Tales from today's commute....

[potsy]

Behind a guy on a white spesh yesterday, bit of an ar$e, stopped at a pelican crossing whilst 2 people were crossing then shot through while the lights were still on red.
He was also completely useless at clipping in whenever he was setting off, took him about 3 or 4 attempts every time to clip in

Past couple of days have been 'dodge the rain' rides, managed it coming home today, all other times I have gotten wet at least once each journey

 

[paul04]

No long way to work this morning, the short way (4.1 miles) to get to work before the rain started.
It was raining when I came out of work, so put on the wet weather gear, and guess what, within sight of home the rain stops and the sun starts to shine

 

[nilling]

Praise be to the God's of tailwinds

 

[ComedyPilot]

Total pig of a headwind this morning - and it was sort of headwind on way home....git

Edit - been run off the road 4 times this week. Well, I took to the verge 3 times so cars overtaking me into oncoming traffic would not hit me when they swerved to avoid a head on collision. The 4th time was the best, me riding along, nothing else on 'my' side of the road, oncoming truck with tailgating car edging out for a 'look'. Sure enough it went for the overtake. Guess where I went? Yep, onto the grass to avoid getting hit.The truck driver realised what was happening and was flashing lights and blaring horn at the tw@t driver

I really need to get a camera.

 

[GrasB]

So 20mph on a 20% hill then? Well done!

I know it's a highly technical concept to grasp which requires years of doctoral research to understand but 'directly proportional' doesn't mean a 1:1 ratio

(for the record there was a factory load of sarcasm in that post)

 

[kevin_cambs_uk]

Bloody hard work today, head wind all the way home, all 15 miles, but at least I missed the rain!

 

[GrasB]

Bloody hard work today, head wind all the way home, all 15 miles, but at least I missed the rain!

There was rain?... Our bird bath is still empty.

 

[4F]

Brown trouser moment tonight, just hit 30 downhill, sweep round the bend to find they have freshly chipped the road. No warning signs and there was loads of loose chippings on the surface

 

[MickeyBlueEyes]

After riding 2,000 miles in 2011 (my first year of road cycling) 2,500 in 2012 I set a target of 3000 miles for 2013. Chuffed to bits I managed to go over that target with todays commute

 

[fossyant]

Steady ride home. Spotted a mate near McVitties and caught him near home as well as another neighbour so we had a little chat whilst filtering through traffic. One road bike, a hybrid and a MTB.

 

[MisterStan]

The mother of all headwinds on the way home. All the way home. It was one of those soul destroying rides where you look at the speedo as your legs are burning and realise you are going backwards.
Still, beats the bus!

 

[Shut Up Legs]

The mother of all headwinds on the way home. All the way home. It was one of those soul destroying rides where you look at the speedo as your legs are burning and realise you are going backwards.
Still, beats the bus!

Just think of all the calories you burned. You can eat all sorts of tasty stuff you'd normally leave alone!

 

[MisterStan]

Just think of all the calories you burned. You can eat all sorts of tasty stuff you'd normally leave alone!

This is true. And I did treat myself to a bottle of home brewed stout.

 

[Frood42]

Up at 05:15 and out for a fairly long ride for a weekday.
It was lovely weather compared to the last couple of days, some headwind, some cloud cover but I also caught a few glimpses of the sun as well (which was a boost). So a nice commute.

Despite it being a Friday I think I did quite well on this route:
Distance: 29.2mi, Moving Time: 02:09:06, Avg Speed: 13.6mi/h
Bike: Carrera Crossfire 3

Better time next week though!
On another note, I only have to do 0.5 of a mile tonight on my commute to hit the 200 mile mark for this week.

 

[BSRU]

Updated my Garmin 500 firmware and looked like it had turn into a brick, not responding to the power button at all.
So had to start my journey with no Garmin
17km in I stopped, as I had remembered pressing all four keys resets it. Reset complete still no joy so carry on.
A minute or so later it burst into life and starts locating satellites, so no need to buy that 810 I was contemplating for the first 17km
At least I passed the 500 mile mark for the month this morning .