This morning's commute and other commuting stories

remember to nodder-up tomorrow - if you get clattered by a motor it's your fault, innit.

Serotta spotted commuting in New X Gate; these are the end times.

^^ that's Norn Iron not London

is it? ah well. fuckem then.

I'm getting more noddery every year. Can hardly find the bike these days under the rear rack, lock, pump, bottle, lights, guards and so on.

Commuting section of Bikeradar >>>>>>>>>>

That has got to be a joke.

ah, a public transport strike tomorrow !
Wouldn't be a good idea for first go at city riding then....... might come in on saturday instead.

Friday's usually quieter than the rest of the week anyway, so it'll probably balance out.

Was going to Barclay rental, could be busy on the rentals if no buses.
Had a 10 year gap from being in London, been in recently as a ped. Man is it busy nowdays, walking around some places was hard going, sooo many people.

Would be in around 10'ish and heading out 3.30-4pm latest, figured that would work fairly well as missing peak time. Nothing to do but explore a bit of London, learn my way around a bit.
But thank you for insider info :)

Girl on CS7 had a nice new Knog rear light... completely hidden by the rear rack.

^euph?

You should try visiting Kilmarnock.

My GF got a taxi down to A&E especially (and only) to give me a bollocking.

Which is nice because at least it shows she cares.

Chain jumped off going around a corner and locked my rear wheel. TERRIFYING!!
Need to investigate the wheel slippage. I've had to tighten it twice this week already!!

Fun/Fast/Quiet commute otherwise.
7/10 - would shit myself in terror again

Pulled up to the front of an advanced stop line yesterday evening on the way home, and a black cab pulls up beside me. His window rolled down, he strikes up a conversation: "You must be one of the good ones, stopping at red lights". "You're one of the normal sh*t taxi drivers who jump red lights and ignore advance stop lines" I reply smugly, and cycle off.......

CS7 was quiet this morning: drivers and cyclists. Liked it.

The highlight of this morning's commute was seeing some chap on a mountain bike popping a wheelie in the queue at the lights at the junction of Kennington Road and Lambeth Road.

It made up for being blanked by the Loughborough lollipop man.

The lollipop man wasn't there at 7:30 or so when I went past this morning. Serves me right for setting off early.

@andyp what time do you come through HH, maybe we could ride together for a bit one day?

i had quite a nice one this morning too - lots of assorted vehicles stopping to let me out etc. probably taking pity coz of the rain and that. Still, doesn't happen every day.

Chaos around Westminster this morning - Abingdon Street completely shut on approach to Parliament Square - had to cross the river a few times to try to get round. Police said it was a "crime scene" when I asked which roads were shut. Didn't sound good, no idea what happened but hope no one hurt.

Is it The Queen doing a service for Afghanistan casualties? Dunno if that counts as a crime scene, although her hat's horrible.

Gutted @andyp being blanked. #pray4ubruv

He waved at me. #boastpost

The police thought my pannier bag might contain a bomb. It doesn't (or does it? It doesn't.)

That happened to me last October.

Unfortunately I was on a descent, doing about 35 mph.

I came off and was lucky to escape with just bruises and grazes. (My leg warmers and overshoes weren't so lucky!)

That bike now has chain tugs.