Tales from today's commute....

[subaqua]

Good to be back on bike after being away with work since Thursday . Drizzle started about a mile from end ...

 

[Supersuperleeds]

I overtook a moped on the way in this morning - not as impressive as it sounds, according to my Garmin i was only doing 24mph at the time but still...I do wonder what was wrong with that moped!

I had my first genuine car overtake last week (excluding learners, tractors and milk floats) per Strava I averaged over 30mph along the stretch of road.

Anyway this morning was wet and windy, but still warm. Gave me the chance to try out a pair of Bridgedale waterproof socks

 

[ianrauk]

Heavy drizzle this morning for most of the commute. But made for a nice ride as it has bought the temps down a bit. Loving the school holidays too.

 

[rivers]

Pissed it down for a good chunk of my commute today. Luckily, I put a spare pair of socks in my bag (I always carry a clean shirt, and keep a pair of trainers at work), so at least my feet are nice and dry. My wet socks, which are also a bit muddy, are currently drying on my coworker's keyboard. I love office shenanigans.

 

[martint235]

Now that was a commute 12.7 miles in normal traffic at 17.83mph average!

 

[ianrauk]

Now that was a commute 12.7 miles in normal traffic at 17.83mph average!

Don't believe you

 

[martint235]

Don't believe you

Don't care if you believe me or not. I did it so there

 

[ianrauk]

Don't care if you believe me or not. I did it so there

Still don't believe you. Bet you RLJ'd

 

[Ciar]

I decided to dodge the rain and drive, well what a disappointment it's barely rained at all and now it's sunny! back on the bike first thing ;-)

 

[Sheffield_Tiger]

If you locked your brompton to my bike tonight and would now like MY lock removing from your bike, send me a message

 

[Shut Up Legs]

I rode up that hill again on my way home this afternoon, and my legs are really feeling it now! 2 days done, 3 to go...

... and again today. I wimped out (for no justifiable reason, really) yesterday, so I've ridden up that ridiculously steep hill 3 out of 4 commutes home this week. My cycling logging app says I've averaged about 33.2km with 580m climbing for these 3 rides. My legs feel harder and stronger already.

 

[TheJDog]

Really quiet roads the last few days, cycle racks at work half empty, school holidays are great. Combined with the building work on my street turning it into a cul-de-sac and I can sleep like a baby.

 

[rivers]

My legs felt dead the entire ride to work today. I thought it would take me longer than it has done with the new wheels. It turns out, my average speed was faster and I knocked another 2 minutes off my time.

 

[KneesUp]

I had to go in via the DIY shop this morning, which meant a longer ride and busier roads. I discovered a new (to me) cycle path which ends with no warning, giving you a choice of riding on the pavement, riding across the grass verge and dropping off the kerb onto a three lane main road - if like me you are going straight on you have a few metres to get across lane 1, or getting off and walking. I opted for 1, thinking that surely the bike lane would carry on after the underpass. It doesn't, so I still had to join the main road just in time for a major junction. Still, at least I didn't get in the way of motorists on the long straight bit which does have a bike path, and that's the main thing.

I also discovered that the lights for turning right into the DIY store don't detect cyclists, so you sit there through lights-cycle after lights-cycle until a car stops behind you.

 

[Gert Lush]

I also discovered that the lights for turning right into the DIY store don't detect cyclists, so you sit there through lights-cycle after lights-cycle until a car stops behind you.

There's a couple of lights like that near where I live. One set I went through onto the cycle path because it's a small road for access for the houses but then turns into a oneway over a bridge so I would have sat there for hours. These lights. The other is going over another bridge by my house where it seems to pick up bikes riding on the pavement but not bikes riding up to the lights on the road.