Tales from today's commute....

[MisterStan]

Very wet indeed - the sort of wet where you clench your fists at each stop to get at least some of the water out of your gloves.
Still. At least I wasn't in a car.

Character building!

 

[clid61]

Took my mudguards off on sunday to " fettle them " which never happened . Rode last 2 days in rain, i realised that despite getting wet how much crap the mudguards actually keep off me . Obvious I know but still an eye opener !

 

[mythste]

Had my first commute on the new Focus AX3 today. nice 5 mile sprint in and I've got to be honest, I was a little underwhelmed as I was almost exactly the same time in as I usually am on my fixed and on some of the nice straight sections I wasnt hitting the kind of speeds I'd expected.

Realised I'd gone the entire way in the wrong bloody front gear. I'll get the hang of this gears malarky eventually.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Great commute weather wise this morning, wasn't that windy and hardly rained.

However, in the pitch black the O ring on the front light decided to snap, leaving me with a dangling front light, so had to stop and bodge a repair. The repair was basically jamming it between the Satmap and the handlebars, this was fine until I hit any bumpy sections. Once it started getting lighter I stopped, took the front light completely off and slapped on the emergency torch I carry with me. Yep the torch lasted half a mile or so and the batteries were flat, so rode 3 or 4 miles without a front light, by this time it was daylight but dull.

Then to top it all the back of the Satmap gave way which sent it bouncing along the road, luckily I had it in a rubber boot so apart from the broken back it is fine.

Got to work, changed the batteries in the emergency torch, fitted the front light back on with elastic bands and cable ties, scrounged a new back for the Satmap.

The really annoying thing is I have a bracket for the front light which removes the need for the rubber rings, I'll be fitting that when I get home.

 

[Ganymede]

Ok so the sun's out here now and if I hadn't just discovered I have to do an extra errand in a different village I could have cycled on my commute (it's in the afternoon today)... no time now... harrumph...

 

[MickeyBlueEyes]

This mornings commute wasn't wet, very wet, and it wasn't dark, very dark but there was just something about it that never clicked for me. Although the hack is a trusty steed on the crappy roads, I was just missing that something extra. On the plus side I was out 10 minutes earlier than normal so put an extra 4 miles in

 

[Origamist]

After a couple of weeks off and a bad cold this week, this morning was the first commute of 2015.

Lungs were a bit tight, but the rain was only passing and otherwise it was a nice, uneventful commute.

The wind might be a problem tomorrow though...

 

[donnydave]

I was all ready for furious headwind but it ended up a slightly helping crosswind, not going to complain!

I'm fed up of being the representative of all cyclists at work. The number of times people come up to me to moan about people on bikes with no lights, hopping off pavements on to the road without looking, going through red lights is starting to get annoying

 

[gavintc]

A very wet ride this morning. And then, on the way home got my first puncture of the year. Thankfully, it was dry.

 

[kevin_cambs_uk]

Well despite the wind, I was pleased with my legs on the way home.
I think they have finally rid themselves of mince pies and cheese from the holiday and are back in the swing of it!

 

[Supersuperleeds]

I was all ready for furious headwind but it ended up a slightly helping crosswind, not going to complain!

I'm fed up of being the representative of all cyclists at work. The number of times people come up to me to moan about people on bikes with no lights, hopping off pavements on to the road without looking, going through red lights is starting to get annoying

My standard response is to say all car drivers speed, they normally protest at which point I agree with them and walk off, two or three paces away they normally realise how just as stupid their initial statement was.

 

[jongooligan]

I was all ready for furious headwind but it ended up a slightly helping crosswind, not going to complain!

I'm fed up of being the representative of all cyclists at work. The number of times people come up to me to moan about people on bikes with no lights, hopping off pavements on to the road without looking, going through red lights is starting to get annoying

"Why don't you cyclists get off the road onto the cycle path and get out of my way?", is what I got from a colleague today.

"Because the cycle path crosses that road seven times before I even get off the estate. That's why. Why don't you try riding a bike and find out for yourself?"

 

[shouldbeinbed]

Lovely ride, uneventful quick and cool without being too cold. Cannit get vexed.

 

[MisterStan]

I too was pleased with my legs/the wind - I had thought it would be much worse coming home tonight.

Tomorrow looks 'interesting'

 

[Simontm]

Was looking to be a very good ride back. Hardly any headwind and even the two cars that overtook me just before a pinch point to join the queue at the traffic lights didn't cause me any grief - simply nodded at them as I went past So was looking forward to pleasing @clid61

But then a car came shooting across from a side road, straight at me - it looked like it was heading to park at a block of flats to my left - I started moving as far away as possible and the driver slammed on her brakes. A few choice words and the British symbol for "wtf were you doing" then I headed off. Closest yet. So numpty count: a very large 1!!