Tales from today's commute....

[videoman]

Did 9.8 miles this morning in an hour and 11 miles on the way home in 1hour 10 minutes, about half a mile of road and the rest cycle paths and canal towpath on my Dawes Sardar which is no lightweight.

Only the third time in the last two weeks I have commuted on my bike but hopefully it will get easier and quicker!

 

[Twelve Spokes]

Haven't missed a cycle commute since Feb 2003 for the same reason as above.Long may it continue,hate the tube.

Actually I missed FOUR.Snow,stayed at work and strike action stayed at home.

Strike in 2004 Three days and snow in 2009,one.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Haven't missed a cycle commute since Feb 2003 for the same reason as above.Long may it continue,hate the tube.

Actually I missed two.Snow,stayed at work and strike action stayed at home.

I was car free for over thirty years, Over that time I only missed commutes if I was ill or on holiday, now I have the car I tend to cycle 4 days out of 5 most weeks.

 

[Twelve Spokes]

I was car free for over thirty years, Over that time I only missed commutes if I was ill or on holiday, now I have the car I tend to cycle 4 out of 5 most weeks.

Ok you win.

I miss my commutes when im on holiday as it's my holiday and I dont commute.

Sorry,looking through my blog which has the facts.Seems it is four although I don;t remember the strike days in 2004.

 

[Fubar]

Cracking commute in this morning - got away just after 7, bit of a chill but not too cold, tailed a couple of roadies for a few miles and managed to keep pace (sort of!), no cockwombles on the road and a new PB to work! It can't last...

 

[BSRU]

Only 8 degrees this morning and dark when I went to get the bike ready

 

[MisterStan]

Fresh legs this morning after using the car yesterday for the first time in months. A little chilly but soon warmed up.

 

[fossyant]

Dry this morning, yay. Kept passing a nobber on a hybrid, his standard of cycling was poor. Couldn't be bothered to say anything, just kept scalping him, despite him jumping red lights. Last night was nearly 'stunk' off the road by the weed smells coming out of a posh Merc on the A34. Fortunately I was quicker than the traffic. Two rather large meat heads in the car.

 

[Frood42]

Chilly this morning, second thoughts about the shorts, but stuck with them.
1mph slower this morning than yesterday, just couldn't get properly warmed up at the start.

First into the office as always. At least there is a nice hot shower to use here.

 

[HLaB]

Not cycled since wednesday. Been feeling rough as hell, currently got a chesty cough which I want to go away quickly so avoiding the bike.

HATING the train!

GWS!

 

[HLaB]

A short commute for me as I'm wanting to leave the office early to do a TT tonight (pawls permitting, detailed in another thread), nothing really happened except my garmin took half a mile to find sattellites and I had to give way at a rbt and stop at a red light

 

[potsy]

Set off at 4.45 am and it was almost time to dig out the cc buff and winter tights.

Colleague caught me up thru Stockport so we rode in together for the last 3 miles, nice to be chatting away with virtually no traffic on the roads

 

[BSRU]

Whizzing down a 15% decent, easy over 40mph just freewheeling down it, and I see 4 pheasants at the bottom of the hill standing in the road without a care in the world.
I get closer and closer hoping the pheasants are not that stupid, two move away but two just stand there playing chicken with me.
End up scrubbing lots of speed and weaving my way past the two dodo impersonators, they were originally six of them but two have already lost their game of chicken with a motorised vehicle.

 

[apb]

Feels like more and more cyclists are giving a "hello" nod.

I'm finding quite nice.

 

[donnydave]

Monday legs were unavailable for comment when asked about yesterday's debacle. Luckily, Tuesday legs put in a good show even if it was a bit chilly on the lower leg to begin with.