Tales from today's commute....

[fossyant]

Glorious

Couldn't find the SS top, so in LS at the minute. Missus was drying her hair, and I had the wardrobe open (mirror on door) so very limited time to rummage in my draws. Gave up.

HOT !

Had a little giggle a couple of times with drivers getting impatient with each other sounding horns. Ah to be out in the sun and fresh(ish) air.

 

[DWiggy]

Last evening ride home was nice and sunny but where did that wind come from? Head wind all the way home....still was a nice though!
Ride in this morning was nice and sunny...great way to start the day

 

[HLaB]

Woke up early enough to a blue sky for a decent ride, my legs said recovery commute though just the 5.5mile relaxed route through the Meadows and back along Oundle Road about half of which is off road and Oundle Road is pretty flat and straight.

Edit: the good weather is good for people's moods only two cyclists never said morning

 

[BSRU]

Whilst out in the countryside this morning came across a lost cyclist.
Turns out he was heading the wrong way, to a 60mph A-road with lots of desperate rush hour drivers

 

[Cycleconvert]

Took an alternative route across some fields that are part of route 5 this morning. The benefits of having a hybrid The weather is just too nice not to take advantage!

 

[MickL]

Whilst out in the countryside this morning came across a lost cyclist.
Turns out he was heading the wrong way, to a 60mph A-road with lots of desperate rush hour drivers

Blimey
My commute home last night was good one, few hills and nice and warm. Commute in this morning down the canals was lovely, decided to dodge the Canada Geese, by altering my route a little, only to find said geese had decided to move from where they normal reside to where I wanted to cycle this morning, so turn back as they and carried on my normal way goose free.

 

[Andrew_P]

I am getting within .1 or .2 mph of my record average on a daily basis at the moment. Loads of cyclists out and about closed down a 300ft gap going up hill this morning which was fun he was up and out of the saddle early doors and spinning too fast the minute he sat down I knew I would close it down fast. drafted for a while got out filtered at lights closed down again but got stuck behind someone freewheeling and taking on liquids on what should have been a fast downhill. If this SCR'ing keeps up my legs are going to be blown by Thursday.

 

[Steve Saunders]

Exactly same here, first ride since May 25th. Garmin froze but luckily spotted it pretty sharpish so didnt lose much.

Seem to have inherited the most annoying ticking noise when pedalling too and I can't fnid the source.

tick..tick..tick.............tick..........tick..tick........tick..tick..tick.....tick..............tick.....................and then just when I think it's stopped....... tick tick tick tick tick tick tick.... aaaaarrrrrggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh ! ! !

Noises on bikes tend not to come from where you think ... so could be a number of things. Shoes catching the front derailleur cable on each pedal revolution, seat post, pedals, bottom bracket. I had a noise from my bike the other day, more a cracking / creaking sound though, and it was cured by removing the bottom bracket (hollowtech II) and regreasing the threads. It's most annoying when you don't know what's causing it aye !?

 

[Andrew_P]

Noises on bikes tend not to come from where you think ... so could be a number of things. Shoes catching the front derailleur cable on each pedal revolution, seat post, pedals, bottom bracket. I had a noise from my bike the other day, more a cracking / creaking sound though, and it was cured by removing the bottom bracket (hollowtech II) and regreasing the threads. It's most annoying when you don't know what's causing it aye !?

Exactly the same for me with the Hollowtech BB also not doing them up tight enough gives a noise out the saddle. Took me ages to track that one down

 

[apb]

Lovely weather for a cycle this morning. So i cycled.

 

[ianrauk]

Lovely weather for a cycle this morning. So i cycled.

That's the spirit!

 

[PJ79LIZARD]

Legs are a little tight from last nights hill climbing session, but soon forgot about it in the sunshine this morning. Looks set to continue all week, summers finally arrived. Tan lines are coming on nicely

 

[Markymark]

Why don't cyclists look when they're switching from undertaking to overtaking a line of traffic incase somebody is already there??

 

[clarion]

Loads and loads of cyclists on CS7 this morning. Lots of numpty motorists, too, sadly, but cars were outnumbered by bikes from about Stockwell onward, which feels like a victory.

To be fair, there were quite a few motorists driving sensibly, and keeping a good eye out for bikes. There were two in particular who anticipated that I might want to move out, and held back for me. One of them was a woman driving a mini-MPV. The other was driving a white van marked Adcocks. What a cool insult I could have made, if only he'd been a poor driver!

And I was handed a leaflet about a new cycle cafe at Newington Butts. I intend to check it out one lunchtime this week.

 

[Frood42]

Lovely weather when finishing work yesterday afternoon, so I took the longer way home (21 miles) and I really enjoyed it (apart from the headwind on the last few miles).

Usual morning commute (21 miles), a bit chilly this morning (leave at 06:30), but the weather soon warmed up and I felt better about the choice of shorts and long sleeve t-shirt. By the time I got into work I was dripping wet (with sweat - from pushing it hard).

A few cyclists out again but most going the other way to me.
Did seen one person going my way, reeled him in slowly, passed him nice and casually, but as he disappeared behind me it was obvious he was in his own world