Tales from today's commute....

[fossyant]

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

Good training.

 

[summerdays]

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

But it is always nice riding the bike the first time it's returned to normal tyres!

 

[Andrew_P]

Lovely crisp, windless commute and I got to put these through their paces, viva the tubeless revolution! who would ever thought I would be on 30mm tyres at 60psi and not moaning my bollocks off about it!

http://road.cc/content/review/173205-schwalbe-s-one-tubeless-tyre

 

[Clanghead]

Had to scrape the ice off my saddle when leaving work tonight. So much for the balmy South!

 

[ianrauk]

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

Move to that there London. The streets are paved with gold and ice tyres are never needed

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Move to that there London. The streets are paved with gold and ice tyres are never needed

No offence, but I'd rather be permanently knackered than live in London.

 

[ianrauk]

No offence, but I'd rather be permanently knackered than live in London.

Oh ye of little faith...
London is wonderful... it's been said.. many times...

 

[summerdays]

The other thing that surprised me on my commute (different route than normal), was just how many were female, approximately half, and the nearer to the centre they actually outnumbered the men on this particular route.

 

[martint235]

Oh ye of little faith...
London is wonderful... it's been said.. many times...

Although we do tend to lock up the people that say it. Just for their own safety you understand. In rooms with quilts for walls.

Flipping cold again today!!!! Wore my biggest gloves with liners and still got cold hands.

Just the one muppet. At the junction of Thesiger Road and Parish Lane in Penge, I'm heading towards Penge on Thesiger into Green Lane. Bus comes through the red light on Parish Lane and turns right into Green Lane. You'd expect him to be the last vehicle at the light change but no, there's a 4x4 behind him. Anyways, I'm prepared for this and I'm also prepared for the bus to pull into a bus stop almost immediately so I'm on the right hand side of the traffic. D***head in the 4x4 doesn't bother to look in his mirrors and starts to pull around the bus. Realises there's someone next to his driver's window frothing at the mouth shouting obscenities at him so he stops. I think he left the area knowing exactly what I thought of him, his driving and his parentage. I was tempted to wait at the next lights for him but it was too cold.

 

[chriswoody]

Well after the mercury was touching -10 yesterday, it was a lovely toasty -1 today. Lots of snow, but not much ice.

 

[Arjimlad]

-4.6 when I left this morning, avoiding my normal route along Perrinpit Road due to thorny hedge cutting yesterday, I ended up doing 11.5 miles including some beautiful country lanes. Despite wearing lined walking boot socks and neoprene overshoes my toes got very cold. The water in my bottle was freezing up and some drops froze onto the frame of the bike. I think I have cycled in -10 before but today felt very chilly. Winter Cruisers over Lidl thick bib longs, and a thermal vest under a winter top & softshell jacket were spot on. The "cycling ninja" balaclava took care of my bonce well too.

Good to know you are alive !

 

[summerdays]

I've decided to have a late start this morning..... So I've not ventured out yet!

 

[Ciar]

It was an easy going commute this fine morning, only slightly dodgy bits were all around bow flyover, seems there is one large patch of ice at the lights just up from Stratford Broadway, then another selection of the finest ice as you get to the bow flyover itself, nicely situated within the cycle lane and by the lights

all in all though chilly but nice!

 

[Andrew_P]

-6.5 at the arse end of my ride. Two complaints really for the last 8 weeks a huge kerb to middle of the road puddle. Been reporting it for 2 months. It is in the middle of a decent where it flattens out and drops down again. Frozen over again, I have get to the centre of the road to avoid it and come back across slowly in case the splash area is black ice whilst getting harassed by peanuts in cars. Big pothole further down I got harassed again trying to avoid it @ 25mph I caught up with him...

 

[Arjimlad]

I've decided to have a late start this morning..... So I've not ventured out yet!

Alright for some !

But you missed a lovely crispy clear start...