Tales from today's commute....
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we are made of harder stuff up here I`m still in shorts 
simon the viking
Guru
Had an off this morning. Bloke and dog came out from behind some parked cars. Dog was in middle of the road before bloke was. Slammed brakes on and bike went from under me. Got his address in case shoulder is injured badly as it took most fall. Aches a bit but ok.
And...........
Bikes fine
And...........
Bikes fine
I thought it was only me!
Supersuperleeds
Legendary Member
- Location
- Leicester
Snapped a spoke today. Took me a while to find out what the horrible noise the bike was making so had slow ride home. Think I might have done it at dinner time when I flicked a small branch and it went through the rear wheel.
kevin_cambs_uk
Guru
- Location
- Near Cambridge
As Alan partridge would say
‘Text book’
‘Text book’
You can comfort yourself you are not alone mate
HLaB
Marie Attoinette Fan
I am turning into a a southern softy, it was a long sleeve jersey for me and it was only a tad chilly here. Back up in the east coast of Scotland it must've been trully freezing
Pumpkin the robot
Guru
I had a visit from the fairies on the way home.
gaijintendo
Veteran
- Location
- Scotchland
I forgot they only grit the main roads, so had a bit of a shock taking a corner into the estate on the way home.
Anyways, I decided to use a council bike to get to a meeting today, and I saw an old friend, my formerly five speed - singlespeed. I don't know what they have been doing to it, but it is looking a bit rusty. If the seatpost wasn't siezed, I'd consider sticking some frame protector in it for them.
Loved that bar tape. Uff, the saddle position. Sigh.
Anyways, I decided to use a council bike to get to a meeting today, and I saw an old friend, my formerly five speed - singlespeed. I don't know what they have been doing to it, but it is looking a bit rusty. If the seatpost wasn't siezed, I'd consider sticking some frame protector in it for them.
Loved that bar tape. Uff, the saddle position. Sigh.
Maverick Goose
A jumped up pantry boy, who never knew his place
- Location
- A champagne supernova in the sky
Pretty Baltic here in North Cumbria-the road outside the Rheged Centre was like an ice rink and I had my first off for a long time, not a scratch on the bike and just a little bruise on my hip. There are a couple of alternative routes though, and the problem bit is very short. My new Lezyne rear light can probably be seen from Mars thoughI am turning into a a southern softy, it was a long sleeve jersey for me and it was only a tad chilly here. Back up in the east coast of Scotland it must've been trully freezing
(the night is dark, and full of terrors).
HLaB
Marie Attoinette Fan
Yikes, I'm glad your positive about it and it doesn't seem too bad. Cumbria got a little mention on the news down here, torrential rain turning to Ice so its probably 10x worse than that :-0 I think last night judging from the ice this morning was the first time it dropped below 0deg here but the roads were mostly dry yet folk are preparing for the start of the next ice age!Pretty Baltic here in North Cumbria-the road outside the Rheged Centre was like an ice rink and I had my first off for a long time, not a scratch on the bike and just a little bruise on my hip. There are a couple of alternative routes though, and the problem bit is very short. My new Lezyne rear light can probably be seen from Mars though
Pumpkin the robot
Guru
I took my better half's car this morning. We had a slight sprinkling of snow, but the rain we had a couple of days ago was frozen and created some nice big ice rinks on the roads.
Thorn Sherpa
Über Member
- Location
- Doncaster
Still not in the minus here in Doncaster but cold enough for the Hi viz works fleece! Hardly any wind nice cool ride to work see what its like in the morning!
Slick
Guru
Not real winter yet but certainly a real heavy frost this morning which meant I thought it prudent to push the bike the first couple of hundred yards to the main road. Just as well as it was sheet ice all the way from my drive to the junction but I reckoned I must still look pretty cool striding out on the ice at 7am and as I arrived at the junction with the main road I flung my leg over the seat just as the front wheel slid from under me and I did the splits as I tried desperately to stay upright.
From there, it was a fairly quiet 14 miles to work with very little traffic at the one or two pinch points which was a relief. I had another couple of moments when I left the main road and took a shortcut through a housing estate using a path, left me wary enough to push the bike the last half mile as I realised the grittier hadn't been near the side roads. The payback was cycling home mid afternoon in bright sunshine which is always welcome in November. The downside was spending almost as long as my cycle home trying to get the salt off the trusty steed.
From there, it was a fairly quiet 14 miles to work with very little traffic at the one or two pinch points which was a relief. I had another couple of moments when I left the main road and took a shortcut through a housing estate using a path, left me wary enough to push the bike the last half mile as I realised the grittier hadn't been near the side roads. The payback was cycling home mid afternoon in bright sunshine which is always welcome in November. The downside was spending almost as long as my cycle home trying to get the salt off the trusty steed.
