Tales from today's commute....

[summerdays]

Fridays I find can be quite quiet in the morning, I assume more people have Fridays off or late starts, whereas in the afternoon evening it's more likely to have tailbacks on the roads as people head off on their holidays and the main Motorways get jammed.

I'm roasted and I don't know quite how much water I've drank as I have refilled it!

 

[Sittingduck]

Mondays I tend to notice worse traffic, especially going in. Friday afternoons are full of impatient drivers eager to get out.

Anyway - Tuesday afternoons when it's almost 4pm and you're about to leave into the 30 degrees sun are just awful

See you later suckers!! Mwahaha.

 

[martinclive]

Except Mondays. Nobody likes Mondays.

tell me why....................... (you may be too young to get this reference!)

 

[martint235]

Well that was a brutal commute home. I think that will separate the men from the boys before it really hots up tomorrow. And I am so, so, so glad I put an extra bottle and cage on the commuter now!

Would it be considered a weakness if I skipped Shooters Hill tomorrow afternoon?

 

[Hacienda71]

Learn't today to check the chain if you get a bit of a clicking sound. Thought it was just the indexing a bit out. Powered away from a roundabout out of the saddle then bang the chain let go under heavy load and I face planted. Swmbo picked me up grazed chin, top and bottom lip, elbow, both knees, shoulder, stomach back and chest. On the plus side apart from needing a new chain and shifter hood the bike seems ok. Jersey was a bit ripped as well.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Learn't today to check the chain if you get a bit of a clicking sound. Thought it was just the indexing a bit out. Powered away from a roundabout out of the saddle then bang the chain let go under heavy load and I face planted. Swmbo picked me up grazed chin, top and bottom lip, elbow, both knees, shoulder, stomach back and chest. On the plus side apart from needing a new chain and shifter hood the bike seems ok. Jersey was a bit ripped as well.

Ouch, glad the bike is okay

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Stupidly hot tonight. For the first time ever on a commute I had to stop and get more liquid and still ran out before I got home. I got through a 750ml bottle of juice, 500ml bottle of water and a can of coke

Must remember to put the sunscreen on in the morning, could feel my legs burning tonight, on the plus side tan lines are looking fantastic, especially on my fingers from the fingerless gloves

 

[donnydave]

On my way home I passed someone cycling in a coat. A COAT!

 

[martint235]

On my way home I passed someone cycling in a coat. A COAT!

I passed a guy with a gilet and full length tights on heading towards home. There's a guy I see on my way to work who is still wearing a buff!

 

[ianrauk]

I passed a guy with a gilet and full length tights on heading towards home. There's a guy I see on my way to work who is still wearing a buff!

Oneupmanship now... I saw TWO cyclists heading up the A21 this evening wearing longs. One of them was wearing a thick Altura winter jersey. I know because I have the same jersey... which I use in the winter.

Another cyclist near had me off as well this evening. Thought he was the mutts nuts, but he wasn't all that. I was on a cycle path in Lewisham when he decided to cycle on to it at speed. Just as I was passing. Quick reactions on my part meant he just missed me. He got a few choice naughty words for his trouble. Tit.

Apart from that, I took it relatively slow tonight, just pootled along enjoying the cycling and the sunshine.

 

[martint235]

I just had one stupid woman who was at a junction on my left and she looked left saw there was nothing coming and pulled out. If she had looked right she would have seen me coming towards her down the hill past Hither Green Cemetery at about 30mph. I missed the rear of her car by about a foot. I think she left with a rough idea of my feelings on the episode

 

[fossyant]

Learn't today to check the chain if you get a bit of a clicking sound. Thought it was just the indexing a bit out. Powered away from a roundabout out of the saddle then bang the chain let go under heavy load and I face planted. Swmbo picked me up grazed chin, top and bottom lip, elbow, both knees, shoulder, stomach back and chest. On the plus side apart from needing a new chain and shifter hood the bike seems ok. Jersey was a bit ripped as well.

Ouch. Bet you got a bent ear as well from the missus.

 

[fossyant]

Late start meant an 11am ride in and a 5pm ride home. Hot. Who switched on the 360 degree headwind.

 

[HarryTheDog]

For the first 6 miles home I rode in the company of a young bloke on a vintage steel with SIS gears, I have banged heads with before so to speak, on our previous meetings,
( first time I met him I overtook him on a hill and he caught me up on the downhill and demmanded a re-match on the 2nd hill as I had taken him by suprise, he beat me by a wheel, my excuse being I am older than his dad ) on this occassion we decided wisely to chat instead, he was excited about his session at the lee valley velodrome last weekend and is planning to do the league.

It was a brisk headwind so not too bad temp wise. At the 11 mile point I turned North after Dagenham and started to heat up as no head wind. Took it easy till Wigley Bush Lane in South Weald where I spied another roadie ahead and stupidly tried to close him down by the top of the steep hill. I nearly caught him but he turned off right at the top. I was now sodden in sweat.
Once I got home I was shattered, had to have a nap after a shower.

 

[Lonestar]

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/lond...stration-over-uber-in-southwark-10355708.html

Just found out why there were about a million taxis dumped on the way back.Didn't stop me but some of those tin boxes were snookered.(Thank god for my backstreet stronghold)

Uber,that old chestnut.