Tales from today's commute....

[RoubaixCube]

had my waterproofs packed but never got to use them today, I made it home just before there was a little sprinkle of rain. BBC weather forecast a heavy downpour (& still does) but it doesn't seem to have materialised. The wind also picked up as soon as i arrived home and it was pretty gusty for a while but it seems to have died down quite quickly. British weather for you, Cant make up its mind!

::EDIT::

Here comes that downpour right now - I can hear the hailstones too!

 

[Leaway2]

7 miles of hailstones

 

[Absinthe Minded]

Well, last nights fab tailwind was, of course, this morning's not-so-fab headwind. I woke with a sore throat and did contemplate the motorcycle. Still, I decided to apply rule #5 and got my cycling gear on. For the first time in forever, I got my son ready for school in record time, and had the luxury of leaving 10 minutes earlier than I ever have. A kilometer down the road and I realised that I'd forgotten to put the hot tub heater on, so I had to go home again, eating into my once-in-a-lifetime 10 minute lead. Off again and at about the same point, I was battling the headwind and glanced down to see my heart rate. Then I realised that I'd left the HRM at home too, so it was an about turn and home again. So, there I was, leaving later than I usually do, with a sore throat, and in a very grumpy mood.

 

[Tin Pot]

Better commute today than most

 

[subaqua]

Please tell me you will use the Heineken pump like a water fountain at a school. Gob under it and open then open tap and swallow quickly and often

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Blimey the wind was brutal today, but at least it was dry

 

[RoubaixCube]

Nice dusk ride home today, absolutely beautiful. Not too cold and not too hot. For the first time ever I had one person wheel sucking me on two parts of my journey

Best time to sit out on the porch with a beer or cider and watch the light in the sky slowly give way to darkness and small twinkling stars

 

[Jenkins]

Ten consecutive days of the coldest, windiest, wettest, painful hailstone laden miserable commutes for a long while. Topped off today with another hail and rain shower with 40mph gusts added. Surely May must be better?

Probably explains why my shopping included extra beer as a recovery measure.

 

[Absinthe Minded]

Ten consecutive days of the coldest, windiest, wettest, painful hailstone laden miserable commutes for a long while. Topped off today with another hail and rain shower with 40mph gusts added. Surely May must be better?

Probably explains why my shopping included extra beer as a recovery measure.

Not nice, but remember that next time you're breezing along and wonder how you are going so fast, with so little effort; the last ten days counted toward it! Now get them beers inside of yer, you earned 'em, and here's to May

 

[Jenkins]

Not nice, but remember that next time you're breezing along and wonder how you are going so fast, with so little effort; the last ten days counted toward it! Now get them beers inside of yer, you earned 'em, and here's to May

Back to work on holiday Monday - forecast = rain showers. Ho Hum.

 

[Truth]

Long term forecast looks windy and unsettled

 

[Seevio]

Brutal headwind on the way in but I rode home like a cycling god.

 

[Absinthe Minded]

Back to work on holiday Monday - forecast = rain showers. Ho Hum.

Bummer. But sooner or later (later by the looks of it), you'll reap the rewards

 

[HarryTheDog]

Yesterdays commute got hard work towards the end, thought it was just Friday legs. Whilst cleaning the bike today I found out why. The cranks were hard to turn. One of the BB cups had partially unscrewed itself bringing the bearings to a halt.

 

[al3xsh]

Brutal headwind on the way in but I rode home like a cycling god.

I had the same the other day (though the other way round). Shaved a good 10 minutes off my normal commute on the way in & added 20 on my way home

Was worth it for the flying ride in though!

Alex