Tales from today's commute....

[BSRU]

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.

I had a buzzard do the same thing to me a few months ago.

 

[fossyant]

Not many cyclists out today. Wind was tricky, not looking to the return out of Manchester. Ice bike guarantees I can get home if weather turns worse.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Damn you wind from the east. Damn you deep v section rims. Damn you two speed hub.

Apart from that and a selection of extraordinarily badly executed overtakes it was a nice ride in.

 

[Beebo]

I feel down the stairs this morning and hurt my knee.
The ride in was wind assisted, the ride home will be awful.

 

[dodd82]

Last night was pleasant in the sense that there were no real car issues, but punishing the sense that my legs were tired and my new route involves the biggest hill I've ever climbed.

The wind made it so much harder.

Stopped for a breather once, and contemplated the challenge ahead - I look forward to the day when I can conquer the hill on a daily basis.

I will laugh at it. Literally. (might look a bit weird but hey ho)

 

[martinclive]

truly awful, down to 10 mph at one point

Not surprised - we averaged nearly 18 on the way home last night - topping out on the SS at 25.5 with me spinning like a mad hamster at somewhere around 120!

Would not have wanted to be going against that wind

 

[potsy]

2 hours to go and then i get the tailwind home

 

[Lyrical]

Windy, very windy and hardly any cyclists around on my stretch of CS7...

.... I can't see the Shard and the sky is white, ride home is gonna suck.

 

[PJ79LIZARD]

The covering of the white stuff was not helpfull this morning on 25's, but the wind was deffinately more of a problem, especially whilst nursing bruised ribs, large inhales are still giving me screams of pain.

 

[HLaB]

Woke up early this morning but thought I'd snooze to the alarm, it never went off I awoke again at 20 to ten, no time other than to get up throw the clothes on and take the shortest 1.75miles route to work (directly east); its was a biatch of a head wind and very light sleet but other than that I don't think there was anything to report other than the usual must overtake to get to the back of the queue thats 5m in front

 

[fossyant]

2 hours to go and then i get the tailwind home

Swine. Head wind into Manchester, headwind out back to the office, and I no doubt one all the way home and with studs

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

Swine. Head wind into Manchester, headwind out back to the office, and I no doubt one all the way home and with studs

you may need the studs for grip against that headwind wind. I have just had to bring out road bikes inside - they were being blowing around like a 10.3kg leaf!

 

[400bhp]

2 hours to go and then i get the tailwind home

:keeps eye on strava to see a 20mph average:

 

[potsy]

:keeps eye on strava to see a 20mph average:

I may have done a bit more fossy bashing on the tpt

 

[fossyant]

I may have done a bit more fossy bashing on the tpt

Gate to Gate ? I only bother with the 'big segment' from Stockport to Parrs Wood - not beat me on that have you ?

I shall have my revenge when the MTB is back to summer mode. Might have to get some slicks...