Tales from today's commute....
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summerdays
Cycling in the sun
- Location
- Bristol
It was very soggy out there and at one point I went under a bridge and there was literally a curtain of rain coming off.... But I was already wet through, and lots of puddles the full width of the path!
Extended my commute out last night as the missus was out. Don't get to do it often so despite the rain... Got home completely soaked. "Waterproof" jacket was drenched, t-shirt underneath was waterlogged, shoes and socks the same. Beanie hat, relatively dry 
Nice 43miles though, not a nobber in sight.
Got wet again this morning. Hopefully be better this evening.
Nice 43miles though, not a nobber in sight.
Got wet again this morning. Hopefully be better this evening.
RoubaixCube
~Tribanese~
- Location
- London, UK
I got caught in a complete downpour in north london around 2pm - absolutely soaked
kevin_cambs_uk
Guru
- Location
- Near Cambridge
Luxury of road bike tomorrow after months on the hybrid.
It really does make my arse sore.
It really does make my arse sore.
subaqua
What’s the point
- Location
- Leytonstone
CS2 deck me what a shambles . I will post a vid later .....
Seevio
Guru
- Location
- South Glos
Over the last couple of days I found out that for some inexplicable reason, my right overshoe is significantly less waterproof than my left.
summerdays
Cycling in the sun
- Location
- Bristol
Do you put your right foot down when you stop? My overshoes seem to such water upwards as the shoe gets wet from the bottom upwards, or in the case of yesterday soaked is the correct description! I'm not expecting them to be dry this morning!
Tin Pot
Guru
Both of mine are crap now, I think the wife and the washing machine at to blame.
Bloody hell, is it National Nobber Week? Yesterday I had a UPS lorry overtake so close I complained to the company; today three nobbers in the space of 15 miles. Bronze award to the minibus for a bog standard close pass. Silver goes to the sports car who overtook within my lane whilst I was signalling to move to the right to cross the sodding tram tracks, making it impossible for me to get a safe angle on to them. But gold goes to the utter tit in a 4x4 towing a trailer wide than the car. The car was too damned close. The trailer I had to swerve out of the way of. Twat.
Supersuperleeds
Legendary Member
- Location
- Leicester
Glorious weather forecast for today, so out the door at 5:20 and a 100km to work 
Weather was pretty much as forecast though the headwind for the last 15-16 miles was hard work.
Weather was pretty much as forecast though the headwind for the last 15-16 miles was hard work.
Lovely morning this morning, loving the sunshine.
Same as @Karlt three complete tossers today, third prize goes to the idiot in the white escort van who passed me with about two foot to spare, at about twice the speed limit and proceeded to turn left instead of stopping at the light which was red before he overtook me. Second prize goes to the white van man who overtook me with about 1 foot to spare.
The winner though was the braindead fool in the luton van who passed so close that there was barely space between my handlebars and his van, despite me being almost as far over to the left as I was comfortable with.
Bonus prize goes to the woman in the renault megane who crossed solid double whites to overtake me at speed causing the oncoming car to brake, and then went through a red light. Whilst using her phone.
National nobber week it clearly is. I don't normally see that many people driving so poorly in a week let alone one commute.
Same as @Karlt three complete tossers today, third prize goes to the idiot in the white escort van who passed me with about two foot to spare, at about twice the speed limit and proceeded to turn left instead of stopping at the light which was red before he overtook me. Second prize goes to the white van man who overtook me with about 1 foot to spare.
The winner though was the braindead fool in the luton van who passed so close that there was barely space between my handlebars and his van, despite me being almost as far over to the left as I was comfortable with.
Bonus prize goes to the woman in the renault megane who crossed solid double whites to overtake me at speed causing the oncoming car to brake, and then went through a red light. Whilst using her phone.
National nobber week it clearly is. I don't normally see that many people driving so poorly in a week let alone one commute.
summerdays
Cycling in the sun
- Location
- Bristol
Tonight's commute was a pootle in the sunshine.... Just so different to yesterday!
