Tales from today's commute....

[400bhp]

There's some smelly bugger at out place that clearly doesn't wash his cycling stuff regularly. He leaves his clothes hung up in one of the shower rooms (as most people do). It was so bad last week that I walked in to the shower room and walked straight back out again to usa another. My boss did the same a bit later on too.

His stuff was in the same room as mine today - am thinking of buying some febreze and spraying his PigPen clothing.

 

[Sheffield_Tiger]

Whoa...even better than the last 2 days. Tailwind and a bus driver in a hurry in front - on a slight-but-enought-to-annoy uphill incline right at the end of my route - flew up it faster than ever

I know this weather that features wind in all the right directions, is going to turn and bite me soon - so I'll enjoy it whilst its in my favour

 

[Ollie W]

First commute in on the Rockhopper and I was about 2mph slower. Really struggled to get any pace. Interesting single file roadworks up the horrible hill as well.

 

[paul04]

Nice ride in to work this morning (and it was dry). just got my clothes right so not to cold and not to warm, using thin cycling tshirt, thin fleece coat and a light weight windproof jacket, when it does get a bit colder, I will wear a good base layer+tshirt+fleece and windproof jacket.

The ride home was wet, I could have done with window wipers on my cycling glasses so I could see where I was going

 

[BSRU]

Sadly no commute for me today.
Whatever I got into my eye on Friday caused my top eyelid to balloon up, turn a nice red colour plus it felt very itchy and painful.
Today it's back to normal size but still red, itchy and sore(especially when any breeze/wind hits it), hopefully should be fine tomorrow.

 

[HLaB]

Took my 50% traffic free route, its double the length but still just 4.2miles but I'm not in the state for conflict anyway. Sh@t my pants at some overtakes but reassuringly the ones I caught with frequent shoulder checks weren't that bad and brown truser moments never caused me to swerve or any else. What is depressing though, most of my body feel like it could have done another 100miles but my calf is squealing after just 2miles

 

[TheJDog]

I was one of three cyclists cruising up to a red light at the junction of Harrow Road and Ladbroke Grove this morning. One of us went through the red light as an emergency vehicle was coming the other way, and one of us gave the finger to a car that had the temerity to sound his horn when he had to brake to allow him through against the lights. What an a-hole. Gives the rest of us a bad name. I really don't mind a bit of red light jumping, but behaving like you're the only one in the world who's important is mental.

 

[Frood42]

Wet and chilly, but still in shorts
Saw the usual sights in London, like Big Ben, Westminster Palace, the London Eye, The Thames, etc...

Not a bad commute.

Had a nobber hanging his head out of a white van this morning suggesting that I learn to ride a bike, he got ignored.
I don't think he liked the fact I had taken primary to get past an HGV parked up at the roadside on a delivery (Tesco's near Parliment Sq rounabout) and he had to use the other lane that was free to go past me (http://goo.gl/maps/cF1cs)

 

[Harry_Palmer79]

First commute for a few weeks (though I was on leave for two of them). I took the train last week and had forgotten how much I hate squeezing into the carriages in the rush hour.

Ride was trouble free, bar a distinctly squished fox on the Great Western Road I was back on the SS as the gears were skipping on my road bike, though I suppose it's probably the time of year to put it into hibernation, for commuting anyway?

 

[Deleted member 1258]

I was stood in the back garden this morning thinking car bike, car bike, car bike and looking at the weather, in the end I took the bike and the weather couldn't make its mind up, it wasn't raining when I left, started raining as I was riding through Ash Green, then it stopped, then as I rode up the hill into Bedworth it started again, then it stopped, then started, then stopped, it finally decided to rain from the Griff island all the way into Nuneaton, I was a tad damp when I got in, I went out into the yard just before home time and it was raining, came out to go home and it had stopped and I got a dry ride home, apart from the weather not being able to make its mind it was just a routine commute.

 

[kevin_cambs_uk]

weather in this country is just abysmal
well and truly hacked off with it, and it only October

 

[ianrauk]

weather in this country is just abysmal
well and truly hacked off with it, and it only October

Not as bad as last year.
We have had half the rainy days compared to last year.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Wet ride in this morning to work, even wetter ride home tonight, at least the wind has died down. My second T6 copy turned up at work today, now do I put both on one bike or one on each of the hybrids?

 

[MickeyBlueEyes]

Very wet ride in but at least it gave me chance to try out my new neoprene socks. Happy days, arrived at work with nice dry feet

 

[Sheffield_Tiger]

Bombing down hill at the end of my ride in this morning

CLANG!
clunkclunkclunkclunkclunk...clunk....clunk........clunk..........click..................click

Back wheel breaking spokes again...time for a new heavier duty one, I load up a road wheel too much.

Big disadvantage of Suntour SE cantis...when they rub a wobbling wheel they pull in - it's hard work riding home in the peeing rain with a back brake jamming on every revolution. Can't pick up the wheel till Saturday so it's rain with fat cruiser tyres throwing water up at me, slogging on a 3-speed for the rest of the week