Ride home stayed dry and "fortunately" was a head wind with extra head wind gusts of 50 instead of side winds according to met office. Not sure if its changing forks to carbon but the front end gets blown about so easily now - gaps in hedgerows are my nemesis!
Tales from today's commute....
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MichaelO
Guru
I only managed an average of 13.0mph!! That was brutal...
HLaB
Marie Attoinette Fan
The side winds (nearby met station recorded 58mph) weren't as bad as I was expecting the muppet drivers on the other hand 
Got two identical SMIDYS on the way home, I lie when I say identical as the first one didn't give a feic and told me that, the second one actually seemed sorry!
Got two identical SMIDYS on the way home, I lie when I say identical as the first one didn't give a feic and told me that, the second one actually seemed sorry!
400bhp
Guru
+1
And had a puncture a mile away from home, that kind of annoyingly teasing distance where you think should i walk and fix at home or should i fix now. I chose the latter.
Andrew Brown
Active Member
Today's commute home consisted of a low point of 9mph due to bonkers headwind at a point where 17-18mph is the norm, and traversing 18 inch high dunes which have formed all the way across the cycle path on the sea front... No tyres were going to help me across that one! At least this round of strong winds didn't bless the wooded stretch with any fallen trees this time... So far!
PJ79LIZARD
Über Member
- Location
- WEST MIDLANDS
Wasn't as bad as I expected tonight. The rain eased off, and the wind was kind, but in places where we battled head on, it was not so pleasant. Still it's done a dusted, bring on tomorrow I say 
Jdratcliffe
Well-Known Member
- Location
- Redhill, Surrey
SO Lucky the bikers heading that way had some great gusts heading my way was such hard work!! some of the gusts just stopped you dead in your tracks!
Shut Up Legs
Down Under Member
I hate Australian drivers 
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There's only 1 part of my commute home which is more risky. I have a few km from work (southwestern corner of Melbourne CBD) along the Yarra Northbank, then 3km through inner-city roads to the very quiet and relatively traffic-free Yarra Blvd which goes through Yarra Bend Park, then shared paths until about 2km from home, then quiet local streets. It's the inner-city 3km where all the idiots drive, and the rest of my 33.5km commute home is pretty relaxed. I could swear that a distinct majority of Australian drivers don't know how to share the roads with cyclists, and a significant proportion of this majority go a step further and drive aggressively around cyclists, either due to impatience or malice.
Today in that 3km stretch, I had 2 close encounters, firstly a close overtake by trade van driver who just couldn't wait, so I used the AirZound horn. At the next set of red traffic lights, he started to berate me for not keeping left, even though he overtook me on a 2-lane (1 either way) road with parked cars on both sides, so I had no choice but to ride in the centre of the lane. So I started getting stuck into him, too, because I'd just had a gutful by then. The 2nd encounter was a driver who pulled out of a parking spot without looking.
So I had one of my rare commutes where I just couldn't regain my usual cycling good mood
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.There's only 1 part of my commute home which is more risky. I have a few km from work (southwestern corner of Melbourne CBD) along the Yarra Northbank, then 3km through inner-city roads to the very quiet and relatively traffic-free Yarra Blvd which goes through Yarra Bend Park, then shared paths until about 2km from home, then quiet local streets. It's the inner-city 3km where all the idiots drive, and the rest of my 33.5km commute home is pretty relaxed. I could swear that a distinct majority of Australian drivers don't know how to share the roads with cyclists, and a significant proportion of this majority go a step further and drive aggressively around cyclists, either due to impatience or malice.
Today in that 3km stretch, I had 2 close encounters, firstly a close overtake by trade van driver who just couldn't wait, so I used the AirZound horn. At the next set of red traffic lights, he started to berate me for not keeping left, even though he overtook me on a 2-lane (1 either way) road with parked cars on both sides, so I had no choice but to ride in the centre of the lane. So I started getting stuck into him, too, because I'd just had a gutful by then. The 2nd encounter was a driver who pulled out of a parking spot without looking.
So I had one of my rare commutes where I just couldn't regain my usual cycling good mood
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Supersuperleeds
Legendary Member
- Location
- Leicester
Hard work again due to the wind, no way as bad as yesterday, still beats coming in the car.
Jdratcliffe
Well-Known Member
- Location
- Redhill, Surrey
so true!
HLaB
Marie Attoinette Fan
A beautiful sunny morning, a little blowy but perfect for an extended commute; my chain whip bent last night so I was carrying a wheel to take to the lbs so only did a short one
