Tales from today's commute....

[martint235]

By the time I swept through Catford this morning it was more snarled up then a snarly thing from planet Snarled.

Yeah it's getting stupid. The bit over the bridge is even worse, everyone just ignores the traffic lights next to the cricket field and drives onto the junction from all sides.

 

[apb]

Nursery run in the rain this morning, was just very light rain and the wee man refused to get his water proof jump suit on. We were raining late so i said "ok, but you're going to get wet!". luckily his coat is waterproof. No complaints, bless him.

 

[Frood42]

A little easier after the last Sunday of this month

 

[Supersuperleeds]

clocks change?

 

[Arjimlad]

Stacked it yesterday afternoon, full tilt down slight hill dive in to right hander across mini roundabout bang goes my rear instantly slammed down on my right side. 6 hours in A&E they had to knock me out in the end to get my shoulder back in, bloody agony and quite a while off the bike. I fractured the top the ball joint too.

Oucherama, that sounds nasty. How's the bike ?

 

[Frood42]

clocks change?

Thanks.

Oooppss

Shows how much attention I pay to time.
I just know I have to get up at 5am in order to do the 30 miles into work (which also gives me enough time to get a nice hot shower, we have showers ).

I give myself 3hrs to do it, although it usually takes a total time of 2hrs 30mins to 2hrs 45mins (extra time in a hot shower is always nice), the active time can be up to 25mins less than this (normally 13-14mph avg on the hybrid over the 30miles), there are lots of traffic lights to stop at in London, and I'm slow, it's not me, it's the heavy bike .

 

[BSRU]

Thanks.

Oooppss

Shows how much attention I pay to time.
I just know I have to get up at 5am in order to do the 30 miles into work (which also gives me enough time to get a nice hot shower, we have showers ).

I give myself 3hrs to do it, although it usually takes a total time of 2hrs 30mins to 2hrs 45mins (extra time in a hot shower is always nice), the active time can be up to 25mins less than this (normally 13-14mph avg on the hybrid over the 30miles), there are lots of traffic lights to stop at in London, and I'm slow, it's not me, it's the heavy bike .

I prefer to have a nice "long" ride before work, so I also need to wake up around 5am in order to have enough time.
It is only a problem if it is heaving down with rain or as today recovering from the night before

 

[potsy]

Today's ride home was all about the wind

 

[Andrew_P]

Oucherama, that sounds nasty. How's the bike ?

bikes stuck at work, it took a hard slam so not sure, the strange thing is I was expecting everything to hurt today but if it wasn't for the shoulder I could have ridden! Looks like anything up to 12 weeks off the bike depending on the ligaments and muscle damage

 

[martint235]

A 44.36 and a 45.15 in one day. Singlespeed rocks! (as the yoof would say)

 

[Supersuperleeds]

I prefer to have a nice "long" ride before work, so I also need to wake up around 5am in order to have enough time.
It is only a problem if it is heaving down with rain or as today recovering from the night before

I'm the same. Get up at 5:30 leave the house at 6:00 and then do 35-45 miles depending on how I feel. Though if the weather in the morning is anything like tonight then I might have a lie in tomorrow

 

[400bhp]

windy

that is all

 

[fossyant]

windy

that is all

Lay off the baked beans.

 

[Vikeonabike]

Not really my commute, but I went to see HLab in an Ambulance. It's ok though his bike is fine!

 

[Sheffield_Tiger]

I enjoyed the first half of my slight detour ride home..

I had to hold the brake on at one traffic light to stop me being blown forward even whilst with foot on the ground.. Top gear spinning effortlessly on the flat.

Downside was picking up 4 2.4m lengths of timber and then having to ride back into the headwind with a bowed left leg trying to pull my cleats out every pedal stroke