Tales from today's commute....

[ianrauk]

ccccccccccccccccold... ccccccccccccccccccold.
So cold that my rear disc brake froze. Looks like time for new cables for that one.
And whereas the traffic yesterday was light... today was a different matter entirely. Snarled up everywhere. pita.

 

[Arjimlad]

Drove today, but I was staggered at the number of drivers bowling along icy roads looking down at phones rather than at the road. A few dented cars here & there. How stupid can people be ?!

 

[Origamist]

Chilly at -1C, so was struggling along on the ice-bike. Will bail again at Alderley Edge on the way home as I find it a bit dispiriting doing the full commute home...

 

[Ciar]

Well a lovely a ride nothing too exciting, slightly cold toes and inner thighs which i can only put down to the tights not being thermal doobries, going to have to upgrade them.. any recommendations on Skins as a good thermal tight?

 

[ianrauk]

Well a lovely a ride nothing too exciting, slightly cold toes and inner thighs which i can only put down to the tights not being thermal doobries, going to have to upgrade them.. any recommendations on Skins as a good thermal tight?

Wore DHB unpadded thermal tights this morning. And they jolly well did their job of keeping out the cold.

 

[martint235]

I wear a pair of 10 year old Lusso Thermo Max bib tights and my legs were one of the few bits not cold this morning!!

 

[Ciar]

Wore DHB unpadded thermal tights this morning. And they jolly well did their job of keeping out the cold.

I wear DHB just standard issue, but your saying the thermals do well i might just chance me arm, is it these ones per chance? http://www.wiggle.co.uk/dhb-flashlight-thermal-unpadded-waist-tight/

 

[ianrauk]

I wear DHB just standard issue, but your saying the thermals do well i might just chance me arm, is it these ones per chance? http://www.wiggle.co.uk/dhb-flashlight-thermal-unpadded-waist-tight/

The exact ones. Toasty warm.

 

[Karlt]

Nippy. No ice, no wind but just couldn't get a decent speed up somehow. Wearing bib tights and four top layers probably doesn't help. Few nobbers; fired up by Cyclecraft I was a bit further out and found it surprisingly easy to ride in a solid secondary where I'd thought it would be Death on a Stick. As usual the nobbers were in BMWs and Audis. What is it about these cars that attracts twats?

 

[Tin Pot]

Stop, start, stop, 40, 60, 40, stop, start, crawl, 60, national limit, 40, 60 - no wait it flicked to 50 as you went by, 50, 50, 40...and so on.


So. I'm looking forward to the -3C bike tomorrow.

 

[Ciar]

The exact ones. Toasty warm.

perfect i shall order some, thank you...

 

[summerdays]

Cold, I don't think it was above freezing much throughout the day as there was still ice left tonight.... Layers about right, even had jackets unzipped and zapping open by the time I arrives without drowning in a pool of sweat! Forgot my lunch so had to make do with a choc bar and a satsuma from breakfast till I got home.

 

[Archeress]

Cold, I don't think it was above freezing much throughout the day as there was still ice left tonight.... Layers about right, even had jackets unzipped and zapping open by the time I arrives without drowning in a pool of sweat! Forgot my lunch so had to make do with a choc bar and a satsuma from breakfast till I got home.

I'm just in from my commute home from the UWE to Bradley Stoke. My Garmin computer was still acclimatising on the way home, but by the time I got home the reading on the thermometer was -1.2C, and it was still slowly dropping. Couple of places where I took it very carefully as I noticed on the way in ice crystals in certain spots. The lawn was still frozen solid as I walked across it to the back door. The journey in was a little warmer, I leave the computer outside the back door for a while before cycling and it read 3C. Tonight was the first time ever I've knowingly cycled in sub zero temperatures.

Hugs
Archeress x

 

[summerdays]

I'm just in from my commute home from the UWE to Bradley Stoke. My Garmin computer was still acclimatising on the way home, but by the time I got home the reading on the thermometer was -1.2C, and it was still slowly dropping. Couple of places where I took it very carefully as I noticed on the way in ice crystals in certain spots. The lawn was still frozen solid as I walked across it to the back door. The journey in was a little warmer, I leave the computer outside the back door for a while before cycling and it read 3C. Tonight was the first time ever I've knowingly cycled in sub zero temperatures.

Hugs
Archeress x

Sub zero when it's sunny isn't too bad, whereas when it's grey and there is a biting wind it is absolutely foul! So far we have avoided that this winter!

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Every year I fail to remember just how knackering ice tyres are