Tales from today's commute....

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subaqua

What’s the point
Location
Leytonstone
bloody pannier hanger on the bag has bust. oh well I suppose 4 years of daily use and off and on several times a day will weaken materials.

its going to be an expensive April i think.
 

Tin Pot

Guru
Thank you Apple very much I don't think so.

Rain 30% clearly means bleeding torrential in iPhone speak.

Gah. Still good to have got four hours cycling in ;)
 

summerdays

Cycling in the sun
Location
Bristol
bloody pannier hanger on the bag has bust. oh well I suppose 4 years of daily use and off and on several times a day will weaken materials.

its going to be an expensive April i think.
I assume not an ortlieb? As if it is you can get spare parts. I replaced mine hooks when they started popping open, and allowing the pannier to half fall off.
 
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martint235

martint235

Dog on a bike
Location
Welling
A headwind again but feeling better than yesterday so tried to set a marker for the summer. It was going well until around Bell Green when I dropped from well over 16mph to 15.5mph but I managed to maintain that the rest of the way to work. I'm sure part of it is due to having a parachute (sorry Carradice) on the back. May go back to a rucksack.

Hopefully, fingers crossed, I'll be commuting to London again by the end of May. That meant fewer headwinds and faster roads.
 

Origamist

Legendary Member
Lovely and bright this morning, temps just above zero and no rain. Perfect.

As I was about to enter Tatton Park a dog walker said "enjoy" which was nice...
 

winjim

Smash the cistern
Dry weather today so decided to throw on the spare SPDs and ride in on the titanium superbike, as it's not getting the use it deserves at the weekends. Interesting ride, I'm so used to the rocksteady handling of my CdF that the Ti seemed really light and skittish, so manoeuvring in traffic and round junctions was a bit weird.

Nice to give it a run out though, and that Chorus 11 groupset I still think is amazing.
 

mythste

Veteran
Location
Manchester
Dry weather today so decided to throw on the spare SPDs and ride in on the titanium superbike, as it's not getting the use it deserves at the weekends. Interesting ride, I'm so used to the rocksteady handling of my CdF that the Ti seemed really light and skittish, so manoeuvring in traffic and round junctions was a bit weird.

Nice to give it a run out though, and that Chorus 11 groupset I still think is amazing.

I get the same feeling when I ride my Equillibrium without panniers (which is sadly rare these days) - Wait until you hit a hill though. You'll feel like you're flying up it!
 

winjim

Smash the cistern
I get the same feeling when I ride my Equillibrium without panniers (which is sadly rare these days) - Wait until you hit a hill though. You'll feel like you're flying up it!
Route home is a big up and over followed by a sprint down the high street that I usually use as a bit of a tester so we'll see how that goes.
 

ianrauk

Tattooed Beat Messiah
Location
Rides Ti2
Another lovely commute in this morning. A little chilly but didn't take long to warm up. And it's sooooo much more enjoyable without all the school run traffic.

Was heading through Lewisham, past @jonny jeez 's confused junction, there was a bus in front of me, so let it go. Earlier I was overtaken a couple of times by a young lad on a knobbly mountain bike, jumping lights etc. He the decided to cross in front of me and undertake the bus at the 'long' pinch point after the bridge. It was never going to end well. He undertook the bus but the bus accelerated. MTB lad had no where to go except to try hop up onto the kerb. (lucky no railings) Except he didn't manage it, rather then a hop it was more of a throw yourself on to the pavement and the ride into/hit a pavement bin. Ouch.
He looked at me very sheepishly when I cycled by..me saying 'Oooops'....

Glad he was ok though. Could have been very nasty if there were railings.
 
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