Slick
Guru
Nice run. I did that and a bit more as far as Carnoustie in early December and it was freezing. Just a shame it was pitch black.
Tales from today's commute....
- Thread starter martint235
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Aye, temp is not inspiring confidence on my way home tonight but i've adjusted the saddle for a better ride and hopefully will catch the last of Storm Gareth's delightful tailwind
kevin_cambs_uk
Guru
- Location
- Near Cambridge
This morning I thought
Nothing like a tail wind to make me enjoy cycling
Coming home for 15 miles headwind of gale force
All I kept thinking was how much I hate cycling
Tomorrow and Friday look like episode 2 and 3 of the same thing
I really don’t know how anyone can cycle for enjoyment 10 years of commuting has eradicated any smidge of fun from me!
Nothing like a tail wind to make me enjoy cycling
Coming home for 15 miles headwind of gale force
All I kept thinking was how much I hate cycling
Tomorrow and Friday look like episode 2 and 3 of the same thing
I really don’t know how anyone can cycle for enjoyment 10 years of commuting has eradicated any smidge of fun from me!
skudupnorth
Cycling Skoda lover
- Location
- Astley,Manchester
Sheffield_Tiger
Legendary Member
When you overtake a tram....the traffic starts moving as you're 3/4 way past so you pedal faster and all is going well
...then as you pass the front of the tram that sheltered you, the headwind hits you like your brake has jammed on as the tram is now behind you and is understandably eager for you to make progress
That last few hundred yards to work had my legs wobbling and despite the effort it was a "other hidden segment" ...bad choice of overtake
...then as you pass the front of the tram that sheltered you, the headwind hits you like your brake has jammed on as the tram is now behind you and is understandably eager for you to make progress
That last few hundred yards to work had my legs wobbling and despite the effort it was a "other hidden segment" ...bad choice of overtake
Bazzer
Setting the controls for the heart of the sun.
- Location
- On the edge of reality
Brutal ride home.
Bar half a mile of being battered by a side wind, 17 miles of unremitting in your face wind with gusts making progress even harder. A two mile section of unsheltered road towards the end of the journey was particularly hard.
Gears kept playing up too which didn't help and I think a new chain and cassette are needed.
Bar half a mile of being battered by a side wind, 17 miles of unremitting in your face wind with gusts making progress even harder. A two mile section of unsheltered road towards the end of the journey was particularly hard.
Gears kept playing up too which didn't help and I think a new chain and cassette are needed.
hennbell
Guru
- Location
- Lloydminster, Alberta , Canada
Spring is officially here, was abused by a car full of 18 year olds yesterday. It is a right of spring when children are allowed to drive on their own for the first time with friends, They see a bicycle assume and assume that an adult would drive a car then they try to show off.
Jenkins
Legendary Member
- Location
- Felixstowe
Turned out to be not as bad as expected, no nasty side winds and only one moment on the way in when I was blown to an almost standstill where the wind spilled round the corner of a building. Only two more days of this to put up with this week!
mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
Bike-train-bike today. Should have been a 85 minute journey. Ended up 2h40 and it wasn't even mainly the wind!
First, the road cycle route was closed, without a safe diversion, contrary to what Norfolk County Council Highways had told me. The road was not passable on foot as claimed. There was no road: it was either molten or under machinery.
Complete replacement not the patching it's had for at least 7 years. Oh well, it'll probably be good when it's finished.
Time was pressing, so I took the unsafe diversion, diving into a lay-by at one point to avoid a close-passing Eagles of Castle Acre coach. No camera because I didn't spend the time to attach it.
The trains were on an emergency timetable, limited to 50mph because of the high winds, so it was not quite clear what time they'd actually leave at. Even now, the readouts on Real Time Trains are basically fiction, not matching what was on the station boards and not showing at least one train I rode on. As I rounded the bend onto the long straight to the station, I could see the level crossing is down, so I gave it what I can into the stonking headwind coming off the open fen and through the crossing... and the train pulls out of the platform and crosses the road when I'm about 30m away. I took the "spare" hour to the next train to run some errands now rather than on my way back.
