How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
Postby TonyMax » Wed Apr 23, 2014 11:10 am
My almost 45 year old back and knees can't handle it like they used to.
But I still did it. It would have been easy to wuss out and drive in to work.
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
Postby DavidS » Thu Apr 24, 2014 12:07 am
Is that the section with a tram super stop? If so, it is quite narrow and I ride in the middle of the lane as it is safer.Summernight wrote: Oh, and for anyone that rides Elizabeth Street between Bourke and Little Bourke (heading towards Lonsdale), don't ride anywhere near the edge of the road - one of the drains has a massive pothole on the road side that will bring a cyclist down.
Thanks for the heads up, I didn't go up there today but will be tomorrow, must try and remember this.
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
Postby cancan64 » Thu Apr 24, 2014 8:06 am
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
Postby TailWind » Thu Apr 24, 2014 8:07 am
My rear brakepads have worn almost all the way down, had to adjust the pads to the point where they rub on the rotor occasionally just to have some additional stopping power to supplement the front brake.
Ok ride back, felt like I was working harder than usual.
Pretty standard commute into the Melbourne CBD this morning, bit of a tailwind to assist my effort. Dry and clear during my ride, but people arriving at the office have got their brollies out, so I guess it's going to be a damp ride for commuters with a later start.
Had someone fail to comprehend how the bike racks in our bike cage work, blocking four spots:
Happy long weekend!
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
Postby find_bruce » Thu Apr 24, 2014 8:58 am
Tuesday stopped at the lights, a young bloke in full FDJ kit rides around to stop directly in front of me. Fair enough I think, I am old & fat & slow, riding a 14 kg commuter complete with backpack & this will be the last I see of the young turk. I was correct, but that was because he was slower than a wet week & promptly disappeared backwards.
Wednesday again stopped at lights, same thing, this time a young lady on a seriously quick looking triathlon bike, dressed in kit to match. Lights change & while the thought of following behind was appealing, I had places to be.
Dude & dudette, if you are so slow that you get left behind by a 95kg, middle aged male on a 14kg flat bar commuter, spend some time in the room of mirrors.
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
Postby jasonc » Thu Apr 24, 2014 9:17 am
very toughcancan64 wrote:The weather in Brisbane has been perfect for commuting
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
Postby cancan64 » Thu Apr 24, 2014 9:38 am
Its enough to make you want to commute to work over the long weekend.....of course once at work that theory changes quickly
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
Postby Summernight » Thu Apr 24, 2014 10:27 am
Yup. I also ride in the middle of the lane for safety so it didn't affect me but it did jump out at me as being really dangerous for any riders who hug the gutter. This morning I was daydreaming a bit (more like focusing on the traffic lights and pedestrians) when riding down there so didn't see whether it had been fixed up.DavidS wrote:Is that the section with a tram super stop? If so, it is quite narrow and I ride in the middle of the lane as it is safer.Summernight wrote: Oh, and for anyone that rides Elizabeth Street between Bourke and Little Bourke (heading towards Lonsdale), don't ride anywhere near the edge of the road - one of the drains has a massive pothole on the road side that will bring a cyclist down.
The street lights were back on in Albert St last night, which was good as it wasn't the most fun straining my eyes to try and see in a completely dark street the night before.
My legs felt like lead this morning and I felt really slow. I was thinking it was something bike related but I don't think I can blame the bike for this one. Got caught in the tail end of the rain but otherwise it was a fine ride in, even with the MGIF motorist who was desperately trying to pass me to be first in the right hand lane line at the red light on the corner of Collins and Exhibition. A few wobbles and a bit of a speed up stopped that dangerous thinking by Mr/Ms Impatient.
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
Postby TonyMax » Thu Apr 24, 2014 11:01 am
It's really getting darker now towards the end of the journey, I might have to find an alternate route from the lake to Mitchell, the GDE in darkness worries me.
