cyberknight
As long as I breathe, I attack.
- Location
- Land of confusion
Nope it's only been 4-5 c when I'm going to work all week ,chiller this morning.i do leave the house at 4.20 am
Tales from today's commute....
- Thread starter martint235
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Nope it's only been 4-5 c when I'm going to work all week ,chiller this morning.i do leave the house at 4.20 am
roubaixtuesday
self serving virtue signaller
Very cold, very wet.
Regular.Cyclist
Über Member
- Location
- East central Scotland 🏴
I have no idea what the pigeons were up to this morning but I nearly ran over 4 of them at 4 different locations. They must have been distracted somehow as they normally scarper well before the bike reaches them.
Spartak
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- Location
- Bristolian
Off to Brussels today on the Eurostar so a different commute for me today.
Took a Santander Cycle from Paddington to St. Pancras with a lap of Regents Park... 👍
Took a Santander Cycle from Paddington to St. Pancras with a lap of Regents Park... 👍
captain nemo1701
Space cadet. Deck 42 Main Engineering.
- Location
- Bristol
Encountered some litter....
biking_fox
Guru
- Location
- Manchester
Massively overdressed - completely failed to realise just how much warmer it was today!
The weather is nice and my gravel bike is in for a service- great, time to get the summer bike out. Or not. Get two streets away, go to freewheel, and the chain goes completely slack. Not so great, and I gingerly waddle (got to love road shoes) the 5 minutes home to change and grab the car (and the dog as the agreement in my house is if I take the car to work, I also take the dog). Upon further inspection this evening, I have a sticky freewheel. I don't have the parts or the time to fix it right now, so I've stuck my race wheels on my bike. Back to the commuting grind tomorrow.
Arjimlad
Tights of Cydonia
- Location
- South Glos
Hmm....6 degrees in the morning and 14 degrees by hometime!
Pain in the bum for clothing choices.
Pain in the bum for clothing choices.
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
Nippy this morning, so went in with the windproof soft shell but had a light weight top in my bag for this afternoon.
Managed to stack it on some mud on a shared use part. Just coasting past a pedestrian, and my front wheel slipped. Left, right and dumped me on the ground. Poor pedestrian was checking how I was. I said it was more embarrassing than any injury.
Graised both knees and they were a bit leaky on the rest of the way in so kept wiping then as not to shock folk. Got a few 'looks' with bloody knees.
Stopped for a quick photo near work. Not to bad this commute into the city.
Managed to stack it on some mud on a shared use part. Just coasting past a pedestrian, and my front wheel slipped. Left, right and dumped me on the ground. Poor pedestrian was checking how I was. I said it was more embarrassing than any injury.
Graised both knees and they were a bit leaky on the rest of the way in so kept wiping then as not to shock folk. Got a few 'looks' with bloody knees.
Stopped for a quick photo near work. Not to bad this commute into the city.
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Arjimlad
Tights of Cydonia
- Location
- South Glos
Aww, always embarrassing when there are witnesses! Hope your knees heal up well. Bike is looking good for it though.
Is that the pond at Fallowfield Park?
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
HLaB
Marie Attoinette Fan
I enjoyed that commute today. I only slept circa 4hours and expected a slog but everything flowed smoothly, I suspect I got one of those mythical tail winds. It was also sunny and warming up which helped. I went out at lunch time, for a walk and it had clouded over though and there was quite a chilly wind. So I was expecting a right slog back but again everything seemed to flow as glimpses of the sun appeared. It was probably my fastest round commute of the year and I was very comfortable in shorts and knee warmers.
The only other thing I found was that the train part was busier than ever, the cycle paths out of Stevenage were fairly busy (you could see some kids were still off though but the roads were still fairly quiet.
The only other thing I found was that the train part was busier than ever, the cycle paths out of Stevenage were fairly busy (you could see some kids were still off though but the roads were still fairly quiet.
cyberknight
As long as I breathe, I attack.
- Location
- Land of confusion
Tough one yesterday
Very late from work as we had a breakdown so it was after 1 am before i set off for home and i could hear a scraping on the bike but as is was dark i couldnt work out what it was even after stopping 3 times to look as best i could by street light .Got home eventually absolutely drained and by the time i got to bed it was 2.30 am and up at 7.30 to help with the school run , got the bike out and somehow my rear brake was rubbing so i had ridden home all the way like that so no wonder it was hard going !
Very late from work as we had a breakdown so it was after 1 am before i set off for home and i could hear a scraping on the bike but as is was dark i couldnt work out what it was even after stopping 3 times to look as best i could by street light .Got home eventually absolutely drained and by the time i got to bed it was 2.30 am and up at 7.30 to help with the school run , got the bike out and somehow my rear brake was rubbing so i had ridden home all the way like that so no wonder it was hard going !
Alex321
Guru
- Location
- South Wales
Cold and a head wind coming in today, so fairly slow. Hopefully that means a tailwind on the way home - and the forecast says so.
