Tales from today's commute....

[RoubaixCube]

Cold ride to work this morning , made worse with the slight but icy wind. Another cyclist complemented my nice looking cube

 

[John_S]

With the weather currently being a bit all over the place it seems to be a time of year when it's easy to end up either too hot or too cold depending on what clothing you pick.

Taking last weekend on Saturday it was about 17 degrees and then this week Tues, Weds, Thurs were all around say 3 - 5 degrees. I try to check the forecast and then pick clothing accordingly which it doesn't always work but on Thurs & Friday I got it bang on and just right for my ride. That's when you don't notice what you're wearing as you're neither too hot or too cold and I end up feeling chuffed with myself when I get to work.

 

[RoubaixCube]

bloody cold ride home. Garmin was saying 2.1'c -- Singing the Altura Peloton LS jersey's praises again. I was cold but not too cold. I have this thing called 'chute' that you can buy off ebay or amazon that has many uses... Either over your neck as a scarf/gaiter or over your head like a hat. Alternatively you can even use it as a hair band. I had one of these around my neck and on my noggin. Kept me warmish. The only peice of kit that let me down was my gloves.Even though I had a liner on inside, the wind just went straight through it. Need to find some windproof gloves.

 

[Shut Up Legs]

Thank you muchly, oh Weather Gods!
A very large blob of rain showed on the weather radar, heading over where I work in Melbourne, heading east along my commute route home, but had passed over Melbourne about 40 minutes before I left work. So no extra bike cleaning (at least not for now, don't want to jinx myself... ).

 

[Ciar]

Bit the bullet and picked up a pair of Northwave Celsius 2 GTX SPD MTB boots, got them via my LBS after he quoted me a nice enough price close to Wiggle's sale, so he instantly got the business

tested them out today and i must admit, my feet were toasty and they are very comfy all in all glad i grabbed them.

 

[Arjimlad]

A main road near my chiefly rural commute route has been closed for resurfacing, which has resulted in a great deal of traffic trying to squeeze along "my" narrow country lanes in both directions.

Feeling very fortunate to still have the use of my legs so I am not too held up by this abnormal obstruction !

 

[Simontm]

Bike spoke had gone so picked it up again this arvo Cycle Surgery charged me a whole pound! Ok ride home. Some fella giving it some on his MTB, very impressed. Alas he lost a light on the Hammersmith run, all I saw was a bit of plastic bouncing behind me and it's far too risky to even think of stopping to pick something up.
Numpty count:0

 

[Shut Up Legs]

I'm going to trial a longer commute to work tomorrow morning. For years now, I've been doing 27.5km to work and 31km from work, and it's not that challenging anymore, although it gives me a good workout and keeps me fit. Tomorrow I'll try a slight deviation to the route which will increase it to 30km, thus making the round-trip commute 61km, or 305km per week.

I tried the new route, and the comparison is: old = 27.5km with 325m climbing, new = 29.5km with 355m climbing. I think I'll be doing this one more often.

I decided the above increase in commute distance and climbing wasn't quite enough, so this morning I uppped the ante: 31.2km with 375m climbing. It's still quite a practical route, and now my commute either way will be 31km (assuming I keep doing this one, of course), giving me a total of 310km per week.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Mile into the ride to work today I decided that the bike was about to fall to bits so turned round and went home.

Jumped on the Sirrus and rode to work

Dinnertime went home and grabbed the Tricross and took it to the LBS. Looks like something is wrong with the rear wheel.

Looks like it might be icy tomorrow so ice tyres now on the Sirrus, probably be on them all week now unless I take them off again tomorrow night as I don't expect the Tricross back until the weekend.

 

[tallliman]

Chilly ride in, hoping for no ice tomorrow but may just ride anyway

 

[Simontm]

bloody cold ride home. Garmin was saying 2.1'c -- Singing the Altura Peloton LS jersey's praises again. I was cold but not too cold. I have this thing called 'chute' that you can buy off ebay or amazon that has many uses... Either over your neck as a scarf/gaiter or over your head like a hat. Alternatively you can even use it as a hair band. I had one of these around my neck and on my noggin. Kept me warmish. The only peice of kit that let me down was my gloves.Even though I had a liner on inside, the wind just went straight through it. Need to find some windproof gloves.

Or a buff

 

[edrobbin]

snow forecast for up north. Should be interesting. Think I'll stick to the MTB

 

[Leaway2]

 

[tallliman]

Glad I went full winter on my top half this morning. Need some heavier tights and something for foot warmth though.

Pretty chilly so rewarded myself with bacon, sausage and bread.

 

[Simontm]

Stuck at home waiting for a repairman and my wife calls out as she's leaving: I bet you're glad you're not out this morning'

What? A clear blue sky and crisp air