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
Postby jasonc » Thu Apr 24, 2014 11:25 am
Just get some decent lightsTonyMax wrote:It's really getting darker now towards the end of the journey, I might have to find an alternate route from the lake to Mitchell, the GDE in darkness worries me.
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
Postby bychosis » Thu Apr 24, 2014 11:41 am
As an example, yesterday there was a little girl, maybe 3, ahead of her parents running the middle of the path while her parents used the full width between them and their pram. Ring the bell, parents split and I ride through the gap, knowing that kids are unpredictable I slowed to a virtual stop before passing carefully. No harm done, only milliseconds lost and on my way again.
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
Postby Classikbike » Fri Apr 25, 2014 11:30 am
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
Postby DavidS » Fri Apr 25, 2014 4:10 pm
Summernight, believe me that hole was still there when I went North on Elizabeth on Thursday morning. Looks like the road has collapsed around the drain. I suspect plenty of cars are having trouble with that one, it is one big hole. Thanks for the warning.
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
Postby alexander » Mon Apr 28, 2014 12:32 pm
Spent the last 10 days from Easter Friday to yesterday in Noosa, so two things really stood out this morning. The cold, and my lack of fitness.
Ride was ok, except for this
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
Postby TailWind » Mon Apr 28, 2014 2:15 pm
Some idiot managed to roll his/her car on Plenty Rd (just after Childs Rd intersection) this morning, southbound lanes were closed with police in attendance. This is at 4:30am, not much traffic to speak of, two wide, straight lanes for several kms in each direction. How do they do it? No wildlife around that particular spot that I've seen that may have caused them to swerve or veer off the road.
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
Postby Summernight » Mon Apr 28, 2014 2:23 pm
It is nice to chat to people.
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
Postby sorted » Mon Apr 28, 2014 2:32 pm
Re-packed my hub/headset bearings and trued my rear wheel at the weekend so a silky-smooth ride. Looking forward to the tail-wind on the way home.
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
Postby halfmanhalfbike » Mon Apr 28, 2014 5:18 pm
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
Postby DavidS » Mon Apr 28, 2014 11:29 pm
Very nice riding today, great conditions for the ride home, an afternoon Northerly for once.
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
Postby trailgumby » Tue Apr 29, 2014 10:02 am
Hmm.. I wonder what I look like on camera? Am I a dork?
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
Postby Summernight » Tue Apr 29, 2014 10:16 am
DavidS wrote:Come on Summernight, wasn't that cold this morning. I was in shorts, T Shirt and ventilated vest and was thinking that might be a bit much. Can't stand being too warm!
Hey, I'd just done my morning run and had a lovely warm shower so going back out into the cold was a shock for me.
CXCommuter wrote:People- if you want to chat start with the weather
One of my back lights didn't want to turn on for the ride home last night. Could be a dead battery. Luckily I run two lights with one being rechargeable so I wasn't a ninja.
Last night was almost a record for the number of cars passed on the way home. Lots of traffic waiting to turn into Hoddle St.
It was warm this morning and it was desperately trying to rain, but wasn't quite doing so. And a bit of a headwind and strong gusts too, just to make things harder.
I had a driver overtake me too closely and then cut back into my lane when I was still beside their passenger door this morning and he then braked to stop at the red traffic light we were approaching, forcing me to yell out and move so he wouldn't hit me. Once again in the two block stretch of Albert St that has no bike lane.
They did it because once I'd disappeared from the front of the car the driver forgot about me and went "Oh, look, I can be at the front of the queue at the red traffic light 10 metres ahead of me in that left lane. Let's go!" Vroom and cyclist forgotten.
I proceeded to park my bike in front of that same car where I should have been had they not unsafely overtaken me and when the lights changed to green I started off at my usual pace (not trying to slow them down or anything) and moved further right to stop them from doing the same unsafe overtake. As I thought, I got the numbskull female passenger winding down her window and shouting at me to move over... This while they were completely in the right hand lane and safely overtaking me. I shouted back that they needed to learn the road rules. Not that I expect them to ever do so.
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