cyberknight
As long as I breathe, I attack.
- Location
- Land of confusion
Took the night off commuting last night as my arthritic thumb joint doesnt like cold , i did do tues night / wed am and it is still aching .
Tales from today's commute....
- Thread starter martint235
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martint235
Dog on a bike
- Location
- Welling
Commuted to my office at home today as I'm deaf and also hooked up to a blood pressure machine
Tomorrow more of the same but I get to have my ears sucked out in the morning so at least I'll be able to hear
Tomorrow more of the same but I get to have my ears sucked out in the morning so at least I'll be able to hear
Supersuperleeds
Legendary Member
- Location
- Leicester
Stuck in a meeting all day and when I got out I really couldn't be arsed 
so a short ride home.
so a short ride home.
Arjimlad
Tights of Cydonia
- Location
- South Glos
Where's all the traffic gone ? Has everyone got Friday off without me being told ?!
HarryTheDog
Guru
- Location
- Basildon Essex
With the wind shifted to give me a supposed tail wind in for the first time in ages on part of my commute in I was planning to attempt some Strava PR’s this morning. I started to go for my first planned one and my legs turned to jelly so I gave up on that idea and decided to take it easy today.
Coming down from Hornchurch to Rainham ( slight downhill) a guy on a very new looking BMC Teamelite MTB pulled out in front of me from a turning, saw me and sprinted like a loon. He had 1x11 gears and was spinning like a mad hamster. I amused myself by sitting on his tail waiting for him to explode, however he turned off within ¼ of a mile.
Coming down from Hornchurch to Rainham ( slight downhill) a guy on a very new looking BMC Teamelite MTB pulled out in front of me from a turning, saw me and sprinted like a loon. He had 1x11 gears and was spinning like a mad hamster. I amused myself by sitting on his tail waiting for him to explode, however he turned off within ¼ of a mile.
summerdays
Cycling in the sun
- Location
- Bristol
Me... Well the morning....
MickeyBlueEyes
Eat, Sleep, Ride, Repeat.
- Location
- Derbyshire
Super ride this morning. Testing out some new shorts and they're absolutely bang on, super comfy.
In not quite so good news, got smacked in the face by a stone that got kicked up by an overtaking van, hit right under my nose and came sharp as, just took two hours to stop bleeding!
Excited about the weekend, the new bike is getting its maiden voyage
In not quite so good news, got smacked in the face by a stone that got kicked up by an overtaking van, hit right under my nose and came sharp as, just took two hours to stop bleeding!
Excited about the weekend, the new bike is getting its maiden voyage
HarryTheDog
Guru
- Location
- Basildon Essex
Sorry to hear about he rock in the face @MickeyBlueEyes hope not too much pain or swelling, not enough info on the shorts and bike though, what are they then?
grumpyoldwoman
Senior Member
- Location
- WsM Somerset UK
Incontinentia Buttocks
Veteran
Slow ride home last night, still suffering from my lethal cold. Long 15 mile ride in later today before boxing training then a quick 10 hour shift before the journey back home at 0300hrs. The only reason I'm posting this before I do it is to make sure I do do it!
HarryTheDog
Guru
- Location
- Basildon Essex
As soon as I got on the bike home front tyre felt squidgy, pump refused to blow it up so wasted a gas cannister on it.
Mile in met up with the young roadie from my 3 way SCR from yesterday morning, I inwardly groaned, I didn't fancy a re-match even though I'd beaten him. He didn't either so we chatted for 5 miles till he turned off. He wasn't as young as I had previously thought probably 34 ish with a 9 year old budding olympic swimmer daughter who is already in competitions. His real passion is karate apparently and so is his wifes so mental note not to piss him off too much. Amazingly he has been doing this route since 2012 olympics and we have never met before, now twice in 2 days.
Dagenham all the way up to the A12 in Harold Hill was rammed spent 6 miles dodging traffic, was mentally exhausting, 3 twats tried to block me whilst I was going down the middle of the road white lines , jealousy is a terrible thing.
Mile in met up with the young roadie from my 3 way SCR from yesterday morning, I inwardly groaned, I didn't fancy a re-match even though I'd beaten him. He didn't either so we chatted for 5 miles till he turned off. He wasn't as young as I had previously thought probably 34 ish with a 9 year old budding olympic swimmer daughter who is already in competitions. His real passion is karate apparently and so is his wifes so mental note not to piss him off too much. Amazingly he has been doing this route since 2012 olympics and we have never met before, now twice in 2 days.
Dagenham all the way up to the A12 in Harold Hill was rammed spent 6 miles dodging traffic, was mentally exhausting, 3 twats tried to block me whilst I was going down the middle of the road white lines , jealousy is a terrible thing.
RoubaixCube
~Tribanese~
- Location
- London, UK
Nice ride home today. All good except for some random drivers pulling out without indicating first and that one twat on a superbike who decided it would be fun to pull right up to me while i was cruising at 18-20mph and rev his engine really loudly. It was funny though as he almost lost control of his bike doing it, Though If he did fall, i would of been wiped as he was pretty close to me
::EDIT::
Today was also the first day i took my Garmin 200 out on the road. If its accurate, then i have beaten my PB by close to 8-10mins. Normally it takes me at least 40-45mins to get home but i made it in 35.
Was still overtaken by just about every Specialized & Cannondale rider out there though & there were a few doing the rounds
::EDIT::
Today was also the first day i took my Garmin 200 out on the road. If its accurate, then i have beaten my PB by close to 8-10mins. Normally it takes me at least 40-45mins to get home but i made it in 35.
Was still overtaken by just about every Specialized & Cannondale rider out there though & there were a few doing the rounds
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RoubaixCube
~Tribanese~
- Location
- London, UK
Cold morning, supposed to be 7-8'c but it sure as hell feels alot colder! Brrrrrr!
