Tales from today's commute....

[andyfraser]

I took a slightly longer route home as it was nice and managed an average speed of 17.5 mph! Conditions were in my favour and there was very little traffic. I also managed to move from 4th to 3rd on a Strava segment near me.

 

[mythste]

Decided to ride home in a big arc taking in a visit to mum's in Wood Lane. Blazing sunshine and sweating my bag off up there, hail, then snow on the way back home. Crazy day.

Ive had one eye on the weather all day and I've come to the conclusion that trying to work out how many layers to put on come 5pm is completely futile.

So I'm going naked.

TFIF.

 

[zaza123]

Even when it was sunny and I had steam coming out of my armpit vents my face was numb. You can't win

 

[clf]

Early start and finish today meant getting to work with very little traffic to contend with and getting home 10 minutes before the heavens opened this afternoon.

 

[Simontm]

Avoided the threatened showers and a speedy commute back. Officially there was no-one trying to kill me deliberately or through ignorance, close pass, etc so numpty count is:0.

But...I sped past a ford focus and joined the traffic at the same speed as everyone (bout 20 mph), didn't cause the focus to slow, in fact I had to brake rather than hit the Mini ahead!

However, the move prompted the Focus to put their full beam on. Now, thanks for lighting up the way but did you really want to blind oncoming traffic and the mini driver?

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Got home and jumped into the car to take our lass to cubs and had to jump out to de-ice it, windscreen was well and truly iced up.

 

[paul04]

Another good week commuting to work, idiot taxi driver get's the award for the stupid over take of the week, trying to over take me on a bend when a car is coming the other way, he had know where to go, so he had to stop in the middle of the road, the car driver was not impressed, and errr said a few swear words to the taxi driver.

All week the wind has not help the commute to work, only this morning it was replaced with a light covering of snow, once on the main roads it was fine, and on the way home I just managed to get home before the rain/hail/sleet started

 

[kevin_cambs_uk]

Spiked tyres fitted to the MTB just in case...

 

[400bhp]

-3 deg forecast tomorrow morn.

Full winter gear that's for sure.

 

[Origamist]

-3 deg forecast tomorrow morn.

Full winter gear that's for sure.

Yeah, looks decidedly cold and ice is likely. Prepped the single speed ice bike this afternoon and have put a pot of soup in the water bottle cage for a warming lunch! Take it easy tmrw folks.

 

[Stevie Mcluskey]

Cold one into work today. Think some maintenance required at dinner break with GT85 and oil as gears didnt shift a couple of times presumably due to moisture and the cold. Was freezing right enough.

Good news is now sitting in office at work just as cold as the heating is goosed.

 

[kevin_cambs_uk]

Much better than I expected today which was a bonus

 

[summerdays]

Much better than I expected today which was a bonus

Yes it doesn't look as icy as I was expecting after yesterday. Still cold though

 

[Nocode]

A bit chilly this morning - that chill where you're sat at your desk after a warm shower but your eyeballs still feel partly frozen - even though I wear glasses.

 

[Simontm]

Lovely ride in. Bit chilly, my shower gel partially froze!

Numpty count: 0