14-05-12, 04:13 PM
In London it's difficult not to ride in the hatches when it comes to filtering, but the puncture this morning was on Upper Richmond Road - a single carriage main road whilst I was lane splitting and all I heard was a loud 'pop' from the rear.
The worst places for random debris are at the junctions which have islands in the middle of the road. There are a few places where I will filter back into the traffic 2 or 3 cars before the lights to avoid riding over a load of stones/bits that have fallen off cars/rubbish that gathers right next to the traffic island, where as a lot of other riders I see will plough through them regardless to get to the front of the queue.
I'll put it down to bad luck (again).
The worst places for random debris are at the junctions which have islands in the middle of the road. There are a few places where I will filter back into the traffic 2 or 3 cars before the lights to avoid riding over a load of stones/bits that have fallen off cars/rubbish that gathers right next to the traffic island, where as a lot of other riders I see will plough through them regardless to get to the front of the queue.
I'll put it down to bad luck (again).
#Driven by the irony that only being shackled to the road could ever I be free.#