Tales from today's commute....

[Alex321]

Commuted on the bike today, little to report really.

Dry on the way in, not too cold at 7-8C, light rain all the way home, about 10C. Light traffic both ways, light breeze.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Sunday 19th


My commute home (or a section of it) was quite muddy!

I'd left Ferry Lane, at 'Stanley Ferry', which is where the Aire & Calder Navigation Canal crosses the River Calder (on a grade 1 listed) cast-iron 'bow-string' aquaduct

The wheel still turned, but was rather noisy, due to the build-up of mud
(Schwalbe Marathons)

'inverted' image (I've turned it round)

I'm approximately where the 'm' of 'Dismantled Railway' is on the OS map
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2451643

 

[palinurus]

Anti-commando pants deployed this morning.

 

[ianrauk]

2 weeks ago I had to change my rear tyre. The Durano Plus had seen 18 months or there about of solid, hard tarmac action in all weathers. The last week of running it I got a run of 3 punctures in a row, mainly due to the wet roads picking up broken glass and finding their way into the cuts and knicks.
So bit the bullet and got a new tyre and a new inner tube to boot. Last nights commute, drizzle and wet roads. Another bloody puncture. Same cause. Small bit of glass stuck to the tyre and worked it's way in.

 

[fossyant]

Roasting out there this morning. Need a wardrobe rethink.

 

[Tom B]

Picked up firstborn from school on the tag along. His skid lid was full of mud and water (no I don't know what kids do either) so didnt wear it.

At the top of the street I stopped at in a huuuuuge ASL box at a red light. Its on a sweeping left turn which narrows on the bend and with a huge hole/drain on the nearside Simi was a good 3-4ft out from the kerb

Some social worker type Doris in a car pulls up behind, after 30seconds she then decides to pull up (over the MV stop line) squeezing into the gap on my right to give me a lecture about no1 not having a hat on.

.... The piousy of it.

 

[HLaB]

Lol, I was a about 20mins early today. It drizzled all the way and the roads I thought would be flooded weren't, and the ones I thought would be clear weren't. I got to the office and when I got out of the shower it was blue skies 😂

I left the office about an hour late but although I've not looked at the stats yet it was probably my fastest commute of the year with the motivation to beat the darkness 👍

Edit I forgot to say it was the first commute in shorts (albeit with thin tights on) and it was very comfortable. What a difference from last week in the snow!

 

[Andy in Germany]

I took the Xtracycle to work this morning. As I had a late shift I could also take the long route.

The ride home was the short route but enlivened by a sunset...

 

[roubaixtuesday]

Some social worker type Doris in a car pulls up behind, after 30seconds she then decides to pull up (over the MV stop line) squeezing into the gap on my right to give me a lecture about no1 not having a hat on.

Very hard in these circumstances not to open the door, remove keys, open boot, remove wheel brace, brutally beat the driver to death, torch the remains in the car then cycle off whistling a cheerful ditty.

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What??? Too much?????

 

[All uphill]

Very hard in these circumstances not to open the door, remove keys, open boot, remove wheel brace, brutally beat the driver to death, torch the remains in the car then cycle off whistling a cheerful ditty.

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What??? Too much?????

We need to have a little chat, @roubaixtuesday

 

[cyberknight]

On lates so set off about 12.15 am into the teeth of the wind which was blowing so hard sometimes i was practically being stopped, this direction was only for the 1st 7 or so miles , add in the fact it was raining and spray from the lorries so it was a real nice end to the day .
At the approach to a very steep hill i was slogging up the false flat when a chap on a MTB comes flying past and dissapears up the hill like it wasnt there , i hope it was an e bike or im getting very unfit !

 

[C R]

I'm in the office today, first commute for a while, and first ride in shorts this year.

 

[Alex321]

First commute in shorts for me as well, though I did a ride on Sunday afternoon in shorts.

 

[fossyant]

Missed the rain on the way home last night, then it was wet and windy most of the night. Woke to sunshine and a gentle head wind - whoop.

Scalped a young lad on one of those dodgy e-scooters last night. Probably a limited to 15.5 mph one, but it could still climb little lumps without a speed loss.

 

[Drago]

The onky thing I miss about work is the adventure of the commute.