Tales from today's commute....

[Hip Priest]

I was verging on confronting the woman but I thought better of it.

Good.

I was going to warn the next person who parked there but I left too early.

If I parked up at a supermarket, and you approached me and said 'Look out. A small child just did a wee there' I'd think you were a bit odd.

 

[ianrauk]

Am enjoying the 'very little' wind on the evening commutes home. Makes the uphill journey just that much easier.
Bleedin' cold again though. Saw a moton rl jumping through a junction, had to swerve to avoid hitting a car travelling from his/her right. Could have ended up in a nasty accident.

 

[MisterStan]

Brass monkeys out there tonight. Came home down the Busway for a change, scalped a fair few people including a chap on a folding bike!

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

just had an excellent commute home in the dark. not sure where all the traffic is but it is currently not on the roads I was cycling (nor was it all on the M6 when I went over that). Normally route takes 1hrs 45 mins from my mothers (trust me this counts as a commute it is done so frequently!) instead route home took 1hr 30 mins. difference was lack of traffic which meant that in the dark on the country lanes I could cycle in the centre of the lane avoiding all of the potholes (well most of them East Cheshire has rather too many of them to miss all of them) and got the smoother tarmac as well. Only needed to move over when the odd car came up behind me and with them on full beam I got plenty of warning... average for that 33km home was 22kph! unheard of for me.... Strava shows 8 cups for todays ride... 3 of those are QOM's!
Going out, I even had a female black audi driver stop for me at a speed bump in the road where cars were parked on either side and let me through first! rather surprised me... all in all a good day (compared to same day last year that is!)

 

[biggs682]

mine was first commute on a recently purchased Olmo so spent half journey doing adjustments think we are set now for tomorrows commute on same bike

 

[jhuk]

just had an excellent commute home in the dark. not sure where all the traffic is but it is currently not on the roads I was cycling (nor was it all on the M6 when I went over that). Normally route takes 1hrs 45 mins from my mothers (trust me this counts as a commute it is done so frequently!) instead route home took 1hr 30 mins. difference was lack of traffic which meant that in the dark on the country lanes I could cycle in the centre of the lane avoiding all of the potholes (well most of them East Cheshire has rather too many of them to miss all of them) and got the smoother tarmac as well. Only needed to move over when the odd car came up behind me and with them on full beam I got plenty of warning... average for that 33km home was 22kph! unheard of for me.... Strava shows 8 cups for todays ride... 3 of those are QOM's!
Going out, I even had a female black audi driver stop for me at a speed bump in the road where cars were parked on either side and let me through first! rather surprised me... all in all a good day (compared to same day last year that is!)

Half term!

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

Half term!

I'm at 2 colleges locally and neither of them are on half term this week. that's next week... but it could explain some of the reduction. It just seemed odd that in some 33km home, if I was overtaken by a 50 vehicles I would be severly exaggerating!

 

[jhuk]

I'm at 2 colleges locally and neither of them are on half term this week. that's next week... but it could explain some of the reduction. It just seemed odd that in some 33km home, if I was overtaken by a 50 vehicles I would be severly exaggerating!

Half term in Cambs this week. Amazing the difference it makes to the traffic

 

[ianrauk]

Half term in Cambs this week. Amazing the difference it makes to the traffic

It's amazing the difference school holidays make one ones commute.
I have to pass a high school everyday and it's absolute madness the amount of 4x4's creating chaos.

 

[fossyant]

Not full school holidays up here. I am off with my kids but Manchester is in school.

 

[mangid]

Cold here in Cambridge, had to get off and walk a few metres across a patch of ice on a lane this morning.

Had flight or fight moment when a rabbit darted out, and managed to get between my wheels. Strava informs me that added an extra 3mph for the next 5 minutes, before the cold took hold again.

 

[MisterStan]

Cold morning - minus two degrees according to the Met Office, still had lovely warm feet! Took the very short route up the Busway - still 200 meters or so under water. Quite a few cyclists out and a few runners too.

 

[400bhp]

Back on the beater bike today and along the canal, in anticipation of freezing conditions on the way home.

Was a nice ride in with the wind on my back. I suspect going home might be a bit tougher.

 

[BSRU]

Nice that a "considerate" driver on seeing my right arm out, indicating I am moving to the right to pass a parked car, decides to speed up and prevent me from overtaking the parked car.
They choose a bad place to do it, downhill to a set of lights, which were red. As I cycled past in the lane to turn right I used my finger(s) to inform the driver of how many brain cells I think they might have.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Cold and slow again. 25 miles at just under 15mph. Did decide to ride up a short steep hill that I usually detour around, Strava positioned me 28th out of 103, not bad for ice tyres and a rider with a morbid hatred of any sort of incline.