Tales from today's commute....

[GrasB]

I can tell you now that disc brakes perform just as well in the rain as they do in the dry!

If you're up front on a group ride & need to hard brake in the wet... peel off first.

Indeed. I've got two sets of mechanical and one hydraulic. I don't see hydraulic as a necessity on the road but it defiantly is off road.

I find that hydraulics tend to work better in winter conditions where it doesn't really get cold enough to not get the bike wet. I've been dumped on the road several times & had an oh ****! moment due to mechanical brakes freezing while

 

[hennbell]

If you're up front on a group ride & need to hard brake in the wet... peel off first.


I find that hydraulics tend to work better in winter conditions where it doesn't really get cold enough to not get the bike wet. I've been dumped on the road several times & had an oh ****! moment due to mechanical brakes freezing while

I have had this happen with all wire driven systems: front and rear gears, rim brakes and mechanical disk brakes.

 

[Leodis]

The only downside is the SCREECH when the discs are wet, part from that they are great. Next time I am planning on a CX with discs but if any good road bikes have entered the market with discs I will buy, they do seem very high on the price side just for adding discs.

 

[hennbell]

Pick up some bike stuff from chain reaction cycle in Ireland. How is it possible to get things shipped from Ireland to Canada and have it cost less than the local bike shop. (local bike shop is still 250 km 160 miles away). My tyres will have 6500 km on them before I put them on the bike.

 

[kipster]

Five commutes home and only four time improvements. I would've got the 5th improvement in a row tonight if I didn't have to slow for a van parked up along one of the country lanes and oncoming traffic. Still managed to equal the best time with the still blustery wind and a heavy shower to keep me refreshed!

 

[kevin_cambs_uk]

well after a week off due to being in London, really enjoyed being back on the bike today and amazing despite the shitty British weather, now that's out of character for me!!!
tomorrow may be a different story as it looks like a complete wash out....

 

[HLaB]

An incident free commute, between the sun showers and a dash to the shops; what month is it again

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Anyone else in the Leicester area get caught in that heavy rain around 6pm? To say I got wet is an understatement.

 

[HLaB]

Anyone else in the Leicester area get caught in that heavy rain around 6pm? To say I got wet is an understatement.

It hit here 15-20mins later, thankfully I was back from the supermarket by then!

 

[avsd]

Cancelled the commute due to bad weather and went out this evening after word instead. Lovely 20 miles along river saw a duck and ducklings. I stayed dry to during the whole ride. Only needed to shelter from hail stones for a few minutes. the earlier rain/hail stones kept the number of people on the tow path down and those that were on it were a friendly bunch. Might do the same again tomorrow

 

[Biscuit]

Well after 25 miles of headwind, on the way in, I did get the tail wind on the way home. However. Thinking that the weather had finally improved I booked the car in for it's MOT ( failure ) tomorrow. ( It's not that I'm a pessimist, just realistic about it's chances ). And resolved to spend the whole week on the bike.
Luckily metcheck tells me that tomorrow, about the same time as the 28mph headwind coming home, the precipitation will be 'Hvy'.
Gotta laugh. It's character building you know. I'll update you all tomorrow, if I haven't thrown myself under a lorry on the A1307 to put an end to my misery.

 

[avsd]

Seen long range weather forecast for the next four weeks at work. More of the same -- windy and wet. Good news is that their confidence level for weeks 3&4 is LOW

Looks like Rule 9 will be key for May-13 events.

 

[Kookas]

The ride in was a fairly light recovery ride, no sprinting or anything. Still managed it in the usual 30 minutes, possibly because of a tailwind, but unlike normal, I didn't try to get above 25 (only hit that on a couple of downhill sections).

I wanted the ride back to be quite relaxed too, but that didn't really work out for some reason.

 

[MickeyBlueEyes]

2nd quickest commute of the year into work this morning, 36.04 miles @ 19.64 average.... followed by..

Anyone else in the Leicester area get caught in that heavy rain around 6pm? To say I got wet is an understatement.

.... getting epically wet on the way home at 5pm, sounds like you got the same clouds a bit later ! ! !

 

[ianrauk]

2nd quickest commute of the year into work this morning, 36.04 miles @ 19.64 average.... followed by..

Blimey that's fast. No traffic lights I guess.