Tales from today's commute....

[Blurb]

Crossed paths with TrafficDroid for the first time this AM.
Gave up SCR'ing another rider after they kept running lights.
Strange noise from down below (bike not me) will need further investigation.

 

[martinclive]

Saw a great trick by a white lorry this morning - clearly got impatient waiting to turn right at a tee junction behind a red car and so just turned down the wrong side of the road as the car pulled off and overtook it! Would have been fine if he had not been looking back scowling at the car and heading towards me! Still no harm done and a lovely day otherwise....

 

[Andrew_Culture]

First commute since last Thursday. There was an unrelenting headwind, I could feel the icy wind slicing through my cheapo long-sleeve jersey and nobody else on the road appeared to be able to see me. When I arrived at work I was so hot my face was blotchy and my chest tight.

Loved it.

 

[Phil485]

Got dressed, got bike out of shed. Set off, decided to check out brake run after 100 yards. Found broken spoke.
Returned to shed, had a shower and drove in.

Poo cos it looks like a nice day for it

 

[Shut Up Legs]

First commute since last Thursday. There was an unrelenting headwind, I could feel the icy wind slicing through my cheapo long-sleeve jersey and nobody else on the road appeared to be able to see me. When I arrived at work I was so hot my face was blotchy and my chest tight.

Loved it.

Speaking of which: it was 35°C yesterday when I rode home, and today the heat wave ended!
It was 23.5° today when I rode home, and likely to be similar for at least the next few days. A nice change after 10 days in a row of 30+ temperatures, and a broken March heat record for Melbourne. Amazing how much energy you can find for cycling faster when you're not being fried.

 

[G3CWI]

nobody else on the road appeared to be able to see me.

Loved it.

I seem to recall that the Japanese invaded Singapore by cycling down the Malaysian Peninsular. Perhaps they too had noticed that people on bikes are invisible?

 

[Andrew_P]

Really nice to be back in the saddle this morning, didn't care about the drivers just got my head down and really enjoyed it.

 

[Andrew_Culture]

Speaking of which: it was 35°C yesterday when I rode home, and today the heat wave ended!
It was 23.5° today when I rode home, and likely to be similar for at least the next few days. A nice change after 10 days in a row of 30+ temperatures, and a broken March heat record for Melbourne. Amazing how much energy you can find for cycling faster when you're not being fried.

Job swap?

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Cold but nothing like the last two days, hit no wind until the last couple of miles, very sunny and only 1hr 15mins left on the Giro challenge. Ice tyres still on but the roads were in the main dry

 

[fossyant]

Back on 23c and a softshell top. Still a bit chilly, but nice to be rolling along rather than plodding on studs.

 

[BSRU]

Got dressed, got bike out of shed. Set off, decided to check out brake run after 100 yards. Found broken spoke.
Returned to shed, had a shower and drove in.

Poo cos it looks like a nice day for it

Good excuse for a spare bike or set of wheels so you do not miss a day like today.

 

[ianrauk]

A quick update, been doing the commute now for just under a month (though it feels like a helluva lot longer) i enjoy most of it (just not the mile or so of country road at the start and end dependent on which way im coming).

I do it 2-4 days a week, have a physical job in between so its tiring but it's not putting me off.

Just need to take a bit more pride in and care of my bike as im neglecting it so getting my act together as of tomorrow and gonna get a new chain sorted and take the bike to an LBS to get the gears and rear wheel sorted (the gears dont change properly, but im managing, and the rear wheel wobbles).

Good to hear you stuck at it.
Yup, for all round weekly commuting you do need to look after the bike or you will pay for it big time.
Keep it up, it's tough going with this weather at the moment. But as I said previous, the better weather is coming.

 

[ianrauk]

Really nice to be back in the saddle this morning, didn't care about the drivers just got my head down and really enjoyed it.

Good to hear Loco.

 

[ianrauk]

Saw one of these on my commute this morning (not my pic)

Looked resplendent in the winter sunshine. What a marvellous way to travel to your final destination.

 

[Andrew_P]

This popped on my my FB feed this morning, I quite like it!