Tales from today's commute....
- Thread starter martint235
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fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
Thanks for the reminder, forgot to pop the oil filled radiator on to dry my gear !
Alex321
Guru
- Location
- South Wales
We are lucky to have a tumble dryer available in the office, which I use when my kit has got wet on the way in.
GeekDadZoid
Über Member
Well much better today back to bib shorts, as jersey and arm warmers.
Roads where much quieter than yesterday but some woefully bad driving.
My Super Galaxy hit 1000km on the clock ( in my ownership) on the way home today.
Roads where much quieter than yesterday but some woefully bad driving.
My Super Galaxy hit 1000km on the clock ( in my ownership) on the way home today.
roubaixtuesday
self serving virtue signaller
Lovely ride this morning.
Hacienda71
Mancunian in self imposed exile in leafy Cheshire
- Location
- Wilmslow, Cheshire
Looks like Oak Road.
roubaixtuesday
self serving virtue signaller
Yes indeed. I guess you're local?
[edit, could just have looked at your profile, of course...]
Hacienda71
Mancunian in self imposed exile in leafy Cheshire
- Location
- Wilmslow, Cheshire
I am. Strava says I have ridden up it 674 times.
Definitely one of the nicer direct roads to commute to Macc on.
- Location
- Egham
Well Saturday was OK, but with a dreadful forecast for this morning I thought I'd be in the car. But it was only misty rain when I got up, so I set off thinking it would be a dry-ish ride. 2 miles in the first clap of thunder and some lightening, then torrential rain. Despite having a decent drying room at work my boots were still wet through after my 12hr shift, so a dry ride home with wet feet. Still really mild though.
Arjimlad
Tights of Cydonia
- Location
- South Glos
Thanks for mentioning this light, I ordered one on 27th October and it arrived yesterday. I had the version with two mounts, which cost £22.
Not had it out in the dark yet, that is for tomorrow, but the beam looks very good indeed and much brighter and a more directed beam than my old Moon Vortex. I hope the plastic clip on the bottom of the light, where it clips into the metal bar mount lasts OK.
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
So far so good with the mount, and I recon you could retrofit a hopt one mount if it ever broke. Looks strong enough ! Happy with the beam pattern and it really does not go above waist height of approaching walkers/cyclists. I just have to slow a little on a couple of unlit descents as the beam is on the ground, not lighting up the world ahead.
biking_fox
Guru
- Location
- Manchester
I find the wet/dry makes a big difference to how effective my lights feel. Wet nights need a lot more lighting than dry, even with the same amount of cloud/moon cover.
Alex321
Guru
- Location
- South Wales
Quite a pleasant ride in today, though more traffic than usual on the rural part of it, less than usual in the city. Very odd, half term is over, all the kids were out waiting for busses, so that doesn't explain the quiet city roads.
Moderate wind, not raining, but still several large puddles left over from the rain of the last few days.
Moderate wind, not raining, but still several large puddles left over from the rain of the last few days.
Started off in temperatures of 12° degrees this morning but as soon as I left for the ride to work it decided to piss down with rain which bought the temps down a little. So on with the rain jacket. 10 minutes later it has stopped and out popped the sunshine. Off with the rain jacket.
Back to mild temps and dry for the rest of the commute.
Still in short sleeves and shorts. Bit mad for November.
Back to mild temps and dry for the rest of the commute.
Still in short sleeves and shorts. Bit mad for November.
