swsup97 Posted February 4, 2015 Posted February 4, 2015 Benefits for Commuting for me: Saving of R2500 a month not spending on petrolTakes same amount of time to cycle to work as it does by car during peak hour timesRound trip of 50km - enough to keep the fitness levels afloatshowers @ work However even though i'm on the MTB and not the road bike i had a few close calls alreadyand i use pavements and sidewalks where it allows for it. I'm very cautious but that wont stop some idiot taking me out !The amount of people texting while driving is scary !! If not for the dangerous factor i would be doing this everyday. MTBc, samson99, Cois and 3 others 6
Cois Posted February 4, 2015 Posted February 4, 2015 (edited) However even though i'm on the MTB and not the road bike i had a few close calls alreadyand i use pavements and sidewalks where it allows for it. I'm very cautious but that wont stop some idiot taking me out !The amount of people texting while driving is scary !! If not for the dangerous factor i would be doing this everyday.Had a wanker working for Putco, try to push me off a side walk.I am checking my GoPro footage now to lay a complaint against the freaken ass hole. See it is Putco 6181. On this pick he did not stop yet. He did stop on top of the side walk. Edited February 4, 2015 by François Marais
Gandalf Posted February 4, 2015 Posted February 4, 2015 Had a wanker working for Putco, try to push me off a side walk.I am checking my GoPro footage now to lay a complaint against the freaken ass hole. See it is Putco 6181. On this pick he did not stop yet. He did stop on top of the side walk. Those putco bus drives are on their own level. Seeing that pic, yesterday i saw that one had ridden off the road like that and had taken out those small pillars on the side of the street(not sure of name). Ambulance took someone away from scene, so someone got hurt.
VolkAdik Posted February 4, 2015 Posted February 4, 2015 The rain makes for a pretty unpleasent experience when on your way to work. Turned back 15minutes in to my 1hour commute. Using Metrofail....
Warren_G Posted February 5, 2015 Posted February 5, 2015 The rain makes for a pretty unpleasent experience when on your way to work. Turned back 15minutes in to my 1hour commute. Using Metrofail....Hey? What rain? Must've gotten lucky this morning
mudda Posted February 6, 2015 Posted February 6, 2015 Load shedding is making my commute work like a charm Gandalf, Andrew64 and MTBc 3
Cois Posted February 8, 2015 Posted February 8, 2015 Shall someone in SA dare: http://www.unilad.co.uk/video/group-teens-stop-idiot-drivers-using-pavement/ LeTurbo and the nerd 2
DJR Posted February 8, 2015 Posted February 8, 2015 HAIRY, HAIRY, form a movement like this to clear the bike lanes of Cape Town! (Full time position) Cois and Hairy 2
MTBc Posted February 9, 2015 Posted February 9, 2015 Something I learnt today: the oke from Diepsloot who commutes every day is unbelievebly strong. FLIP. I gave it horns coming up West road this morning (from North to Outspan), trying to build any form of gap in front of him. Halfway up he was still on my tail and I was probably just slowing him down, and did something i should have done at the bottom: pulled aside and let him pass. I almost lost a lung. He had barely broken a sweat, and he got to Outspan a good 30 seconds ahead of me. I wonder how he'd do in an event....even more importantly, I wonder how he'd do on STRAVA. Hairy, davetapson, mazambaan and 3 others 6
mulmi Posted February 9, 2015 Posted February 9, 2015 (edited) Was stuck in traffic outside kuils river this morning. Like every morning, I do the school run. Saw 3 guys zipping by on their bicycles. It makes me turn green!! Edited February 9, 2015 by mulmi samson99, Hairy, MTBc and 1 other 4
Belgian biker Posted February 9, 2015 Posted February 9, 2015 lesson learned today: do not leave your towel in the shower room!Since I'm the only one using that shower, I thought it was ok to leave my towel there. arrived this morning to find out the towel was gone :-Pthe shower room is in the ladies toilet. There's a baby changing table in front of the shower door, so you have to move that before you can enter there. I know it's not one of my colleagues, the toilets are public so it was probably some stranger. It's just a stupid towel, but i'ts so annoying you can't even leave that. Luckily, my colleague and friend lives nearby, and could bring me a towel. Well, lesson learned!
Gandalf Posted February 9, 2015 Posted February 9, 2015 (edited) lesson learned today: do not leave your towel in the shower room!Since I'm the only one using that shower, I thought it was ok to leave my towel there. arrived this morning to find out the towel was gone :-Pthe shower room is in the ladies toilet. There's a baby changing table in front of the shower door, so you have to move that before you can enter there. I know it's not one of my colleagues, the toilets are public so it was probably some stranger. It's just a stupid towel, but i'ts so annoying you can't even leave that. Luckily, my colleague and friend lives nearby, and could bring me a towel. Well, lesson learned! Similar thing happened to me a while back. I was the only one using the shower, so i left my towel to dry by hanging it over the shower door. one morning i came in, shower was used along with my towel. i was like WTF. Edited February 9, 2015 by Gandalf
DJR Posted February 9, 2015 Posted February 9, 2015 I forgot my towel and had to dry myself as well as I could with my underpants and then go commando for the day. Works just fine if you wear cotton. Bernard Horn, Cois, samson99 and 1 other 4
Belgian biker Posted February 9, 2015 Posted February 9, 2015 another thing i learned today: when you wake up in your warm, cozy bed, don't start to analyse that you'll be riding your bike through the cold morning for an hour....
Cois Posted February 9, 2015 Posted February 9, 2015 Similar thing happened to me a while back. I was the only one using the shower, so i left my towel to dry by hanging it over the shower door. one morning i came in, shower was used along with my towel. i was like WTF. Ag nee sies man! That is just so... Words that I want to use will get me banned. Gandalf 1
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