Tales from today's commute....

[DWiggy]

Ride home was v nice, went past a guy then about 1.5miles down the road after pushing on, looked back to see him overlapping my rear, unannounced! papped the life out of me! Don't really mind but would have liked heads up....and maybe a turn at the front but hey ho.

Ride in this morning was nice and quick and lucky for me I missed the drizzle

 

[martint235]

A muppet b***h in a little Fiat this morning. Must get in front, must get in front. She got upset when I held position about 2 yards out from the kerb and behind a van. She had drawn up alongside me but because of parked cars on the other side she was now looking straight at a bus driver coming the other way. Lots of beeping until I took pity and let her in out of the way. I then just sat behind her for a couple of miles into Selhurst smiling nicely at her in her mirrors. I hope I see her again tomorrow.

Other than that it was quiet. Wasn't expecting the rain though, no one mentioned rain.

 

[MisterStan]

Wasn't expecting the rain though, no one mentioned rain.

The Met Office said there was a 5% chance of rain this morning. It rained 100% of the way in.

I was thinking; we could scrap the Met Office and give their budget to Greece 'as a gesture of goodwill' to help them out...

 

[martint235]

The Met Office said there was a 5% chance of rain this morning. It rained 100% of the way in.

I was thinking; we could scrap the Met Office and give their budget to Greece 'as a gesture of goodwill' to help them out...

As we don't want to give them charity, they could sell us some sunshine!!

 

[MisterStan]

As we don't want to give them charity, they could sell us some sunshine!!

Works for me!

 

[Simontm]

Drizzle, quite quiet again on the roads, drizzle. I hate drizzle, it's like that annoying suck-up mate (usually small) who natters on in your ear about something and won't shut up. Drizzle is that mate.

Numpty count: 1. I let a taxi driver pass on a tight road (parking both sides) and he thanked me by braking sharply when the oncoming car had flashed for him to proceed, causing me to brake to avoid giving him a fare via his rear window. Saw him laughing in his rear-view. Have been wary about Uber but I'm beginning to change my mind...

 

[fossyant]

Not a cloud in the sky in Manchester

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Cold, dull and very wet roads when I set off this morning, even put the lights on. Then once I got into the countryside it was that soak you to the skin drizzle, eventually that stopped and it properly rained instead. By the time I got to work it was brightening up (though still very cloudy)

Legs didn't want to play today so shortened the ride and took my time, still did enough to reach 12,000 miles for the year though

 

[MisterStan]

Not a cloud in the sky in Manchester

I usually reserve these for @ianrauk's tailwind posts -

 

[fossyant]

Bloody dog walkers. The Floop was like the M1 for bikes last night, so why walk your 3 dogs all without leads down a shared path with the dogs all over. You were causing chaos. Same goes for the lad with the little black thing. Two of us were trying to avoid it. Get it on a lead. Warned a group of other cyclists

 

[MickeyBlueEyes]

Gloomy, wet & drizzly out the door at 04:40 this morning, but with the mild air temperature it was actually quite nice. Took the opportunity for doing a food run with the rucksack on so the supplies at work are now well stocked up. Having been being used to doing 60/70/80/90 mile days, dropping down to 38/40 each day this week has made the rides feel over before they have begun. Won't be long until those miles start to pick up again though.

 

[ianrauk]

Very muggy on the commute this morning. Very warm. Had a little drizzle which was a bit of a god send really. Cooled things down a little.

Where has all the traffic gone in SE London. I have never known it so clear on a midweek school day. Everyone and their dogs must be on holiday. Made for a nice and rapid pootle into work.

 

[Ciar]

normal ride bit of light drizzle nicely cooling as it's muggy, amazed people were all dressed up in waterproofs they must have been proper cod in butter sauce!

 

[the_craig]

There's a good Scottish word for the type of drizzle that soaks you to the bone - 'Smirr'

Anyway, off work today so no commute for me. Normal service will resume tomorrow.

 

[LoftusRoadie]

Bit of a headwind this morning along the towpath plus some drizzle but I was pleasantly surprised as to how fast I seemed to be going. Got to Stonebridge Lock (the one along the River Lea before Tottenham Lock) skipped on to the wooden slatted bridge to cross to the other side of the river and ... suddenly I was on the floor! Think I took the bridge at too much of an angle, the wood was damp/skiddy, back wheel went out and down I went. Didn't hurt myself really (slightly sore elbow even now) but as soon as I went down I had cramp in my right leg. Took a minute or so to compose myself/get rid of the cramp and continued on my way (no damage to the bike luckily). First proper fall since I started commuting in April.
On a couple of occasions afterwards I could feel the bike slipping on the (unlevel) paving stones which made me a bit nervous but managed to stay upright.
And managed to get to work in just under 1 hour 25 mins which is the sign of a quick ride (for me).