Tales from today's commute....

[Arjimlad]

I have been leaving the office to WFH from lunchtimes the past couple of days. Nice to get a sunny ride in. Some drivers seem less able to cope with my presence on the road from time to time, compared with "rush hour" drivers though.

 

[Arjimlad]

Today I left home before breakfast to see the bluebells at Damery. Beautiful morning.

 

[Mike_P]

A rare work in the office day this year that has been decent enough to cycle, given the short if hilly, vertically U shaped, distance its not worth having to change kit or having to dry out. My Wahoo Elemnt Bolt was obviously not happy spending a good 40% of the distance in each direction showing N/A before it started showing the speed, something that it seems to do on sunny days with clear sky's.

 

[Arjimlad]

A rare work in the office day this year that has been decent enough to cycle, given the short if hilly U shaped distance its not worth having to change kit or having to dry out. My Wahoo Elemnt Bolt was obviously not happy spending a good 40% of the distance in each direction showing N/A before it started showing the speed, something that it seems to do on sunny days with clear sky's.

If I don't wait for the 0mph to show, mine can take a wee while to find the satellites. Whereas turning it on as I go into the garage, by the time I have got my helmet & gloves on it's all ready to go when I leave. Lovely day for it!

 

[Mike_P]

If I don't wait for the 0mph to show, mine can take a wee while to find the satellites.

Agree, normally it has gone to 0mph well before I am ready to set off. Completely contrary to what ought to be expected as with no clouds the gps had a direct line to the satellite.

 

[gzoom]

I was hoping to commute all week on the bike, but single digit temps, rain and more rain, with needing to look presentable in a face to face interview panel......took the car.

.....16 minute to get to work with no traffic, in warmth + comfort. I know some of you love everyone to cycle all the time, but the reality is the car makes life so easy. Probably not a surprise even during the sunny bits of this week, I barely saw half a dozen cyclist commuting to work on the bike, versus what must be hundreds if 4 digit number of cars.

 

[biking_fox]

Wild week, windy every day. I've got an L shaped ride, so pretty much guarantee a headwind, and a tailwind at some point.

 

[cyberknight]

1 st encounter whilst riding with an e scooter who was weaving across the country lane as I caught him unfortunately I then hit a nasty headwind for the next mile ish and the turnip was drafting me but I couldn't go any faster.as soon as we turned on a bend I was off like a stung cat leaving him for dust.i can see why folk get so annoyed about them

 

[vickster]

1 st encounter whilst riding with an e scooter who was weaving across the country lane as I caught him unfortunately I then hit a nasty headwind for the next mile ish and the turnip was drafting me but I couldn't go any faster.as soon as we turned on a bend I was off like a stung cat leaving him for dust.i can see why folk get so annoyed about them

I would have just stopped and let the muppet bog off

 

[cyberknight]

I would have just stopped and let the muppet bog off

i would have caught him up anyway its a long road with no turn offs until the turn out of the wind , as soon as i got shelter i was about 5 mph faster than a legal scooter anyroad

 

[Andy in Germany]

i would have caught him up anyway its a long road with no turn offs until the turn out of the wind , as soon as i got shelter i was about 5 mph faster than a legal scooter anyroad

If you wanted to be really mean, let him bog off, then catch him up and draft him.

Then overtake once out of the wind...

 

[cyberknight]

If you wanted to be really mean, let him bog off, then catch him up and draft him.

Then overtake once out of the wind...

im not overly bothered in the erm 15 years ? i have been commuting this is my 1st encounter

 

[Andy in Germany]

im not overly bothered in the erm 15 years ? i have been commuting this is my 1st encounter

Fair enough. I guess I'm just fundamentally mean.

 

[biking_fox]

Optimistically in shorts today. Glorious morning, sunshine on the dew, bluebells (and dandelions). Really quite a cold edge in the wind though.

 

[Arjimlad]

Beautiful morning, although there were a lot of drivers stuck in the traffic they'd created at various parts of my commute.

So glad I can cycle to work on days like this (and always).