Tales from today's commute....

[benb]

Managed to avoid the rain today, but a bit windy.

Did my good deed, as I helped a fellow cyclist who had had a puncture. My Lezyne floor pump made short work of it - way faster than a mini pump.

I told him to come on here and say Hi.

 

[Miquel In De Rain]

Absolutely torrential rain this morning - the sort of weather that means your rim brakes will only work with a prior appointment.

Tell me about it,just as I had a ped run in front of me at Prescott Street near Tower Gateway,(yesterday morning)nice time to check out my reflexes and brakes,I did let a swearword slip also.

Bus drivers giving me a hard time recently more than five times recently over not many commutes,the old favourite being pulling in as soon to the bus stop as soon as they overtake.Meaning I pass them many times as they hold me up yet again with another dodgy overtake.Also tailgated at Aldgate this morning by a bus in a hurry only to get caught at a red traffic signal.Yestedays return commute bus pulled out just as I was overtaking,near the Bow Flyover just as a car was overtaking and pulling a left.Great fun.

Ok it's not really a big deal,I've seen worse.

Got wet on the inward commute but on the Sunday return commute I felt very vulnerable with the rain and headwind.

QUESTION HERE!

Why did I have a back ache while fighting the headwind and rain on Sunday night?
It really did make it more difficult.

I was fine yesterday,I don't understand it.

 

[SportMonkey]

Another rear mech fail. Hangar sheered and put my rear mech in to my back wheel. Time for a new bike.

 

[Miquel In De Rain]

Another rear mech fail. Hangar sheered and put my rear mech in to my back wheel. Time for a new bike.

Time for a fixie.TIA.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Not commuting this week. House and Aged P sitting for Big Sister.

Got soaked, and frozen, in civvies, riding the Brompton to and from the paper shop (3 miles away). Does that count?

 

[SportMonkey]

Time for a fixie.TIA.

I had an option this morning, take my single speed (I've not got a fixed cog for it yet) or take my Spesh.

I suppose this is better than the failure having happened on the 100 miler I'm doing this weekend.

 

[Miquel In De Rain]

I had an option this morning, take my single speed (I've not got a fixed cog for it yet) or take my Spesh.

I suppose this is better than the failure having happened on the 100 miler I'm doing this weekend.

You are up narth,you probably need gears,I don't need them on my commute.

 

[SportMonkey]

You are up narth,you probably need gears,I don't need them on my commute.

I don't need them on my commute, I live on the only hill my side of Manchester.

 

[snorri]

We all need to move to France.

No thank you, there are other places I'd rather be cycling!
France is not particularly cycle friendly IME, it just feels that way when compared with the UK

 

[ianrauk]

It was teaming down all night but by 6.30 this morning it had stopped.
So 7.30 and on with the commute. The sky was quite bright. At about 20 minutes in it started to rain. So on with the jacket. The shower Lasted about 15 minutes. It wasn't too heavy. Then just as suddenly it started, it stopped and the sun come out again. Result.. one of the biggest, brightest rainbows I have seen in a long time. Should have taken a pic... but couldn't be arsed

Soaking wet feet by the time I got to work so glad I remembered to pack a spare pair of socks...

 

[benb]

Lovely ride in. A short, only moderately heavy shower, then nice sunshine.

 

[ohnovino]

Last night was an "experience". Torrential rain and very poor visibility, with street-lights providing just a useless orange gloom. At every junction I had to decide which way had the most light (my bike lights are only "be seen") and the least water. Got it wrong once, and ending up cycling along a path that had become a stream, with water lapping up over my feet as I pedalled. Still better than getting the bus though.

I'd also like to take this opportunity to apologise. The storm appears to have started immediately after I cleaned my bikes, and I really should have given everyone a warning.

 

[BSRU]

First day back on the bike due to illness, probably a day too early but couldn't miss another day off the bike.
So pleasure and pain today, pleasure at being back on the bike but pain at having no energy, so tried to take it easier but ended up involved in a 4km SCR against someone trying hard but fortunately for me seemed to give up once I had overtaken them.

 

[fossyant]

No rain. Slightly damp roads. Whoop !

 

[ianrauk]

A wet and drizzly start to the commute this morning.
So that's wet ride # 20 for the year out of 259 commutes.