Tales from today's commute....
- Thread starter martint235
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Where were all the other commuting cyclists today?
Very quiet ride in today.
Was 12deg's when I left home at 7.30. But felt colder. Had to pedal just that little bit faster to warm up. And thank gawd I have a 12%'er 2 miles in to really get the blood pumping.
Very quiet ride in today.
Was 12deg's when I left home at 7.30. But felt colder. Had to pedal just that little bit faster to warm up. And thank gawd I have a 12%'er 2 miles in to really get the blood pumping.
Supersuperleeds
Legendary Member
- Location
- Leicester
I left my jacket at work on Friday, so put on one of the Aldi merino baselayers on this morning under my ss jersey. The baselayer can go back into the wardrobe and stay there until the temperature drops below zero, I was baking all the way to work.
[QUOTE 2681624, member: 1314"]This morning, in my messenger bag, I carried:
1 laptop
1 pair of office shoes
3 home-made lamb burgers with rice and grated cheese in a plastic box
1 leftover kebab from Saturday
One mini-morph pump
Spare batteries
Wallet
Jeans (blue)
1 y-front (white)
1 pair of socks
1 t-shirt (black)
1 shirt
Breath freshener
It was heavy.[/quote]
Ditch the laptop, increase the kebabs!
1 laptop
1 pair of office shoes
3 home-made lamb burgers with rice and grated cheese in a plastic box
1 leftover kebab from Saturday
One mini-morph pump
Spare batteries
Wallet
Jeans (blue)
1 y-front (white)
1 pair of socks
1 t-shirt (black)
1 shirt
Breath freshener
It was heavy.[/quote]
Ditch the laptop, increase the kebabs!
Blurb
Über Member
- Location
- Somewhere on the Edgware Rd.
Took it easy in after not having a break from the commute for 8 days, and another commuter I see occasionally commented that I'd slowed down as he can't normally keep up. 
Arjimlad
Tights of Cydonia
- Location
- South Glos
Shorter 6 miles in today as I was running a bit late, all very nice apart from a minibus driver who thought "might is right" as he deliberately failed to wait for me to pass before pulling out around parked cars, forcing me off the road. I'll look out for him another time...!
paul04
Über Member
Opened the shed door this morning only to find the commuter bike with yet another flat tyre, 3 punctures in 3 days
So thought sod it, and took the road bike to work, the road bike is not set up for commuting so no lights on it, so had to do a quick modification and cable tie a front light on, the rear light just clipped on my back pack.
Got home and fixed the puncture, looked like a bad inner tube as it had 4 little holes on the seam. had to put the tube in water to find them, my fault I guess for buying a couple of cheap inner tubes off ebay.
So fingers crossed that's the last of the punctures for a while.
So thought sod it, and took the road bike to work, the road bike is not set up for commuting so no lights on it, so had to do a quick modification and cable tie a front light on, the rear light just clipped on my back pack.
Got home and fixed the puncture, looked like a bad inner tube as it had 4 little holes on the seam. had to put the tube in water to find them, my fault I guess for buying a couple of cheap inner tubes off ebay.
So fingers crossed that's the last of the punctures for a while.
400bhp
Guru
Saw the aftermaths of a cyclist knocked off this morning. Ashley crossroads. Driver had pulled across the junction without looking.
Luckily the cyclist had reacted in time and gone into the side rather than the front of the car. No damage to the bike and cyclist.
Apparently the driver "is a "cyclist as well", whatever that means in mitigation
Decided to put some old GP4000s tyres on my Genesis instead of the large knobbly cyclocross tyres it came with.
What a difference it makes, an extra lovely 48km ride in this morning.
Main problem with the cyclocross tyres is they do not inspire confidence on wet tarmac and they are noisy. The ride was a little harsher going from 35 to 25mm tyres but not really noticeable.
Hopefully swapping to the ice tyres is a long way off
What a difference it makes
, an extra lovely 48km ride in this morning.Main problem with the cyclocross tyres is they do not inspire confidence on wet tarmac and they are noisy. The ride was a little harsher going from 35 to 25mm tyres but not really noticeable.
Hopefully swapping to the ice tyres is a long way off
HLaB
Marie Attoinette Fan
One of the fastest commutes for a while last night even though it was a short one accross town; I had to give way to a bloke on a zebra crossing, cut through the cycle cut through/ aka carpark (blocked), and stop at the lights and mayors walk rbt. So it wouldn't have been very fast for the first mile, so I must of been flying on the fixie as it was 16.1mph by the tme I got to the rbt just outside the flat a mile later.
Not the commute but I then got changed fast as I was meeting folk at Elton Furze and again tail wind assisted I was 10 mins early (my clock said 19.3mph including the slow bit through a shared use area and through level crossing gates), we then met another mate and went on a magical mystery tour and by dark the speed had only fallen to 18.9mph and 18.4mph when I left them in the dark. I then ignored speed and let my average fall to 17.5mph by the time I was back in the flat; concentrated on not hitting the verge on unlit country lanes. Lol, the brightest setting on my new lights is on the first switch, whereas it was on the 2nd on my old lights.
http://www.strava.com/activities/86046577
Not the commute but I then got changed fast as I was meeting folk at Elton Furze and again tail wind assisted I was 10 mins early (my clock said 19.3mph including the slow bit through a shared use area and through level crossing gates), we then met another mate and went on a magical mystery tour and by dark the speed had only fallen to 18.9mph and 18.4mph when I left them in the dark. I then ignored speed and let my average fall to 17.5mph by the time I was back in the flat; concentrated on not hitting the verge on unlit country lanes. Lol, the brightest setting on my new lights is on the first switch, whereas it was on the 2nd on my old lights.
http://www.strava.com/activities/86046577
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
Extended route into the city centre. Got stuck in some school traffic so won't be using School Lane in Didsbury again (doh the name gives it away). Scalped a squad rider this morning, full GB kit, GB Dogma. Can't really claim it as he wasn't going quickly, although must admit he was a miserable bugger. No response to my cheery 'morning' despite being in full roadie kit myself.
HLaB
Marie Attoinette Fan
Just a short commute for me this morning; traffic was a bit of a standstill but that was about the only thing that happened or didn't happen if thats the correct way of thinking 
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potsy
Rambler
- Location
- My Armchair
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