Tales from today's commute....

[Alex321]

Breezy ride in this morning, headwind almost all the way - which is unusual, given I'm heading mainly East. Officially a 20mph wind from the SE.

But totally incident free, just a bit slow. The wind made it fairly chilly, and it started raining about half a mile from the office.

 

[Poacher]

There wasn't one rain cloud (or what I've learned to recognise as rain clouds!) in the sky, but there was persistent showery rain for most of the commute. Couldn't see where the rain was originating from at all - bizarre & beyond my limited understanding.

Any aircraft in the vicinity?

 

[avecReynolds531]

Any aircraft in the vicinity?

None that could be seen or heard. There was a decent southerly breeze-turning-gale that may have carried some unwanted precipitation northwards - don't know.
Bike was promptly cleaned & dried on returning home.

 

[Alex321]

Well that (Friday PM) will be my last commute, or any bike ride for a few weeks or months.

Half a mile from home, at the bottom of a steep hill, coming round a bend, met a car coming the other way. She stopped, I made the mistake of braking, much too hard, looked up the back wheel, and skidded across the road, hitting the car towards the nearside front bumper. Sailed over the corner of the car and hit the ground rather hard.

Spent the next few hours in A&E. Two dislocated fingers on left hand, but badly smashed up right wrist. In a cast at the moment, but likely to need surgery and metalwork. Fracture clinic on Wednesday when I think they will decide.

All my own fault, and TBH I'm lucky it wasn't even worse. But if I hadn't braked, I'd probably have got past.

 

[GeekDadZoid]

Well that (Friday PM) will be my last commute, or any bike ride for a few weeks or months.

Half a mile from home, at the bottom of a steep hill, coming round a bend, met a car coming the other way. She stopped, I made the mistake of braking, much too hard, looked up the back wheel, and skidded across the road, hitting the car towards the nearside front bumper. Sailed over the corner of the car and hit the ground rather hard.

Spent the next few hours in A&E. Two dislocated fingers on left hand, but badly smashed up right wrist. In a cast at the moment, but likely to need surgery and metalwork. Fracture clinic on Wednesday when I think they will decide.

All my own fault, and TBH I'm lucky it wasn't even worse. But if I hadn't braked, I'd probably have got past.

Hope your not feeling too bad and the recovery is speedy.

 

[cyberknight]

back to commuting today, first one since the interesting events of nov 19

 

[GeekDadZoid]

Gave the new project a ride in today, only a few miles so walkable if it fails. Can't quite workout if I am happy with the size yet.

 

[Arjimlad]

Well that (Friday PM) will be my last commute, or any bike ride for a few weeks or months.

Half a mile from home, at the bottom of a steep hill, coming round a bend, met a car coming the other way. She stopped, I made the mistake of braking, much too hard, looked up the back wheel, and skidded across the road, hitting the car towards the nearside front bumper. Sailed over the corner of the car and hit the ground rather hard.

Spent the next few hours in A&E. Two dislocated fingers on left hand, but badly smashed up right wrist. In a cast at the moment, but likely to need surgery and metalwork. Fracture clinic on Wednesday when I think they will decide.

All my own fault, and TBH I'm lucky it wasn't even worse. But if I hadn't braked, I'd probably have got past.

Hope you heal well, what a nightmare.

 

[Arjimlad]

back to commuting today, first one since the interesting events of nov 19

That's good to hear ! Hope it went well.

 

[cyberknight]

That's good to hear ! Hope it went well.

No power on hills cos I'm fat and don't enjoy getting out of the saddle yet as the shoulder is still weak

 

[ianrauk]

Well that (Friday PM) will be my last commute, or any bike ride for a few weeks or months.

Half a mile from home, at the bottom of a steep hill, coming round a bend, met a car coming the other way. She stopped, I made the mistake of braking, much too hard, looked up the back wheel, and skidded across the road, hitting the car towards the nearside front bumper. Sailed over the corner of the car and hit the ground rather hard.

Spent the next few hours in A&E. Two dislocated fingers on left hand, but badly smashed up right wrist. In a cast at the moment, but likely to need surgery and metalwork. Fracture clinic on Wednesday when I think they will decide.

All my own fault, and TBH I'm lucky it wasn't even worse. But if I hadn't braked, I'd probably have got past.

Sorry to hear this Alex.

 

[cyberknight]

Well that (Friday PM) will be my last commute, or any bike ride for a few weeks or months.

Half a mile from home, at the bottom of a steep hill, coming round a bend, met a car coming the other way. She stopped, I made the mistake of braking, much too hard, looked up the back wheel, and skidded across the road, hitting the car towards the nearside front bumper. Sailed over the corner of the car and hit the ground rather hard.

Spent the next few hours in A&E. Two dislocated fingers on left hand, but badly smashed up right wrist. In a cast at the moment, but likely to need surgery and metalwork. Fracture clinic on Wednesday when I think they will decide.

All my own fault, and TBH I'm lucky it wasn't even worse. But if I hadn't braked, I'd probably have got past.

ouch heal up fast

 

[cyberknight]

1st commute went uneventfully , shoulder was aching from physio but no worse than i have had from work sometimes.Coming home it was close to freezing so i could have done with thicker gloves and it was a shock to the system riding after midnight.

 

[Andy in Germany]

Today was a decidedly grey day, so no pretty pictures of distant mountains et c. On the other hand it was thankfully dry, the gravel paths had drained the water away, and there was no headwind, so basically a 0-0 win...

 

[rivers]

Dry and warm day, so that means one thing: Time to take the summer bike out (yes, I use my best bike for commuting. It's fun to ride and I have secure storage). I love my Sublime, it's such a great ride. And it's faster with less effort (2 minutes over 4.5 miles), and I cannot wait for the extended commute home once the days get a little bit longer (50 miles, down around the lake).
Although, I did have wonky power meter readings, so either something is wrong with the power meter or I had a 350 watt increase in power overnight. Luckily, these pedals were given to me for the cost of a beer