How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
Postby find_bruce » Tue Jan 15, 2013 10:00 am
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
Postby jasonc » Tue Jan 15, 2013 10:04 am
sounds a bit cheeky.TailWind wrote:Had to duck under at least 5 of these orange plastic construction type fences though.
joined my usual group for a riverloop this morning for a cruisy riverloop. unfortunately, not so cruisy. garmin says I averaged 31.4 - my fastest ever for the 'loop. we got separated towards the end (finding out afterwards that one guy had a flat)
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
Postby goneriding » Tue Jan 15, 2013 12:14 pm
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
Postby TailWind » Tue Jan 15, 2013 1:56 pm
No more cheeky than Vic Roads failing to put up signage well in advance and confounding commuters on a well used path at 4:30am in the morning .jasonc wrote:sounds a bit cheeky.TailWind wrote:Had to duck under at least 5 of these orange plastic construction type fences though.
However, I fear that this tactic will not work going forward, as they seem to have some major things planned - the path will be closed to mid-2013 - checked it out on their website. It's the Dalton Road to Darebin Creek Detour, for those who travel that way. Great.
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
Postby gretaboy » Tue Jan 15, 2013 2:22 pm
TailWind wrote:No more cheeky than Vic Roads failing to put up signage well in advance and confounding commuters on a well used path at 4:30am in the morning .jasonc wrote:sounds a bit cheeky.TailWind wrote:Had to duck under at least 5 of these orange plastic construction type fences though.
However, I fear that this tactic will not work going forward, as they seem to have some major things planned - the path will be closed to mid-2013 - checked it out on their website. It's the Dalton Road to Darebin Creek Detour, for those who travel that way. Great.
big question...going to extend or shorten your commute???
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
Postby TailWind » Tue Jan 15, 2013 2:34 pm
Extend, of course!gretaboy wrote: big question...going to extend or shorten your commute???
Not by much though, mornings for me are all about being time efficient..
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
Postby clydesmcdale » Tue Jan 15, 2013 2:51 pm
This morning was a diffrent story. Great morning for a bit of powering down.
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
Postby jasonc » Tue Jan 15, 2013 4:03 pm
__PG__ wrote:First commute since the Christmas break and I forgot to put my bell back on.
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
Postby TigerFilly » Tue Jan 15, 2013 6:51 pm
I used to cycle to work years ago, but in the last few years haven't done anything more than ride about with the kids and ride them up to school when I can.
I changed jobs late last year to somewhere closer to home with a lovely bike track which goes almost door to door - I thought I'd just get settled in then start riding, and then my bike got stolen off my front porch.
New year, brand new bike, and I'm planning to ride twice a week.
This morning was only my third ride to work and half way there my handlebars started heading south. Being new and slow and middle-aged I think I would have been too intimidated to ask for help from any of the lycra wearing male hordes that pass me, but I have to credit reading all your conversations with my new impression that most commuting cyclists are nice friendly regular guys (and a few women) who wouldn't mind being asked! I caught up with the bloke ahead of me and asked if he had a key to fix my handlebars, and he very kindly did so. I was very grateful since I was basically exactly half way. So lesson number 1 for me, make sure I carry some basic tools. I had thought of it last week but hadn't done it yet of course!
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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 jasonc » Tue Jan 15, 2013 9:17 pm
great first post. welcome to commuting and welcome back to cycling. beware, this pedaling thing is addictive.TigerFilly wrote: I have to credit reading all your conversations with my new impression that most commuting cyclists are nice friendly regular guys (and a few women) who wouldn't mind being asked!
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
Postby gretaboy » Wed Jan 16, 2013 8:46 am
jasonc wrote:great first post. welcome to commuting and welcome back to cycling. beware, this pedaling thing is addictive.TigerFilly wrote: I have to credit reading all your conversations with my new impression that most commuting cyclists are nice friendly regular guys (and a few women) who wouldn't mind being asked!
yes same here...welcome to commuting
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
Postby gretaboy » Wed Jan 16, 2013 9:01 am
Yesterday afternoon am travelling up a minor hill...two lanes of traffic and I am sticking to the far left of the left lane, nearly in the gutter...I do this in an effort to try and not hold the traffic up. Most times the cars/trucks are great. Not yesterday. Had a tipper truck, luckily no dog on it, go past me so close at speed that it was scary. Checked the video footage this morning and even with the go pro's wide angle lense it looks very close.
then this mornings ride had a verbal with some fat f..k miner in his mazda bravo dual cab ute....I was in the left lane heading towards some lights, he was in the right....at the lights there is a third folowing lane to turn left. This idiot decides to come from the right hand lane into the flowing left lane...he did indicate I must say, but he pretty much cut me off in doing so.
