6°C, clear,still.
Commuting is mostly dull. So, I pass the time standing in traffic making up counting games. Today, I counted the cars driving with only one headlight. Coming back from Walsall, there were 14 seen in the first 3 miles. Then, only one more in the remaining 7. Does that mean Walsall drivers are 14 times more likely to drive a faulty car? It’s not because they are poor, headlight bulbs are only £5 each, and easy to fit.
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2°C, cold but dry.
The new lights are very impressive but maybe not quite enough on its own. I shall definitely buy a supplementary lamp now, to fill in. The old, halogen 2x 10W set are noticeably yellow and dull at the end of the hour’s ride. I feel encouraged to upgrade the remaining red lights too.
Maybe as a result of the source light’s small size, it really picks out rubbish in hedgerows as I ride along. Foil wrappers and tins shine like mini lights, probably more clearly than in the day. Mind you, English hedgerows are hold a lot of rubbish, mostly thrown from cars I presume. Hedges capture wind-blown jetsam too.
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Look at all those photons.
11°C,dull.
How should I review a bike lamp? The first rule has to be – no clichés.
It’s small, like a fat cigar, but as bright as 25-30 watts of halogen lamps. Compared to my current light set, it has further reach but is much whiter, almost blue. That makes comparison tricky. The only real test must be on an unlit road at speed.
I shall use it together with the old lights until I am confident of its burn-time. The online reviews criticise it for the lack of side spread illumination. If it works well, then the old, heavy lights will get packed away. Then I will pick up a new secondary light.
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9C, light wind,rain till hometime.
CA-16 miles.
Dark lanes route. Started with an amusing incident. Crossing a junction, the car opposite pulled forward at the same time. But, he turned right, in front of me. I called out “Indicate!” then as he drove away, shouted “YOU SHOULD BE MORE HAPPIER!”.
I was more happier until I met a dangerous driver.
This ride was in question all afternoon, the heavy rain seemed non-stop. It cleared in time, so I took the 16 mile lane route. Even with wet, black roads, the visibility was good enough.
It seems that these lights are holding their charge better as the week wore on. Could it be that the training period that new batteries need should be done with batteries that have been left in storage all summer?
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6~14ºC, clear, no wind. CA:22 miles.
Do you tell-off drivers who take pointless risks. I do. Today, two were texting as they drove. And another had a spiral notebook on the steering wheel which she wrote in as she drove along. I shouted at that one. PUT it down! … then…Thankyou!
Ever the teacher…
Teaching kids: a bunch of year 9 kids about storage media in today’s Computing class. We talked of durability and ways they can get damaged. One way that they didn’t anticipate was DVDs can be spoiled by bright sunlight, especially the recordable ones. So, I told them it would be fine if you put them where the sun doesn’t shine. I didn’t mean to!
Some got it and felt the need to explain to the rest.
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11ºC,cold, dry and clear.
First ride though those narrow lanes I have explored recently. It felt like a test, to find out whether view are safe in the dark. Tonight, they were. As long as there is no ice or slippery mud, then it should work well enough.
It’s great to see so little traffic.
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12ºC, heavy rain.
Day out at Jodrell Bank as a birthday outing for the 10 year old.
The dish was parked upright, probably because of the heavy rain that beat down all day.
The youngsters loved it, though view were the kind of kids who would be receptive to this kind of thing. In my view, the shop could be better stocked with books suitable for adults. They put on talks all day, mainly for kids but we adults got to ask questions too.
I bet the Cheshire cyclists use their cafe all the time. What a fine cafe it is too. I had the best goat’s cheese wrap I can remember.
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12ºC, 3/5 cloud, mod W.
CA:36 miles.
Jobs done– marking while Dave measured the staircase; replacement part for the clock-radio arrived; paint some outside door-frames; go cycling, and enjoy feeling recovered.
Every holiday is the same- feel semi-ill with tiredness for days on end, then come to life mid-week.
Even the bike rode in a more sprightly manner. Those two hours yesterday carefully cleaning the derailler gave sweet, almost silent gear changes. The sun shone.
Hawthorn berries are made of ruby.
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12°C, rain,
I hit a car this morning. It pulled out, in front of me by a hotel near work. Traffic was slow and I was overtaking on the right at low speed. A car pulled out of the hotel and drove right at me. I rode at only ~9mph, but couldn’t stop in time to avoid landing on the car’s bonnet. In that split second, something snapped inside and I banged my fist down on the windscreen and mentioned something about French connection UK. For a millisecond, part of me wanted the glass to break.
With the adrenaline up, I got up and rode on to continue my journey. Not the textbook action, I admit.
No injury apart from a tiny graze on my forearm.
Confusing, but at least the guy woke up.
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17ºC, wind + rain
Recovery ride- with MapMyRide! Distance: 38.74mi, time: 02:35:56,
http://mapmyride.com/workout/413076053
Recovering from backache, something that may stem from the cold that plagued my last 2 weeks. Perhaps the lack of exercise or excessive time spent in the car caused that.
This picture tells me to get a better phone, one with an auto-focus camera. Close shots like this would not need all that pixlr treatment to hide the blur.
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