Tales from today's commute....

[I like Skol]

I'm dropping them a line at the moment with a link to this thread so just sit on it for a while, I'm not desperate so I can collect it or we'll wait until we go on a forum ride. It is 32H isn't it?

 

[400bhp]

refer them to the post number otherwise they will spennd a while looking for the correct post.

32H-not sure as I just looked at the box and sighed. It's sat at home at the minute and I'm at work so cannot check.

 

[I like Skol]

Yay, I linked to this page. I'm not stooopid, honest!



< @potsy insert witty, sarcastic comment here>

 

[DWiggy]

....soggy, wet ride in today, but it was warm!

 

[Davidsw8]

That's gotta rate as one of my worst commutes in. Not only was it wet and I got very hot in my cycle jacket (I need some new waterproof summer togs I think), there was a ton of road closures cos of old Queenypoo's trekking up from her pad over to Parliament. So, no right turns at all off Horseferry Road which kept me in REALLY heavy traffic and it was really every man for himself, people taking stupid risks, cutting each other up etc. was madness.

Managed to get to HorseGuards Road and had to walk (well, I ran it) my bike all the way. A police officer told me I could cycle up the pavement 'as long as I didn't hit anyone', I said 'If I cycled on the pavement, you should arrest me' and he just laughed. Fair enough but out of principle, I'm not gonna pavement cycle even if 1 cop gives me permission cos the next one might not be of the same mindset.

Should all be clear by the cycle home though

 

[DWiggy]

Also what's with all the white foam on the road's? obviously something to do with the rain but don't remember seeing it before (Dartford/Gravesend area)

 

[ianrauk]

That's gotta rate as one of my worst commutes in. Not only was it wet and I got very hot in my cycle jacket (I need some new waterproof summer togs I think), there was a ton of road closures cos of old Queenypoo's trekking up from her pad over to Parliament. So, no right turns at all off Horseferry Road which kept me in REALLY heavy traffic and it was really every man for himself, people taking stupid risks, cutting each other up etc. was madness.

Managed to get to HorseGuards Road and had to walk (well, I ran it) my bike all the way. A police officer told me I could cycle up the pavement 'as long as I didn't hit anyone', I said 'If I cycled on the pavement, you should arrest me' and he just laughed. Fair enough but out of principle, I'm not gonna pavement cycle even if 1 cop gives me permission cos the next one might not be of the same mindset.

Should all be clear by the cycle home though

This was said to me by a real cop on a Sunday Morning London Ride by Buck House.
So we did, only for a jumped up peanut of a PCSO fine me £30. A PCSO by the name of Gordon Brown.

 

[HLaB]

Seeing as the wind is to get up again I opted for a longer ride (18.5 miles) and rest tomorrow rather than today. It was the same Morborne Hill commute I've done before and was quite pleasant only 5-8mph winds and light drizzle. The hill into this slight headwind on the heavy fixie was manageable and once over it, the run back in to town is a fast one

 

[Frood42]

Shorter commute again today, depsite it being a little drizzly it was rather enjoyable, I don't mind the rain, I prefer the rain to the head winds.
I wish I had decided against wearing the waterproof though, as it meant I was wetter from the sweating I was doing than the actual rain.

 

[Davidsw8]

This was said to me by a real cop on a Sunday Morning London Ride by Buck House.
So we did, only for a jumped up peanut of a PCSO fine me £30. A PCSO by the name of Gordon Brown.

Hah! I knew I was right! Thanks Ian

 

[BSRU]

Not only was it wet and I got very hot in my cycle jacket (I need some new waterproof summer togs I think)

Just get wet in the summer, it's warm.
Wearing waterproofs when it is too warm just results in getting soaked from sweat instead of rain.

 

[Davidsw8]

Just get wet in the summer, it's warm.
Wearing waterproofs when it is too warm just results in getting soaked from sweat instead of rain.

Good point, it's finding places at work to dry wet stuff though without making the place look like Widow Twanky's

 

[BSRU]

Good point, it's finding places at work to dry wet stuff though without making the place look like Widow Twanky's

Yes, been commented a few times at work about my laundry business

 

[Andrew_P]

Also what's with all the white foam on the road's? obviously something to do with the rain but don't remember seeing it before (Dartford/Gravesend area)

Same here I too wondered what it was, don't remember seeing it before either. This was SE London area too

 

[potsy]

Same here I too wondered what it was, don't remember seeing it before either. This was SE London area too

Tears of all the southern Man U fans?