Tales from today's commute....

[Steve Saunders]

Had done the 21 mile each way commute on the bike three days in a row for the first time. Thought about doing friday as well to make it four. So glad i didn't as the route involves crossing the tay bridge and it was closed shortly before i would have been crossing in the bike. When it's shut the only alternative route is about 60 miles !!

It was shut for about 3.5hrs too so i couldn't have just waited it out. Wouldn't have had enough in the batteries for that even if fully charged and including the charged spares.

I heard it may have been a jumper that forced the closure of the bridge.sad if true. Hope they were talked down safely and are getting the help they need.

 

[donnydave]

Not a tale from today's commute but following my rather gentle ice related fall on Thursday, I didn't notice anything yesterday apart from a grazed elbow but this morning my left leg may as well be made of wood and there's a comedy cartoon style purple bump at the top of my thigh. Source identified - my house keys were in my pocket when I fell off. Lesson learned - Don't cycle with pointy metal things in your pockets!​

 

[Sandra6]

Not a tale from today's commute but following my rather gentle ice related fall on Thursday, I didn't notice anything yesterday apart from a grazed elbow but this morning my left leg may as well be made of wood and there's a comedy cartoon style purple bump at the top of my thigh. Source identified - my house keys were in my pocket when I fell off. Lesson learned - Don't cycle with pointy metal things in your pockets!​

I once set off from work and wasn't even across the car park when I could feel a sharp jabbing in my thigh every time I pedalled, turned out I had a pen in my pocket!
My commute home last night was hampered by the number of drivers who insisted on driving on my side of the road -straight at me! Why do they do that?!

 

[Deleted member 1258]

I once set off from work and wasn't even across the car park when I could feel a sharp jabbing in my thigh every time I pedalled, turned out I had a pen in my pocket!
My commute home last night was hampered by the number of drivers who insisted on driving on my side of the road -straight at me! Why do they do that?!

That puzzles me as well, it might be that they figure that you don't want to get hurt so you will get out of the way.

 

[clarion]

Back on fixed. Which was nice.

 

[BSRU]

Ice bike this morning, lots of ice around after the rain/snow yesterday and the freeze over night.
Easy ride in today as not feeling great after the weekend although challenged to some SCR for the last 2km which I accepted.
Pootling up a small incline on a shared path, notice someone giving it some effort to catch me up, on a shared path
As soon as my front wheel touches the road I decide to give it a little more effort, only 2km left to work and my legs were nicely warmed up.
Hopefully they have learned a couple of valuable lessons, it is easy to catch someone up if they do not know you are there and just because someone is going slowly(shared path) it does not mean they are slow.

 

[Andrew_P]

Looked down at my Garmin on quiet country lane lifted my head to see a Micra coming at me on my side of the road overtaking a line of cars, shoot myself is an understatement!

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Ice tyres back on, had to stop every couple of miles to take the ice off my glasses, lovely freezing fog all the way. Cut the commute short as fed up of stopping to clean the specs. At least it didn't rain or snow.

Put a little effort in to catch a pootler on the shared path, didn't give him any chance to catch me up at the end of it.

 

[MisterStan]

Foggy and bloody freezing, really felt like hard work this morning. Lots of drivers showing us that their horns worked this morning too!

 

[ianrauk]

Was zero degrees when I left for work this morning.
At least the incessant rain had stopped but the roads were very wet. Mad a very nice clean bike not so clean. No wind though made for a pretty speedy ride.

Had a nice bit of SCR with another today, however he lost big time as he was RLJ'ing.

 

[clarion]

I wish SCR competitors didn't DQ themselves like that. It'd be so much more fun otherwise.

 

[J.Primus]

Bit miffed the weathers got nicer. I've lost my good parking space now all the fair weather cyclists are emerging, blinking into the sunlight from their hibernation.

 

[fossyant]

Frosty, but felt quite warm in the sun this morning. Very pleasant ride. Bike's been neglected though, got in on Friday and dumped the bike in the garage after a wet ride, been away all weekend, so the bike was a right state this morning, rust on the chain as well from the salty wet roads.

 

[potsy]

Frosty, but felt quite warm in the sun this morning. Very pleasant ride. Bike's been neglected though, got in on Friday and dumped the bike in the garage after a wet ride, been away all weekend, so the bike was a right state this morning, rust on the chain as well from the salty wet roads.

Disgraceful

 

[fossyant]

Disgraceful

I did have to wash the bike bofore riding it this morning though