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Looking forward to this footage.

WAC

The sun was in the sky your honour

Well, this is Edinburgh we're talking about. It's a rare occurrence.

/lazyassumptionaboutscottishweather

I did end up going out in Balham last night.

#liveronitslastlegs

Sun singing, birds scudding, clouds shining.

Great morning.

Cap, blue t-shirt, pink Rapha backpack cover, green frame filtering past the buses with me this morning on Kennington Park Road. Must be on here.

Long way and drinks in the dark?

Look at that weather...

Definitely looking to finish early today and bugger off somewhere nice to make the most of the evening sunshine.

There's one opportunity to do it northbound and one southbound - as long as you're sticking to the CS7 in each direction.

Northbound - if the light is green for the two lanes of left-turning traffic going up Kennington Road, you can take the right hand lane (of those two) and nip into the cycle lane slightly beyond where the light is red for the cyclists. Off you go up the CS7 (Kennington Park Road) to freedom.

Southbound - similarly, if the light is green for the traffic going up towards Brixton you can take the lane and nip into the Clapham-bound CS7 just beyond where the light is red for the cycle lane.

Disclaimer: I've never done this, and nor am I advocating it. Have just noticed it's technically possible.

Basically what I do is instead of heading toward the cycle lane where the traffic light for cyclists is on, I ride on the bus lane that's heading toward Waterloo avoiding it, then a quick turn into the cycle lane situated between the two lane (ahead of the cycle lane that have the traffic light).

I've noticed this loophole at Oval too. Very crafty.

My personal gripe for the day is the cyclists surrounding the poor left-indicating learner driver at the red light near Clapham Common. Guys, give the poor fucker some space - why squeeze down the side? I'm so glad I didn't learn to drive in this city...

Pearson Touche

Great tip. I wasn't thinking about (n+1)-ing until I googled that...

Balham. I join the CS7 at Clapham Norf.

Genesis Flyer (2015 model - red steel frame).

Took advantage of the nice weather to ride in my (casual) work clothes - so I was in jeans and a black jacket.

The sun is out, the sky is blue and there was something genuinely enjoyable about joining the throng on the CS7 this morning.

Got to pity the poor fuckers on the tube on days like this.

Someone breezed past me on Kennington Park Road this morning at about 08:15. Cap with a lion rampant on it, Brooks saddle, brown bar tape.

A white van man at the top of Kennington Park Road was looking to turn left from the right hand lane this morning. He got rather annoyed when there was no gap in the cyclists/buses - proceeded to lean on his horn, force his way through and jump the red while yelling furiously out his window. Top example of frustration and impotence induced by being trapped in a slow-moving line of metal boxes.

In contrast, the zen is strong with me today. Lovely slow roll to work.

10/10

People seem more willing to communicate if it's to deride someone else's behaviour.

Fair cop.

If people don't want to talk then that's their call, I guess. We don't know their problems.

And yeah, @mashton makes a good point - it's to do with there being more riders out there, which is great.

Still... would have been nice to have got a little acknowledgement...

The curious case of the bus indicating left and turning right this morning.

Tried to strike up a conversation about it with a full kit wanker at the lights, in a sort of 'Drivers, eh?' sort of way. Forgot I was in London. Got completely blanked. Nice.

In the words of Newton Faulkner, people should smile more.

First day back after Easter - reasonably uneventful.

Was forced to slam on the brakes when an Addison Lee driver stopped to let a white van turn across me. Yes mate, I know you're being nice by letting people in, but if you'd been any nicer you could have got me killed. Sigh.

7/10

I came in to work after a doctor's appointment at a similar time not too long ago - was unexpectedly much worse in my case because the bus lanes up the CS7 are only bus lanes at certain times and much of the blue paint disappears under regular traffic.

Counter-intuitive, innit?

This morning was a shoulder to shoulder hi viz cluster fuck of touching wheels

Yeah, it was packed out there this morning. Think people must have noticed the nice weather yesterday and decided to dig the bike out of the shed.

Rather satisfying exchange with a lady drinking outside the pub at Clapham North this evening.

Was filtering past a Prius (let's face it, probably an Uber) as he edged into the cycle box. Made a motion to let him know he was well over his line.

Heard a shout from the pub "You don't even pay tax!"

Replied over my shoulder without thinking: "I pay more than most!"

Little bit braggy, but I think I made my point...

There are at least 8 completely different behaviours/strategies/tactics at ASL boxes

I feel a list coming on.

Is there such a thing as ASL etiquette?

There certainly should be.

Chap on a battered old hybrid(?) with the chain falling off coming down Bedford Road towards Clapham North this morning.

First, don't make a disgruntled noise at me as I stop for the zebra crossing and you speed up my left hand side and in front of the peds on the crossing.

Second, you then proceeded to blast through every red light you saw, and despite this disregard for other road users managed to muster your own indignant anger towards the driver that saw you at the last second and slammed his brakes on.

I tried to catch you up to tell you this to your face, but your RLJ'ing made it impossible.

Have a nice day.