Next train is 3 minutes late from its emergency timetable and we're only the second station. It's racked up another 12 minutes of delay by the end, so it's a mad dash to try to do a 12 minute journey in 8 but fortunately the wind's behind me... so I manage it in 10 and no-one comments on the 2 minutes late. Just as well I planned to get there an hour early and do some other work first!
Return to the station was uneventful, but trains were still messed up. After getting off, I took a longer cycle route to avoid the closed road, crossing exposed open fen and about 20% into the headwind, but the connecting road back to the closed cycle route had a sign up "Major gas works ahead. Unsuitable for through traffic" signs. I continued and played "dodge-digger" because I wasn't doing another 2 miles in that wind to go around it on bridleways. Got away with it 
but what kind of uncoordinated shambles at County Highways lets companies dig up two consecutive turnings at the same time?
The last bit of that road had a stonking tailwind and the chap on the road bike who overtook me didn't pull away anything like as quickly as an earlier one into the headwind
First, the road cycle route was closed, without a safe diversion, contrary to what Norfolk County Council Highways had told me. The road was not passable on foot as claimed. There was no road: it was either molten or under machinery.
Complete replacement not the patching it's had for at least 7 years. Oh well, it'll probably be good when it's finished.Time was pressing, so I took the unsafe diversion, diving into a lay-by at one point to avoid a close-passing Eagles of Castle Acre coach. No camera because I didn't spend the time to attach it.
The trains were on an emergency timetable, limited to 50mph because of the high winds, so it was not quite clear what time they'd actually leave at. Even now, the readouts on Real Time Trains are basically fiction, not matching what was on the station boards and not showing at least one train I rode on. As I rounded the bend onto the long straight to the station, I could see the level crossing is down, so I gave it what I can into the stonking headwind coming off the open fen and through the crossing... and the train pulls out of the platform and crosses the road when I'm about 30m away.
I took the "spare" hour to the next train to run some errands now rather than on my way back.Next train is 3 minutes late from its emergency timetable and we're only the second station. It's racked up another 12 minutes of delay by the end, so it's a mad dash to try to do a 12 minute journey in 8 but fortunately the wind's behind me... so I manage it in 10 and no-one comments on the 2 minutes late. Just as well I planned to get there an hour early and do some other work first!
Return to the station was uneventful, but trains were still messed up. After getting off, I took a longer cycle route to avoid the closed road, crossing exposed open fen and about 20% into the headwind, but the connecting road back to the closed cycle route had a sign up "Major gas works ahead. Unsuitable for through traffic" signs.
I continued and played "dodge-digger" because I wasn't doing another 2 miles in that wind to go around it on bridleways. Got away with it but what kind of uncoordinated shambles at County Highways lets companies dig up two consecutive turnings at the same time? The last bit of that road had a stonking tailwind and the chap on the road bike who overtook me didn't pull away anything like as quickly as an earlier one into the headwind
Arjimlad
Tights of Cydonia
- Location
- South Glos
Your stairway lies on the whispering wind, they sang... well, this morning I curtailed by stairway to six miles of howling wind either coming from my left or a headwind. At least the rain held off for a while.
Arjimlad
Tights of Cydonia
- Location
- South Glos
skudupnorth
Cycling Skoda lover
- Location
- Astley,Manchester
Well that was a workout on the single speed commuter !
Leaway2
Lycrist
- Location
- Manchester (Sale)
Raining, coat on.
Stops raining,
too hot - coat off,
Raining, coat on.
Stops raining,
too hot - coat off,
raining - sod it.
Stops raining,
too hot - coat off,
Raining, coat on.
Stops raining,
too hot - coat off,
raining - sod it.
skudupnorth
Cycling Skoda lover
- Location
- Astley,Manchester
No shame in playing it safe,it was a tad gusty. Even my work friends were shocked I was still on the bike today !!
