Tales from today's commute....
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Jenkins
Legendary Member
- Location
- Felixstowe
Somehow managed to miss the rain both ways - probably the only two dry hours in the day - but it really was horribly muggy all day.
No commute yesterday, worked from home for a bit- had a roofer come around to look at the chimney stack, then in the afternoon went to the physiotherapist (got an annoying case of tennis elbow) which I usually do on the bike, but today I travelled one stop on the Met Line and walked the rest.
What I did do was take a trailer full of stuff down to the dump. A bit humid so it was harder work than usual but a good ride and there is no job I ever do which feels more satisfying once it's done. Picked up a nice white beer from the bottle shop on the way back.
Bit soaky this morning.
I've been using a new route for a while that avoids the big roundabout on the industrial estate and taking the new quietway instead. It doesn't really work in wet weather, the closed-off section of lane was flooded and covered in debris. Feet were not wet until I hit that section. It will be useless in the winter and I'll be back to using the roundabout
The Bedmond road was flooded as usual- reported the blocked drain again.
The little rubber cover for the USB port on my Cycliq Fly6 went missing ages ago and the rubber cover over the buttons has split also (i've had it over four years). Somehow it keeps working but sometime the rain is going to kill it.
What I did do was take a trailer full of stuff down to the dump. A bit humid so it was harder work than usual but a good ride and there is no job I ever do which feels more satisfying once it's done. Picked up a nice white beer from the bottle shop on the way back.
Bit soaky this morning.
I've been using a new route for a while that avoids the big roundabout on the industrial estate and taking the new quietway instead. It doesn't really work in wet weather, the closed-off section of lane was flooded and covered in debris. Feet were not wet until I hit that section. It will be useless in the winter and I'll be back to using the roundabout
The Bedmond road was flooded as usual- reported the blocked drain again.
The little rubber cover for the USB port on my Cycliq Fly6 went missing ages ago and the rubber cover over the buttons has split also (i've had it over four years). Somehow it keeps working but sometime the rain is going to kill it.
Rainy commute #17 and #18 for the year.
Yesterday evenings commute was very warm with light rain.
This mornings was a whole different bag. It started off with light drizzle and slowly got heavier as I made my way to work. At times it was torrential causing flooded roads . Downside to that was that I must have hit a pot hole somewhere as I got a front puncture. I manage to nurse the bike 3 miles to work. Stopping a couple of times to pump up the tyre. Oh well.
It's looking like a very wet afternoons commute home too.
Yesterday evenings commute was very warm with light rain.
This mornings was a whole different bag. It started off with light drizzle and slowly got heavier as I made my way to work. At times it was torrential causing flooded roads . Downside to that was that I must have hit a pot hole somewhere as I got a front puncture. I manage to nurse the bike 3 miles to work. Stopping a couple of times to pump up the tyre. Oh well.
It's looking like a very wet afternoons commute home too.
Jenkins
Legendary Member
- Location
- Felixstowe
Seems like I got lucky again. Rain overnight, dry for the commute in, rain up until about half an hour ago, nothing further due showing on the radar and I'm due to finish in just over an hour.
Unusually chilly and a bit of a breeze compared to the past few weeks though.
Unusually chilly and a bit of a breeze compared to the past few weeks though.
Andy in Germany
Guru
- Location
- Rottenburg am Neckar
The organisation I work for has several second hand shops and a crazy golf course for reasons that are too complex to explain, and last week I had to go there with a colleague and measure some fencing that needed to be replaced. It's in a different town to my normal work, and south of where I live, so we booked a car and drove there, then my colleague left and I cycled back to my apartment.
It was tough, but somehow I managed...
It was tough, but somehow I managed...
Punkawallah
Über Member
Looks a fair trundle - at least you had good weather :-)
Andy in Germany
Guru
- Location
- Rottenburg am Neckar
It's about 10k, bit shorter than my usual commute; I just took lots of photos...
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I thought I would miss the rain this morning. Nearly. last 15 minutes of the commute it rained. Luckily not hard, so was more damp then wet by the time I got to work.
With Friday afternoons wet commute and this mornings, that makes rainy commutes #19 & #20
13 rainy commutes for me (if recorded as 'rain' that means I got wet enough to classify it as such, I didn't count entries recorded as 'light rain').
3 days wet both ways.
Arjimlad
Tights of Cydonia
- Location
- South Glos
Aside from a 30-mile ride last Thursday evening I was off the bike all last week. Because of the dodgy forecast I took my Giant Revolt this morning for my usual 10-mile route, half up country lanes and half back down the A38 to Almondsbury. Felt like I was riding through treacle with the north wind on the way out, and my average speed was down 1mph from the usual overall.
Drivers mostly did OK for the first 9 miles until 2 close passes, one on the A38 dual carriageway as it approaches the motorway junction, and another nearer to work where the driver overtook me too close due to just one oncoming car, he could not wait literally 2 seconds for that one car to pass which would have made enough room for a wide pass. Both drivers reported.
Drivers mostly did OK for the first 9 miles until 2 close passes, one on the A38 dual carriageway as it approaches the motorway junction, and another nearer to work where the driver overtook me too close due to just one oncoming car, he could not wait literally 2 seconds for that one car to pass which would have made enough room for a wide pass. Both drivers reported.
