Tales from today's commute....

[MrGrumpy]

Cold wet commute once again , two mornings in the bounce now and tomorrow looks utter sh as well

 

[Threevok]

Very wet on the way home, but at least I am back on the bike

 

[tallliman]

I hope not.....
3500 miles on gatorskins. Should be getting a few more miles out of them from what I read ?

My rule is that 2 quick unexplained punctures is a signal for a new tyre. I don't care if it's not done "sufficient" distance, I'd rather not have the punctures!!

Anyway, a headwindy ride in followed by a damp ride back. Waterproof winter shoes doing a good job until i got drenched in spray by a passing lorry!!

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Afternoon off work, so incorporated a ride out to Nice Pie on the home commute to get some pies for tea. Very dark skies going there and back, but avoided the rain by about 10 minutes

Looks very windy for tomorrow

 

[Glow worm]

An unplanned dismount on the way home. Offed on a tight corner by a thick layer of wet leaves. Lethal, though luckily I was only doing about 5mph, Still plenty of cuts and bruises and an oddly swollen shin. Bike is fine though which is the main thing

(Any one local be warned- its the A14 underpass at Quy on the Cambridge side. From the assorted bike detritus lying about (none of it mine) I assume a fair few have come a cropper here too).

 

[HLaB]

Really mild again today, 11deg minimum, it was -2deg on Sunday. But other than the temperature shift it was a pretty unnotable commute. Which was funny (well to me at least) was when I got to the office walked into the toilet in cycling gear to grab my towel and a colleague politely asked, "are you still cycling"

 

[Sixmile]

Drenched on the way in. Glad I did it though, keeps me on track for my 4th full week in a row

 

[mjr]

(Any one local be warned- its the A14 underpass at Quy on the Cambridge side. From the assorted bike detritus lying about (none of it mine) I assume a fair few have come a cropper here too).

www.fixmystreet.com please - it needs clearing and whatever problem is allowing a build-up remedying before the weather starts freezing. (I have confidence in the tread on my tyres to bite through most leaf mulch... but I had two recoverable front-wheel skids on cold wet manhole covers last week )

 

[Truth]

Afternoon off work, so incorporated a ride out to Nice Pie on the home commute to get some pies for tea. Very dark skies going there and back, but avoided the rain by about 10 minutes

Looks very windy for tomorrow

Very windy today but I am in the car as I need to get home and out again early to watch us HOPEFULLY beat your lads tonight !
I predict a draw though SupersuperLeeds

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Very windy today but I am in the car as I need to get home and out again early to watch us HOPEFULLY beat your lads tonight !
I predict a draw though SupersuperLeeds

The way we are playing you will either thrash us or really thrash us

 

[Glow worm]

www.fixmystreet.com please - it needs clearing and whatever problem is allowing a build-up remedying before the weather starts freezing. (I have confidence in the tread on my tyres to bite through most leaf mulch... but I had two recoverable front-wheel skids on cold wet manhole covers last week )

Done! Still v. sore today and annoyed as I'd almost chosen to ride round Quy roundabout instead of through the underpass as although its a horrible roudnabout, there's no wait to cross the B1102 (as no sodding moton ever lets you cross).
A day off the bike today but I'm planning to ride to north Norfolk tomorrow night so hope to be OK for that.

 

[13 rider]

Wow that's was a tough windy ride home . Direct route as couldn't be bothered to extend 8.2 mainly headwind average speed down to 10 mph . Just stuck in a low gear and spun my way home .A few moments of savage crosswind to keep me concentrating

 

[ianrauk]

Wow that's was a tough windy ride home . Direct route as couldn't be bothered to extend 8.2 mainly headwind average speed down to 10 mph . Just stuck in a low gear and spun my way home .A few moments of savage crosswind to keep me concentrating

Yeah same for me. A bloody tough one tonight. Eff off wind gods.

 

[13 rider]

Yeah same for me. A bloody tough one tonight. Eff off wind gods.

Six months I wouldn't have even contemplated taking the bike this morning . Now I feel like a hard core commuter definitely character building

 

[lazybloke]

Lovely tailwind for me tonight. 23mph average, gusts to over 40.
Felt slightly easier pedalling my heavy Yukon but I doubt I was any faster. Phone and Garmin were both flat so I'll never know.

Hard work for the final stretch into the wind.