Tales from today's commute....

[Biscuit]

If only it was warm enough to go pants only

Hi-viz pants of course !!!

 

[Biscuit]

This Hi-Viz mankini might come in handy. ( Ok ok, I'll get me coat )

 

[BigAl68]

Yuck. Soaked to the skin. Shower and soup time.

 

[paul04]

One word for todays commute.
Wind
At one point I was doing 4 mph in to the headwind and the rain was almost sideways.

 

[BigAl68]

Having just seen the BBC weather for tomorrow I should be dry on the way in but possibly cycling into snow on the way home.... I do love cycling in winter

 

[clf]

Erm... Despite forecasts to the contrary my commute was dry, mild and wind free, looking at the strava times there's evidence of a previously unheard of tail wind on the way home. I think I'm in shock.

 

[Squid lips]

One word for todays commute.
Wind
At one point I was doing 4 mph in to the headwind and the rain was almost sideways.

That's summer weather up here

 

[kevin_cambs_uk]

Wow soggy or what!

 

[MickeyBlueEyes]

I got absolutely nothing that was forecast, couldn't believe it!
Hopefully Met Office have the rest of the week wrong too...

 

[Supersuperleeds]

This morning the headwind was unreal, tonight it was wet but the wind had dropped and it was quite warm

 

[Nocode]

Yuck, wet and windy ride home with a visit from the puncture fairy - doh. Not the best night to be pulled over at the side of the road faffing! Probably my first puncture in 9 months or so - guess practice makes perfect.

 

[400bhp]

I got a free DataTag today. The Old Bill were outside the bike lockers at work dishing them out. They also had a mechanic who was with them and gave my bike a 10 minute service. He taught me to index the gears by using the smallest ring at the front and starting from the second lowest cog at the back (I've previously just done it ad-hoc). Gears were silky smooth on the way home.

I was quite pleased as they were all admiring my bike on it's cleanliness (@fossyant would be proud)

#randomfitness was in full swing on the way home. I felt really tired yesterday and this morning. Legs aching etc. Yet, on the way home I felt great and it was effortless to post a reasonable pace. What's all that about then

 

[fossyant]

We had the community coppers getting students to register their bikes and selling £45 D locks for £15. Got to my bike this evening to find it had a bright yellow saddle rain cover on it.

The coppers had been handing them out as they advertised the immobilise.com site.

Filthy commute both ways. It's that bad the dirt keeps clogging up the seccu clips for the rear guard.

Checked my tyres for glass and pulled out two big shards that would have seen off most tyres. These Durano Plus tyres are pretty tough.

 

[Origamist]

The wind had eased off, no rain and the temp had dropped to 1C on the way home. Pretty much perfect!

 

[howdenbiker]

I commute on part of a sustrans route, road/mud/road/farm track/pot holed track/road and interesting mix and more so in the pitch black. Nice to know that I'm likely to see more sheep than cars! Today was windy and muddy