DJR Posted March 10, 2016 Share Bedtime is earlier Truth! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belgarath Posted March 10, 2016 Share The hill on the way home from work is alway hard, but eventually you sweat lessPeople at work judge you, but you judge them right backCommuters with beards look cool, but I always wonder if they have a real job My beard is awesome... Edited March 10, 2016 by rickus_viljoen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J∆kk∆ls Posted March 10, 2016 Share Bedtime is earlierTruth! I'm sleepy, goodnight! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyReggae Posted March 11, 2016 Share It always amazes me how I manage to scream like a little girl when a car door is opened on me ... eish ... so close this morning, and I was going at a fair pace .... that would have really hurt Cois 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belgarath Posted March 11, 2016 Share It always amazes me how I manage to scream like a little girl when a car door is opened on me ... eish ... so close this morning, and I was going at a fair pace .... that would have really hurt At least they can hear you then.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reinhardt89 Posted March 11, 2016 Share It always amazes me how I manage to scream like a little girl when a car door is opened on me ... eish ... so close this morning, and I was going at a fair pace .... that would have really hurt haha poor girl did that to me the other day, I think she got a bigger fright than me! Was also a close call. What amazes me is how people drive in front of you from a side street and then look at you (going straight) like you are in the wrong! Beattbox, cfcjim, cat-i and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belgarath Posted March 11, 2016 Share What amazes me is how people drive in front of you from a side street and then look at you (going straight) like you are in the wrong! Yup. Really had a go the other day at a dude driving a plumbers' bakkie. Looked me in the eyes, then decided to go anyway. Hairy, JohnnyReggae, cfcjim and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyReggae Posted March 14, 2016 Share Yup. Really had a go the other day at a dude driving a plumbers' bakkie. Looked me in the eyes, then decided to go anyway.Can't say how many times this has happened to me. Or the other one, is look left and just go not bothering to even look right. Had to slide my back wheel again trying to brake for a scooter that did that to me this morning. in fact this morning was such a crap car/pedestrian ride, which ended in me being bumped by a car that didn't even bother to notice I was there or even stop afterwards. Luckily for me I managed to stay on my bike. Let's just hope the ride home is not as eventful as the ride in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJR Posted March 14, 2016 Share https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inattentional_blindness Inattentional Blindness is the cause of it. Basically the brain (and some just do not have enough of it to start with) cannot process fast enough, so it ignores some of the input in order to cope. You on your bike gets ignored, the 18 wheeler behind you gets registered. Drivers looking you in the eye is no indication that they have seen you. You have to do something that will make you stand out enough to get over the threshold - like a moerse bright flashing front light! Edited March 14, 2016 by DJR cat-i 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfcjim Posted March 14, 2016 Share https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inattentional_blindness Inattentional Blindness is the cause of it. Basically the brain (and some just do not have enough of it to start with) cannot process fast enough, so it ignores some of the input in order to cope. You on your bike gets ignored, the 18 wheeler behind you gets registered. Drivers looking you in the eye is no indication that they have seen you. You have to do something that will make you stand out enough to get over the threshold - like a moerse bright flashing front light!There you go... Hairy and cat-i 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJR Posted March 14, 2016 Share There you go... Inattentional blindness, not attention deficit syndrome and I don't think there are pills for it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gandalf Posted March 31, 2016 Share Took a lekker fall yesterday tryng to do a sideways bunnyhop onto the saidewalk. I didnt lift the front wheel enough, didnt notice it was higher than normal, so front wheel went straight and body when sideways, felt like a chop Bernard Horn and Cois 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belgarath Posted April 4, 2016 Share Took a lekker fall yesterday tryng to do a sideways bunnyhop onto the saidewalk. I didnt lift the front wheel enough, didnt notice it was higher than normal, so front wheel went straight and body when sideways, felt like a chop Did almost the same thing. Front wheel on, back not. The skin on my elbow still a bit see-through. Edited April 4, 2016 by rickus_viljoen Gandalf 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernard Horn Posted April 12, 2016 Share Nice to have the bike at work in case you need to fetch something in the city . No parking hassles! Reinhardt89 and J∆kk∆ls 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimpleDom Posted April 12, 2016 Share Started commuting again properly this week. My commute took a knock with all the Epic training requirements. So much happier! Sent from my SM-G928F using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaws677 Posted April 12, 2016 Share After commuting the same route for the last few years a changed jobs last months. I havent been on bike for the last month but today I got a key to the bike shed and showers at my new company, so as soon I get my bike sorted (broke my frame) Ill be back on the road. Will be starting from scracth and few kilograms heavier Old Route (17km) Gandalf 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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