Tales from today's commute....

[kevin_cambs_uk]

miserable ride home, only in shorts and fingerless gloves, bloody freezing. Took the long way home as it as wet, but I filtered past around 80 cars queuing to get back into St Ives which made the whole journey worth while!

I keep thinking 'who the hell turned summer off so quickly?'

 

[MisterStan]

miserable ride home, only in shorts and fingerless gloves, bloody freezing. Took the long way home as it as wet, but I filtered past around 80 cars queuing to get back into St Ives which made the whole journey worth while!

I keep thinking 'who the hell turned summer off so quickly?'

Windy too Kev!

 

[donnydave]

Where was everyone this morning? The busway is nnormallly awash with fluorescent colour but today ther was hardly anyone.

When viewed from the side the guided busway the last few weeks has looked like a jumbo pack of highlighter pens but everyone seemed to have given up today.

 

[MisterStan]

Where was everyone this morning? The busway is nnormallly awash with fluorescent colour but today ther was hardly anyone.

When viewed from the side the guided busway the last few weeks has looked like a jumbo pack of highlighter pens but everyone seemed to have given up today.

There were a few out, but definitely less than usual. Did you stop to take off a blue jacket this morning?

 

[MisterStan]

Bit of a side/tailwind this morning meant a good average speed, not as cool as yesterday.
Got scalped by a guy on a Merida - nice bike and friendly guy.

 

[donnydave]

There were a few out, but definitely less than usual. Did you stop to take off a blue jacket this morning?

No jacket today, I had a blue long sleeve top on and tights, third day with them on and I'm loving it. The only drawback is with tights and my high neck very slim fit merino base layer I look like an extra from original star trek

 

[nilling]

Last night I got passed by a police van on a busy dual carriageway with it's blues and twos on. It certainly made the drivers that followed more attentive; I've never been given so much room. It was not till I got further down the road when I saw about five police cars and an ambulance attending to a cyclist sprawled in the road. As I passed a paramedic was carefully removing his helmet. Hope he's ok

 

[ianrauk]

Where did that headwind come from? Blimey it was hard work this morning.

 

[Frood42]

Ugh, up at 05:15 this morning, dark and horrid but at least it wasn't too cold, still warm enough for shorts, but what a really horrid, crappy wind.
I was up early as I had decided to take a nice long detour to work this morning, so for the first time ever I did 30+miles into work.

Only one moment with a twonk pulling too far out of a junction (http://goo.gl/maps/sclVB) and the front of his car moving onto the CS3 cycle path, made me jump and swerve to the left, I have to admit I was not happy and without really thinking called him a F*n idiot!

Queue mister shouty being overly defensive, suggesting that he had seen me, me thinking "why cross the give way line and encroach onto the cycle lane then?", and then him suggesting that he would like to start a fight before clearing off. Ugh.

Apart from that, all the red lights I kept hitting , and the annoying wind, it was a nice enough ride, well, maybe...

 

[MisterStan]

No jacket today, I had a blue long sleeve top on and tights, third day with them on and I'm loving it. The only drawback is with tights and my high neck very slim fit merino base layer I look like an extra from original star trek

I'm not ready for tights yet! Been wearing knee and arm warmers (lets not open the can of worms up again!) in the morning and not needed them for the return trip.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Hard work this morning, was much warmer than yesterday, but the wind is picking up. Still in shorts

 

[MisterStan]

Where did that headwind come from? Blimey it was hard work this morning.

Should make life easy on the way home though!

 

[Linford]

I've had a massive clear out and the car is full of junk for the tip, so today I am in it as I want to put the seats back in it...so no cycling today for me....

 

[ianrauk]

Should make life easy on the way home though!

Yeah right.. and they say the earth is round.

 

[potsy]

Nearly taken out this morning on @fossyant roundabout, only me and said driver anywhere in sight, not even a glance as she came straight across it at some speed, luckily I'd used my psychic powers and was already braking

Took a few minutes for my heart rate to return to normal.