Tales from today's commute....

[fossyant]

Am lucky enough to have a commute which has a large proportion of back lanes.

Just to say that it's such a pleasure to ride in when it's warm enough to be in short sleeves and fingerless gloves in the morning sunshine. Makes me glad to be alive!

How many other ways of getting to work give you that?

Same here - worked out some decent routes into Manchester without touching the main roads - much more pleasurable, and highlight was seeing about four foxes, at different locations, cross the path as I came along on the same 2 mile stretch of path.

 

[palinurus]

Towed a BoB Yak to work today. Travelled (to Hungary) for work last week and my flat is small so I keep my luggage at work, which means occasionally having to transfer it from work to home. Decided BoB Yak would be more pleasant than the Elephant Bike- plus the latter has developed a vibration I can feel through the pedals- rear hub? BB? will need to check it out eventually.

 

[skudupnorth]

Commuter tank needs some love so I used the classic Elswick today. It’s not the fastest but it works

 

[fossyant]

Much cooler today, with a slight hint of rain. Had to use the bike lockers as I've left my access card in Wales, so can't access the shelter. Fortunately, found a free locker (most have d-locks on that haven't been touched for over a year).

 

[skudupnorth]

Lurking under the East Lancs along the Roe Green Loop line

 

[HLaB]

This mornings commute was a bit fresher again and the air felt dense but apart from that there wasn't anything that notable. I extended my PM commute a bit to grab some OS tiles for Veloviewer. I took some beautiful lanes and found some tasty climbs which felt like walls when lugging a laptop (nothing over 13.3% though)

 

[Thorn Sherpa]

Difficult commute in this morning after throwing up and diarrhea since Sunday till early hours of Tuesday. Normal 40 minutes commute took 50 and felt horrible all the way! Roll on the weekend! Currently keeping out of the way of everyone at work as a precaution 😷

 

[cyberknight]

Am lucky enough to have a commute which has a large proportion of back lanes.

Just to say that it's such a pleasure to ride in when it's warm enough to be in short sleeves and fingerless gloves in the morning sunshine. Makes me glad to be alive!

How many other ways of getting to work give you that?

my commute has a good section of back lanes but coming home on late shift i go the longer way home as i dont like riding single track lanes at 1 am , i know its all the the mind but i prefer it .Oddly going to work on earlies in winter about 4.30 am i dont have any issues but then again its downhill on the sections i have issues with so im not crawling along at about 7-8 mph at the time .Cant beat rustling in the bushes to give you the heebie jeebies when your slogging away and not going fast .

 

[simongt]

After a fifty five year gap, I decided to bike to the Royal Norfolk Show today to see how it's changed; that's a whole different story - !
Arrived at the back of a one kilometre double queue of vehicles all waiting to get into the car parks. Pedalled straight past the lot, locked my Brommy up, had a very interesting day there and then reversed the process home passing another equally long queue all waiting to get out of the car parks - !
Some folk just never learn - !

 

[GeekDadZoid]

It was horrible on the way home, for the first time since I started cycling in I folded the Brompton up and got the train. Still got soaked on the ride from the station.
Really missing riding the Super Galaxy at the moment with not having a bike store and spending all my weekends busy its not getting much riding, its all the Brompton and the Mailstar.

 

[skudupnorth]

Elswick on commuter duties again but with added water bottle carrier and removed Karrimor saddle bag which looked too bulky in my eyes.

 

[skudupnorth]

Not ridden the Boardman for a while so I used the old girl for todays commute along the Roe Green Loop line

 

[tinywheels]

Elswick on commuter duties again but with added water bottle carrier and removed Karrimor saddle bag which looked too bulky in my eyes.
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I really like your black and white photos, so atmospheric.

 

[skudupnorth]

I really like your black and white photos, so atmospheric.

Cheers, I always took B&W in my film camera days

 

[Jenkins]

First wet commute for a long while this morning and it was a really wet one - to the extent of being able to pour a bit of water out of my shoes when I got to work.