Tales from today's commute....

[MisterStan]

Windy on the Busway this evening, a good and quick run home, got a tow from another roadie and took my turns at the front too. Teamwork is great, especially when you don't know the other guy and things work.

 

[musa]

Fastest return leg home which is uphill


Waterloo to Purley via brixton Streatham Norbury

10miles in 31mins happpyyy.

edit: got kom my first

 

[kipster]

An adrenaline fueled commute after a very bad overtake early on (I didn't react, other than a quick shake of the head), knocked nearly a minute off the previous best time on that route even after having to slow to let a bin lorry pass some parked cars.

 

[DWiggy]

Broke my first 20mph average on my commute to work today, very happy with that

 

[lejogger]

So apparently it's too warm for a short sleeved merino wool baselayer this morning.

I have worked this out scientifically on the basis that when I was leaning over locking the bike at work it seemed as though someone had left the tap on the top of my head running

I know that it's June, it's just that summer has taken so long to arrive, it still just doesn't feel right to be s/s jersey only first thing in the morn.

 

[BSRU]

Sixteenth continuous day of cycling for me, with the ride into work this morning I have just passed the 1000km mark with 10,300m of climbing.
Not too bad considering Swindon is flat but south of Swindon is a little hilly

 

[MickL]

Warm and muggy this morning and no Canada Geese on my side of the tow path down the canal \o/

 

[GrumpyGregry]

This weird liquid started coming out of my skin. All over my body. Salty. Yuck. Am I going to die?

 

[PJ79LIZARD]

So apparently it's too warm for a short sleeved merino wool baselayer this morning.

I have worked this out scientifically on the basis that when I was leaning over locking the bike at work it seemed as though someone had left the tap on the top of my head running

I know that it's June, it's just that summer has taken so long to arrive, it still just doesn't feel right to be s/s jersey only first thing in the morn.

I know the feeling, yesterday morn had leg warmers and long sleeve jersey on and my gilet, and I felt a little warm. lost the leg warmers for the return journey. This morning I thought sod it, ss jersey and shorts, not much sun but it was warmer today. The suns breaking through now so looking forward to the return journey tonight gonna put some extra miles in

 

[Frood42]

Good start to the week, with a ~32 mile ride yesterday afternoon after work, this meant I had done 54 miles for that day, not bad for a commute day and a Monday.

Had a bin lorry driver sitting politely and patiently behind me on an uphill road, but then some tw*t started pipping him...
Of course I can't see how big a queue might be developing as I have a huge bin lorry up my rear but I signal to pull over and let the bin lorry past, then comes the complete n*bber in his 4x4, who gives me 2 fingers, he gets a finger in return!

The traffic is doing my head in, it's really killing my average speed and increasing my travelling times, lights and traffic filtering have added 10 minutes to my journey from when there was hardly any traffic, which is making it difficult for me to break 1hr 30mins let alone the 1hr 26mins I got down to when the kids were off school.

Had a nice short bit of SCR with a road bike (I ride a hybrid), chap wearing a Garmin jersey.

He went past me up the hill, and I thought that was the last I would see of him, but he must have been held up by traffic, as I caught him just after a downhill section before some lights.
Lights go green and he's off and I stay back as I think he will be quicker than me, but he is just pootling along, so I check the traffic and ride past as nonchalantly as possible and then when past I change up and start to push it a bit.

Well, he didn't like that much, and he then pushes it and comes past me on the outside, I know I won't be able to get past him again, so I keep up but don't bother with the overtake.

He keeps looking back over his shoulder and I don't think he is too impressed that I am still there with him, but then this is a nice flat piece of road that I know well and can get up to 24-25mph on.
He then loses me when we get to traffic and have to filter, he also takes a different exit on the roundabout.

It was nice to have a bit of a short sprint SCR, but I suspect I will never see them again...

 

[musa]

ss, shorts (gilet) type weather

past couple commutes been having longs, ls and jacket, this time ss shorts armwarmer and kneewarmers...the armwarmers soon came off

 

[HLaB]

Deliberately took my time to get ready this morning, having already pressed the snooze button a few times. Eventually got out to the bike shed at a time that would get to work 5mins early but found a flat tyre, so changed that and went the short way. I was 5 mins late, but work flexi, so technically wasn't I cant recall anything happening in the short 1.8miles; other than a 4x4 driver politely moving over to give me space as he/she sat in a traffic jam.

 

[Kookas]

I know that it's June, it's just that summer has taken so long to arrive, it still just doesn't feel right to be s/s jersey only first thing in the morn.

;o it's been pretty nice weather the past month or so now. Know what you mean though, with all that snow, a break, and then even more snow - what was that all about?

 

[Frood42]

Broke a spoke...

Spoke removed, but wheel very out of whack, thankfully I have disk brakes and so can limp to the cycle shop tomorrow

99 miles in 2 days, hopefully this won't slow me down!

 

[HLaB]

Sleeping a bit on my evening commute; I was going to go for a decent ride after but felt like I was an accident waiting to happen and opted for the sofa instead.