Tales from today's commute....

[martint235]

Flashes of lightening as I left the house. Then heavy spots of rain started to fall as I got towards Kidbrooke. Off to the south east looked to be a huge storm on the make with flashes continuing. Off to the south west looked clear so raced the storm in to work. Got here dry (well not wet from rain). Great to have a quiet bike again!

And I'm a legend with the local yoof after beating one of them on his moped down Welling Way last night. Could have passed him sooner but I thought he was toying with me, waiting for me to come along side and then he'd rev off. However I passed him cleanly at about 32mph.

 

[kevin_cambs_uk]

Well first time since Jan 2010 I have come by car, although the wife dropped me off with the bike to go home on.
The roads were just too flooded and with such low visibility I actually thought it was too dangerous for the 17 mile journey on roads with cars, people had headlights on and some cars didn't and they were hard to see, that with the risk of being hit by lightning. I would have started off it was not raining, but it just opened up at 7 and thought too risky.

 

[MisterStan]

Well first time since Jan 2010 I have come by car, although the wife dropped me off with the bike to go home on.
The roads were just too flooded and with such low visibility I actually thought it was too dangerous for the 17 mile journey on roads with cars, people had headlights on and some cars didn't and they were hard to see, that with the risk of being hit by lightning. I would have started off it was not raining, but it just opened up at 7 and thought too risky.

I came up the Busway Kev, didn't feel that good on the roads, some flash flooding in St Ives (Houghton Road, going past Hill Rise and Ramsey Road between the Seven Wives pub and the river).
I did see a few cyclists without lights on the roads - and some cars too.
Overshoes & waterproofs? May as well have not bothered!

 

[Beebo]

yuk, hot and sweaty on the way in, and I didnt sleep much last night 'cos of the thunder and rain.

Will it still be dry when I cycle home again?

 

[martinclive]

Well first time since Jan 2010 I have come by car, although the wife dropped me off with the bike to go home on.
The roads were just too flooded and with such low visibility I actually thought it was too dangerous for the 17 mile journey on roads with cars, people had headlights on and some cars didn't and they were hard to see, that with the risk of being hit by lightning. I would have started off it was not raining, but it just opened up at 7 and thought too risky.

+1 to that (though @MisterStan did call me a wimp for taking the car!) Kudos to him though - just seen his Strava trace and he did ride this morning

 

[MisterStan]

+1 to that (though @MisterStan did call me a wimp for taking the car!) Kudos to him though - just seen his Strava trace and he did ride this morning

Taken in jest, one hopes?

 

[BSRU]

All those weeks of dry commuting came to a end today, rode through three thunderstorms in two hours.
Like having a slightly warm shower, every now and then someone presses the "power shower" button
The worst part was going downhill in a torrential downpour, road completely submerged by a deep raging river and the rain so heavy I couldn't see a thing and stinging my eyes(no glasses they just steamed up).

 

[MickL]

32.4 C down the canal last night, might explain why the old man on the bridge was naked!!!
No commute today, just didnt fancy it in this weather.

 

[HLaB]

Wet, Wet, Wet (with a bit of Marti Pellow) about summed it up; although if I had been positioned incorrectly on the very 1st rbt it wouldn't have got that far, SMIDSY pulled straight on to it. After where he would have run over an incorrectly positioned cuyclist he slammed on his brakes in panic. It must have been the bright white rain jacket, the red gillet or the fashion fail contrast with the yellow tyres and yellow cap which made me invisible untill then

 

[Peter Armstrong]

If you cycled to then you are hard!

 

[Cycleconvert]

Boy am I glad it has cooled down a little. Had bits of thunder this morning before I left but so far no proper storms. Ride in was sunny but i'm sure it's going to hit at some point. Hopefully not on my way home.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

First two miles a massive downpour, wet through by the time I got off the drive. Then 35 miles of no rain but wet roads, then the last three miles were worse than the first two, still beats driving.

 

[MisterStan]

First two miles a massive downpour, wet through by the time I got off the drive. Then 35 miles of no rain but wet roads, then the last three miles were worse than the first two, still beats driving.

Certainly does.

 

[BSRU]

It's only water


View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2dlShtuRSk

 

[ianrauk]

Think I was one of the lucky ones.
No rain and dry roads for the commute.