Simontm
Veteran
Just looking out of the window and lovely blue sky has been replaced by brooding cloud
Tales from today's commute....
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Exile
Senior Member
- Location
- Manchester
Looking properly foul in Stretford (although I'm not sure if that's down to the rain or the fact it's Stretford...), hoping it improves in the next 90 minutes, but suspect I'm more likely to be hit by a meteorite with a winning lottery ticket taped to it.
iggibizzle
Senior Member
- Location
- blackpool
http://instagram.com/p/xozJK6NNdE/
Nice and stormy on way to work earlier. Wind blasting the spray into my mush!
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Nice and stormy on way to work earlier. Wind blasting the spray into my mush!
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Panter
Just call me Chris...
- Location
- Sittingbourne, Kent
Actually feeling slightly nervous about the ride home with the wind doing its best to tear the office windows out!
shouldbeinbed
Rollin' along
- Location
- Manchester way
Yip, Clayton is a bit grim too (add your own punch line) hoping its sunny at 6pm.
After you with the meteorite
iggibizzle
Senior Member
- Location
- blackpool
Just had to put my sopping wet gear back on for the trip home 
at least it's stopped raining for now. Bought myself a nice new Defy yesterday but not subjecting it to this weather. 
at least it's stopped raining for now. Bought myself a nice new Defy yesterday but not subjecting it to this weather. 
zaza123
Well-Known Member
- Location
- Newcastle-under-Lyme
Tried a new route out of the back of Keele in Staffordshire today, Three Mile Lane. It was absolutely filthy brown sticky mud almost the whole length of it. The bike was a mess by the time I got back. Luckily its a half day Friday so spent a couple of hours giving it some TLC. Shiny again now 
Supersuperleeds
Legendary Member
- Location
- Leicester
Short ride home tonight, but boy was it windy, that windy in fact that I improved on one of the KOMs i have on Strava and hit 31.8mph down the short hill into our estate, I was going that fast I had to go by my normal turn
MickeyBlueEyes
Eat, Sleep, Ride, Repeat.
- Location
- Derbyshire
The Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it will change, the Realist changes gear.
Ward/MBE 2014.
Ward/MBE 2014.
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paul04
Über Member
1st week commuting to work on the new bike, On Sunday I setup all the lights, and new rack for the panniers.
Every thing fine until Thursday morning, when the front light(cree t6) would not work, so swapped over to the back up light, when I got home I opened the battery and one of the contacts had snapped in the battery(rust) due to water getting into it., so 5 minutes with the soldering iron, and it was working again.
The rack needs a little bit of adjustment, (needs moving forward and down a little) as the panniers are getting a little to close to the spokes.
A good ride all week, no crazy drivers (makes a change)
Friday was fun (not) in the wind, 3/4 of the way to work, tailwind, then the last 1/4 it hit me, headwind. it was very hard going, lucky I was on a cycle path and not the road,
On the way home, the wind had dropped a little,
Over all a good week commuting.
Every thing fine until Thursday morning, when the front light(cree t6) would not work, so swapped over to the back up light, when I got home I opened the battery and one of the contacts had snapped in the battery(rust) due to water getting into it., so 5 minutes with the soldering iron, and it was working again.
The rack needs a little bit of adjustment, (needs moving forward and down a little) as the panniers are getting a little to close to the spokes.
A good ride all week, no crazy drivers (makes a change)
Friday was fun (not) in the wind, 3/4 of the way to work, tailwind, then the last 1/4 it hit me, headwind. it was very hard going, lucky I was on a cycle path and not the road,
On the way home, the wind had dropped a little,
Over all a good week commuting.
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
I'm round the corner in Hulme. Cleared up by the time I left and had to stop half way home to remove the waterproofs as I was melting. Flippin windy again.
MisterStan
Label Required
- Location
- Out there somewhere
Seriously gusty, at times felt like I was a rag doll. Mainly side/headwind. Still managed a respectable 17mph for the nearly 19 miles home.
Popped into Halfords coming through town to pick up some scabs as I realised I had nothing to help me in the event of another puncture. They let me use their track pump to top up the front tyre from this morning and also let me use a drop of oil for the chain which was nice!
Popped into Halfords coming through town to pick up some scabs as I realised I had nothing to help me in the event of another puncture. They let me use their track pump to top up the front tyre from this morning and also let me use a drop of oil for the chain which was nice!
kevin_cambs_uk
Guru
- Location
- Near Cambridge
Took the Busway as it was just about dry, but bloody warm out there, as well as windy but who cares its Friday!
Ganymede
Veteran
- Location
- Rural Kent
OK, another car commute from necessity. And now I'm off for 2 weeks hols, sorry about that! I will still nod in but I sure as h won't be cycling... 
