Tales from today's commute....
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potsy
Rambler
- Location
- My Armchair
Had an errand to run so was 15 minutes later than usual on the homeward commute, traffic certainly gets busier in that small space of time, lots of filtering.
Played cat & mouse with a guy on a motorbike, must have been overtaking each other for a good 3 miles before he turned off
Gave fossy a shout in Cheadle, don't know whether he saw me at the blistering pace I was going, probably just saw a white blur
Played cat & mouse with a guy on a motorbike, must have been overtaking each other for a good 3 miles before he turned off
Gave fossy a shout in Cheadle, don't know whether he saw me at the blistering pace I was going, probably just saw a white blur
Supersuperleeds
Legendary Member
- Location
- Leicester
Shorts on for the ride home 
Looked a bit daft, fat old bugger in shorts on a bike with ice tyres on.
Looked a bit daft, fat old bugger in shorts on a bike with ice tyres on.
potsy
Rambler
- Location
- My Armchair
It's really annoying having to dress for the Arctic in the morning then having to carry it all in the paniers on the way home, much rather a consistent temperature throughout the day 
Still, it's going to rain tomorrow
Still, it's going to rain tomorrow
Supersuperleeds
Legendary Member
- Location
- Leicester
It's really annoying having to dress for the Arctic in the morning then having to carry it all in the paniers on the way home, much rather a consistent temperature throughout the day
Still, it's going to rain tomorrow
My rucksack was bulging a bit on the way home
Cyclists everywhere today, even ones on proper bikes. The rack down at college looked like a piece of Copenhagen.
I got my cyclometer today, too. Far from perfect, but it'll at least give me a rough idea of speed and hopefully make endurance and sprint training a lot easier.
I got my cyclometer today, too. Far from perfect, but it'll at least give me a rough idea of speed and hopefully make endurance and sprint training a lot easier.
G3CWI
Veteran
- Location
- Macclesfield
Having three jobs I have various travel options but I decided to cycle to the closer one today. I could have just gone across town but used a route down a green lane instead. Very relaxing but took far less time than I anticipated. Tomorrow the long commute starts...
Supersuperleeds
Legendary Member
- Location
- Leicester
subaqua
What’s the point
- Location
- Leytonstone
[QUOTE 2343801, member: 1314"]Came in just shorts this morning. Spring is here![/quote]
Fnaaar , where are you ! Crock came in his shorts !!!!!!!
cold ride in but nice n speedy 29 minutes and 6 seconds.
lovely warm ride home and faaarsaaands of cyclists along whitechapel road. kept up with a roadie on a lovely yellow ribble too. 30 minutes woo hoo
Fnaaar , where are you ! Crock came in his shorts !!!!!!!
cold ride in but nice n speedy 29 minutes and 6 seconds.
lovely warm ride home and faaarsaaands of cyclists along whitechapel road. kept up with a roadie on a lovely yellow ribble too. 30 minutes woo hoo
took the heavy commuter tdy(land rover commute 1.9)- (usually its my geared rd bike that must b half the weight and on 23s,and it seems to roll a lot better is this down to tyres or hubs (105 hubs on the road bike and rubbish generic hubs on the commuter (the commuter is on 38 mm cyclocross tyres )would this account for much harder work ,i know its a lot heavier but surely once u get up to speed it shouldnt really matter ,i wasnt a lot more time just a few mins but it was a lot harder work
- Location
- Glasgow
Shifts this week coincide with office hours ... arghhhhhhh!!!
Where have all them cyclists sprung from? I keep thinking it's my bike that's squeaking.
Anyway, this morning got to an asl first.
Big truck arrives behind me. I turn my head, see he's indicating left, so I do too.
Now, if I'd positioned myself anymore on the left I could have leaned on the traffic lights.
Hear a "click click", next to me, hanging from the railings, a clipped in chap just got there: "Morning, bad junction this one for going straight, isn't it? They hardly give you time to move away."
Me: you are going straight?
Him: aye.
Where have all them cyclists sprung from? I keep thinking it's my bike that's squeaking.
Anyway, this morning got to an asl first.
Big truck arrives behind me. I turn my head, see he's indicating left, so I do too.
Now, if I'd positioned myself anymore on the left I could have leaned on the traffic lights.
Hear a "click click", next to me, hanging from the railings, a clipped in chap just got there: "Morning, bad junction this one for going straight, isn't it? They hardly give you time to move away."
Me: you are going straight?
Him: aye.
MisterStan
Label Required
- Location
- Out there somewhere
Cracking ride home, decided to bin the tights and jersey, a good fast pace all the way.
Ruined by a complete TWUNT in a Volvo, who having clipped my elbow with his wing mirror then decided to lecture me about us not paying tax. The red mist descended on me at this juncture and I will admit I used a few choice swear words. I may have also banged his door when he closed his window to stop listening to my rant.
I apologised to the girl in the car behind at the lights, although she was smirking when I was educating Mr Volvo TWUNT.
Ruined by a complete TWUNT in a Volvo, who having clipped my elbow with his wing mirror then decided to lecture me about us not paying tax. The red mist descended on me at this juncture and I will admit I used a few choice swear words. I may have also banged his door when he closed his window to stop listening to my rant.
I apologised to the girl in the car behind at the lights, although she was smirking when I was educating Mr Volvo TWUNT.
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It's really annoying having to dress for the Arctic in the morning then having to carry it all in the paniers on the way home, much rather a consistent temperature throughout the day
Still, it's going to rain tomorrow
It was below freezing in Coventry when I left for work this morning, woolly hat and thermal gloves weather, warmed up nicely for the ride home, the woolly hat went in the back pocket but wore the gloves and the sweatshirt, arrived home dripping, that's both days this week so far.
