Bikes, two days the same

Ah well. I have had a bike just under a year. Various setups. It does not work. It has all the add ons i wanted, sadly with its dogs body drop outs it was designed solely for single speed. Nightmares turning corners. The rear wheel slips back in the drop out, now matter the set up, Erk. imho.

Twodays

The same two days.
Raced in, hooned it. Sadly the bike is rubbish. Designed for single speed. I serviced evert
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racing

If this country had cycle paths as good as continental neighbours I'd use them and the racer every day. But no. Never smooth, too many drop offs, uneven ground. erk. Just as bad as the roads, but they have more space to avoid the damn things. If only didging pot holes was not live threatening as motorists never look to see if other users need to avoid something. Thye'll just cut you up.

driving

I drove to work last week, I worked in manchester for a good part. The company gave me a car, a van as the were no cars left. The smacking of rain on the roof, driving the van was like being in a tin cabin. Not the soaking i'd get on a bike ;-)
I cycled the rest if the week, just a horrible week at work. Nothing about cycling.

I watched the prologue and and start of the tour de france. What an atmosphere. Superb!
Missed being on Alp d'huez last year (lost passport:-{ ). I will climb it this year, maybe more.

no excuse but 4 days cycling in one go

Well, this blog is theraputic.
3 days of lack of sleep mean I failed from laziness to blog.
Monday, well, i did not what to be annoyed. I cycled in and out. I was really knackered, due to massive amount of coffee the night before. Completly mad.
tuesday - drove, half day and had to pick up some goods. so boring
weds. - lovely ride in, rained like mad on way back. Really kanckered.
thurs. Lovely ride in and out. kanckered still
Friday. Chucked it down on way in, 95% dry when I got in. Love cycling in the rain. To top it off on way home a motorist let me out onto a main road! Thank You, however you are.

being pushy

Today was my turn for being pushy. Pedestrian traffic lights kept on turning against me on the way home. I went through them as soon as the pedestrians had cleared the crossing. To make this worse, on the way in a couple of people waved me by before crossing the road. Shamed.

Taxi drivers

I think I ought to start phoning the numbers on back of cabs. Yet would it do any thing?

I was unladen this eves. sitting at 25-30mph behind a slow car. Taxi driver, kept on trying to overtake. This is no main road, this a suburban road filled with houses and parked cars. Barely wide enough for two cars in most places. Where was the taxi to go? past the car in front of me, who I sat literally on the tail of. When the opposing traffic was sufficient to make such a move impossible. What would a non confident cyclist make of this taxi drivers moves. Reminded me of London cabbies, some a good, some really are not. I just pulled further off the kerb, counter to all those instruction lessons that a doled out by qualified instructors. Its the life saver move to make. Entirely block the route forward of trouble behind. They can honk if the is a route ahead and I ought not to be there.
You guess what this taxi driver tried at the right hand junction. Tried to cut me to shreds, I had signalled right. idiot. Whats the point, I filtered in bus and cycle lane, taxi into main car lane. Off taxi goes.
To me that's it really. Time to see what these complaint phone numbers are all about. If the is something to make point with, I think its got to be made.

late weds

nothing to say, cycled outside of rush hour. Its okay then, poeple are less pushy.