Tales from today's commute....

[LoftusRoadie]

Yesterday.
6.30 am. Woke up. Looked outside. No rain.
7.05 am. Got up. Looked outside. No rain.
7.15 am. Got on bike. No rain.
7.30 am. Rain.
8.50am. Still raining when i arrived at work.
Drenched!

 

[lutonloony]

Reached down to shift up a couple of gears ready for the slight downhill keep up with the cars bit, only to remember now have to use brake lever thingies, all out of sorts

 

[summerdays]

Nearly got knocked off my cycle today by some jackass overtaking from the opposite direction. Instead of waiting for me to pass before he overtook the cyclist in front of him, he thought I should ride in the bushes. I was not happy. In other news, knocked a bit of time off my commute this morning, and slowly, but surely, my speed is getting quicker, as is the commute. The mile long hill to the top of campus (work at a uni) at the end of my journey still isn't fun though.

We had the same problem from the opposite side of the fence this morning as my husband had to brake due to a car overtaking a cyclist rather than wait 5 secs till we had passed.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

I like the hotter weather as the car drivers have their windows down, so when you shout at a nobber that he is a useless self-gratification artist he can definitely hear you.

 

[aferris2]

I like the hotter weather as the car drivers have their windows down, so when you shout at a nobber that he is a useless self-gratification artist he can definitely hear you.

Yep. I think I gave the lady in the big BMW lump a bit of a shock when she decided to pull out from the side of the road as I was passing. I managed to shout "Watch!" just in time before the gap closed completely. Fortunately her wing mirrors were still folded back and she only had the one hand to turn the steering wheel (other hand was keeping her phone warm against her ear) so the gap closed a bit slower than it could have.
I did have a word...

 

[martint235]

Boring, sweatty commute. Nothing happened, wasn't trying to be quick so wasn't. No close passes, no numpties. Just a cycle to work.

 

[Smithbat]

My trousers were not in my rucksack. I discovered this when I arrived at work.

I did that last week, I looked very smart sat at my desk in my nice work top however leggings on the bottom looked a bit daft. I didn't get up a whole lot that day.

 

[Tin Pot]

First commute back since ironman , a little achey if I'm honest. Good to be back in the saddle for a proper ride though.

 

[Karlt]

Yep. I think I gave the lady in the big BMW lump a bit of a shock when she decided to pull out from the side of the road as I was passing. I managed to shout "Watch!" just in time before the gap closed completely. Fortunately her wing mirrors were still folded back and she only had the one hand to turn the steering wheel (other hand was keeping her phone warm against her ear) so the gap closed a bit slower than it could have.
I did have a word...

Prize numpty there then. Wing mirrors still folded so not only did she not look properly, she couldn't have even if she'd wanted to. Too many of this type out there.

 

[Twizit]

Stupidly* decided to go for a 5 mile run on Monday when I had a day off and it was pouring with rain so much that I didn't fancy three hours of it on the bike.

Two normal days of cycling commuting later and my legs are still killing me and I can't walk up and down stairs without the aid of two handrails and a lot of muttered expletives. I'm not getting much sympathy at home or at work.

* I really should know better. I'm not built for running and I normally restrict such activities to an annual plod around the park on Boxing Day

 

[subaqua]

My trousers were not in my rucksack. I discovered this when I arrived at work.

my shirt wasn't in mine today. yesterday it was my phone.

anyway had a great ride in in record time despite a sensible slow pace along regents canal when all others seemed to be time trial PBing . DROP your pace NOBBERS.

ride home was great too and the MAMIL Roadie with all the gear and no idea that kept leapfrogging me at traffic lights asked if mine was an electric bike. no mate its not its training and fuel ( Pies N Guinness) that makes me get that heavy tourer going at a fair lick .

also got the balance of this bike now so can trackstand again. YAAAAAY

 

[Hacienda71]

Looked over my shoulder after hearing a bike behind me out in the countryside. Full Tinkoff kit and Team Wiggins kit. Kept a reasonable pace up for the next few miles, wasn't passed but knew they weren't far behind. Checked flyby tonight it was Adam Blythe and Chris Lawless out on a 90 mile training ride in the hills. Second time I have seen them in the last week on the commute.

 

[si_c]

Eventless commute in this morning.

Was riding downhill on dual lane A road at about 34mph on the way home though, shoulder checked quickly, looked forward and a taxi was pulling off from the curb across both lanes about 30yds ahead of me with oncoming traffic. Managed to get around him ok, but did brick it a little. Only for a nob in a 4x4 to pull out on me on a rab about a mile down the road.

Several more dopey people out today not watching what they were doing.

 

[markharry66]

Lovely biblical weather. Sure moses had departed the red sea I was caught in the middle of it. But dont let that put you off driving and texting

 

[Nocode]

Yeah, that was wet.

Thunder and lightning late last night, torrential rain most of the night. Woke-up and it wasn't actually raining. Walk to shed to get bike, still no rain, pump tyres-up, leave shed it starts with some light rain. On the bike, 2 mins up the road and the heavens open. It's so warm there was no way I was going to bother with waterproofs, just had my gabba (which did pretty well), shorts and overshoes (which did nowt).

Large lakes of water across the roads and little way to avoid them. Took a detour through Southwark Park which again had vast lakes of water under some of the trees and across the grass. The ducks and sea gulls seemed to like it though...

...but it was still a damn fun ride