Tales from today's commute....

[Moodyman]

Canal paths. They’re so overrated. Easy, boring, mucky, pedestrians, dogs and runners. Feels like there are traffic lights every 50 metres. Constant bell pinging.

Every so often I think it’ll be a nice change. Never is. Back on the road from tomorrow.

 

[roubaixtuesday]

Found the chain was really rusty this morning, despite not being ridden in the rain this week.

Bunged loads of oil on.

Found the chain was really rusty this afternoon, despite not being ridden in the rain this morning.

Bunged loads of oil on (I keep oil at work for this eventuality).

Have concluded the oil elves must be licking it off between rides.

 

[wafter]

Canal paths. They’re so overrated. Easy, boring, mucky, pedestrians, dogs and runners. Feels like there are traffic lights every 50 metres. Constant bell pinging.

Every so often I think it’ll be a nice change. Never is. Back on the road from tomorrow.

All valid points; I'd also like add rampant puncture risks too. That said, I'm lucky to have some well-surfaced examples on my commute and they do bring no cars (and a corresponding lack of noise, pollution, dickheads and death-risk) as well as some lovely green scenery and generally sound folks..

 

[HLaB]

A pretty quiet commute today, the only thing notable it was dry and mild.

 

[Alex321]

A pretty quiet commute today, the only thing notable it was dry and mild.

Much the same for me, though tiring because I have been on the bike so little in the last 6 weeks or so.

 

[fossyant]

Canal paths. They’re so overrated. Easy, boring, mucky, pedestrians, dogs and runners. Feels like there are traffic lights every 50 metres. Constant bell pinging.

Every so often I think it’ll be a nice change. Never is. Back on the road from tomorrow.

They are pretty quiet at 7am, less so in summer evenings. Gave up on the canal route as it was just too muddy and was eating my drive chain.

 

[fossyant]

Must have picked up a thorn or some such item on the way home on Thursday. Noticed the tyre was squashy on Saturday. Today's job to repair it.

 

[wafter]

Warm this morning with a fairly clear sky upon leaving the house. Cooler and overcast with the odd spot of rain while unfurling the bike from the back of the car. Tired and somewhat miserable, but perked up a little by a nice lofi house soundtrack.

Plenty of people on the tow path, most of whom seemed sound and today's theme seemed to be parents jogging to school with their cycling kids.

Thanks to the proclivities of the Mp3 player at around 2.5 miles in the Harrison BDP incongruously gave way to Iron Maiden's Seventh Son album; making the relatively sedate journey a whole lot more epic.

Manouvering the bike over obstacles (like the lock at Iffley) has been particularly fun today as the bag is especially heavy and my back is still complaining after a weekend of dragging ivy off the side of the house.

Scored sausages, got to work just on time. An unremarkable ride, but a ride none the less

 

[fossyant]

Warm this morning with a fairly clear sky upon leaving the house. Cooler and overcast with the odd spot of rain while unfurling the bike from the back of the car. Tired and somewhat miserable, but perked up a little by a nice lofi house soundtrack.

Plenty of people on the tow path, most of whom seemed sound and today's theme seemed to be parent jogging to school with their cycling kids.

Thanks to the proclivities of the Mp3 player at around 2.5 miles in the Harrison BDP incongruously gave way to Iron Maiden's Seventh Son album; making the relatively sedate journey a whole lot more epic.

Manouvering the bike over obstacles (like the lock at Iffley) has been particularly fun today as the bag is especially heavy and my back is still complaining after a weekend of dragging ivy off the side of the house.

Scored sausages, got to work just on time. An unremarkable ride, but a ride none the less

How many sausages do you eat !

 

[wafter]

How many sausages do you eat !

All of them, ideally.

 

[cyberknight]

1 st ride this morning for a week, I'm still not 100 % but managed ok.had a hare running down the road in front of me and plenty of flooded sections again.

 

[roubaixtuesday]

Lovely having perfectly functioning bike after changing the whole drivetrain at the weekend.

But lots of standing water on the roads, and forecast to rain all week after today, so will probably be rusted to shoot again by next Monday!

 

[biking_fox]

1st ride back after a few days covid-struck. Took it easy. Mild pleasant manchester half-term, so quiet roads. Still feel a little underpowered in the legs.

 

[fossyant]

Nice this morning, but that's changed with the rain arriving again. Since I've remembered my new Altura Trail pants, I'll see if the are indeed waterproof for the ride home.

 

[fossyant]

Pants turned out OK TBH. Rained all the way home and seemed to hold out the rain - you never know with sweat sometimes. Far more comfy than waterproof rain legs.