Tales from today's commute....

[HLaB]

Short commute back last night before the club TT nothing really happened as I left at 4pm.

This Morning was day n'th day of commuting pleasure, a little bit damp that brings it down to a 8 out 10 rating

 

[MisterStan]

Beat the rain in. Need to do about 22 miles this evening to hit my 5000 miles for the year target. Time to have a think about upping it I guess.

 

[Frood42]

Miserable morning, miserable weather, miserable ride, and now a miserable view out of the office window

At least I have the ride home to look forward to, and a trip to the cinema to see Alpha Papa.
Then perhaps go see either Planes, 2 Guns or Kick-Ass 2 as well at some point over the weekend.

 

[Frood42]

Beat the rain in. Need to do about 22 miles this evening to hit my 5000 miles for the year target. Time to have a think about upping it I guess.

I was very happy to hit 5000 miles this year, as this is my first year commuting on my own bike.

I started in July or August 2012 on a "Boris" bike and bought my own bike on the 2nd Jan 2013 (after getting impatient to get back on a bike following the Xmas holiday), and this was much better as I didn't have to go hunting for empty docks (I could just use the underground car park).

2013 so far according to Strava:
428 Hours
5,173 miles
338 Activities

My first ride was a trip from the bike shop to home, and I got a little lost as well.
http://app.strava.com/activities/51493195

 

[Booyaa]

Lovely ride in this morning, no rain, mostly dry roads, not too strong a wind and nice and bright and cheery. Traffic was pretty quiet this morning so nothing too exciting happening, just the way I like it!

 

[donnydave]

Beat the rain in. Need to do about 22 miles this evening to hit my 5000 miles for the year target. Time to have a think about upping it I guess.

Just got the taill end of the rain, didn't see my scooter slipstream buddy so had to battle against the wind

 

[potsy]

Early commutes - 5
Days rained on - 2
Other cyclists - 4

Friday legs - every day

 

[GrasB]

40 miles in just under 90 min... gotta love 'bents when the physics goes all

Early commutes - 5
Days rained on - 2
Other cyclists - 4

Friday legs - every day

Friday legs every day?... sounds like you need to do some training...

 

[HLaB]

It was a tad damp but not torrential for me, my colleague arrived 30mins later having done about a 1/5 of the distance I did looking like a drowned rat. Fortunately it looks to be fairing for the PM commute.

 

[fossyant]

Last commute for a couple of weeks. Time for some rest and relaxation.

 

[Hacienda71]

Cheshire East you are a bunch of idiots.
Why have you top dressed Oak Road and Macclesfield Road at Birtles this week?

 

[MisterStan]

Cheshire East you are a bunch of idiots.
Why have you top dressed Oak Road and Macclesfield Road at Birtles this week?

Our local council have just done a road near me too - really getting difficult to avoid surface dressing at present!

 

[Amanda P]

I had a first on my trip homeward last night: a tandem!

The couple joined my route from a side road just behind me and then overtook a hundred yards or so later. Well, there was a headwind and they have twice the power for the same frontal area.... and I had my work things in panniers.

There's a slight climb into my village, though, and that really took the wind out of their sails. They winched up it in coffee-grinding gear and I shot past. "Not so quick on a climb, then?" "Er, no..."

I don't think they'd ridden it much (it did look very shiny). Climbing on a tandem doesn't have to be slow but it does take teamwork and co-ordination and handy gear-changing.

 

[Twelve Spokes]

No commute till Sunday and a nice early one.

 

[Frood42]

I had a first on my trip homeward last night: a tandem!

The couple joined my route from a side road just behind me and then overtook a hundred yards or so later. Well, there was a headwind and they have twice the power for the same frontal area.... and I had my work things in panniers.

There's a slight climb into my village, though, and that really took the wind out of their sails. They winched up it in coffee-grinding gear and I shot past. "Not so quick on a climb, then?" "Er, no..."

I don't think they'd ridden it much (it did look very shiny). Climbing on a tandem doesn't have to be slow but it does take teamwork and co-ordination and handy gear-changing.

First time I saw a couple on a tandem I did gawk a bit, it was quite a sight, and not something you see very often.