The cold any time over winds.
Like you, nice and sunny but cold. Was minus 1deg when I left this morning. But didn't take long to get warmed up.
Tales from today's commute....
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The cold any time over winds.
Like you, nice and sunny but cold. Was minus 1deg when I left this morning. But didn't take long to get warmed up.
It's not worth it, really. So many idiot motorists who insist on getting to the next queue of traffic as quickly on possible regardless of how long it is going to take for it to start moving again. They are incapable of reasoning and somehow cyclists must be holding them up even if they sail past at the next queue of traffic.
Origamist
Legendary Member
Was a bit nervous about ice as it was -3C, so decided not to ride the ice-bike! Had the rear wheel step out once, but apart from that, nothing. Was passed by a TTer coming out of Sandbach which was nice as I could use him as an ice pathfinder for a few miles, passed him in Middlewich as I took a short cut. He came passed again near Byley, but turned off at the Three Greyhounds. Shame, as I was averaging 22mph for the first 7 miles.
There's some awful pun involving your user name and the certainty of your position and the car's position and speeds to be made there....
but I won't.
Hope you are OK.
Misbehaviour of trains and points meant that I had a 20 minute cycle rather than a 5 minute one this morning. It was nice and sunny but cold! I would have liked to explore the cycle paths but they don't get gritted round here so I stuck to the roads. Kept passing and re-passing a couple of men on full-sized bikes. They were bolder at the roundabouts than me. One was really slow though - I'm guessing a new cyclist as he was cycling along the yellow lines at the side of the road. I don't think they were totally impressed at being passed by a women in a big flappy coat on a Brompton! (I wasn't SCRing, honest, just going faster then they were!)
jahlive905
Senior Member
Had to brake to avoid a car driving at me as I was going down a descent on the ride home last night. Back wheel skidded out though and I ended up in a heap on the floor. One trip to A&E later and I have one fractured wrist and one dorky plaster cast.
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martint235
Dog on a bike
- Location
- Welling
Yay finally a 15mph plus commute. It's either traffic or bad pacing on my part rather than fitness
Maverick Goose
A jumped up pantry boy, who never knew his place
- Location
- A champagne supernova in the sky
Same for meSummary of my morning:
ICE!
Luckily my commute distance is such that I arrive just as I begin to lose feeling in the fingers.
....I always crack up when people at work complain about the cold!
Jenkins
Legendary Member
- Location
- Felixstowe
A cold start here as well at -2°C when I left home so I stuck to the main roads which I knew would have been gritted overnight. Beautiful day which started with a deep red sunrise which the photo I took from the office doesn't do justice to.
Still bright & sunny when I left so the home trip was extended to include a trip out to Ipswich and back.
Still bright & sunny when I left so the home trip was extended to include a trip out to Ipswich and back.
RoubaixCube
~Tribanese~
- Location
- London, UK
Just got home from work! I was huffing and puffing two or three bike lengths from a guy who give me a dirty look when i pulled up along side him at a set of traffic lights, I guess he thought i was wheel sucking him. I did make things right though. as soon as the lights went amber he veered off slowly to the left and i surged on ahead for a few mins, probs averaging 19-20mph ('fast' by my standards....) I eventually had to take a right while he headed straight on. Hopefully I have redeemed myself in his eyes, even if just a little.
Im no wheel sucker but at the speed he was going at compared to me we were in perfect sync for me to draft off him.
driver in a courier van did an extremely risky overtake. I was in primary and he went around me on the outside lane to get past me, only to be stuck in traffic less than 5 seconds later, awww diddums....
Im no wheel sucker but at the speed he was going at compared to me we were in perfect sync for me to draft off him.
driver in a courier van did an extremely risky overtake. I was in primary and he went around me on the outside lane to get past me, only to be stuck in traffic less than 5 seconds later, awww diddums....
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rdfcyclist
Well-Known Member
- Location
- Norwich
Cannot remember a single close pass this year until I had 5 in a row on the way home today. On coming traffic, blind bends, and a pass so close I could have knocked their wing mirror off had it not been broken already. Still, at least it's been a while.
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martint235
Dog on a bike
- Location
- Welling
Back to where I think I should be and 6.5 mins quicker than on Weds. Using the theory I wasn't pushing myself and was coasting, I picked a gear I was happy in and then went for the one above it each time. It felt hard work but it paid off although my HR says I didn't actually get out of fat burn into cardio mode. I may need to change its settings.
On the muppet front, none that I can think of. A woman walked out on the South Circular as I was going down the centre line but on reflection I was a comfortable distance from her. She didn't look though.
On the muppet front, none that I can think of. A woman walked out on the South Circular as I was going down the centre line but on reflection I was a comfortable distance from her. She didn't look though.
Tin Pot
Guru
I've come to realise that Monday is slowest, then weds, and Friday's fastest(!)
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martint235
Dog on a bike
- Location
- Welling
Really? Even at my fittest Monday was kind of average (I would often have done a century on the Sunday), Tuesday and Wednesday were by far the quickest (I put it down to the fitness building on the Sunday) and then it tailed off. Different people eh.
