Tales from today's commute....

[HLaB]

Beautiful weather, although there was a deceptive wind but that might have just been because I was knackered When I usually do a loop via Stilton or Morborne or Folksworth, I'm usually averaging 16.5-17mph all round for the 18-20miles on the heavy fixie this morning on the ride I was only 15.5mph to town bridge (95% of the way) when I hopped off to use the pelican crossing and farcilities, and that fell to 15.2mph by the time I got to the office a mile later. Still have a drained feeling in my stomach perhaps its that and if its raining I may sack training tonight

 

[MisterStan]

Another quick run in this morning. Seemed to get a lot of close passes before I got to St Ives.
A few scalps on the Busway was enough to cheer me up.

 

[GrasB]

There be pigeons & collared doves... lots & lots of dopey ones without any ****ing road sense!

One tried landing on the windscreen of a car doing about 60mph! Poor driver didn't know what happened.

 

[Steve Saunders]

Fantastic 20 mile commute to/from work yesterday ... 21.1 mph average on way in, and 21.3mph on way home. Wish all commutes could be like that :-)

 

[PJ79LIZARD]

Hay fevers getting me down, felt like shite all week. Having a sneezing fit whilst descending at speed is not fun!

 

[potsy]

Last nights extended commute took it's toll this morning, not my usual blistering paced ride

Waterproofs at the ready for later too

 

[Frood42]

Not the best commute last night or today. Headwinds are really draining me

This morning there was more traffic about and some slow car drivers and it was really doing my nut (I know it's a limit and not a target, but when drivers complain that bikes are holding them up, cars going slow when the road is clear is quite annoying), as I couldn't enjoy one of the nicer downhills.

Then there was the woman paying no attention to the road, playing with her mobile.
Queue of traffic, no attention span, ten car gap opened up and there she was sat fiddling with her phone.
Normally I would have just breezed past, but it was a narrow road and I had to wait for a gap in the oncoming traffic before I could filter safely (which was a bit of a wait). I needed an AirZound I think. She didn't even look when I went past looking into her window to see why she had been holding the queue of traffic up.

I am really starting to get tired of people deciding that the mobile phone deserves more attention than the road...

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Fantastic 20 mile commute to/from work yesterday ... 21.1 mph average on way in, and 21.3mph on way home. Wish all commutes could be like that :-)

nice speed, you couldn't get those averages in a car at rush hour around here.

 

[Leodis]

Frood42,
I had a van driver eating a butty this morning... Its the little things drivers do, each one a niggle and a dig which grind me down.

The ride in was ok, quite busy on the roads and got stuck and nearly every light

 

[fossyant]

No commute today as school on strike so took day off. Met up with Skolly and his two lads and my lad and spent most of the day tearing round Clayton Vale. Bloody loved it. Spotted Ed Clancy in the cafe at the velodrome when we had our lunch break.

 

[martinclive]

Hay fevers getting me down, felt like s***e all week. Having a sneezing fit whilst descending at speed is not fun!

Really bad here too - and I forgot my glasses this morning to make matters worse

 

[Frood42]

Frood42,
I had a van driver eating a butty this morning... Its the little things drivers do, each one a niggle and a dig which grind me down.

Yeah, it does tend to grind you down.
Especially when you get idiots leaning on their horns when you have done nothing wrong.

"Oh, so it's ok to use the phone, close pass, toot or even attempt to mow me down, but it's not ok for me to ride defensively to try and keep myself safe so I can get home without being a nervous wreck or ready to strangle someone..."

Sorry, rant over now
If I let it stress me out that much, I wouldn't still be on the bike keep cycling

 

[Maylian]

Decided to take a different route home today, lots of traffic so have lots of fun filtering (I love it so much!). Rock up to the some lights and a black BMW starts muscling in and crossing the line....thinking that I might get shouted out the guy leans over and asks "Is that a TCR or Defy?"

I shout Defy back just as the lights turned green and I shoot off leaving him behind to the traffic. Was nice to have a different sort of "confrontation" than expected. Plus I got a good mile and a half of filtering in

 

[potsy]

Tosspot pavement boy decides to come straight onto the road without looking, right in front of me
Had an inkling he was going to do it so was ready, the shopping bag on the handlebars and the massive muddy stripe up the back of his jumper were the giveaways

 

[Edwards80]

Getting bored of the temp traffic lights in Cheadle. It turns the last part of the commute into a filter fest. Still, beats sitting in the car.

Passed a colleague sat in it tonight, she left the office before me