Tales from today's commute....

[ianrauk]

Damn that was very tough. In one part (Lewisham by the tower block on the RAB) it was lethal. I had to get off the bike lest I was blown across the road. One of, if not, the slowest commute home of the year.

 

[Karlt]

A commute that I normally do at 15-16mph I did at a pathetic 12.7 today because wind.

 

[cosmicbike]

Really quick run in this morning, 27 mins at 16mph average, good going by my standards. I may have had a tailwind...
Getting home was exciting, scary and really hard work. 45 mins to get home, got blown to stationary at times. Hopefully it will have died down a bit by tomorrow night.

 

[martinclive]

SURVIVED!

stopped to take coat off, you don't half get a bit toasty when battling 50mph gusts!

Glad I was in shorts - baking - those side winds were wicked - hands sore from clinging onto the bars while traversing the open parts on the Fens
Puncture a mile from home was the worst bit........................

 

[DWiggy]

Last night was epic!! hats off to all that braved it , seriously strong gust and although I had a mainly tail/side winds my average was down :/, and it was surprisingly warm last night, was sweating buckets.
Ride in this morning was fine, a main road (Green St Green Rd) was closed presumably from a fallen tree.

 

[MickeyBlueEyes]

Holy frickin' moley, that wind was a beast on the return leg yesterday. Was moving quite well for the first section of the trip but the legs started to give in to the constant battering as I started the last 10 miles of climbing. A section where I would usually be sitting at about 35mph, I was working like a nutter to smash out 12mph!
This morning the roads were absolutely littered with twigs and branches so was a bit of a task in places playing dodge the wood.

 

[Origamist]

Yes, twig-tastic, with the odd upturned wheelie bin this morning. Big tree down in Tatton Park, but the rangers were already attacking it with chainsaws and the road was passable after they helpfully removed a couple of branches for me.

Looks wet and windy again for the return leg - hopefully the gusts will be less intense tonight.

 

[samsbike]

I left early but still caught the tail end of the gusts. I found that following the dual carriageway on a cycle path gave me shelter but when doing it on the other side it was so exposed, I had the bike canted at a angle.

In some places I just used the pavement/ cycle path - its combined, it was much safer than filtering and there were no peds on it. Usually I would take the road as its quicker.

 

[donnydave]

As others have found - loads of debris to dodge this morning, and a few traffic lights not working north of Cambridge.

 

[fossyant]

Missed the worst of it yesterday and today. Nearly blown off yesterday in a gust but survived

 

[summerdays]

Struggled this morning into a headwind. On one narrow double parked road I ended up wobbling too close to the parked cars allowing a car to pass incredibly close. She slowed down so she could shout at me.... but with the wind and her windows up I've no idea but probably something about being in the middle of the road. I'd already waited for a car coming towards me as its that narrow, that there isn't space to pass safely.

 

[kevin_cambs_uk]

windy as f...

 

[mangid]

windy as f...

That it was

 

[HLaB]

That it was

Was it ? It didn't seem that bad to me but I was only going recovery pace.

 

[subaqua]

Offed in a segregated cycle shittyhighway . Thanks LCC . 5 years back on bike , only offs have been my own fault up to now. Really annoyed. Feel like punching the next twit that says segregation is the way forward. . No , prosecuting bad driving properly is the way forward dipsticks.