Tales from today's commute....

[rdfcyclist]

Currently commuting by feet as bike is in the shop however I want to slow clap the cyclist filtering through traffic I saw this afternoon; he was wearing nothing but shorts. You haven't quite thought that through matey.

 

[Origamist]

Came across a woman in her 60s driving a red Ford Ka all over the road - if she wasn't drunk or under the influence of drugs, I'd be amazed. At one stage, she took a bend on the opposite side of the road. After this, I was looking for a place to pull over and phone the police, but she turned into a spa near Mobberley and I talked myself out of following her.

Very muggy, but not blazing sun. Managed an extra 5 miles. Will hopefully be back under 14 stone soon...

 

[fossyant]

Hot. Decided to take it easy. That lasted about 3 miles when I overtook another roadie and he latched onto my wheel, so had to keep the speed up. We did say a cheery bye when I turned off. Eased off a little as it was like breathing in an oven.

Got home, started pouring in sweat. Had a shower, got dressed, and started pouring in sweat again... Oh well.

 

[Blurb]

Legs of lead today.
Trying to rest up as I've a 37 mile commute out tomorrow, overnighter, and 37 back on Friday.
Now thinking the unthinkable, car might have been a better option.

 

[The Jogger]

I did my usual Hammersmith to Waterloo, which I did rather slowly on the Brommie, when I got on the train the sweat just pi$$ed out of me. There was no cool breeze anywhere even in the shade.

 

[Simontm]

That was nice, under 20 degrees new money a wee wind and not a lot of traffic...then I stopped
Numpty count: 2 First was me!! I'd completely misjudged a roundabout. Thought I could steal up the inside and turn left with an ahead car that was going straight on and very nearly managed to left hook myself with the van I was parallel with. So I hugged the kerb and we both got round OK. Idiot.
Second, an irate pigeon that took offence to me demanding it moved off the road when I was coming through - as I found out when I saw the back of the jersey when I had me shower

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Perfect weather this morning so did my first 100km commute to work.

 

[Arjimlad]

109 km !!

I was delighted to get back on the bike today for my 10.6 mile route.

I have needed to drive into Bristol the past 3 days for meetings/court etc - and have appreciated the air conditioning in the car but not the traffic and lack of exercise !

 

[DWiggy]

Wow ride home last night was horrendous, the traffic around Dartford/Gravesend was complete gridlock so very slow going weaving in and out of stationary traffic, very, very, VERY hot too my Garmin reporting 35c+, even the country lane part of my ride was slow due to heavy traffic, and when I had to stop waiting for vans to pass each other down the lanes I just felt myself overheating the heat from the sun + cars it was just blurgh! and when I got through the worst of it people were using the lanes as rabbit runs driving like complete twats just to make up the time they lost sitting in traffic, I did feel very vulnerable. Done the whole bottle of water and my average was well down on usual.

Ride in this morning was quote nice, warm but with a slight cooling breeze kind of made up for yesterday...almost!

 

[JMT]

Unplanned commute in today as both the guys in my car share said they weren't in today so I instantly thought ride in. Checked the forecast heavy rain just when I leave the house 80% chance which I read as there is a chance it won't rain. So I went about increasing the odds of no rain by not watering the garden and wearing my light weight rain coat before I started off. I convinced myself that I could start off before it started to rain and beat it to work. Unfortunately I needed to do my final tactical bathroom visit to reduce weight ;-) but SWMBO and then the children were in there and I left 15mins later than planned, I started off just behind the rain I could see the edge of the cloud about 3/4 mile ahead still only very light drizzle on the way in. Got to work before the heavy rain started :-).

All nice drivers today giving me lots of room and waiting to overtake until it was safe to do so.

Forecast not great for return trip but I don't mind getting wet on they was home as much as they way in.

 

[fossyant]

A little fresher this morning. Decided on a steady ride which was actually only a couple of minutes slower than a quick ride. Still started pouring with sweat on arrival.

 

[Ciar]

Well not much to report, ridden twice in the last two weeks due to a back spasm and unbelievable back pain, which i belive is sciatica, so tonight heading to the physio hoping he can fix and put me back in the saddle for monday! desperate to get back riding

 

[summerdays]

Well morning commute was ok though I spent ages trying to decide what was the right number of clothes, afternoon.... Soggy!

Also saw two recumbents this morning, one that I sometimes see - yellow with a big number 77 on and also a black one I think within about 400m of each other.

 

[LoftusRoadie]

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

Definitely agree about Friday drivers - gets very tricky along Whitechapel Road.
Maybe it's the sunny weather but more people (joggers, cyclists, houseboat owners) said hello to me this morning or at least nodded a recognition than has happened since I started commuting along the towpath. Quite warm this morning but a lovely cooling breeze made it pleasant - well, at least until I reached London roads!

 

[Simontm]

Met an old mate for a beer then dodged the hoards coming down from the tennis and had a 'gentle' ride home
That's it
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