As you, who have clearly beaten the lights, pummels nothing but the open air ahead. ~ 'DondaddyD'. Player of the Unspoken Game0 -
Cafewanda wrote:This morning there was very little traffic on my route - Balham to London Bridge overall, but particularly between Clapham Common and Stockwell stations. The sheer joy of cycling, rather than the :shock: or :evil: moments was divine.
Roll on summer holidays
Same further south - Cavendish Road, Tooting Common, Mitcham, Rose Hill and the back streets of Sutton all delightfully free of kids and kid-carriers.
Mind you, I came across more half-asleep motorists than usual.___________________________________________
People need to be told what to do so badly they'll listen to anyone0 -
It works both ways - no school no school run for me this week so 4 days on the bike instead of the usual 2 maybe 3 Traffic levels round these parts are insignificant anyway so that aspect hasn't altered this week. 0
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addicted to Langbar wrote:Sewinman wrote:I was patting myself on the back when I got to work as I had averaged 15mph...and now i know why! :?
I averaged 21 mph on the way to work this morning. Now if I could only manage that in a time trial!
:shock: Do you live at the top and work at the bottom of a hill?? That's VERY impressive!
I consider anything about about 16.5mph a good average for myself getting around London :-)
I also did notice the lack of traffic, but I was in my car so I'm actually contributing towards the traffic as I'm working at the only site I need to drive to for a couple of days :-(0 -
to be honest there is one steep short downhill bit, but the main reason was a serious bit of SCR against a serial RLJ'er for 90% of my journey.
no way was i letting that fecker beat me into town.0
