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OPINION
Commuter Diaries - parked cars
Mon, Mar 30, 2009 20:21
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100_1649.JPGCheck out this picture, this is how close I came to going through a car door this evening!
It’s amazing how many people do not look when opening car doors. Is it possible to get Ben Hur like bar ends? Being tooled up for a ride is beginning to take on a new meaning.
To add insult to injury I also ran over a shard of glass which has shredded my front tyre (Bontrager X-lite AC in yellow – very fast), it looks like a Stella Sea Lion after a Great White Shark attack!
The debris on the roads is incredible, tomorrow I may revert back to my robust tourer, a great bike but it is a shame after cleaning my road bike at the weekend due to the unseasonably good weather.
Old tooth brush, muc-off and lube in hand, I cleaned all my bikes, the fear now is that they stop working!
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- ktache 2 hours 38 min ago
They love putting various road works signs on the cycle lane over Caversham Bridge. Mostly for things that don't really relate to the cyclists.
- mctrials23 4 hours 8 min ago
One of the closest passes I have seen on here....
- PRSboy 4 hours 8 min ago
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- mattw 4 hours 9 min ago
Polishing a turd is the correct phrase imo....
- Crankwinder 4 hours 11 min ago
I use unconventional mixtures of road and MTB equipment on my road bikes because the big brand groupsets don't recognise that avoiding traffic...
- mattw 4 hours 17 min ago
Since it's still a BSO, I don't the slightly compressed version being accepted as luggage.
- mattw 4 hours 24 min ago
As it's a parallel crossing, the driver does of course have exactly the same obligation. Though I think perhaps you are being ironic. HWC195.
- ChasP 4 hours 28 min ago
I won a set of the Aces in a BC competition a few years ago (before I moved to Cycling UK). Used them a couple of times before giving up for above...
- tony kappler 4 hours 46 min ago
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- chrisonatrike 5 hours 15 min ago
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