gaz
Cycle Camera TV
- Location
- South Croydon
Thumbing headache, dizzy spells and freezing cold. I gave the cycle ride home a miss and took a seat on the train.
Tales from today's commute....
- Thread starter martint235
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subaqua
What’s the point
- Location
- Leytonstone
really good ride home and as i was stopped at Londis on Cann Hall rd I saw a passenger transport ambulance close pass another cyclist , it looked like it hit him !! fair do's he must be a bit tougher than me as he shouted oy and chased after the ambulance at a rate of knots. I tried catching him to say i saw the incident but not a chance.
BalkanExpress
Legendary Member
- Location
- Brussels
Right, who are you and what have you done with Matthew T?Oh please do.
View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zxk8xQCurFw
Not really fair on the other cyclist, two weeks on big fat studded tyres my normal commuter with it's 28c GP 4 Seasons feel super smooth.
MisterStan
Label Required
- Location
- Out there somewhere
Not wet, but very windy. Some side gusts were pushing me into the road 3ft or so, I had a lean on to my left and was basically sterling towards the left a few degrees just to try and go in a straight line.
Who's up for tomorrow then? :-)
Who's up for tomorrow then? :-)
bicyclos
Part time Anorak
- Location
- West Yorkshire
Didn't enjoy the blustery wind and lashing rain on the way home tonight, wasn't bothered about the rain just the gusty wind that caught me out a number of times and cycling into it was sooooooooo not fun
. See what tomorrow brings!
. See what tomorrow brings!
MickeyBlueEyes
Eat, Sleep, Ride, Repeat.
- Location
- Derbyshire
Had most of the wind on the return leg today, pushing me towards the kerb mostly. A 7% decline and if I stopped pedaling I almost stopped ! This coupled with horizontal rain really made me look forward to the coming Spring........ Similar conditions forecast for tomorrow, but I'll be out in it
paulw1969
Ridley rider
- Location
- Long Eaton, Notts.
First commute of the week this morning.......nice ride in apart from the moronic close passes which is unusal for an early morning ride in....the first close pass was within 10 seconds of joining the main road from my house FFS.......Northgate hire van as i'm going straight on over a mini roundabout.
No need for the compression thermals this morning as quite mild. The return journey tonight was different however, headwind most of the way which got a little hairy for short gusts and i was shattered with tired legs when i got in....at least it wasn't raining though......dont reckon that will be the case in the morning as the forecast is not good fmore wind and rain
No need for the compression thermals this morning as quite mild. The return journey tonight was different however, headwind most of the way which got a little hairy for short gusts and i was shattered with tired legs when i got in....at least it wasn't raining though......dont reckon that will be the case in the morning as the forecast is not good fmore wind and rain
Matthew_T
"Young and Ex-whippet"
- Location
- Prestatyn, North Wales
Very windy commute home tonight. But the chain kept slipping severely so I couldnt put the hammer down and utilise the tailwind. I am going to do a diagnostics tomorrow and find the source of the problem.
Matthew_T
"Young and Ex-whippet"
- Location
- Prestatyn, North Wales
It is either the cassette or chainrings where it is slipping. However, I did replace the chain and cassette last May and the crankset is the original on the 7 year old bike.
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Same here, serious head wind tonight, just over 30 minutes to do the 6.5 miles home, and I was trying, normal commute 25 minutes taking it steady, mind you I've had an upset belly today which didn't help, I cancelled my training tonight, apart form the head wind it was a routine commute both this morning and tonight, the only thing of note was a cyclist this morning with a green light on the back of the bike.
HLaB
Marie Attoinette Fan
I quite enjoyed short PM commute after a evening out with the office bowling, it was probably helped by the roads being empty except for the putt putt mobile that seemed to be going round the block for fun 
