Tales from today's commute....

[kevin_cambs_uk]

Shyte

You got that right

 

[DWiggy]

Had a lucky turn on my ride home yesterday, just pulled into my road and my rear tire got one hell of a puncture...phew 5mins earlier and I would have been down a dark pathless country road!!
What ever done it put two nice splits in the tire! and they are Gators too!

Ride in was nice and relaxed, a bit cold to start but soon warmed up

 

[kevin_cambs_uk]

I think I have caught something tis week, sore throat and my legs just don't work. Thankfully its the weekend!

 

[Panter]

My front tyre heroically saved me from a rear puncture by taking the bullet on the way home. Luckily, it got me back but was getting very squirmy towards the end.
Meant I could leisurely change it in the warm this morning though.
Really hope I get a break from punctures for a while, I'm sick to the back teeth of them!
Should just get some M+ tyres and have done with it. Maybe I'll do that at the weekend.
Anyway, cold, wet journey's (both ways) but they were OK.

 

[clf]

No wind, rain, potholes, geese, pedestrians, punctures, dog turds or bad drivers this morning. No physical exertion nor a bead of sweat for the whole commute. Just a busy tram journey and a little walk at either end. Awful. Can't wait to get back on the bike Monday.

 

[ianrauk]

My front tyre heroically saved me from a rear puncture by taking the bullet on the way home. Luckily, it got me back but was getting very squirmy towards the end.
Meant I could leisurely change it in the warm this morning though.
Really hope I get a break from punctures for a while, I'm sick to the back teeth of them!
Should just get some M+ tyres and have done with it. Maybe I'll do that at the weekend.
Anyway, cold, wet journey's (both ways) but they were OK.

How many puncture's have you had this year then?
I have had 2 on my commute this year and that's through the mean streets of South East London. 6000+ miles. A very good ratio
But then again, I am anal about checking my tyres before or after every commute.
I run Spesh Armadillo's.

 

[Panter]

How many puncture's have you had this year then?
I have had 2 on my commute this year and that's through the mean streets of South East London. 6000+ miles. A very good ratio
But then again, I am anal about checking my tyres before or after every commute.
I run Spesh Armadillo's.

I only started full time commuting again end of September, and I've had about 8 in that time (something like that) It's especially bad as I went for around a Month with none so they've all been in a short space of time.
I'm on the MTB though, before, on the road bike I was averaging one every 2,500 miles or so with M+ tyres.
I think the main problem is this new commute that takes me along lots of glass covered roads. I've fitted slime tubes now so hoping that will reduce it a lot.
Could really do with getting some M+ anyway though, the tyres I'm running now are good off-road tyres but they're very draggy on tarmac.
I've been a bit reluctant because it's a decent bike so didn't really want to relegate it to just being a commuter but not sure I could get away with yet another steed in the stable!

 

[Arjimlad]

Up at 6 to get to a business breakfast meeting at Emersons Green, for 7am which was 15 mins ride away, then a climby 25 minutes back on the bike to get to the office in Bradley Stoke for 0910.

Going back through Winterbourne at the right time to see wife & daughter on their way to preschool was nice !

 

[Simontm]

No wind, rain, potholes, geese, pedestrians, punctures, dog turds or bad drivers this morning. No physical exertion nor a bead of sweat for the whole commute. Just a busy tram journey and a little walk at either end. Awful. Can't wait to get back on the bike Monday.

That's me on Wednesdays!

 

[Supersuperleeds]

I think I have caught something tis week, sore throat and my legs just don't work. Thankfully its the weekend!

Snap, felt like crap all week, even stayed in bed an extra hour this morning and halved the commute.

 

[MickeyBlueEyes]

I only started full time commuting again end of September, and I've had about 8 in that time

Jeez, you deserve a break from them! I've had one caused by road debris in about 22000 miles now. I, like Ian, know that good tyre checks pay dividends.

Anyway, enough of this typing, it's ride time! !

 

[Deleted member 1258]

How many puncture's have you had this year then?
I have had 2 on my commute this year and that's through the mean streets of South East London. 6000+ miles. A very good ratio
But then again, I am anal about checking my tyres before or after every commute.
I run Spesh Armadillo's.

I've had 2 punctures this year, both on the commute, I've done 4500 miles this year, combination of commuting and leisure rides, I run Bontrager Racelite Hard Cases.

 

[kevin_cambs_uk]

Finally no rain and dry roads!
Looking forward to going home!

 

[Spartak]

Up at 6 to get to a business breakfast meeting at Emersons Green, for 7am which was 15 mins ride away, then a climby 25 minutes back on the bike to get to the office in Bradley Stoke for 0910.

Going back through Winterbourne at the right time to see wife & daughter on their way to preschool was nice !

Breakfast in Emersons at 7 !!!

And me

 

[Crankarm]

Well I took my gillet with me to put on at the end of the ride but I was so cold that I wore it when I was cycling. That is not my normal gillet, it was my Down one.

It is an M&S down gilet?