Tales from today's commute....

[snapper_37]

Did a bit of city centre shufftying this morning through some subways (not my usual route). Dropped my Frusli bar into the lap of a kid sleeping rough. Hope he enjoyed it

 

[BalkanExpress]

No such thing... only inappropriate clothing/equipment & a bad attitude

True, but I'm reaching a point where appropriate clothing would be a wetsuit

 

[BSRU]

Saw three guys on good MTB's with all the right gear on my way home but unfortunately they were riding on the pavement

 

[simon the viking]

Car spares selling bloke (me) on bike overtaken by LBS bloke in car..............

Some irony there me thinks

 

[paul04]

A good ride in to work this morning, and a nice tailwind
The ride home was some what of a challenge to say the least, just watching the weather for the weekend, the sun will be out, so will be a good weekend to ride to work, and time and half on saturday, and even better double time on monday

 

[HLaB]

Lol, what goes through their tiny mind. Got a left hook at a mini rbt but I anticipated it and held back they then slammed on the brakes and sheepishly waved me by. So they didn't have time to wait for the cyclist to enter/clear the mini rbt but they had time to slam on their brakes and wave me through
Later on whilst waiting at a minor road I almost got taken out by a pavement cyclist but a gap in the traffic allowed me to pull out just before he crashed into me. What he was thinking

 

[kevin_cambs_uk]

Well what can I say, another day in the rain,
its just not fair anymore

 

[paul04]

Well, what a difference a day makes. yesterday I battled with a very strong headwind on the way home, at one point yesterday I was going at 5mph.

Today, beautiful warm sunshine, and riding the bike home in a tshirt and not 2 coats and 2 pair of gloves to stay warm.

 

[Matthew_T]

Really enjoyable commute this morning. Sun was shining all day. Shame my job it 100% indoors. Had a slight breeze in the afternoon but still sunny.
Club ride tomorrow morning which I might be too tired for. We will see.

 

[paul04]

Only seen a handful of cars this morning on the way to work, and even better the sun was out
The ride home was a case of, go as fast as I can before the rain starts, just made it home without having to put on my wet weather gear.

And double time and day of in lieu today at work

 

[Beebo]

I've been abroad so today was the first commute in 3 weeks and I can report that it was wet wet wet.
On the plus side the traffic was very light as it's half term, and the fairweather cyclists were all on the train.

 

[ianrauk]

@Beebo
Yup.. the A21 was wet, free of traffic and other commuting cyclists.

 

[subaqua]

am off this week. so have been on the turbo to keep legs at peak commuting performance for next week

 

[Supersuperleeds]

No commute today as I have got the day off, looking outside at the rain I am glad. Decided that I am not driving the car enough, so hopefully getting rid of it today.

 

[Andrew_P]

I nearly didn't cycle today, pissing down with rain and a mechanical problem with my freehub which I wasn't too sure about. So packed in extra cassette tools and set off. It was great, very little wind just wet. Lack of cars due to the half term and I really enjoyed myself.

I have to recalibrate my wet weather mood and try and forget winter rain and remember Spring/Summer rain doesn't need special motivation to get out the door.