How Was Your Commute Today?

[lph]

loooong.... and sloooow. First ride of the season with studded tires. Ugh. And a wobbly rear wheel. Replacing the bearings and cones didn't work

[blackhillsbiker]

Nice ride today. The streets were wet this morning, but not too bad. Tonight was my first ride home in full dark. I'd rather have it dark in the mornings. I'm thankful for good lights!

Deb

[HillSlugger]

I did something dumb and am lucky to be OK!

I had a tangle-up with a transit bus!

I needed to turn right and there was a transit bus in the right turn lane at a bus stop; I waited patiently behind him for the light to turn green (positioned far enough left where he'd be able to see me in his left mirror); when the light changed, he started to go but then stopped; I waited to see what he was doing but when he didn't seem to be doing anything I started to go around him on the left; at that point he decided to pull out and my right grip scraped along the left side of the bus and then briefly caught on the back corner before he pulled past; my handlebar got jerked so that the left grip scraped my left knee. Final tally: scraped knee and a broken right grip.

I guess I was STUPID! I got lucky that nothing worse happened!

[pfunk12]

Glad you're okay, MDHillSlug!!

[redrhodie]

((MD)) Glad it wasn't worse! You're not stupid. He would have seen you if he looked. He's the stupid.

[7rider]

I had a tangle-up with a transit bus!

Today was a bad day for busses.
I yelled at one this a.m., for stopping over a crosswalk. The driver looked at me with utter contempt, but otherwise ignored my ranting.
This afternoon, I was nearly run down from behind by one coming through an intersection. I was hustling to get out of his way, but I guess not fast enough for him.
Glad nothing worse came of it, Nicole. I read your post and thought of the young woman who was hit passing a right turning truck in D.C. last year, and that, of course, totally freaked me out. Be careful out there!

[Biciclista]

two days in a row! YAY

[Tri Girl]

yikes, MD! Not cool about the bus... dumb driver not looking.


rode to and from work yesterday. Rode to work today and ran home (only 3 miles away). Will have to drive tomorrow, but will run to work Thursday and ride home. Went by work tonight to get my bike so I could ride tomorrow, but couldn't go in because there was a meeting in my library that I was supposed to be attending. Whoooooops....
Had to drive away fast before anyone noticed me. I hate when my brain fails me....

[blackhillsbiker]

Another gorgeous day. I'm determined to enjoy each one of them before winter strikes again. I had to wait a long time for a stopped train, other than that it was really nice.

Deb

[ginny]

MDHill! Holy Cow!! I'm glad it wasn't any worse. I also don't think you were being stupid. He should have looked... good grief!

My commute was non eventful this morning, though it has warmed up and is quite pleasant out today. Every time we get nice weather at this time of year, I am ever so grateful!

Wait a second? What's going on? Where did the bus thread go? How far back was that? Am I in the twilight zone? Weird...

[HillSlugger]

MDHill! Holy Cow!! I'm glad it wasn't any worse. I also don't think you were being stupid. He should have looked... good grief!

My commute was non eventful this morning, though it has warmed up and is quite pleasant out today. Every time we get nice weather at this time of year, I am ever so grateful!

Wait a second? What's going on? Where did the bus thread go? How far back was that? Am I in the twilight zone? Weird...

Yeah, my bus thread is SO yesterday!

I still think that after waiting patiently behind the bus while the light changed I should have been patient enough to wait just a bit more and not have started to go around. That's what I think was stupid on my part.