Tales from today's commute....

[si_c]

No commute yesterday, work from home day. Nice to be back out today, even if the weather was slightly inclement. No muppets out today that I can recall. Stopped off at the coffee roasters on the way in though, then got a sausage and bacon butty for breakfast. Well, it is friday

 

[Jenkins]

Rain came earlier than forecast this afternoon - no mudguards fitted

Plus just short of £20 for a 5 minute check up at the dentists on the way home.

 

[I like Skol]

Little hiccup on the way home. Got out of work bang on time for once and have a day off tomorrow so all good so far.

2 minutes later got a rough gear change with a crunch and lost drive just at the back entrance to Stepping Hill hospital. Coasted to a stop and looked down to find the chain wrapped around the chainrings

Never mind, Quicklinks in the pannier tool kit so soon back on the road in about 5 minutes to continue my plod home through the rain.....

 

[RoubaixCube]

Absolutely beautiful morning for a commute, slightly breezy. A little chilly but so warm in the sun with beautiful blue skies up above.

Sadly its pretty much a calm before the storm. Rain and winds forecast for tomorrow

 

[Jenkins]

Absolutely beautiful morning for a commute, slightly breezy. A little chilly but so warm in the sun with beautiful blue skies up above.

Can't disagree with this and the afternoon was even better so I added an extra loop to Ipswich and back after work. Loads of cyclists enjoying their day off - lucky sods!

 

[RoubaixCube]

tonights commute home was a rather nice one. Sadly a prick in a black cab decided to take offense at me being in the bus lane and tailgated me a good minute while i was belting it at 17mph All the while he could have pulled out and over took me safely. Fortunately for him he did appear to have a braincell or two left barely alive and with a rather wide berth he honked at me and did just that.

I gave him the finger as he went past and another again when i went past him while he was stuck in traffic. I think he might of been a little drunk as his driving was all over the place. Anyhow I think i lucked out him not completely plowing into the back of me cuz there is no way in hell he would have stopped.

I hate to stereotype and judge people but sometimes all it takes its one look at someone and you know theres no way in hell they would stop if the unfortunate happened.

 

[Jenkins]

Bit of a scrape (literally) with someone pulling out of a parking space. Small hatchback parked on the wrong side of the road facing oncoming traffic so they couldn't see past the van parked in front of them to see if it was clear to pull out - it wasn't as I was the oncoming traffic.

My left pedal was caught their nearside bumper but I held the wobble swore loudly and stopped to check there was no damage. A bit of scraped paint but no bent metal so I clipped back in and carried on- couldn't give a **** about their car.

 

[Aunty Tyke]

Bit of a scrape (literally) with someone pulling out of a parking space. Small hatchback parked on the wrong side of the road facing oncoming traffic so they couldn't see past the van parked in front of them to see if it was clear to pull out - it wasn't as I was the oncoming traffic.

My left pedal was caught their nearside bumper but I held the wobble swore loudly and stopped to check there was no damage. A bit of scraped paint but no bent metal so I clipped back in and carried on- couldn't give a **** about their car.

Phew,good recovery!

 

[Mehmet]

Nice easy commute in after a lazy Bank Holiday weekend today.

The schools being closed makes such a difference it's almost comical.

 

[Tin Pot]

Was hoping for a nice easy commute but my alarm didn't go off, presumably because of the iPhone update last night.

Not the end of the world but did mean a fasted 2hr ride through traffic without mudguards...

Lovely weather though

 

[Andrew_P]

Found it hard work after a Bank Holiday 4 day break. I was in a routine of 6 days commuting. My legs ached more yesterday than they have for ages.

On a side note, I recently bought a small camera, mounted on the front. The really strange finding is that 50% of close pass WTF driving are the same farking drivers! So much so that before getting a camera I made a comment to my wife that Nissan Qashqai drivers are the new BMW, where as the fact is it is one particular driver who is a regular and repeat offender..

 

[subaqua]

headwind. that is all.

combined with 4 days off the bike apart from the 2 minute ride to the offy for guiness yesterday , meant my legs ached a tad .

still better than the tube.

 

[steveindenmark]

40km on my scooter this morning. 20km into a head wind. I really deserved my coffee and dark chocolate in the bus shelter at halfway and was delighted to watch the Danish F16s practicing. I think they were using the bus shelter as a target.

The home leg was all back wind. Total average was 16kph.

 

[Origamist]

Wet for the first 15 miles, but then stopped. Opted for the full waterproof jacket as the temp was around 2C. Only slightly overheated as the wind was pretty strong in parts.

Have not used Strava for 2 weeks. Can't say I miss it as much as I thought, but will probably get a new micro SD card soon and will go back to uploading rides.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Wet, in fact very wet.