Oldhippy
Cynical idealist
@Andy in Germany if you had two of those hats when you produced them you could announce proudly Akubra akubra! I'll get my coat.
Tales from today's commute....
- Thread starter martint235
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cyberknight
As long as I breathe, I attack.
- Location
- Land of confusion
what a night !
last commute home from late shift so set off just after midnight and again it was a nasty headwind , cold and raining .The cyclepath i use to get into town from work had vehicles and signs littered in as workmen had closed the dual carriageway for maintenance work so i had to be careful as with reduced visibility due to conditions you had to keep an eye out.
As usual sections of the path are covered in all sorts of debris and i must have picked up something in the tyre so when i got into town i got a sudden deflation
So its about 12.30 am now and its still raining and blowing a gale so im not looking forward to fixing the flat so i look for some shelter and luckily i saw a cut through to an industrial estate and would you belive it a bloomin bike stand/ smoking shelter with a roof so i could get out of the weather and sort it out !
keeping an eye out for numpties as this time of day you can get the odd pished person about i fixed the flat and carried on home .
I had to raid the Scotch bottle when i got home ..........
last commute home from late shift so set off just after midnight and again it was a nasty headwind , cold and raining .The cyclepath i use to get into town from work had vehicles and signs littered in as workmen had closed the dual carriageway for maintenance work so i had to be careful as with reduced visibility due to conditions you had to keep an eye out.
As usual sections of the path are covered in all sorts of debris and i must have picked up something in the tyre so when i got into town i got a sudden deflation
So its about 12.30 am now and its still raining and blowing a gale so im not looking forward to fixing the flat so i look for some shelter and luckily i saw a cut through to an industrial estate and would you belive it a bloomin bike stand/ smoking shelter with a roof so i could get out of the weather and sort it out !
keeping an eye out for numpties as this time of day you can get the odd pished person about i fixed the flat and carried on home .
I had to raid the Scotch bottle when i got home ..........
Andy in Germany
Guru
- Location
- Rottenburg am Neckar
Returning from work. German weather being German; ie weird, but very definite about it.
Another cold wet ride in this morning. Getting a bit sick of it to be honest, and not much usually gets me down. In all my years of cycle commuting I don't think I've ever known such a long, continual period of cold and damp weather.
Rainy commute #14 for the year
compared to last year at 6 commutes for the same period.
Rainy commute #14 for the year
compared to last year at 6 commutes for the same period.
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
Dry this morning, but very wet this evening by the looks of it. Setting off in 40 mins.
cyberknight
As long as I breathe, I attack.
- Location
- Land of confusion
i missed the rain but its a darn site colder than yesterday and that ruddy headwind is back !
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
Hmm, dressed for the rain, and it had stopped when I set off. 
HLaB
Marie Attoinette Fan
Nothing really much happened on my commute, the only thing of note was I was back in bib longs.
Jenkins
Legendary Member
- Location
- Felixstowe
Cold and breezy this morning, cold, wet and breezy this afternoon.
I may only work 3 days per week, but it feels like I've had more wet commutes in March than for the whole of last year.
I may only work 3 days per week, but it feels like I've had more wet commutes in March than for the whole of last year.
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
Light tail wind this morning. Nearly ran out of gears (only 44x13 lowest).
Set off early as we have an important meeting first thing. No School run at 7.35. Give it 10 minutes and its busier, 20 is chaos.
Billy no mates in the shelter.
Set off early as we have an important meeting first thing. No School run at 7.35. Give it 10 minutes and its busier, 20 is chaos.
Billy no mates in the shelter.
Jenkins
Legendary Member
- Location
- Felixstowe
biking_fox
Guru
- Location
- Manchester
Warm today, felt very spring-like. Unlike my legs which were heavy all ride in. No idea why.
Bracing for a wet return.
Bracing for a wet return.
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
Got passed by a colleague near work. Hadn't realised until he mentioned it in the office. I did outrun his Range Rover from the lights and it took him a good few hundred yards to keep up with my Tesla like acceleration (on a heavy MTB).
He did say I must be about the only cyclist he sees stopped at lights ! Ahem.
(on a heavy MTB).He did say I must be about the only cyclist he sees stopped at lights ! Ahem.
Jenkins
Legendary Member
- Location
- Felixstowe
Can't see any other damaged plates so a quick link has been used to replace the broken one. Both broken chains have been SRAM PC1110 with 1000 miles (this one) and 1500 miles (Spa Elan) use.
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
That chain looks knackered to start with.
