Tales from today's commute....

[ianrauk]

Wow, that was hard work tonight. Where did that wind come from? Made for a very hard commute.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Another nice quiet ride home, thankfully it is Friday tomorrow to go with the Friday legs I have had all week. Now just have to wait and see what the weather is like in the morning.

 

[Shut Up Legs]

My saddle was making a ridiculously loud creaking noise through most of my ride home from work yesterday. Initially, I feared it might have been the bottom bracket. I thought I might have over-tightened it when I serviced it a few weeks ago. But then I noticed that when pedaling standing up, the noise vanished. At one point in my commute, I then stopped and tried to move the nose of the saddle up and down with both hands, but it wouldn't move. Shortly after that, the noise stopped . I'll have to get to the bottom* of that.

It was a lovely commute, though . Very windy with a bit of rain, and about 20°C, a perfect antidote to the heatwave we had about a week ago.

* pun intended.

 

[fossyant]

Bit of lube where the rails meet the base. Also check for cracks

 

[Shut Up Legs]

Bit of lube where the rails meet the base. Also check for cracks

Thanks . I'll check for cracks, and will put grease where the rails meet the base. I just hope it's not the seat post creaking, because several weeks ago when I tried moving the seat post because I wanted the seat just a few mm lower, I found I couldn't shift the seat post, as it appears to have fused (or started fusing) to the seat tube.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

That was hard. Took the direct route home from Manchester. Stiff head wind and 15 - 17 mph on the flat isnt funny. Knackered. Enjoy the tailwind @Potsy

I had the same problem in some places on the way home, flat chat at 15-16 mph when I should have been doing 19-20mph.

 

[HLaB]

A pretty uneventful commute, except I needed to head to a lbs as I needed a new helmet

Rather than buy on line I thought Id head to a shop and try on some different brands, so I ended buying the same helmet brand as before

 

[MisterStan]

What a cracking tailwind! Made life really easy for once. And literally all the way home!

 

[clarion]

Wow, that was hard work tonight. Where did that wind come from? Made for a very hard commute.

Indeed. It wasn't very welcome.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

I got eyed up, real close and personal, by a bird today.













A bird of prey that is. Took off and flew slightly above and just in front of me for about 50 or so metres and kept turning its head to take a peek. Beautiful creature. A kestrel perhaps.

 

[kevin_cambs_uk]

truly awful, down to 10 mph at one point

 

[clarion]

Wind, mainly, this morning. Hard to breathe.

 

[400bhp]

here's hoping the commute home is easier

 

[potsy]

here's hoping the commute home is easier

Oh yes

 

[BSRU]

Wind was a little scary riding across the M4. totally exposed to its full force, it was trying to push towards the kerb meaning I had to lean quite far to my right to go straight
Still could be worse, just mild, dry and windy here not like up north.