Tales from today's commute....

[Hip Priest]

Took it very easy today, and felt better for it. I even let someone scalp me.

 

[ianrauk]

What a cracking ride home. Light traffic for some reason. Very little wind. The lights were green, some nice SCR and the legs felt good. My fastest home average speed of the year.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

What a cracking ride home. Light traffic for some reason. Very little wind. The lights were green, some nice SCR and the legs felt good. My fastest home average speed of the year.

My ride was complete opposite to yours, hit every light on red, cycle path was chocker, first 7 miles I was averaging near 13 mph, eventually got onto the road and hit the wind. Strava gave me 15.1 mph in the end, but GPS said 15.8 mph, Strava always seems to think my moving time is a lot longer than it really is.

 

[fossyant]

Traffic chaos near home. Turned off the main road, but saw a police car had blocked the main road. Being a nosey bugger, I turned round, and went for a look.

There in the middle of the road was one of those fork lifts that attach to the back of a HGV. Looks like the driver had gone under the rail bridge with the boom up, catching the underside and ripping it off the truck. It also cancelled the trains.

Delay to me in a bike was a couple of minutes whilst I watched them haul it on a low loader.

 

[simon the viking]

At work I thought back tyre was a bit soft so topped it up, 5 minutes before I left the back inner tube popped..... changed it quickly then rode home.

On a quiet estate road a kid on a BMX came off the pavements at 90 degrees about 5 metres in front of me (without looking) then zigzags really slowly in front of me nearly taking me off.... I'm afraid he got a "watch what your effing doing".

Then I park the bike up at home and topped the back tyre as I hadn't pumped it up enough at work.... 5 minutes later it popped again! after I checked the tyre again still no thorns (I did it the first time I'm not that much of an amateur) I had a closer look at the rim tape it was still in one piece but worn through.... in exactly the right place for the puncture.

To top it all I had to pay Halfords price for rim tape to get it right for commute tomorrow

Sorry Rant over.......

 

[Hacienda71]

I took a slight detour in this morning and set a pb up the Brickworks at Pott Shrigley. That is all....

 

[kipster]

A rather uninteresting ride to and from work today. Traffic and my speed both unexceptional, the wind was a little heady in places. I managed to get three scalps, but one won't count as it was a school boy on a mountain bike who was trying to knock traffic cones over.

 

[simon the viking]

Traffic chaos near home. Turned off the main road, but saw a police car had blocked the main road. Being a nosey bugger, I turned round, and went for a look.

There in the middle of the road was one of those fork lifts that attach to the back of a HGV. Looks like the driver had gone under the rail bridge with the boom up, catching the underside and ripping it off the truck. It also cancelled the trains.

Delay to me in a bike was a couple of minutes whilst I watched them haul it on a low loader.

I used to work right by a low bridge Bridge strikes were a weekly event, we could tell as it came past our door whether the lorry would it fit under....

The best was a guy who was adamant that the sign was wrong and he knew how high his lorry was (about a foot lower than the bridge maximum height permitted). The police did a deal with him by the roadside "If we measure the height of your truck and its the height you say it is we will not prosecute if it is higher than you say then we will prosecute" They borrowed our step ladder and measured it.... Yep they prosecuted him!

 

[HLaB]

Just a slow recovery commute for me, followed by a trip to a lbs, Hellfrauds and a supermarket. Still really windy till around 8pm but it looked like it was dropping and it was going to be a lovely evening on another day I would have extended the commute but I'm a little tired and I've not even mustered the energy yet to use the Hellfrauds chainwhip.

 

[400bhp]

Felt bobbins this morning, even with the wind behind me it felt hard work. Wasn't out at the weekend too so had 2 days recovery which is very unusual for me.

Had a bit of a headache in the afternoon so don't know if I wasn't 100%? Was a bit better on the way back so looking at getting up a bit early tomorrow and doing an extended commute in.

 

[martint235]

Really good commute in this morning. Bit of traffic in Catford but nothing particularly untoward.

First day out for my "#bloodycyclist" jersey. It certainly gets you noticed by everyone: drivers, pedestrians, other cyclists. No comments though

 

[The Horse's Mouth]

Lovely this morning. Maybe summer has arrived.

 

[BSRU]

Lots and lots of cyclists out today, only one little SCR though up a short drag but it was no contest in the end
Spent a good few minutes riding very slowly behind a horse, it was a narrow lane with no opportunity for a safe overtake, much appreciated by the horse rider.
And the weather this week only gets warmer and sunnier

 

[Longshot]

I knocked 10 minutes off my 25 mile commute this morning following some adjustments to my ride position over the weekend.

 

[MisterStan]

A rather uninteresting ride to and from work today. Traffic and my speed both unexceptional, the wind was a little heady in places. I managed to get three scalps, but one won't count as it was a school boy on a mountain bike who was trying to knock traffic cones over.

A scalp's a scalp...