Tales from today's commute....

[clippetydoodah]

From last Friday. Suddenly the ride home was hard going. Stopped to check and the break block was
dragging on a very buckled rear wheel, and a spoke snapped. No idea how that happened.
Managed some road side fettling and rode back without much grip on the rear brake. Still good
to know that I have at least basic repair skills. Also found the following day that my front tyre had a puncture.
I managed to get the rear wheel sorted by my local bike shop, and sorted the puncture out myself.
Annoyingly I can't ride in to work at all this week. Most vexing.

 

[fimm]

Long commute yesterday. Lovely pink sunrise. Later lots of traffic (by my standards - Londoners would probably wonder what traffic I was talking about). I even filtered with glee past a long line of cars!
Today got very cross with a driving instructor who squeezed past on my left as I was waiting to turn right. My reaction was out of all proportion and was basically the result of too many people trying the same tactic at the same place! (I need to not go too far right - but then "they" don't get why)

 

[Arjimlad]

I thought, "who's that courteous and friendly SUV driver, waiting for cars and myself on my bike to clear the narrow country lane this morning ?"

A good friend of mine actually. Not like the others...cheery wave given !

 

[Simontm]

Tailwind, sidewind, tailwind - gotta love my route home sometimes. At one point I let the wind do its thing and I was almost shoved onto the pavement much prefer the tailwind.
Some bugger drafted me from Ham House to Hawkers, no hello, nothing
Numpty count:0

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Bloody windy again, and to the muppets who wobble all over the place, you can't ride none handed so don't try

 

[Simontm]

Headwind in which was a pain as my legs weren't feeling it today either. Also misjudged the temperature and had a base layer/soft shell jacket resulting in a bit of a drag as I had to keep it open most of the way for ventilation
Numpty count: 1 BMW driver waited till I was close enough for him to pull out into the road to turn right into an opposite road

 

[RoubaixCube]

Thermals are back in service. Sun's out now so i feel a little overdressed. Going to be 12'c later when i ride home though probably 9'c windchill

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Thermals are back in service. Sun's out now so i feel a little overdressed. Going to be 12'c later when i ride home though probably 9'c windchill

It's that awful time of year were it is too cold for ss top and shorts, but too warm for longs.

 

[MichaelO]

It's that awful time of year were it is too cold for ss top and shorts, but too warm for longs.

3/4 length bibs for me this morning

 

[RoubaixCube]

It's that awful time of year were it is too cold for ss top and shorts, but too warm for longs.

Summer sleeveless base layer, LS thermal jersey, Thermal longs & a gilet. It wasn't that bad. I was a little warm but im thinking ahead. When the sun goes down temps will drop pretty dramatically

 

[I like Skol]

Just been in Decathlon and bought some long sleeve tops and long running type pants. Bring it on.....

 

[tallliman]

3 successive days of commuting this week. Not sure whether I'll do tomorrow as I may be riding with a friend on Saturday.

Still, turning right today at a roundabout, signalled right, moved into right hand lane. As I was going round the roundabout, I found that a bmw driver was driving round the outside of the roundabout to overtake me....how safe eh?

 

[skudupnorth]

Just been in Decathlon and bought some long sleeve tops and long running type pants. Bring it on.....

Still in shorts and t-shirt

 

[HarryTheDog]

Got a suprise on the way home a scooter rider pulled past me then waved for me to pull in behind him. Turned out to be a guy I used to regularly meet and cycle with on my commute with for around 4 years. I had not seen him for around 3 years.So we caught up on news. He apparently has seen me on and off whilst on his scooter but too emberassed to stop for a chat ( apart from once a long time ago). He gave up commuting due to 2 bad smashes, the last one writing his beloved bike off completely smashing it into hundreds of carbon shards.
Apparently he has been given permission from she who must be obeyed to to start again. Should be interesting to see how long it takes him to get back up to speed, he was a very competitive cyclist before and really did not recognise the idea of taking a easy ride, he was forever chasing his best average, hopefully age has mellowed him. ( like it has me)

 

[I like Skol]

Still in shorts and t-shirt

Not wearing them yet. Just preparing because I have a feeling it is going to be a cold one this year!