Tales from today's commute....

[EthelF]

To the guy on the Brompton who passed me this morning on Embankment near Blackfriars:
I did not shake my head in disapproval at your decision to filter through a <1m gap between 3 coaches stopped at a traffic light, and a building site fence.
In return could you in future kindly refrain from shaking your head so demonstratively at my decision not to put myself into a position of potentially lethal danger, but instead to wait behind the three coaches?
Much obliged
EthelF

 

[2pies]

Anyone nervous about cycling home this evening? I'll likely be cycling into the wind, from the City to South-West London. Do these types of winds just make the journey much harder, or does it require further considerations for one's safety?

 

[summerdays]

Anyone nervous about cycling home this evening? I'll likely be cycling into the wind, from the City to South-West London. Do these types of winds just make the journey much harder, or does it require further considerations for one's safety?

Hands near the brakes and consider your route... so if you have a choice of valley/hedge lined vs open/high then pick the route that doesn't expose you to the worst of the wind. And be ready for the sudden changes in wind as big vehicles past you.

 

[Tin Pot]

Hmm.

Wife just messaged me that my daughter was blown over on her way home from school.

Johnny Brownlee just tweeted a race being cancelled due to riders being blown over.

49mph tail wind and rain for my 30 mile ride home.

Hmm.

 

[Ciar]

side winds are the ones i dislike the most, so tonight i shall be taking great care passing side roads and my position in traffic that's for sure!

 

[Tin Pot]

side winds are the ones i dislike the most, so tonight i shall be taking great care passing side roads and my position in traffic that's for sure!

The Croydon flyover could become well, the Croydon flyover.

 

[Tin Pot]

Anyone nervous about cycling home this evening? I'll likely be cycling into the wind, from the City to South-West London. Do these types of winds just make the journey much harder, or does it require further considerations for one's safety?

Expect the unexpected! Be more cautious and give way more often than usual.

 

[Ciar]

The Croydon flyover could become well, the Croydon flyover.

yes i have the Bow flyover which normally i would go over, but this evening i shall mostly be going under.

 

[EthelF]

I head home SW from the City too. I've been considering my route options and think I will avoid busier roads where possible to get to the new Embankment cycle track. I expect to have to dismount and walk to get past the Millbank Tower too, there's likely to be a tornado swirling around the base if it today!
I usually go through Battersea Park but may give that a miss tonight, there's likely to be a lit of branches littering the route through there.

 

[gaz71]

That was a struggle tonight but i made it home in one piece.Hope everyone else makes it home safely.

 

[donnydave]

I decided to apply the Discworld physics model which is to go as fast as possible and hope that nature doesn't notice you as its pretty busy with everything else. Sneak in under the Omniscope, one might say.

Well it didn't work. Still bloody windy!

 

[kevin_cambs_uk]

Well what can I say except I can't remember a time when it was not blowing a gale
Pisses me right off!

 

[fossyant]

Bit wet coming back from hospital in the car. Not nice out.

 

[Origamist]

Was tipping down when I left work, but eased slightly as I left Hale. Wind was strong and there was standing water everywhere - a good few inches deep in places. Had no intention of going all the way back, so bailed at 17.5 miles and got a train (delayed).

I'm starting to think a canoe might be better than a bike for the commute...

 

[Tin Pot]

That was a struggle tonight but i made it home in one piece.Hope everyone else makes it home safely.

It wasn't nearly so bad as I'd thought. Had more problem with my back wheel than cross winds.