[Closed] today on my commute I saw.....

leaving my house at 6am I saw no less than 5 cyclists riding without lights.

Sale to Cheadle commute btw

Onehunga to Auckland CBD for me.

Do I have to say it - useless without photo's

I saw nothing much but cars and trucks - but then again can't expect more in central London.

Think I would take your commute any day

The sun rising over the solent.

loads of cyclists - at 5am i normally only see one - today, still at 5, I saw about 8 - strange!

Pretty much nothing. I seem to have pretty much zero recollection of this mornings rides either end of the railway except for a van trying to push me out of an advanced stop line box thingy

What cheesyfeet says. Except a plonker in the train woke me up to ask if my pedals were normal or if a bit was missing.
Shoot the ****er.

Usual drudgery and filth of Nottingham sadly.

cars, about 4 other bike commuters and that's your lot. Oh a learner driver got pretty close when overtaking.

Boring commute today. Same old stuff, cars and lorries, although one car did honk his horn at me for no reason.
Seen one other cyclist and few runners, one with a rather fat but cute black labrador 🙂

Maybe tomorrow will be more interesting

I saw a squirrel and was pushed up onto the verge by a motorway maintenance lorry who overtook me into oncoming traffic - nice.

slimtubing - Member
Onehunga to Auckland CBD for me.

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Poor you.

I had to call at a petrol station to get a toothbrush and toothpaste because my toothbrush had fallen down the toilet. The girl behind the counter flirted with me, with ME!!! She was very pretty too, that made my day almost as much as riding along through the mist watching the sun come up.

The inside of my car

Amongst other things

Trying hard to remember as mostly my commute this morning was a pain filled nightmare as I'd forgotten my gloves and it was about 6deg... (diddums)

So all I remember is a nice sun rise

I saw mist rising from Thames, mist over the fields of Richmond Park and a beautiful stag in the park silhouetted by the sun. All good stuff!

Nick

On my walk to work this morning, I got to a road crossing just as the green man showed, so didn't have to slow my walk one bit... felt like the smooth operator walking past all those chumps who were waiting mehehhe!

If school ride counts, then we saw a Buzzard & a Little Owl, Oh & met a ****ing big tracker & even bigger trailer pulling maize, tight squeeze

slimtubeing was it near hebdenbridge?

I saw the concrete of the skate ramp approach fast as I fell off while trying to turn halfway up the halfpipe. Maybe if I try every morning I'll be able to do it in a few years.

[b]taka[/b] nah bro Nu Zulland.
[b]chunky[/b] suburb of the future mate don't knock the 'hunga

slimtubing - Member
taka nah bro Nu Zulland.
chunky suburb of the future mate don't knock the 'hunga

I lived in NZ for a year (Auckland). Wasn't for me and counted the days to get the hell out! 😛

I saw a highway of diamonds with nobody on it.

my life flashing before my eyes...

Lovely autumnal morning spin in to work for me. Cool and crisp, but with a bit of sunshine on my face and the rustle of dry leaves about.

I saw horse sh1t - but it might have been cow.

the ignition light going off but no brooo brooommmmmmmm noise 🙁

time to get the multimeter out and workout what got wet yesterday 🙁

Yet another idiot driving an oversized pickup truck turning left in front of me.
Cheers divot head! You know who you are! 😡

Last night's commute home - weasel

Only an idiot in a BMW letting a car out and later a bus without checking what was coming up the cycle lane. They didn't get in my way so I wasn't bothered.
Yesterday I saw loads of big puddles and cars sending a wash over my legs as they went by. Not fun.

I [i]heard[/i] a loud CRACK!
I [i]saw[/i] a 20ft branch land about 10ft to my right as I weaved my way through the local woods on the way into work.
[b]That[/b] woke me up! 😯

Saw a woman cycling a hybrid with her helmet on totally the wrong way round!! Maybe she thinks the visor keeps the rain off your neck.. nutter

I saw a tracksuited ned on a retro Trek MTB with a fag in his mouth blasting his way through pedestrians on the pavements outside Central Station in Glasgow. Impressive trackstanding skills actually as he got held up at a bottleneck but soon he was back on his way and launched himself onto the road at Bothwell Street and proceeded at full speed, going the wrong way up a crazily busy one way street.

1000's of cars, hundreds of bikes (no-lights) and millions of people

(I live in Beijing)

Last night's commute home - female peregrine zoomed over at hedge height.

some muppett driving with their nearside wheels in the cycle lane. 🙄

A Virgin media van reg VE07 ZKB that thought it was funny to pull away from parking in a bus lane when I was alongside. C8ck.

An adult swan on the Forth & Clyde canal doing that thing where they stretch their wings out and sort of stand up on the water. It was enormous.

A minute later there were two big splashes on the other side of the water - I stopped and watched two young deer swim about then climb out, shake the water off themselves (with the sun low in the sky behind them), then scamper off into the woods.

Prior to that, while waiting to exit a side road, I'd seen a dump truck tailgate a car with a gap of less than 6 feet at 30mph on a narrow residential street. I must have shaken my head or something, as when I passed him at the next traffic lights the truck driver started screaming out of his window at me, veins bulging in his neck, that he was going to remember my face and kill me. What an incredible state to work yourself up into in the space of a few hundred yards.

The dials of my car 🙁

Snapped a chainring in half the other night and not had chance to fix it yet 🙁

An impressive amount of road kill (poor the badgers 🙁 )

I described yesterday's commute as:

River steaming into the cold air above. Frosty remnants on the grass. Clear blue skies with bright sun. Lovely ride to work.

martinh turned it into a haiku:

River steaming cold,
frosty remnants on the grass,
clear skies bright sun ride.

a lovely autumn mist in Nonsuch park. I keep meaning to take my camera with me again but never seem to get organised.

I also saw circa 100 other riders and did a bit of 'silly commuting racing' with a bloke on a singlespeed along the long, straight, flat section from Oval to Elephant and Castle.

Orion, The Plough, Venus Pleiades

A continuous stream of slow traffic (running pace) that would not let me cross the road, empty the other side, I had my bike halfway across the lane but still no one would let me through, they moved over to the other side of the road MUPPETS! Had to force a car to stop otherwise I'd probably still be there! 👿

I saw Mrs Belgium out of the gate and on her way, one bulging pannier, and saw the kettle send gentle clouds billowing into the unsteady daylight shafts piercing the kitchen gloom, a fresh cuppa soon to hand, a detour to the bathroom and the granny-ring busting steep snap of our stairs... But then I was in the spare bedroom, ready to start work. Might change out of my commuting dressing gown soon as well!

I saw a couple of Blue Penguins.

The sun rising over the High Peak, mist steaming off the fields and canals. Got the train in this morning (carrying too much stuff to ride) so it was lovely until I got towards Manchester but even the urban sprawl looked OK with the golden sunrise on it.

a female rider with head injuries being attended to by two ambulances and some police cars too. 🙁

Friday night, dark, raining and halfway down Tooting High Street on the corner of Hebdon road which is a notorious junction where cars stick their noses right out/pull out without spotting riders