gaz
Cycle Camera TV
- Location
- South Croydon
Costs you more in the long run.
Tales from today's commute....
- Thread starter martint235
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Matthew_T
"Young and Ex-whippet"
- Location
- Prestatyn, North Wales
gaz
Cycle Camera TV
- Location
- South Croydon
and how much does your cassette cost? A stretched chain will ruin the cassette fairly quickly, which in turn will make a new chain skip so you will need to replace the cassette. If you keep running a stretch chain and you will ruin the chainrings. So 3 chains at year at £12 turns in +£30 for a completely new chain set.
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
Back on topic. Left the city centre after 5pm, had to wait outside one of the buildings I get changed in as the doors had locked automatically at 4:30, so couldn't get in till someone came out.
Expecting a nasty ride back with the wind and rain, but the rain eased off. Wind was blustery and did cause twitching of the bike on the A34 out of Manchester near the hospital, then was OK down towards Levenshulme, but the main dual carriageway is more exposed so had to keep a good distance from the curb.
Stopped off where I thought I'd dropped the Astrum, and no sign. Think I had pranged the bracket when I had stopped this morning to get my phone out of my panniers, got phone, let it boot and rode on until I could call the wife, by then it had dropped off. PS stopped to make a call...
Expecting a nasty ride back with the wind and rain, but the rain eased off. Wind was blustery and did cause twitching of the bike on the A34 out of Manchester near the hospital, then was OK down towards Levenshulme, but the main dual carriageway is more exposed so had to keep a good distance from the curb.
Stopped off where I thought I'd dropped the Astrum, and no sign. Think I had pranged the bracket when I had stopped this morning to get my phone out of my panniers, got phone, let it boot and rode on until I could call the wife, by then it had dropped off. PS stopped to make a call...
subaqua
What’s the point
- Location
- Leytonstone
a sidewind today which made things "interesting" for the ride home. surprised the van driver at bow when i passed him on the way down 
Sheffield_Tiger
Guru
Hell-for-leather dash over a junction between light changes at a faulty red
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
Second best is a fixed in head winds.
MisterStan
Label Required
- Location
- Out there somewhere
Well that was an experience. Drinking my tea this morning, I didn't dare look out the window as it sounded so bad and I thought it may put me off.
Got to the end of my street and suddenly had a full on headwind - felt like I was going backwards downhill! Then I turned left and had the benefit of a beautiful tailwind for about half a mile - chap in the car behind me decided not to overtake and gave me a grin when we hit the traffic lights - wound his window down and told me I was speeding! It was basically a beastly headwind for the next 5 miles, then some respite as soon as I joined up with Martin - tailwind country again!
The rain stopped pretty much as soon as I hit Fenstanton.
Oh and a visit from the fairy in Girton, just to even things out for the tailwind.
Got to the end of my street and suddenly had a full on headwind - felt like I was going backwards downhill! Then I turned left and had the benefit of a beautiful tailwind for about half a mile - chap in the car behind me decided not to overtake and gave me a grin when we hit the traffic lights - wound his window down and told me I was speeding! It was basically a beastly headwind for the next 5 miles, then some respite as soon as I joined up with Martin - tailwind country again!
The rain stopped pretty much as soon as I hit Fenstanton.
Oh and a visit from the fairy in Girton, just to even things out for the tailwind.
Beebo
Firm and Fruity
- Location
- Hexleybeef
Please can this weather feck off! It's turning the commute into a chore.
Roll on spring and summer, I have a right to feel smug on those lovely warm days, I've bloody well earnt it!
Roll on spring and summer, I have a right to feel smug on those lovely warm days, I've bloody well earnt it!
Nocode
Senior Member
- Location
- Orpington, Kent
Got overtaken by another cyclist for the first time in ages on my commute home last night.
Was coming up the hill from Bromley Common into Locksbottom and got greeted by another cyclist coming passed me. He said he'd been chasing me for ages which made me feel a whee bit better until I saw the 2 massive panniers on the back of his bike
When we stopped at the lights I asked if he earned extra points for scalping me with panniers - he said my chain needed oiling (it did, it was squealing like a little pig) and that's bound to have cost me a few seconds, hehe. We both turned-off down Tubbenden Lane, but he turned-off down Beechcroft Road whilst I continued on.
Anyone know if he's a CC'er?
Was coming up the hill from Bromley Common into Locksbottom and got greeted by another cyclist coming passed me. He said he'd been chasing me for ages which made me feel a whee bit better until I saw the 2 massive panniers on the back of his bike
When we stopped at the lights I asked if he earned extra points for scalping me with panniers - he said my chain needed oiling (it did, it was squealing like a little pig) and that's bound to have cost me a few seconds, hehe. We both turned-off down Tubbenden Lane, but he turned-off down Beechcroft Road whilst I continued on.
Anyone know if he's a CC'er?
Andrew_P
In between here and there
Had a Artic skidding behind me when he realised there was a car coming round the bend, then sat on my arse revving and letting off air brakes this is down a twist rural road, having held him at bay I pulled over with a two finger salute when I could see he could safely pass. I braced myself for 40ft of spray and draft and predictably a close pass, or even pulling over to discuss my two finger and shaking head comms. I got none of it, it was just the tractor unit lol. (might excuse him the skid as I would imagine they are a bit of handful in the wet) Still a turd though for the revving on my arse. Really weird anti climax pass
Apart from that it was shoot all the way.
Apart from that it was shoot all the way.
Supersuperleeds
Legendary Member
- Location
- Leicester
Flew to work on the Granny bike with a tailwind most of the way, beat the torrential downpour and even had a car wave me out of a junction.
Ride home tonight will be a nightmare just to even it out.
Ride home tonight will be a nightmare just to even it out.
PJ79LIZARD
Über Member
- Location
- WEST MIDLANDS
Very windy and wet this morning, tail wind so wet arse, but easy on the legs!
