Tales from today's commute....

[Turdus philomelos]

First snowy/icy commute of the year. Boy does it no wake you up. Got ice cream head (brain freeze) fleeing (cautiously) doon the brae from the village.

 

[kevin_cambs_uk]

I thought I was over the sore throat thing this morning
Turns out the tail wind was better than I thought!

Bloody hard work coming home and damn cold. Tried to catch a guy who passed me but that was not going to happen so just plodded my way home

As I say to the wife, it takes a while for me to get going now! So need to start slowly and then pick it up!

 

[Origamist]

Cold (-1.5C), wet and a hail storm to contend with this morning. Not a lot of fun.

Similar tonight - just no hail,,,,

 

[DWiggy]

Just Cold, did warm up though...in the end!

 

[Panter]

First sub-zero journey this morning, still, crisp and cold. Was nice though, and the roads were pretty much free of ice.
Strong winds forecast for the return leg, but should be a strong tailwind, fingers crossed!

 

[confusedcyclist]

Spiked tyres coming into some good use this morning. I do hate riding my heavy MTB on the road though, feel oddly vulnerable on it, must be as its much slower, harder to get away at the lights and up hills are a slog and half.

 

[Origamist]

The only ice I saw was along the canal path - cue a dark fantasy about slipping on the ice, banging my head and drowning. I'm a cheery sort me...

Felt like a tailwind this morning, and if the wind picks up and the rain comes as forecast, it's going to be proper slog on the way home...

 

[PJ79LIZARD]

Slippy on the side streets in places this morning, but nothing to write home about.

 

[MickeyBlueEyes]

Had an awful commute this morning. Took me ages to get going because of frost, too many fools in cars, put minimal effort in with the legs, stuck at every light going, then struggled to find a space when I got to work. Yep, I drove First time since one day in May so I shouldn't be too hard on myself but its frustrated me all morning ! Forgive me CC'ers for I have sinned. Thou shalt be back on it tomorrow without fail!

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Had an awful commute this morning. Took me ages to get going because of frost, too many fools in cars, put minimal effort in with the legs, stuck at every light going, then struggled to find a space when I got to work. Yep, I drove First time since one day in May so I shouldn't be too hard on myself but its frustrated me all morning ! Forgive me CC'ers for I have sinned. Thou shalt be back on it tomorrow without fail!

lightweight

 

[confusedcyclist]

Live and learn @MickeyBlueEyes ! Seriously tempted to get rid of the car completely in Jan (when lease early termination fine becomes more palatable) so the temptation to sin becomes impossible.

 

[paul04]

Very icy on the side roads, had to more or less tip toe until I got to the main roads, seen quite a few people slipping on the pavement.

The main roads were fine, but had to walk across the car park at work as it was more like an ice rink.

finished work early so missed the rain on the way home

 

[paul04]

Live and learn @MickeyBlueEyes ! Seriously tempted to get rid of the car completely in Jan (when lease early termination fine becomes more palatable) so the temptation to sin becomes impossible.

I sold my car in February, best thing I've done.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

First proper winter commute this morning, very cold. I decided discretion was the better part of valor and I walked down our road and got on the bike when I got to the next road, our road was like a sheet of glass, it gets very little early morning traffic and is usually bad for ice. Apart from that the roads were largely clear. I just had forgotten about the frozen puddles that form a thin line across the road where I turn left into the road that leads to the factory, I ended up trying to take the wide line with a turning car on my outside. The ride home was different, it was still cold but we had gained a strong head wind, made the ride home hard work.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Ice tyres and strong headwind = bloody hard work.

At least it was warm and dry