Tales from today's commute....

[donnydave]

First day back riding after a week off camping. Well I say camping, I mean sitting in a field drinking. Legs need some encouragement to get back to normal

 

[Mummy3monkeys]

I have been so lucky on the commute this week in regards to the rain.
It's been raining when I get up out of bed. Stops for the morning commute. Rains whilst at work. Stops for the commute home.
Fingers crossed it stays the same for the rest of the week.

You sure are lucky, every morning I have ridden in this week, and each time it started raining halfway in, one ride home was lovely, one damp with lots of standing water, but yesterday I was soaked through, chucked it down.

So definitely fingers crossed for you

 

[Scotchlovingcylist]

Tonights commute was....In the car!
Fed up of wind, rain and tired legs plus my knee is playing up so I wimped out, sorry all

 

[apb]

cyclying to work this morning. What a lovely day. Was in a t-shirt and shorts it was nice and crisp the wind through my hair. WEEEEHEEE

I was thinking this is brilliant but something different. why is this so much more enjoyable today than others? We have had a few nice days in edinburgh recently but this feels nicer.

I got 1/3 to work and realised i forgot my helmet.

 

[ianrauk]

Disaster. 17 miles into the commute, the freehub seized open, resulting in no drive. Which meant a 3 mile walk the rest of the way to the office.
So that means taking the train home tonight with the old wheel, and train back in on the morning with the replacement wheel. GAH! I was on for a really good time too....PITA!

 

[Pale Rider]

Disaster. 17 miles into the commute, the freehub seized open, resulting in no drive. Which meant a 3 mile walk the rest of the way to the office.
So that means taking the train home tonight with the old wheel, and train back in on the morning with the replacement wheel. GAH! I was on for a really good time too....PITA!

The drive sometimes re-engages if you shock the hub.

Best way to do that is bounce the wheel off the ground.

Might be worth a try, although you may not want to risk the ride home.

 

[Origamist]

Disaster. 17 miles into the commute, the freehub seized open, resulting in no drive. Which meant a 3 mile walk the rest of the way to the office.
So that means taking the train home tonight with the old wheel, and train back in on the morning with the replacement wheel. GAH! I was on for a really good time too....PITA!

I was thinking about a freehub failure on the commute in this morning. Hope it didn't jinx you! Any clue it was about to pop?

Went a slightly different route this morning and it's a keeper! I did know about it, but I thought it might be a bit narrow for commuting in the rush hour (for those interested Cheshire types, Baker's Lane, Patmos Lane, Cheadle Lane, Pinfold Lane and Sudlow Lane to Knutsford). As it was, I only saw two cars! The only issue is that it's a bit tricky to join A5033 at Knutsford, but that's a small price to pay. It's about a mile longer, but far more pleasant. Shame it's taken me over a year to realise - keep experimenting with your commute route, people!

Another tail wind assisted commute, bright and 12C so another 20.5mph average.

 

[ianrauk]

I was thinking about a freehub failure on the commute in this morning. Hope it didn't jinx you! Any clue it was about to pop?

No clue, just went as I was accelerating. At first I thought the chain had come off.
The hub has done just over 10,000 miles in all weathers. Have contacted the wheel maker to see what he has to say.

 

[ianrauk]

The drive sometimes re-engages if you shock the hub.

Best way to do that is bounce the wheel off the ground.

Might be worth a try, although you may not want to risk the ride home.

First thing I tried of course.

 

[L Q]

Legs are feeling it this week, 11 straight days off 23 miles each way are enjoyable but please can we have a few days of no wind.

 

[confusedcyclist]

Seemed like every white van man with a trailer was out to get me today and to top it off I had some toothless taxi driver giving me abuse for taking primary on the approach to a roundabout after he tried to squeeze me to the gutter to get past rather than waiting 3 seconds. Apparently I have no right to use the road.

We had a few words at traffic lights further up the road about his sh*t driving. He wasn't particularly friendly and resorted to some hysterical ranting. I took off at the green light as I wasn't going to get any sense out of him. He then went on to punish pass only to queue up again at the next set of lights. This time he tried to cut off cycle lane as I approached from behind. The div didn't realise I could simply past to the right instead. Luckily he turned off at the lights and we went on our separate ways. He came ---> <--- this close to colliding with another car at the roundabout while he was so preoccupied with giving me abuse out of the window, if only...

Moron.

 

[kevin_cambs_uk]

raining again, there's a surprise!

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Good news, for me anyway. Madison agreed my sheered crank was replaceable under warranty and the bike is fixed and ready for me to collect when I want to go get it. Might be tomorrows dinner time pootle

 

[Ciar]

Windy same as yesterday just not as harsh, smattering of very light rain as i neared the end so all in all perfick really ;-)

 

[Spike on a bike]

No rain here today yet

Almost had a moment at the only crossroads on my commute as I forgot to u clip

Somehow managed to stay upright

Added an extra five miles home and called in on the outlaws for tea and a smoke