steveindenmark
Legendary Member
Got up early to ride to work at 5am but couldnt see the bike shed 15m away even with my helmet lamp. Pea Souper Fog.
Took the car instead.
Took the car instead.
Tales from today's commute....
- Thread starter martint235
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summerdays
Cycling in the sun
- Location
- Bristol
Given the choice of seeing 15m in a car or 15 m on a bike, I'd take the bike!
steveindenmark
Legendary Member
It was freezing as well and its a 20km ride. I just couldnt gee myself up.
HarryTheDog
Guru
- Location
- Basildon Essex
After a week off, roaming the glens around Glencoe ( on foot) it was back to commuting. The most exciting thing was the new bike racks at work. They only managed to do the upper ones not the ones on the floor. They are a bit of a faff and look like the ones below. You slide the cradle backwards then pull the end down so the cradle is at 45 degrees, put your foot on the end of it or it will spring into the air, then load your bike whilst still keeping your foot on it, let go and it will spring upwards. Then push it back in. Did not see anything wrong with the old ones, everyone got parked.
kevin_cambs_uk
Guru
- Location
- Near Cambridge
I'd want some mud to cover up the US Postal livery!
LOL!!
I could get a Royal Mail instead!
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martint235
Dog on a bike
- Location
- Welling
Wet. Very wet. This was also my second commute with full mudguards in the rain and I'm not noticing any reduction of water in my socks or on me to be fair. All that faffing about for nothing
Mo1959
Legendary Member
- Location
- Perthshire,Scotland
Sadly, if there is a lot of standing water it still seems to manage to make it past the mudguards and onto your feet. Not sure what the answer is apart from avoid as many puddles as you can and wear overshoes.
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martint235
Dog on a bike
- Location
- Welling
Yeah have overshoes. Will probably just have to get used to getting wet.
martinclive
Über Member
- Location
- Fens, Cambridge
Wet again but not too bad (after a quick wheel change in the garage having found front flat)
Police were out in Cambridge last night stopping cyclists without lights (I was walking through town) funny thing was seeing the 5 or 10 others without lights flying by while they are booking one. If they really want to do it they need 2 or 3 people and pull everyone ..................looking at it about 1 in 5 had either no lights or something so pathetic (or almost hidden) to be of no use. Could do with a proper one off effort rather than just stop the odd few.
Police were out in Cambridge last night stopping cyclists without lights (I was walking through town) funny thing was seeing the 5 or 10 others without lights flying by while they are booking one. If they really want to do it they need 2 or 3 people and pull everyone ..................looking at it about 1 in 5 had either no lights or something so pathetic (or almost hidden) to be of no use. Could do with a proper one off effort rather than just stop the odd few.
Arjimlad
Tights of Cydonia
- Location
- South Glos
I put some old 700x28 Vittoria Randonneurs on my Revolt last night today, the narrowest which the rims can accept, to see how it felt. Sadly the front tyre seems to be deformed with a section which sits too deep into the rim somehow. So there was a bump-bump-bump as the wheel went round which I only discovered when riding the bike. Otherwise, the bike rode well.
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
First ride home in the pitch black down the Fallowfield Loop. Switched off my City Slicker every time I saw another cyclist or pedestrian.
Mr Cree LED who left his light on flash when you could clearly see me turn off my light, be prepared to be burned tonight. I had to stop as I couldn't see. When someone says 'that flash is annoying' turn it off.
Do it tonight and you'll get the City Slicker on pulse.
Oh and why do colleagues need to tell me they were nearly run over by a pavement cyclist this morning? And what has that got to do with me.
You soon went quiet when I said I was nearly squashed by a HGV tanker that pulled in to quickly and stuff like that happens every day.
Mr Cree LED who left his light on flash when you could clearly see me turn off my light, be prepared to be burned tonight. I had to stop as I couldn't see. When someone says 'that flash is annoying' turn it off.
Do it tonight and you'll get the City Slicker on pulse.
Oh and why do colleagues need to tell me they were nearly run over by a pavement cyclist this morning? And what has that got to do with me.
You soon went quiet when I said I was nearly squashed by a HGV tanker that pulled in to quickly and stuff like that happens every day.
subaqua
What’s the point
- Location
- Leytonstone
Wet , Wet , Wet. wishing I was lucky - but wasn't and got caught in the heavy rain ( did you see what I did there 
) have a damp foot at moment
) have a damp foot at moment
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
Just damp up here this morning. Lots of slippy wet leaves on the Fallowfield loop so care was needed.
I'd be on here bashing the keyboard if I had encountered poor driving so I should probably register the fact that everything has been quite nice on the motorist-interaction front for the past 2 weeks, even through the fog and darkness. Only thing was some comedy genius leaned out of the window to shout "get a car" but that's about it. Little did he know I was on my way home with evening plans to fiddle with the carburettor on my ac cobra then go attack some roundabouts in my nissan skyline. Needless to say, I had the last laugh.
