Tales from today's commute....

[BSRU]

Gloriously sunny end to the ride but the first 90 minutes was in fog, down to a couple of hundred metres in places.

Riding 1,100 miles in June seems to paying dividends as I seem to using bigger gears and still maintaining a good average cadence.
Especially pleasing on climbs that I can sit down all the way up then look down at my gears and realise how many lower ones I still have available.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Chilly start but hardly any wind. Pumping up of the tyres and the mickling of the chain last night help me do an extra mile than normal. Positively flew to work at 16mph.

Road kill watch: Another badger, now seen three on the same stretch of road this week.

 

[Frood42]

Lovely ride in this morning. It seems that everyone was on their bikes too which was good to see. Great fun passing each and every one of them. I passed one guy huffing & puffing on a hill. I was going to slow down as I passed to offer a little help but decided to leave him to it. I went the longer way too, approx 20 miles in a little over 30 minutes. Oh, I forgot to mention, I decided to use the motorbike today
I did feel a bit gutted though with seeing so many people out peddling, wish I'd have made the effort now

 

[Frood42]

The sun is out!

The wind is still about...

Lovely short ride anyway, really wanted to go out for a longer ride but maintained my discipline (I have decided to take a break on the distances on the commute this week after doing 870 miles last month) and I will go out for a long ride at the weekend.

 

[Beebo]

I am already looking froward to the ride home tonight, the weather is great.

Almost had a classic clipless moment.
Unclipped the left pedal but the bike started leaning right, I had that terrible sinking feeling but just managed to unclip the right pedal with mili-seconds to spare. I must have looked pretty silly, but I survived!!

 

[Frood42]

I am already looking froward to the ride home tonight, the weather is great.

Almost had a classic clipless moment.
Unclipped the left pedal but the bike started leaning right, I had that terrible sinking feeling but just managed to unclip the right pedal with mili-seconds to spare. I must have looked pretty silly, but I survived!!

That is one thing that has been putting me off about the clipless systems, I don't think I would have the co-oridnation to avoid the fall...

 

[BSRU]

The sun is out!

The wind is still about...

Lovely short ride anyway, really wanted to go out for a longer ride but maintained my discipline (I have decided to take a break on the distances on the commute this week after doing 870 miles last month) and I will go out for a long ride at the weekend.

It is hard to ride less than normal. I decided to have a rest this week and set myself a target of 400km for this week, it is almost impossible with this weather. By Sunday I will probably only need to ride 15km to meet the target.

 

[fossyant]

Lovely out. Good run into Manchester to find my usual bike shelter out of order (bloody big hole in it) so decided now was the time to find the shiney new staff shelters at the back of the new Business School. Fortunately I'd obtained the code a few months earlier. Think I'll be parking there from now on, no bird poo in this one.

 

[gaz]

Any day that I go past Selhurst station at upwards of 30mph is a good day! And it's Friday too!!!

get away from there as quickly as possible.

 

[MisterStan]

Took a long route in this morning - 25 miles of glorious sunshine.

You could tell the weather is good by looking at our bike sheds - my bike has been joined by another one. First time in months!

 

[fossyant]

Today's ride home will be short....

Got to home fast, fill up, drive to the coast, then sample some , some more and the

 

[GrasB]

You could tell the weather is good by looking at our bike sheds - my bike has been joined by another one. First time in months!

Sounds like heaven! Seriously, we've had people moving the builders fencing so they can lock their bikes up to the new bike racks that were installed 2 months ago because there's no space for bikes in the open shelters... round trees... railings... etc..

 

[martint235]

Took a long route in this morning - 25 miles of glorious sunshine.

You could tell the weather is good by looking at our bike sheds - my bike has been joined by another one. First time in months!

Yep, ours looks like a showroom for the Cycle to Work scheme.

 

[MisterStan]

Sounds like heaven! Seriously, we've had people moving the builders fencing so they can lock their bikes up to the new bike racks that were installed 2 months ago because there's no space for bikes in the open shelters... round trees... railings... etc..

It's an old stable - brick built, covered with a pitched roof. The downside is that there are loads of wheel bender stands, but as no-one else uses it I lock the bike sideways on.

 

[Archeress]

Doesn't really belong in here but my little pootle into Bristol City Centre for pleasure felt a little like some of the commutes described so here it is. Rode a little under 17 miles from Bradley Stoke in a circular route going down Gloucester road and then coming back via Park Street, Clifton Down and Southmead. Saw a silly sod who undertook a bus and then rlj while I was chatting to someone on a very nice Scott.

Had some lunch in Cabot Circus while watching the tennis on a screen in there before popping over to Mud Dock cycle shop and their excellent cafe for more refreshments and sunning myself on their terrace.

About a mile away from home a lorry driver drew level (I was in the right hand lane to go right at the roundabout) wound down his window and advised me that my exercise tights were see through. Ooops. Had at least been wearing some pretty and lacy blue no vpl panties...

Hugs
Archeress x