Tales from today's commute....

[Simontm]

Nice ride in but in the evening, going to see mates, I decided to go via Embankment jeez, the numbers and the twattish behaviour astonishing.
Numpty count: lost count on Embankment

 

[Heigue'r]

Embankment was pretty bad this afternoon...I witnessed 2 crash's between bikes and god only knows what the pedestrians were upto...its like everyone was in zombie mode today...worst ive seen in 3 months of using the route.

 

[BurningLegs]

Had a nice cycle commute yesterday, took the shortest route into the office (about 6.5 miles, 90% coastal path separated from traffic) and dragged another cyclist along for most of the way. Looked round a couple of times to see if he/she wanted to come through, but he looked like he was blowing out of his ar$e!

The ride home was a little longer, but only by a couple of miles. I sometimes prefer mixing it with traffic on the way home - I recognise a lot of my colleagues' cars and can race them

 

[Ciar]

Quality ride in, pissing down and windy on top of that the second broken spoke this week!

 

[ianrauk]

Had to be a trainw@nker today.
But it's a little godsend as it was raining quite heavy this morning... hey.. wtf did I say... I love cycling in SE London in the grim, dark, wet weather.

 

[ManiaMuse]

Wet and yucky this morning.

Of course it stops raining and the sun comes out just as I get to work...

 

[dhd.evans]

Bus wankah this morning because boozing later. As much as i'd like to tackle the mean streets of Dundee in the evenings I think the old plod would disapprove after a few Double IPAs...

 

[si_c]

I got properly drenched on the way in this morning, I was taking it a bit slower than usual as on the spare bike this week. Pretty much every traffic light was red on the way in too, normally I can time it well enough to hit them on amber, but not today.

 

[subaqua]

waterproof overtrousers today as howling down.

 

[Simontm]

Well that was a wet one in. Needless to say slightly emptier of bikes than the last few days. Artic being unloaded meant a trip up Kings Road where I watched the slow RLJs (and overtook them) before they headed towards Embankment.
Dry on the way back but there was a vicious looking cloud heading towards the centre as I entered Richmond Park. A few deer decided to graze by the road so a slightly cautious ride through not helped by the head/side wind.
Numpty count: 2. This morning in Kingston just passed Asda a van was in the turn right and wanted to go straight on, meaning I got shoved towards a parked van The other was this evening. Classic overtake and turn left manoeuvre near Fulham

 

[RoubaixCube]

I guess i missed most of the rain today... got all geared up with my waterproof jacket and MT500 trousers and not even had as much as a dust cap full of water fall on me. Yes, the road was wet in the morning but it was raining and it didnt rain either until pretty much after i started work.

Before my ride home the skies darkened looked very threatening but there wasnt even an ounce of rain. No where was these thunderstorms and torrential downpours that had been forecast to be seen.

what an anticlimax.

I regretted not taking pair of shorts along with me this morning, but i went through about 3 or 4 different outfit changes while looking out the window and having it wide open to determine the kind of conditions that were outside. In the end i went with the S/S jersey and a gilet.

 

[si_c]

Back on my regular commuting bike today. Felt a bit odd as it's a much more upright position with 46cm bars instead of 38cm on my spare bike. It has mudguards though. They were definitely needed today.

 

[Simontm]

Missed the rain both in and out. But long sleeves on in the morning- really need some arm warmers.
The tail wind was nice on the way in but a bugger in reverse!
Numpty count: 2 bloody mopeds. Both cutting into the cycle lane causing me to brake heavily on greasy roads

 

[RoubaixCube]

I too missed the rain in and out! (Lucky me!!) However the ride home was getting a little chilly. baselayer, S/S jersey and a gilet was all i had on. I could have tried on my new endura pakajak which was of course in my backpack but I couldnt be arsed stopping and taking my gilet off.

I left for work in the afternoon and while it was slightly gusty it was quite warm. Hence the S/S jersey, though i was debating with myself if i should of packed a L/S jersey for the evening before i left the house.

on a side note, its about time one should be thinking about ditching the mitts and going with full fingered gloves for the evening commute home.

 

[subaqua]

Yesterday -Headwind all the way in . Lovely tailwind on way home

Headwind again today but left later and arrived earlier... no beer last night !