Tales from today's commute....

[HLaB]

Beautiful weathear again, I'm still commuting on a pringled rear wheel (straightened to best possible by the lbs) but I was tempted to go for a longer route, so I compromised and went by the rowing lake where a 1/3 of my 4.2mile route is off road or an access only road and the only main road part would be wind assisted. It was the first commute in track mitts too

 

[MisterStan]

I forgot to mention, my wife cycle commuted for the first time this morning - half a mile up the hill with the trailer, dropped Abigail and the trailer at the childminder's and then another 2 and a bit miles to work.

 

[ianrauk]

I forgot to mention, my wife cycle commuted for the first time this morning - half a mile up the hill with the trailer, dropped Abigail and the trailer at the childminder's and then another 2 and a bit miles to work.

That's excellent stuff.
Let us know how she get's on.

 

[veloevol]

I forgot to mention, my wife cycle commuted for the first time this morning - half a mile up the hill with the trailer, dropped Abigail and the trailer at the childminder's and then another 2 and a bit miles to work.

Mrs V also got back on the bike for the first time today. Beautiful commuting weather today!

 

[MisterStan]

Mrs V also got back on the bike for the first time today. Beautiful commuting weather today!

Bloody fair weather cyclists!

 

[veloevol]

Bloody fair weather cyclists!

And 15 weeks pregnant.

 

[Andrew_P]

I set the bike up yesterday to dump the rucksack, managed to get my essentials in to a medium Topeak Saddle bag, and the pump on to the bottle holder, then stripped off the raceblade longs. I was umminh and arring all morning what to wear, bottled it in the end and wore a long sleeve and gloves so had to take a rucksack with my short sleeve in it for this afternoon. At 6.30am I am now glad I did wasn't quite warm enough for the SS and Shorts. Blooming lovely not waering boots! Tasty headwind aside it was a lovely ride.

Anyone else find the transition in clothing mentally difficult? I felt the same in October going from summer to winter clothing feeling self conscious and the same this morning wearing mostly summer kit. Weird!

Plus the speed of prepration for my depart unhinged me I kept doing a spot check that I had everything it was just too fast getting ready.

 

[Lyrical]

It was just, amazing.

That sun :'D

 

[400bhp]

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1. Blooming lovely not waering boots! T

2. Anyone else find the transition in clothing mentally difficult? I felt the same in October going from summer to winter clothing feeling self conscious and the same this morning wearing mostly summer kit. Weird!

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1. Hell yeah - winter boots away, normal commuting shoes back

2. Yes. I stuck my aldi longs over shorts and had a base layer and one of the aldi autumn tops on. Felt nice not being weighed down.

I think the weather seems to have jumped from effin cold to reasonably mild. No in-between.

 

[kedab]

spent 30 minutes of my life in much the same vain as LOCO last night...will i want the base layer and long sleeve with tights? or, will shorts and the s/s be alright?...oooh! i don't know, should be pretty lovely by 10am when you leave. take the shorts and the s/s and a base layer in the bag with your rain jacket...done. or so i thought. spent another 15 minutes this morning second guessing myself and then opted to go with last nights decision.

what a lovely commute! bit of a crosswind that battered me on a couple of occasions but lurrrrrrrved sliding by the traffic that had backed up along 2 different sections of my route. even had a laugh with WVM at a set of lights while discussing footy thanks to the tattoo on my leg...caught a few lovely tailwinds which gave me speed of the puma and sailed past the traffic which was pootling along at 25/30mph or so...must upload the edge tonight to check max speed...boy oh boy! it felt good to be back on the bike for the commute today...now there's just the small matter of the weather and my clothing choices for the trip back at 10pm...do not be unkind to me weather gods! you will spoil a splendiferous day.

 

[fossyant]

Well winter longs finally off for lightweight bibs. Standard LS jersey with a base too. Finally.

 

[Andrew_P]

Fastest commute of the year so far, and in my top ten out 800+ commute rides, whoop! Great fun!!
Anyone know why Strava steals a bit of mph compared to Garmin Connect and Endomondo?

 

[jarlrmai]

It might be down to the stop detection threshold.

headwind from hell today, hopefully tailwind tonight.

 

[paul04]

Took my ride into work nice and slow today. after falling off my bike on saturday, it will take a couple of days to get the confidence back.

Really nice to cycle in the sunshine, on the way home it was nice to have a tshirt on, instead of 2 coats to stay warm, 1st time this year

 

[Andrew_Culture]

Gaffa tape came off the vents today!