Tales from today's commute....

[GeekDadZoid]

Horrible ride home. All going well until about KM from home I was in a shared path and I heard someone running behind me, I turned to see some disheveled block in a Christmas jumper running after me and as he got in arms reach lunged to push me. Luckily as I had seen him I sped up and he only gave me a gentle push which I managed to ride through.

If I had not I suspect he would have pushed me into the incoming 40mph heavy traffic.

Anyway he gave up and I rode home, logged it with the Police online. I'll keep my eyes peeled next time near there and give myself enough time to deal with it a little better.

 

[HLaB]

WFH today, but it's a four day week in the office, so early to bed each night. I'll be knackered by Friday evening.

My new Magicshine SeeMee 300 has been fitted - flipping heck it's bright. Has a handy 'downlighter' that floods the ground below in red. It's also 'smart' - it will switch mode for day cycling to 'day flash' then revert back to the chosen mode (no cycling through each function each time you switch on). It also has a brake function so will see how that works. It's no big deal if it randomly flashes all 300 lumen because it detects a pace change.

I'm WfH normally on Monday, Weds and Thurs but with -4deg C forecasted tonight I decided to WfH tomorrow too.

 

[HLaB]

Horrible ride home. All going well until about KM from home I was in a shared path and I heard someone running behind me, I turned to see some disheveled block in a Christmas jumper running after me and as he got in arms reach lunged to push me. Luckily as I had seen him I sped up and he only gave me a gentle push which I managed to ride through.

If I had not I suspect he would have pushed me into the incoming 40mph heavy traffic.

Anyway he gave up and I rode home, logged it with the Police online. I'll keep my eyes peeled next time near there and give myself enough time to deal with it a little better.

And eejits complain when cyclist's don't use shared farcilities!

 

[wafter]

Ride home was cold but largely uneventful; aside from the entirely unlit oncoming car I encountered while rounding a bend in urban Cowley

Feels great to be home thanks to the usual post-ride endorphine high and welcome contrast between having a beer in the warm and enduring the arctic conditions outside

 

[fossyant]

Horrible ride home. All going well until about KM from home I was in a shared path and I heard someone running behind me, I turned to see some disheveled block in a Christmas jumper running after me and as he got in arms reach lunged to push me. Luckily as I had seen him I sped up and he only gave me a gentle push which I managed to ride through.

If I had not I suspect he would have pushed me into the incoming 40mph heavy traffic.

Anyway he gave up and I rode home, logged it with the Police online. I'll keep my eyes peeled next time near there and give myself enough time to deal with it a little better.

Blimey, where was that ?

 

[GeekDadZoid]

Blimey, where was that ?

Just on the St Mary's cycle path outside Dunelm

 

[cyberknight]

overtime so i just got in
rear tyre blowout within half a mile of setting off for home and the back brake froze too .

 

[fossyant]

Fabulous ride today.

 

[biking_fox]

I stayed well off the Loop - no ice tyres - main roads were uneventful. Fun and pretty far better than driving. Didn't feel as cold as yesterday.

 

[dhd.evans1]

Oh good - my ride is likely to encounter snow. That's smashing.

 

[roubaixtuesday]

Couple of cm fresh snow and snowing very lightly. Lovely on the ungritted back roads, horrid on wet salty main roads. No pics, too cold to de-glove!

Looking forward to traditional British frozen slush on the way home :-)

 

[wafter]

Horrible ride home. All going well until about KM from home I was in a shared path and I heard someone running behind me, I turned to see some disheveled block in a Christmas jumper running after me and as he got in arms reach lunged to push me. Luckily as I had seen him I sped up and he only gave me a gentle push which I managed to ride through.

If I had not I suspect he would have pushed me into the incoming 40mph heavy traffic.

Anyway he gave up and I rode home, logged it with the Police online. I'll keep my eyes peeled next time near there and give myself enough time to deal with it a little better.

Man, that does sound like a horrible experience - appears that he might benefit from a good slap (or probably some mental health care)



Out the door a shade earlier today; hard to get started again but bag already packed. Traffic wasn't as bad as yesterday, got to Yarnton about ten minutes earlier.

Again, my coldest yet at allegedly -1 and it felt like it. More frost on the ground but dry so thankfully no obvious ice. Another fantastic clear dawn; quite a few people on the tow path including the usual ignorant parents on the school run; although thankfully I passed through them fairly quickly with little incident.

A bit later I had to brake to a dead stop to avoid a head-on with a toddler who darted out from behind his inattentive dad coming in the other direction, however I'd anticipated this so had slowed right down and was covering the brakes so it was no big thing.

Through town, bit late but stopped for sausages. Got a real rush riding up the high street, trolled some roadies away from the lights by slowly overtaking everyone while sitting bolt upright / at a nice leisurely cadance. Really happy to be out today but struggling to keep warm now I'm at the office.

Sausages have been consumed but I'm trying to resist yesterday's discounted New York Deli sandwich in the fridge in an effort to force my body to burn some sodding fat as that's a habit it desperatedly needs to become re-acquinted with.

Despite the adversity a fantastic ride - not just a less-sh*t alternative to the hateful car journey; genuinely enjoyable and life-affirming in its own right

Not much opportunity for photos given the lateness and need to remove gloves, but I managed to snatch a few..

 

[fossyant]

Commute was slightly longer due to stopping for pics. Thats only half above.
The chap on the photo asked if everything was OK. Just said "stopping for pictures as its so beautiful"

 

[ianrauk]

Thank feck all you norvern monkeys are getting all the crap snow and ice.
Nothing like that down here in South East Englandshire. Very cold still though. Minus 4 when I left home this morning at 7.30am with the wind chill making it feel much colder. Wearing the Shimano winter boots at the moment which usually keep the foot digits nice and toasty. But this morning I could feel the cold through them. My Buff also froze with my breath. Chilly Willies all round.
Looking like the cold snap will be with us until the end of the week and by the weekend its warming up with temps up to a very balmy 14° during the following week.

 

[fossyant]

Thank feck all you norvern monkeys are getting all the crap snow and ice.
Nothing like that down here in South East Englandshire. Very cold still though. Minus 4 when I left home this morning at 7.30am with the wind chill making it feel much colder. Wearing the Shimano winter boots at the moment which usually keep the foot digits nice and toasty. But this morning I could feel the cold through them. My Buff also froze with my breath. Chilly Willies all round.
Looking like the cold snap will be with us until the end of the week and by the weekend its warming up with temps up to a very balmy 14° during the following week.

Better not rain though.