I shook my head and in return he gave me the finger. So I gave him a little signal which made him decide to slow right down and as I came up on his side he wound down the window and it was then on until he decides to drive off.
Then a little further on I get another ute, an old bloke, with the ute loaded up with fishing rods, which decides to cross over the solid white line and travel with two tyres in the breakdown/cycle lane for a 100 metres or so...I was so close I was going to bang on the metal sides of the tray but decided against it....he was in another world.
Been a while since something like this has happened.
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
Postby TailWind » Wed Jan 16, 2013 9:05 am
Chose the hilly commute along the MYT up to Greensborough yesterday afternoon, could feel that I hadn't done that route in a while...
This morning I decided to try out an alternative "express" route to bypass the path closure along the Ring Road between Tasman Drive and Dalton Road.
This took me along McKimmies Rd through to Dalton Rd - some on-road bike lane, some narrow, unlit, gravel shoulder sections that aren't all that pleasant. It's about 500m shorter than my usual ride in, and somewhat quicker. Will probably alternate a the express route and scenic route, depending on how early I get away.
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
Postby lammy » Wed Jan 16, 2013 10:08 am
Hmmmm its always a UTE or a tradie, sorry to generalise, but its true!!! I would love to take one of these unhealthy looking 'people' on ride finishing through a city in rush hour, perhaps their opinion and respect might change!gretaboy wrote:What an interesting time I have had in the last two rides.
Yesterday afternoon am travelling up a minor hill...two lanes of traffic and I am sticking to the far left of the left lane, nearly in the gutter...I do this in an effort to try and not hold the traffic up. Most times the cars/trucks are great. Not yesterday. Had a tipper truck, luckily no dog on it, go past me so close at speed that it was scary. Checked the video footage this morning and even with the go pro's wide angle lense it looks very close.
then this mornings ride had a verbal with some fat f..k miner in his mazda bravo dual cab ute....I was in the left lane heading towards some lights, he was in the right....at the lights there is a third folowing lane to turn left. This idiot decides to come from the right hand lane into the flowing left lane...he did indicate I must say, but he pretty much cut me off in doing so.
I shook my head and in return he gave me the finger. So I gave him a little signal which made him decide to slow right down and as I came up on his side he wound down the window and it was then on until he decides to drive off.
Then a little further on I get another ute, an old bloke, with the ute loaded up with fishing rods, which decides to cross over the solid white line and travel with two tyres in the breakdown/cycle lane for a 100 metres or so...I was so close I was going to bang on the metal sides of the tray but decided against it....he was in another world.
Been a while since something like this has happened.
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
Postby poohkies » Wed Jan 16, 2013 1:29 pm
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
Postby TailWind » Thu Jan 17, 2013 8:11 am
Tested another route to detour around the Ring Road path works, using a section of the Darebin Trail, Settlement Rd into Thomastown and then into the CBD mostly on shared paths as per my normal ride. Quite happy with that route as my "express" route - similar time and distance to the standard ride in, and if I have the time, I'll just keep on going down the Darebin trail for a sligthly longer inbound commute.
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
Postby gretaboy » Thu Jan 17, 2013 8:46 am
Was warm tho, dropped a fair bit of sweat. Still dripping now at my desk.
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
Postby outnabike » Thu Jan 17, 2013 9:00 am
Hi jasonc,jasonc wrote:__PG__ wrote:First commute since the Christmas break and I forgot to put my bell back on.
What a great iron on shirt emblem
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
Postby jasonc » Thu Jan 17, 2013 9:16 am
actually if you do a bit of googling, it's available on a T.outnabike wrote:Hi jasonc,
What a great iron on shirt emblem
great ride this morning with a group riverloop.
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
Postby goneriding » Thu Jan 17, 2013 10:21 am
The cagers seemed to be happy and I didn't come across any angry pants pedo's or cyclists. All in all, very pleasant.
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
Postby Sparx » Thu Jan 17, 2013 10:59 am
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
Postby Xplora » Thu Jan 17, 2013 11:09 am
Really need a Garmin to grab some segments, and track the rides better.
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
Postby gretaboy » Thu Jan 17, 2013 11:15 am
see someone posted that garmin 500's were going for $269 or such at the moment...a specialXplora wrote:5 commutes this week so far. Yesterday managed to average 30.1kmh over the 42kms, including some storming efforts along the Parramatta Cycleway (38-39 on the flat the whole way).
Really need a Garmin to grab some segments, and track the rides better.
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