Tales from today's commute....

[HLaB]

A pretty uneventful short commute for me; I thought going out as it was a good night but Ive still got something in my throat.

 

[avsd]

A nice commute today. Wind eased here in Belfast, dog owners called there dogs to heel before I approached, pedestrians who moved to the side, bus drivers who gave me a wide berth Perhaps I died and went to heaven Roll on the warmer summer days

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Ride in the same as the last few weeks, steaming into a strong head wind, spending most of my time at 10-15mph, the ride home was fun though, the wind was stronger today and on the way home was mostly a tail/side wind and I was spinning out the fixed in a lot of places, arrived home with a big smile on my face.

 

[mangid]

Left overshoes at work last nigh in rush to get out, so cold feet this morning. Otherwise uneventful, a total of 17s stopped in 2:16 of riding, so the rest of me was nice and toasty.

 

[martinclive]

Spitting!
First day for a week in the car - not much traffic - all good UNTIL some dick head cyclist comes straight through a red light from my left with no look or thought (he was bottom of histon road going left into victoria road for those who know cambridge) forcing me to brake hard (no room to swerve around him) - fortunately the white van on my tail was alert enough and no harm done
He looked like a regular commuter (orange jacket - buff etc) and should know much better - especially turning into a narrow busy road.
If I get this annoyed - how does a non-cycling motorist feel - what chance to we have of acceptance, courtesy and understanding

 

[GrasB]

Weird commute this morning. Effort & power matched up but despite the wind feeling still/low when stationary I didn't cover the distance expected for my ride time. But what ever, training targets met & legs felt expectedly spent. Oh... the 5 day forecast says I can get my spring/summer kit out ready for Sunday

 

[Pat "5mph"]

From last night's commute (evening shifts this week): saw a gritter ... erm ... gritting!
Why?
Do they know something I don't know? again??

 

[fossyant]

The wind has dropped at last. Two days off after today though !

 

[dodd82]

Didn't particularly enjoy this morning's commute. Some shocking driving on display, weather was grey and miserable, and lots on my mind for the day ahead.

Here's to getting everything sorted today and enjoying a nice ride home (in the rain!).

 

[BSRU]

After 10 days off the bike my Friday legs turned up this morning but despite my efforts to take it easy I ended up with a short bit of SCR.
Guy on a Specialized hybrid just rode onto the RAB without a thought about looking right to see if anyone was already on it , then as they woke up and realised I was there I heard the crunching of gears as they changed to a bigger gear, didn't help them stay with me .

 

[400bhp]

The wind has dropped at last. Two days off after today though !

Yeah! Lovely run in this morning. Relatively warm and relatively wind free. Full winter gear should hopefully be put away for 6 months or so.

 

[fossyant]

Still in the softshell and thermal tights. Really hope to put these away soon

 

[400bhp]

Still in the softshell and thermal tights. Really hope to put these away soon

Now removed my compression leggings and just in normal tights. Softshell + base layer has now been replaced with autumn top (+4-14 deg), base layer and gilet.

One of the things at the moment is the difference in temperature coming in and then going home. Maybe 7-8 deg difference.

 

[ianrauk]

Spitting!
First day for a week in the car - not much traffic - all good UNTIL some dick head cyclist comes straight through a red light from my left with no look or thought (he was bottom of histon road going left into victoria road for those who know cambridge) forcing me to brake hard (no room to swerve around him) - fortunately the white van on my tail was alert enough and no harm done
He looked like a regular commuter (orange jacket - buff etc) and should know much better - especially turning into a narrow busy road.
If I get this annoyed - how does a non-cycling motorist feel - what chance to we have of acceptance, courtesy and understanding

For him... it was a good thing you was in front of the van and not the other way round.
What a knob!

 

[ianrauk]

Yeah! Lovely run in this morning. Relatively warm and relatively wind free. Full winter gear should hopefully be put away for 6 months or so.

Also had a lovely run in.
Dry skies, dry roads, nippy but not uncomfortable so top half was just base layer and windcheater.
Traffic was non existent due to school holidays. And I had nice game of tag with a French coach full of students down the A21.