kevin_cambs_uk
Guru
- Location
- Near Cambridge
Looks like tail wind going home!
Tales from today's commute....
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MontyVeda
a short-tempered ill-controlled small-minded troll
- Location
- Lancaster... the little city.
I was woken nice and early by pounding pounding hail, plus a bit of thunder and lightning... the hail was followed by sleet and more hail... did about 1/4 of a mile of my 4 mile ride before turning back as it was a tad too slippery, as it's only going to get worse up on those lowlands of Bowland. Waited for a bus that never came, went home, rang my boss, told him, i'd be very late, went to get a later bus which travelled 2 miles in 45 minutes, and finally got to work 2 and a half hours late. Funny thing though, not a scrap of the frozen hail/sleet up on those lowlands of Bowland that brought lancaster to a near standstill... so in retrospect, i should have just kept on going in the first place.
summerdays
Cycling in the sun
- Location
- Bristol
Roads were fine but noticed the kerb was slippy when I stopped to talk to someone. It was nice and sunny this morning but cloudy and getting windy on the way home.
Glow worm
Legendary Member
- Location
- Near Newmarket
Blimey- was I lucky tonight. Stopped for a couple of jars with a pal in Cambridge on the way home. As we left the pub I realised with a sickening shudder I only had one of my two panniers with me. Panic. There'd been a few scrotes in the pub too so I thought that was it. Went outside and TFFT there it was. I'd removed it while locking up and it was still sat there in the basket of an adjacent bike where, obviously I'd left it.
It only had my laptop, work phone, iPhone and wallet in it. In a busy street. For an hour and a half. All thankfully present and correct. The Gods were smiling on me tonight- the rain even held off until I got home
It only had my laptop, work phone, iPhone and wallet in it. In a busy street. For an hour and a half. All thankfully present and correct. The Gods were smiling on me tonight- the rain even held off until I got home
Supersuperleeds
Legendary Member
- Location
- Leicester
Headwind + Hills + ice tyres = hard work. On the plus side, when I turned to head home I had 2 or 3 miles of downhill and tailwind, ice tyres are even noisier when you are shifting
mythste
Veteran
- Location
- Manchester
Just got home. Heavy winds and rain drops the size of my... face.
Really bloody enjoyed it though. Was going from terrifying side-wind to tail wind and concentration levels where pretty high. Got on the drops as much as I could and powered through. Even ended up replacing one of my usual trains with an extra 3 mile blast. Loving the new bike and loving that I finally seem to have cracked layering so I run at a good temperature!
Really bloody enjoyed it though. Was going from terrifying side-wind to tail wind and concentration levels where pretty high. Got on the drops as much as I could and powered through. Even ended up replacing one of my usual trains with an extra 3 mile blast. Loving the new bike and loving that I finally seem to have cracked layering so I run at a good temperature!
DCLane
Found in the Yorkshire hills ...
- Location
- Dewsbury, West Yorkshire
I've been riding the Raleigh Team (1986 vintage) for the past week, which is hard uphill into a headwind with only 52/42 front and 13-21 rear. Oh, and this evening with a rucksack full of assignments 
A driver decided to rev their engine hard behind me because I wouldn't move at a junction (with a red light) - then told me I'd be knocked down. It was a well-spoken & well-dressed lady in her 50's as well
The sobering bit was I've found out a rider I think I've seen/spoken to was hit near my commute last week and died on Monday - RIP
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A driver decided to rev their engine hard behind me because I wouldn't move at a junction (with a red light) - then told me I'd be knocked down. It was a well-spoken & well-dressed lady in her 50's as well
The sobering bit was I've found out a rider I think I've seen/spoken to was hit near my commute last week and died on Monday - RIP
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slowmotion
Quite dreadful
- Location
- lost somewhere
I turned left off Battersea Bridge and waited at the top of the sloping pedestrian path that leads down to the river. A lady and her dog were coming up along it. The dog looked delightful, but a bit wonky, and I smiled as it came alongside my bike.
"Great dog". She said she was a springer spaniel aged nine. She had been losing her sight for a couple of years, and was now almost completely blind. I reached down with a smelly cycling glove to pat her head. Her tail wagged, nineteen to the dozen. "She seems happy anyway"
" Yes, she is".
And that was it....
"Great dog". She said she was a springer spaniel aged nine. She had been losing her sight for a couple of years, and was now almost completely blind. I reached down with a smelly cycling glove to pat her head. Her tail wagged, nineteen to the dozen. "She seems happy anyway"
" Yes, she is".
And that was it....
Seeing as it was a tad windy and raining this morning I chose my "safe route" a cycle path that runs along side the A2 (Past the cyclopark) that keeps me away from the traffic.
It was pitch black and I was going along the short wooded part, when out on nowhere a large branch appeared!! I swerved to avoid it but ended up on mooshy leaves that collect either side of the path, next thing I know I was sliding along the ground with my arms out (a bit like Superman), I laid there for a few seconds like a first generation terminator assessing damage, you know the one with the iffy (noisy) hard drive....Although I did hear a pop from my shoulder it seems fine although a little achy, but other than that me and the bike are good to go but were a bit mucky.
Still, a little more excitement than usual I suppose!
It was pitch black and I was going along the short wooded part, when out on nowhere a large branch appeared!! I swerved to avoid it but ended up on mooshy leaves that collect either side of the path, next thing I know I was sliding along the ground with my arms out (a bit like Superman), I laid there for a few seconds like a first generation terminator assessing damage, you know the one with the iffy (noisy) hard drive....Although I did hear a pop from my shoulder it seems fine although a little achy, but other than that me and the bike are good to go but were a bit mucky.
Still, a little more excitement than usual I suppose!
Love I then your out in extreme weather..strangely it makes me feel alive!
kevin_cambs_uk
Guru
- Location
- Near Cambridge
Mostly tail wind coming in which was a result as it was still hard work, but it was all the more satisfying when I reached Cambridge and I sailed past over a hundred cars stuck in a jam!
2wheelsgeth
Rebuilt, but not yet better than ever
- Location
- London
I don't mean to worry you, but, can anyone verify this? Any bangs to the head recently?
Well, I don't remember it, but then, if it was severe enough...Mind you, I did have that funny mushroom omelette for breakfast yesterday...
They weren't there this morning
Panter
Just call me Chris...
- Location
- Sittingbourne, Kent
Wet, very wet. Dark, very dark. Windy, fairly. Cold, not so much.
Still, my M+ turned up yesterday and they're beautifully light and free rolling compared to the Jones XR's I was using (which shows just how draggy they must have been!)
Managed a very respectable time this morning, considering it was against a gusty headwind
Still, my M+ turned up yesterday and they're beautifully light and free rolling compared to the Jones XR's I was using (which shows just how draggy they must have been!)
Managed a very respectable time this morning, considering it was against a gusty headwind
