Tales from today's commute....

[Smithbat]

Another 17.3 average, this time thanks to the wendyballers not being on the road. Strangely enough, a bobber count of zero. I wonder if there's anything to be drawn from that

Can I ask what a Wendyballer and a bobber is/are?

 

[summerdays]

I think windy all is football, and there seemed to be an important match on today so they presumably all fell ill to watch it!

 

[martint235]

Can I ask what a Wendyballer and a bobber is/are?

A wendyballer is a fan or player of soccer as opposed to proper football also known as rugby.

And a bobber is apparently Apple's translation of nobber

 

[Supersuperleeds]

I raced the rain home tonight, I held it off for 31 miles before it caught me with half a mile to go. I now know how the breakaway feels when the sprinters teams chase them down

 

[13 rider]

I raced the rain home tonight, I held it off for 31 miles before it caught me with half a mile to go. I now know how the breakaway feels when the sprinters teams chase them down

If you got caught it the torrent we got north of Leicester at 1800 I bet you got soaked . I got home and sat in the car on the driveway for 10 mins for it to slow . The last two miles were the worst conditions Id drove in roads like rivers . You could always take the short route you know

 

[Supersuperleeds]

If you got caught it the torrent we got north of Leicester at 1800 I bet you got soaked . I got home and sat in the car on the driveway for 10 mins for it to slow . The last two miles were the worst conditions Id drove in roads like rivers . You could always take the short route you know

I didn't hit the rain until about 7 but it wasn't too bad, not like yesterday dinner time when I sheltered under a tree for a while, that was torrential.

 

[Arjimlad]

Cars passing me on Earthcott Lane ended up in an eight car disagreement about which of the queues should reverse. The smaller queue prevailed, but I managed to get pass them all. Pesky nuisance holding up cyclists !

And then a ginger cat popped out of the hedge & ambled along the road in the same direction as me. Worried it would break out across my path I said "Oi!" to no avail, so then shouted "Woof!" in a gruff voice which had the desired effect.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Riding along this morning, another cyclist coming the other way, he must have scared a rabbit or a hare as it ran full pelt straight towards me, head on collision just averted as it swerved around me as I slammed the brakes on, other cyclist laughed I thought I was going to have a heart attack.

 

[Andrew_P]

The last 7 days I have cycled in my top 3 worst storm weather twice one hitting number 1 spot on Saturday. Wonder how @ianrauk rain excel sheet is doing. I think June outstrips Oct-Feb, I don't keep a record just how it feels!

 

[Andrew_P]

Oh and entering in my top 5 most hated part of commuting are the one that travel 1-2 miles from the station to home going flat out glancing behind so clearly in a race and make me feel like an unfit twat as I chase them down and then they swerve off in to their street and you can see the feckers sit up and puff their chest out (whilst gasping for breath). I should have gone after him and as he sat up did a Peter Sagan crossing the line as I passed.

Number one hate is still the quality of driving, which makes me irritated.

 

[ianrauk]

The last 7 days I have cycled in my top 3 worst storm weather twice one hitting number 1 spot on Saturday. Wonder how @ianrauk rain excel sheet is doing. I think June outstrips Oct-Feb, I don't keep a record just how it feels!

October to Feb - 20 rainy commutes (not days, but journeys)
June 2016 - 1 rainy commute

I have been very lucky that I seemed to have dodged all the rain in the mornings and evenings but there does seem to have been a heck of a lot of rain this month.

 

[summerdays]

I think the recent weather has been fine.... I've managed to dodge lots of showers, it's been warm and sunny, my main complaint would be a little too humid.

 

[Rickshaw Phil]

A snapshot from one of my commutes earlier in the week:

I got the whole round trip in without getting wet today. Unfortunately the conditions this week were the last straw for my back wheel which has worn to the point the rim is cracking. I've swapped it for a slightly less worn one until I can sort it out properly.

On a lighter note I got some riding in while I should have been working as the boss has got an E-bike for his wife to try out. Of course it had to be built up and tested didn't it?

 

[EthelF]

I thought the herons on the park this morning had mastered the art of looking fed up, bedraggled and miserable.

I suspect they thought the same of the lone passing cyclist.

 

[Arjimlad]

I thought I would just do the 6 mile route in today, because of the heavy rain, but ended up enjoying it so much I pushed it to 10.5 miles as usual.

Only saw one other rider this morning. Farewell the fair-weather cyclists !

One stupidly late overtake on a very blind bend today, fortunately there was no oncoming vehicle otherwise the collision might have taken me out as well as the idiot.