i wasnt looking forward to coming home in the rush hour through the dartford tunnel, but thought it would give me a chance to see how long i would take, as if i get made permanent in 6 months i might get a lease car.
it only took an hour, and only fifteen minutes from the A2/M25 junction to the end of the tunnel (you know, the proper end, with all the essex birds!!)
f**k me, i thought i could get used to this, not much more time than on the bike, nice and warm, and loads of music.
so there i am, mentally ordering my lease car, choosing the colour and trim, and whether or not to pay extra for alloy wheels. I also thought about all the stuff i could do to the bike while it was not in constant use.
please help me,i dont want to be a fair weather biker, with loads of bling on a bike that barely gets ridden. i want to be a hairy arse biker with flies in me teeth.
To be honest I think you were lucky because a Friday night rush hour at the Dartford tunnel usually involves sitting stationary or crawling along for ages! Unless thats what did happen were and still think it was good?! Dont do it!
Seriously, I spend 5 minutes ina car and I’m ready to eat raw human flesh from a still living, breathing human being I get that angry.
Its my firm belief that anyone who willingly associates with traffic jams is as unfortunate and misguided as I belive them to be. If you have a choice to waste 1/3 of your life sitting looking at the back of someone else’s car when you could be riding past it…why would you sit there doing nothing with the other idiots…why?
A job fine, kids fine, but why would you want to when you have an alternative?
I use both to get around during the week, and a fair smattering of public transport. When I was getting wet and cold yesterday morning riding to Reading I wished I was in the car (until the queues started). When I’m tubing into London I never consider any other form of transport. When I’m out photographing in the car I often regret that it isn’t poss to take the bike.
Just do what is the most practical mate. I don’t buy into all this “must ride all year to be a real biker” nonsense, it’s your life your bike your investment your comfort your decision.
When I did ride 100miles a day between Darlington and Newcastle through all weathers no-one patted me on the back, no-one contributed to the extra running costs of the bike nor did my biker friends help clean the bike every night in the rain and snow to stop the salt corrosion.
Just do what you want mate, don’t seek justification.
Dont do it!
