summerdays
Cycling in the sun
- Location
- Bristol
Tired this morning and battling a wind so just did a pootle pace today! (Hoping the wind is behind me at some point!)
Tales from today's commute....
- Thread starter martint235
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fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
Still not well. Took it easy but easily dropped two cyclists including another fixed gear rider up Devils Hill.
Overdressed as rain stopped and the sun came out. Bounced it down again once I'd got changed and at the desk.
Overdressed as rain stopped and the sun came out. Bounced it down again once I'd got changed and at the desk.
Supersuperleeds
Legendary Member
- Location
- Leicester
Windy again and really hard work this morning. Mickled the chain last night (third time in a week!) but think it might be time to reintroduce the track pump to the tyres.
Origamist
Legendary Member
I seemed to be just behind an active rain front (I watch Country File and know what I'm talking about!) all the way to work and managed to evade the worst of the rain. It did mean that the roads were very wet and there was standing water, but my mudguards earned their keep.
One awful pass, in an otherwise uneventful commute.
Hoping it brightens up later and the wind abates.
One awful pass, in an otherwise uneventful commute.
Hoping it brightens up later and the wind abates.
Had a not-very-good pass from a big truck last week sometime - the sort that would provide off-putting cam footage if I had a camera. This morning I had another rubbish pass from - well if it wasn't the same truck, I'm sure it was from the same company. I do wish I had a camera sometimes (but my o/h would have a fit if I got one, he thinks all camera-using cyclists ride around looking for trouble... Yes I know he's wrong, but I wouldn't convince him.)
Pretty cold and windy, but nice and bright out this morning.
A couple of things occurred to me on the way in:
- Road runners: Yeah, I get that you don't want to dodge people on the pavement, but jogging on the road, in the same direction as traffic flow, with your headphones in....NOT A GOOD IDEA. First time I've noticed these species and there was rather oddly about 3 on the same stretch of road.
- Recumbent bikers; I doff my metaphorical hat to you - you have nerves of steel to be filtering in City of London rush-hour traffic with roadworks. I'd have thought on a recumbent you'd stand even less change of being seen due to the height!
A couple of things occurred to me on the way in:
- Road runners: Yeah, I get that you don't want to dodge people on the pavement, but jogging on the road, in the same direction as traffic flow, with your headphones in....NOT A GOOD IDEA. First time I've noticed these species and there was rather oddly about 3 on the same stretch of road.
- Recumbent bikers; I doff my metaphorical hat to you - you have nerves of steel to be filtering in City of London rush-hour traffic with roadworks. I'd have thought on a recumbent you'd stand even less change of being seen due to the height!
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martint235
Dog on a bike
- Location
- Welling
Friends that ride 'bents tell me that just the sheer difference in looks from a DF bike means that drivers are actually more likely to notice them,
MisterStan
Label Required
- Location
- Out there somewhere
Nice to see you back @martint235
Not bad out this evening.
Finding riding through the City of London very precarious- no matter how good your hazard perception is, there's always peds popping out from behind a parked van without looking etc. So far I've always managed to brake in time, but it is a bit of a pain. Just an observation I guess.
Finding riding through the City of London very precarious- no matter how good your hazard perception is, there's always peds popping out from behind a parked van without looking etc. So far I've always managed to brake in time, but it is a bit of a pain. Just an observation I guess.
glenn forger
Guest
Bishopsgate is awful, by Liverpool St the peds are either eating something or on a mobile and they just blunder around like in a zombie film.
That's sounds about right - I just can't believe that when people are crossing (not at a crossing!) they don't look before they step out.
Well that was good timing. Just walked in the door when the mother of all cloudbursts hit. I couldn't have timed it better. When I was cycling along I could see the black clouds approaching and did wonder if I would make it home in time.
And at least for part of my commute I had a change of wind direction - this time in my favour - thank you.
And at least for part of my commute I had a change of wind direction - this time in my favour - thank you.
MickeyBlueEyes
Eat, Sleep, Ride, Repeat.
- Location
- Derbyshire
Thought of @Supersuperleeds this morning as I was just skating around the rain that was heading Leicester way on. I had a few spots but in the distance it was just grim. Later than usual finish saw me put in just a 16 mile ride back, the shortest one of the year so far. In other, and definitely good news, the wheels are back and ready to roll, just give me a nice dry day Mother Nature so I can do them justice.
Incontinentia Buttocks
Veteran
Hail, freezing cold hail, where the hell did that come from!
Rather smugly avoided rain on the way in and the hail on the way home. Even added a few extra miles to boot. Though I may regrettthat at 0500hrs tomorrow.
Rather smugly avoided rain on the way in and the hail on the way home. Even added a few extra miles to boot. Though I may regrettthat at 0500hrs tomorrow.
