Tales from today's commute....
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kevin_cambs_uk
Guru
- Location
- Near Cambridge
you must be joking mate!
the weather in this country is just shite.
took me 1 hr 20 to get back from Cambridge to St Ives. an extra 25 minutes than normal
its blowing a gale and when I left it was raining.
I just keep thinking I am trying to save he planet and yet mother natures just pisses on me !
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I had a change today, head wind in and tail wind home. all week its been the other way round, it was also dry tonight for a change, it been dry in the morning and wet with a head wind at night most of the week, apart from that it was mostly a routine commute, the only thing to report was a close pass, by a marked police car. 
HLaB
Marie Attoinette Fan
Hope it was the same as in Peterborough; there was one god almighty storm about the time of your post but it passed into a crisp clear night, chilly in the wind but nothing to untoward.
Supersuperleeds
Legendary Member
- Location
- Leicester
Another 21 miles tonight, most of it tailwind. Only one moment when a van decided it was a good idea to overtake me as I entered a mini roundabout.
paul04
Über Member
A good ride into work today, But I did have one heart stopping moment,
Riding from manchester to ashton, I have to cross the tram lines they have put in, now I have done this for the last few months without any problems
But this morning the back tyre all most got stuck in the tram track. I run parallel with the tracks, but road works on the roads push you towards the tracks, the bike just skidded for about a second, and for that split second I thought the bike was going to go from under me, then the tyre just rode over the track and I was ok.
My fault for not crossing the track at a 45 degree angle, (like I've done a 100 times before) it was more like a more like a 15 degree angle.
half asleep I think
lesson learnt for me today.
Riding from manchester to ashton, I have to cross the tram lines they have put in, now I have done this for the last few months without any problems
But this morning the back tyre all most got stuck in the tram track. I run parallel with the tracks, but road works on the roads push you towards the tracks, the bike just skidded for about a second, and for that split second I thought the bike was going to go from under me, then the tyre just rode over the track and I was ok.
My fault for not crossing the track at a 45 degree angle, (like I've done a 100 times before) it was more like a more like a 15 degree angle.
half asleep I think
lesson learnt for me today.
MisterStan
Label Required
- Location
- Out there somewhere
20 miles of full on, in your face headwind. Dry though.
Some very well behaved drivers out tonight.
Some very well behaved drivers out tonight.
G3CWI
Veteran
- Location
- Macclesfield
Sent an email to the boss asking for a covered secure bike shelter at work. There are a few cyclists who commute by bike and have to carry their bikes into rooms.
My first commute attempt will wait until April as I'm not keen to go it in the dark (12 miles of unlit country lanes).
My first commute attempt will wait until April as I'm not keen to go it in the dark (12 miles of unlit country lanes).
kevin_cambs_uk
Guru
- Location
- Near Cambridge
which way back did you come Stan to do 20 miles, did you come down part of the bus way?
the bus way is still flooded, plus the amount of crap when its wet on the bikes means I am giving it a miss when its wet.
Low road is shocking though!
MisterStan
Label Required
- Location
- Out there somewhere
Fen Ditton, down the river, through town, up Huntingdon Road, Girton, Oakington, Longstanton, Swavesey, Fen Drayton, Fen Stanton, Low Road and live the other side of St Ives.
Went up the Busway this morning; loads of glass. I got a p*******.
Shut Up Legs
Down Under Member
Hot and no rain, here. It was about 35°C (95°F) when I rode home, so I rode up the hills a bit slower than usual. My commute has 3 drinking fountains, 2 near the halfway point and 1 at the 3/4 point, so I don't need to carry a bidon, which helps.
yeah same here, 1hr 5 to get 12.5 miles to Earith, slowest I've been since my jeans and MTB days!
TonyEnjoyD
Guru
- Location
- Newcastle upon Tyne
One of those times you know when to keep your mouth shut...
Turning right round a RBT onto dual carriageway this morning, guy driving a flatbed decided that I shouldn't really be there and just pulls out into the same lane I am going into.
When I shout, basically getting eye contact and letting him know he was out of line he had to go onto the kerb to avoid hitting me (bonus for then I suppose!).
About 120m along the road he slow passes me with the passenger leaning out giving me verbal and the finger, shout that I am a barsteward and I should be on the pavement -oddly enough, just where he was a few moments before .
Now , I had noted. During the initial and subsequent encounter, that said flatbed had mesh side and was resplendent with an old washer and various other scrap metal paraphernalia.
Not being a complete helmet, and further deducing from their rough demeanour, woolly hats and dirty tanned colouring, that these citizens were of the travelling or lesser law-abiding kind, so I refrained from further verbal discourse due to the understanding that this could easily lead to a much more detrimental discourse - for me that is.
Following any encounter when we almost all act and react automatically, I mentally review how I reacted , and decided that though it may have seemed the cowardly way at the time, I think it was definitely the wiser move.
Oh what fun the commute can be.
Turning right round a RBT onto dual carriageway this morning, guy driving a flatbed decided that I shouldn't really be there and just pulls out into the same lane I am going into.
When I shout, basically getting eye contact and letting him know he was out of line he had to go onto the kerb to avoid hitting me (bonus for then I suppose!).
About 120m along the road he slow passes me with the passenger leaning out giving me verbal and the finger, shout that I am a barsteward and I should be on the pavement -oddly enough, just where he was a few moments before .
Now , I had noted. During the initial and subsequent encounter, that said flatbed had mesh side and was resplendent with an old washer and various other scrap metal paraphernalia.
Not being a complete helmet, and further deducing from their rough demeanour, woolly hats and dirty tanned colouring, that these citizens were of the travelling or lesser law-abiding kind, so I refrained from further verbal discourse due to the understanding that this could easily lead to a much more detrimental discourse - for me that is.
Following any encounter when we almost all act and react automatically, I mentally review how I reacted , and decided that though it may have seemed the cowardly way at the time, I think it was definitely the wiser move.
Oh what fun the commute can be.
