How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
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Postby Usernoname » Thu Oct 18, 2018 9:56 am
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Postby RobertL » Thu Oct 18, 2018 10:12 am
Brisbane ride to work was postponed due to the weather. Unfortunately, the weather was good yesterday and rainy again today.Usernoname wrote:Dry yesterday down the road at Gold Coast, nice breakie at Bundall for ride to work day. Real coffee, B&E sangers, mini muffins, fruit and juice. Win allround.
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Postby caneye » Thu Oct 18, 2018 11:08 am
at 0630, i think most car users around Pennant Hills-Carlingford don't expect any other vehicles to be on the road so they just plough through round-a-bouts without stopping.
i've had a number of close calls from vehicle entering from the left not stopping (when i'm going straight through) and already midway through the round-about.
i'm taking it really slow riding through the round-a-bout but i believe this only reinforces some drivers' poor behaviour - "oh it's a slow cyclist. let me get ahead of him before he comes any closer .. ".
far too many close shaves. giving me the hibbie jibbies each morning.
alternative route by-passing the rounad-a-bout means taking the lane on a much busier road ..
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
Postby ironhanglider » Thu Oct 18, 2018 11:39 am
Cheers,
Cameron
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
Postby opik_bidin » Thu Oct 18, 2018 1:39 pm
put a speed bump there, contact the councilcaneye wrote:i'm getting frustrated navigating around a particular round-a-bout during my morning commute. seems to be worse when leaving home earlier.
at 0630, i think most car users around Pennant Hills-Carlingford don't expect any other vehicles to be on the road so they just plough through round-a-bouts without stopping.
i've had a number of close calls from vehicle entering from the left not stopping (when i'm going straight through) and already midway through the round-about.
i'm taking it really slow riding through the round-a-bout but i believe this only reinforces some drivers' poor behaviour - "oh it's a slow cyclist. let me get ahead of him before he comes any closer .. ".
far too many close shaves. giving me the hibbie jibbies each morning.
alternative route by-passing the rounad-a-bout means taking the lane on a much busier road ..
As for me, seems funny
This week, met other cyclists more than I used too, even on the Parramatta rd and Punchbowl rd which many deem dangerous. Also love seeing kids on their bikes too. Magpies seem to stop attacking. On macaulay st, saw a pair of kids confused as the footpath was being repaired and being poured wet cement and the workers forgot to provide a path.
Had one of those aggresive drivers behind (the tradies are the culprit as usual) in Summer hill, so had to take the lane.
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Postby jasonc » Fri Oct 19, 2018 12:24 pm
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Postby Cyclophiliac » Fri Oct 19, 2018 5:32 pm
Hills? What hills?
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Postby jasonc » Mon Oct 22, 2018 8:37 am
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
Postby caneye » Mon Oct 22, 2018 10:12 am
VIRB battery #1 dies at 50% now.
Battery #2 (back-up) was working fine till last week's wet commute. i discovered water inside the battery case, despite the waterproof seal.
the camera works fine but battery #2 now does not charge AT ALL. grumble, grumble ...
picked up a new battery from fleabay in the mean time ..
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
Postby find_bruce » Fri Oct 26, 2018 10:09 am
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
Postby P!N20 » Fri Oct 26, 2018 10:27 am
Nice one.find_bruce wrote:Left a Ferrari in my wake this morning. Yes traffic was heavy, why do you ask ?
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Postby jasonc » Sat Oct 27, 2018 6:45 am
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Postby singlespeedscott » Mon Oct 29, 2018 10:06 am
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Postby Cyclophiliac » Mon Oct 29, 2018 5:44 pm
What moron runs this show?
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Postby g-boaf » Mon Oct 29, 2018 10:31 pm
Rode 440km last week too - some of it commutes, some of it extra add-on kms to the commute rides, weekend rides. Nice.
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
Postby kb » Wed Oct 31, 2018 12:55 pm
Was going to reply I don’t know what you’re talking about, go that way all the time. Must’ve got there too early - trip home yesterday and in today was moderately unpleasant. Drivers were reasonably considerate for a change though..,Cyclophiliac wrote:The roadworks for the Chandler Highway bridge (Melbourne, for those not local to this area) are clearly managed by someone who cares nothing for pedestrians and cyclists.
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What moron runs this show?
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
Postby g-boaf » Wed Oct 31, 2018 10:27 pm
caneye wrote:commuting battery woes.
VIRB battery #1 dies at 50% now.
Battery #2 (back-up) was working fine till last week's wet commute. i discovered water inside the battery case, despite the waterproof seal.
the camera works fine but battery #2 now does not charge AT ALL. grumble, grumble ...
picked up a new battery from fleabay in the mean time ..
And I left the Garmin on all day. Charged it up to 16% and that was enough for 51km ride home with about 3% left. It was a quite fast ride back.
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
Postby cancan64 » Thu Nov 01, 2018 10:37 am
jasonc wrote:First commute of the season above 30 yesterday Arvo
Still under 10 in the morning here
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Postby Cyclophiliac » Fri Nov 02, 2018 7:52 am
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Postby opik_bidin » Fri Nov 02, 2018 3:23 pm
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Postby splash_dad » Thu Nov 08, 2018 11:08 am
And the predicted 2pm rain waiting until 6pm for me.
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Postby Cyclophiliac » Thu Nov 08, 2018 5:35 pm
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Postby 4xsama » Fri Nov 09, 2018 9:12 am
I'd like to think you develop a sixth sense for this stuff. Either that or a heightened sense of awareness - or both.
Otherwise the ride was awesome. Beautiful and crisp morning. Dry roads and early so not too much traffic - what was there was moving slowly as usual. Gotta love a morning ride.
Cheers
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