Supersuperleeds
Legendary Member
- Location
- Leicester
Saw one of these this morning, looks like hard work, especially in the wind. Rode along with the fella on it for a while and had a natter.
Tales from today's commute....
- Thread starter martint235
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MickeyBlueEyes
Eat, Sleep, Ride, Repeat.
- Location
- Derbyshire
Awesome days commuting today with an extra evening ride thrown in for good measure. A smidge over 101 miles dispatched with in 4:47, legs are feeling great right now. 
Simontm
Veteran
Awesome days commuting today with an extra evening ride thrown in for good measure. A smidge over 101 miles dispatched with in 4:47, legs are feeling great right now.
Berk on a Bike
Veteran
- Location
- Yorkshire
The blustery wind returned with a vengeance today. Rode the homeward commute right into it which was a total slog. 
The blustery wind returned with a vengeance today. Rode the homeward commute right into it which was a total slog.
Had that this morning... was a lovely wind assisted ride home this evening...
Berk on a Bike
Veteran
- Location
- Yorkshire
It giveth and it taketh away...
Keith Oates
Janner
- Location
- Penarth, Wales
I was late for an appointment this evening so had to get home from work quickly, luckily I had a good tail wind which made the ride easier and I was also in time for the appointment.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Spartak
Powered by M&M's
- Location
- Bristolian
Thanks for the heads up re. pothole @summerdays.
Took a different route today for a change !
Down the Fishponds Road to Stapleton & past the BRI, up through Clifton and over the Suspension Bridge then along the nicely resurfaced A369 to the village of Pill.
Felt good this morning covered the 20kms in just under 50 mins.
Took a different route today for a change !
Down the Fishponds Road to Stapleton & past the BRI, up through Clifton and over the Suspension Bridge then along the nicely resurfaced A369 to the village of Pill.
Felt good this morning covered the 20kms in just under 50 mins.
summerdays
Cycling in the sun
- Location
- Bristol
It's not often that I see the bridge with nobody on it when it's open! But I'm usually in bed at that time looking at the sky
Berk on a Bike
Veteran
- Location
- Yorkshire
Went over a pothole but hard, just as I arrived at work this morning, causing a double p***ture. Mr Well Prepared here had only one inner tube and no repair kit. Right now I'm waiting for a colleague to turn up who I know will be able to save my neck. Lesson learned. 
jonny jeez
Legendary Member
- Location
- Chislehurst, Kent, UK
For some reason this season it seems to only taketh away for me....The SW prevailing winds cause a cross wind along the majority of my commute.It feels like a headwind that turns a 180 every day, meaning I get a head on the way in and head on the way home. I can honestly record only one ride this whole season that wasn't effected by this wind...and that was only at the weekend!
jonny jeez
Legendary Member
- Location
- Chislehurst, Kent, UK
Well Martin, did you ever imagine when you originally made this post that three years later it would have received almost half a million visits and over twelve hundred pages of posts!!!It appears that motorists don't appreciate my Road Tax jersey or at least I had far more close passes today then any other day for a few months.
I saw my first 'bent out in the wild. Obviously I've seen them before but this was the first time it belonged to someone I didn't know. Strange design too, very long wheelbase with what looked like a normal headtube over the front wheel, steered from underseat but the front wheel was a long way from the rider.
More and more helmet wearers that don't know how to wear a helmet were out today. I blame the good weather. When people buy a helmet there should be some kind of guide that says "This helmet is to cover your head, not to stop you getting a sunburnt neck"
Had another wheelsucker today too. I made a bit of a schoolboy error filtering through traffic and cut from the centre of the road to the left and ended up blocked by a van. Wheelsucker followed me d'oh!
I had cause to check the stats today and was amazed at the monster that this thread has become. You guys will excuse me if I don't read every post before posting!
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martint235
Dog on a bike
- Location
- Welling
3 people started London - Edinburgh - London 2013 on these. I think all 3 finished within the time limit as well. I saw them en route a few times.Saw one of these this morning, looks like hard work, especially in the wind. Rode along with the fella on it for a while and had a natter.
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martint235
Dog on a bike
- Location
- Welling
No and to be honest the original post was just meant to be me having a rant that day. It was never meant as an open invitation to come and tell about your commute!!!
jonny jeez
Legendary Member
- Location
- Chislehurst, Kent, UK
I just noticed that the original post...despite its evolution into the behemoth that it is today...didn't even receive a "like"
....fixed that for you.
