Tales from today's commute....

[Supersuperleeds]

Got a good saoking tonight on the way home, but the time I got home the sun had come back out and I was nearly dried out.

 

[Tin Pot]

Shitty rides today, foul mood all the way probably cos I so ducking tired, three or four attempted left hooks depending how you count, peanuts blocking roads, more red lights than ever, you name it...perfect because I'm off the commute until next Monday anyway!

 

[briantrumpet]

Headline: Nothing Happened.

Detail: driver pulling out of side road failed to see me (an invisible gorilla) until he was moving out and I was just passing his front bumper. He stopped (look on his face of "oops, oh shoot!"), I carried on. As I said nothing happened. Just.

On the plus side, he was pulling out of the crematorium, so I'd not have had far to go if he'd really gone for it and killed me.

 

[EthelF]

It was my daughter's birthday so I left work quite early to spend some time with her - only to find a pretty soft front tyre. As there's a friendly bike shop next door I decided pop in to pump up the tyre to the max and wing it. There followed a tense 16km blast home, aided by a stiff tailwind and additional motivation in the form of looming, increasingly dark rain clouds. But I made it. Still, somewhat disconcerting to watch your tyre bubbling away while stopped at lights!

 

[martint235]

Well the forecast was for a north westerly but that felt pretty much like a headwind to me. And a very cold headwind at that, flipping freezing!!!

And why are there so many nobbers on bikes.

 

[ianrauk]

Yup, very cold and harsh headwind this morning. At least it was nice and sunny. The commute was made worse though by too much traffic including an accident in lewisham adding to the chaos.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Felt like winter this morning, had the clothing on that I normally wear Jan/Feb. As @ianrauk said it was nice and sunny though. Forecast snow later!

 

[Twizit]

Back to the softshell winter jacket this morning, and just got caught in a snow shower in central London. Global warming init

 

[rdfcyclist]

Snow, hail, rain, repeat. Winter gear absolutely necessary this morning.

 

[summerdays]

Cold head wind for me too and my legs felt like lead! I also took a long time to warm up this morning. On the homeward commute I had a good 10 mins of warm sun so removed lots of layers as I was overheating, then the sun went in and temperature dropped rapidly, followed by hail.... Had to stop to put the layers on again as the ice melting on my arms soon cooled me down.

 

[ianrauk]

You gotta love tailwind commutes home.. you really have.
In through the door and Mrs Ian asked me if I got wet on the way. I said no, no rain. She said they had a big downpour 10 minutes before I arrived home. Lucky me.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

5pm is normal leaving time from work, was chucking it down, so thought I would do a short dash to home. Just as I was about to turn the computer off I got an email from the big boss up in Macclesfield with a spreadsheet on it, by the time I had tidied it up and spoke to him about it, it was 5:30 and the sun was out.

23 miles of freezing windy weather but dry and sunny, big black cloud for the last couple of miles but got home before it rained.

 

[Shut Up Legs]

Another day, another commute to work, and more verbal abuse from a passing motorist just because I was on a bicycle. I really don't want to be part of a sick world that hates cyclists on sight.

 

[sheffgirl]

Something in the water today - car approaching roundabout far too fast tried to turn left, nearly rolled it and just avoided a head on with the car approaching. Luckily I'd seen this one coming so tucked well out of the way

Definetly. Far too many close overtakes on the way home for my liking. I'm sure people get worse when it's raining. The heavens opened about 3 miles from home, arrived home with legs so wet and cold that it hurt.
Would still have done it again today, but my ass hurts lol
I drove in today, partly due to the ass pain, and I needed to pick up some cat litter. The 10kg bag would have slowed me down a bit on the bike!

 

[tallliman]

Managed a ride home last night that avoided the rain. Glad I wasn't the only one from comments above.