fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
Which canal - Bridgewater ?
Tales from today's commute....
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Which canal - Bridgewater ?
cyberknight
As long as I breathe, I attack.
- Location
- Land of confusion
roadworks have closed the exit to the a 38 cycle path i use on late shift that i take to avoid the country lanes so i had to cycle back home along them last night .Good job a chap i work with told me ( hes a good bloke so he wouldnt wind me up )
Cant beat riding along in the pitch black at 2 am
Cant beat riding along in the pitch black at 2 am
cyberknight
As long as I breathe, I attack.
- Location
- Land of confusion
cant wait to cycle in the next 2 days , on lates so leave just after 1,30 pm so it a rad warm .Its ok when im riding but as soon as i stop i dripping with the bonus of coming home when its mid teens .
biking_fox
Guru
- Location
- Manchester
No Ashton. From city centre I can ride all the way up to just shy of Ashton itself, and then pick up the top of the Floop at Fairfield and ride all the way back down. Adds about 6 miles. I do also do the Bridgewater route some days instead, about the same distance as my normal route.
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
Long way round !!
Thorn Sherpa
Über Member
- Location
- Doncaster
Finally back on the bike after a good couple of weeks off (Occupational Health putting their foot down!) Nightshift tonight quite a few on the Pennine Trail on the way in helped myself to a few blackberries and same again in the morning 😋
HLaB
Marie Attoinette Fan
A bit of a chalk & cheese commutes from me but both were good.
In the morning I cycled the mile to the train station in a pea souper (just after listening to the weather forecast saying there was no fog
) When I got of the train though I bimbled out of town then decided to start a 2x10 RPE threshold effort. Lol, I guessed that I wouldn't get the 2nd effort in before congestion and I was right. Given I was right I decided to VO2 max up the last hill before work that narrow enough that its easy to hold the lane and is rarely congested. There were some good PR' considering I was on a heavier bike carrying a ruck sack.
Tonight was a complete bimble in glorious warm sunshine and when I got close to the train station I decided to randomly bimble some more.
I made it back before the Vampires, but only just!
In the morning I cycled the mile to the train station in a pea souper (just after listening to the weather forecast saying there was no fog
) When I got of the train though I bimbled out of town then decided to start a 2x10 RPE threshold effort. Lol, I guessed that I wouldn't get the 2nd effort in before congestion and I was right. Given I was right I decided to VO2 max up the last hill before work that narrow enough that its easy to hold the lane and is rarely congested. There were some good PR' considering I was on a heavier bike carrying a ruck sack.Tonight was a complete bimble in glorious warm sunshine and when I got close to the train station I decided to randomly bimble some more.
I made it back before the Vampires, but only just!
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
Noisy freehub on way home last night - covered elsewhere but a fault on a used hub I bought some months ago for some 'period' 90's hubs that I built into new rims. Replaced with a spare freehub I'd ordered in. All working.
Just the right temperature this morning.
Just the right temperature this morning.
Jenkins
Legendary Member
- Location
- Felixstowe
What a lovely morning for a commute - almost perfect conditions and in before the school run started.
If all goes smoothly, I will ab able to put this part of CycleChat on ignore after 1st March.
If all goes smoothly, I will ab able to put this part of CycleChat on ignore after 1st March.
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
Retirement ! - You'll have your own little section them.
Alex321
Guru
- Location
- South Wales
It was a lovely morning. Had to take a slightly different route than usual, as there had been signs up saying one road I use would be closed for 3 days from Monday. Slightly to my surprise, it was less than 1/10 mile further, and just as fast an average speed, though 50ft more elevation.
Change of job? Moving house? Retiring?
biking_fox
Guru
- Location
- Manchester
Really pleasant cycling this morning, still warm and fun. Even with the school traffic, roads weren't' too bad.
Contemplating another scenic ride home will have to see if I can find another different route
Contemplating another scenic ride home will have to see if I can find another different route
Jenkins
Legendary Member
- Location
- Felixstowe
Yep - retirement. I've had enough of this place. The commute will certainly be missed on days like this, but not on the wet, windy & miserable days.
Thorn Sherpa
Über Member
- Location
- Doncaster
Enjoy your retirement, yes wet windy commutes are fantastic 😂
biking_fox
Guru
- Location
- Manchester
Not as long as last night - Took the bridgewater all the way to pennington flash, (lake) and then came back via the cheshire lanes. 39miles (if I'd looked earlier I'd have added the extra 1). Too far for a worknight even a special 'commute' but did replace my normal weds climbing session. Legs felt fine better than monday, but the treeroot sections getting out of manchester were slow.
