Tales from today's commute....

[BSRU]

No cycling for me today as one of our kids brought a nice stomach bug home on Friday, so didn't really eat much at the weekend and feel as weak as a kitten today .
Such a shame not being able to ride my normal commuter bike for the first time in two weeks .

 

[PJ79LIZARD]

All I can say is my commute was mainly, silent and fast. Oh how I've missed you road bike.

 

[fossyant]

Ice bike out again, despite panniers being packed for the fixed - quick swap over of clothes, keys and spare specs and ready to go (keep a spare set of kit in the rucksack). 1/2 road route 1/2 Trans Pennine. Got hit in the throat by some kid throwing ice or stones at me at Parrs Wood - he got told to feck off.

 

[400bhp]

All I can say is my commute was mainly, silent and fast. Oh how I've missed you road bike.

+1

Not your road bike +1 by the way, mine

 

[400bhp]

Ice bike out again, despite panniers being packed for the fixed - quick swap over of clothes, keys and spare specs and ready to go (keep a spare set of kit in the rucksack). 1/2 road route 1/2 Trans Pennine. Got hit in the throat by some kid throwing ice or stones at me at Parrs Wood - he got told to feck off.

Huh

You in the same Manchester as me?

 

[fossyant]

Huh

You in the same Manchester as me?

My estate was iced up - I'm a bit higher up than you. Main roads fine, but getting enough ear ache from the missus about cycling at the minute

 

[ianrauk]

Very nice bright, sunny morning in SE London today. Bleedin' cold though.
A very nice fast commute due to that very rare occasion the universe seeming to come together this day. A tailwind, very little traffic (for some unknown reason), a little bit of SCR and the holiest of holy's.. I must have hit near every traffic light on green.
Excellent commute.
Weather report is not looking nice for the return though.

 

[Andrew_P]

Blimey can you really lose fitness in 9 days? I put yesterdays test run down to the wind but this morning was just as tough. Just shows that Gym cardio is no match for 55 min x 2 per day.

Looking like a really shoot week either really wet, or windy or really wet and really windy!

 

[Beebo]

Weather report is not looking nice for the return though.

I intend to use the heavy rain on the way home to wash the salt off my bike!

 

[MisterStan]

Bike cleaned and polished - check
Minor flooding to cycle through and destroy all your hard work - check
Warm feet due to new winter boots - check
Headwind that felt as though someone was pulling me backwards - check
Feeling ecstatic due to not having to worry about ice/frost etc - check

 

[ianrauk]

I intend to use the heavy rain on the way home to wash the salt off my bike!

I cleaned the bike saturday.
Went out yesterday.
I cleaned the bike yesterday.
Went out today......

 

[Pale Rider]

Blimey can you really lose fitness in 9 days? I put yesterdays test run down to the wind but this morning was just as tough. Just shows that Gym cardio is no match for 55 min x 2 per day.

There's not much that will match 55mins twice a day.

 

[mangid]

Langster in bits awaiting a new crown race, previous one disintegrated into powder, so on hybrid today. Cold fingers and braking are not a good combination, I miss slowing down without having to think about it.

 

[Andrew_P]

Feeling ecstatic due to not having to worry about ice/frost etc - check

I thought that until I hit the rural part of my commute, a few times I coasted across what looked like it could be ice, then completely relieved at arriving at the turn in to warehouse my concentration was lost as I imagined my hot coffee and toast coming my way and whooosh my rear slid out only saved by the broken tarmac on the entry road and getting some grip. Made my heart flutter quite a bit though!

 

[MisterStan]

I thought that until I hit the rural part of my commute, a few times I coasted across what looked like it could be ice, then completely relieved at arriving at the turn in to warehouse my concentration was lost as I imagined my hot coffee and toast coming my way and whooosh my rear slid out only saved by the broken tarmac on the entry road and getting some grip. Made my heart flutter quite a bit though!

There were only a couple of patches - again in the most rural areas - and they were more or less where I was expecting them to be - just kept a straight course and stayed off the brakes!