Tales from today's commute....

[Origamist]

Dry and windy, mainly a cross wind.

Was on the final leg home when a van pulls along side (close) and a lad reaches out and puts his arm around my shoulders and pats me on the back whilst shouting "keep on going mate". It was a bit of a shock as I was doing 22 mph at the time. I nodded my head and looked behind to see if the following driver had seen what happened, but, just my luck, they were from the same firm, driving in convoy! The female passenger though it was hilarious...I was less amused.

Will be getting a new camera at the w/e.

 

[MisterStan]

Dry and windy, mainly a cross wind.

Was on the final leg home when a van pulls along side (close) and a lad reaches out and puts his arm around my shoulders and pats me on the back whilst shouting "keep on going mate". It was a bit of a shock as I was doing 22 mph at the time. I nodded my head and looked behind to see if the following driver had seen what happened, but, just my luck, they were from the same firm, driving in convoy! The girl passenger though it was hilarious...I was less amused.

Will be getting a new camera at the w/e.

That's dreadful.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

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.

I had a dry run this morning apart from about 10 seconds when it started to rain, huge drops of rain, and then it just stopped. Dinner time I went out and sheltered in a bus shelter for about five minutes when it hailed, roads were very wet but I was dry by the time I got back to the office

 

[MisterStan]

It rained as I left and I got a bit of a soaking, but soon dried off with the headwind acting like a massive hair drier.

Sunny at the end though!

 

[J1888]

Dry and windy, mainly a cross wind.

Was on the final leg home when a van pulls along side (close) and a lad reaches out and puts his arm around my shoulders and pats me on the back whilst shouting "keep on going mate". It was a bit of a shock as I was doing 22 mph at the time. I nodded my head and looked behind to see if the following driver had seen what happened, but, just my luck, they were from the same firm, driving in convoy! The girl passenger though it was hilarious...I was less amused.

Will be getting a new camera at the w/e.

Report it to the firm if you managed to get the company name?

 

[ianrauk]

Dry and windy, mainly a cross wind.

Was on the final leg home when a van pulls along side (close) and a lad reaches out and puts his arm around my shoulders and pats me on the back whilst shouting "keep on going mate". It was a bit of a shock as I was doing 22 mph at the time. I nodded my head and looked behind to see if the following driver had seen what happened, but, just my luck, they were from the same firm, driving in convoy! The girl passenger though it was hilarious...I was less amused.

Will be getting a new camera at the w/e.

Dicks....

 

[kevin_cambs_uk]

Dry and windy, mainly a cross wind.

Was on the final leg home when a van pulls along side (close) and a lad reaches out and puts his arm around my shoulders and pats me on the back whilst shouting "keep on going mate". It was a bit of a shock as I was doing 22 mph at the time. I nodded my head and looked behind to see if the following driver had seen what happened, but, just my luck, they were from the same firm, driving in convoy! The girl passenger though it was hilarious...I was less amused.

Will be getting a new camera at the w/e.

Bloody hell

I am beginning to think camera's are the future

 

[J1888]

Bloody hell

I am beginning to think camera's are the future

I've had a GoPro for about 6 months and thankfully haven't had to use it yet - a few times it could have been useful.

Defo recommend it.

 

[Simontm]

Going to see mates in Wimbledon, saw a big black cloud that looked like it was heading North. Thought if I take it easy, could tuck in behind it and avoid a soaking...was heading towards me
Ride home was dry
Numpty count:0

 

[MickeyBlueEyes]

Drizzly to begin with, but warm enough to be in ss jersey/base & shorts. I'd pretty much dried out by the time I got to work as it was ok when the sun came out. Bit of a breeze knocking about that made it a head down effort in places. Looking good for a few days from now though so I need to change my effort levels and start to step the mileage up.

 

[Sittingduck]

Got home last night before any soaking. The benefits of finishing at 4!

Slight tailwind again this morning, so quite a nice ride in. Shame they have botched up Embankment though - it's even worse in the afternoon

 

[martint235]

Nice ride in this morning. Bit chilly but warmed up fairly quickly. I've gained another set of temporary traffic lights heading towards Norwood though that has screwed things up. Had an average of 15.7mph until I hit the traffic queue. My achilles is twinging a bit too, it's probably all the effort I've been putting in to maintain a 15mph average into headwinds this week.

 

[kevin_cambs_uk]

The rarest of cycling phenomena experienced this morning.
Tail wind !

 

[MisterStan]

A tailwind! Cruised in this morning, very busy on the busway - saw the 'Wednesday ladies peloton' again (think they're from the university).

Best bike out for the first time this week. The other one is in desperate need of a new BB, but with the wet weather it has been pressed into further service. BB ordered, so that's my weekend fettling sorted.

 

[Shut Up Legs]

Why do motorists have to turn into complete morons in wet weather? Common sense dictates that you should take more care in the wet, give more braking room, take longer to brake, etc. But instead the idiots do the complete bloody opposite.