Tales from today's commute....

[Supersuperleeds]

In a complete contrast to this morning it was nice this evening but I was only planning on a short one; it was only really notable for being the first enforced dark commute (there's been other dark commutes but due to me opting to go longer routes). Met one of my neighbours he'd been caught out and couldn't find his front light.

Same here, apart from I got caught in a torrential downpour that must have lasted no more than two minutes, was nice and dry by the time I got home. Cree light was fantastic down the unlit cycle paths

 

[Origamist]

A friendly chap from Chorlton Velo joined me at Hale and decided to change his route in order for us to ride together to Wilmslow. That's the kind of spontaneous, companionable gesture that makes cycling such a great way to get from a to b...

 

[Sappho96]

[QUOTE 2736839, member: 1314"]Had to swing by Shepherds Bush Empire to get a ticket for The Wedding Present on Friday to buy tickets but venue was shut, my fault. Took wrong turn home and ended up going home via the North Circular. Home by 8.45. Left office at 6, home just before 9. 34 miles.[/quote]

Saw the weddoes last week in wolverhampton; awesome gig!

 

[potsy]

Well having decided to take the easy option and drive in, I changed my mind as the sky cleared up a bit.
Got halfway to work and the heavens opened, proper drowned rat when I got in, drizzly rain most of the way home too

Nothing to report until a to**er nearly turned into me at a set of lights less than 1/4 mile from home, very nearly couldn't stop in time as it was wet and I am still struggling with my left wrist so couldn't put full braking force into it, he did give me an apology wave at least

 

[BSRU]

Rode up behind a car driver who decided to stop about 5 metres short of the stop line at some traffic lights, unfortunately that meant they did not trigger the road sensor and hence the lights would not change.

 

[martint235]

Later than usual but what a wonderful ride. Bright sunshine, a little headwind but nothing too serious and the traffic almost non-existent!!

 

[robjh]

We've got the mornings back! (for a while at least) Had a lovely ride in bright morning sunshine and treated myself to a few extra miles, the only dodgy point coming half a mile from work where I went round a corner on a sideroad and felt a momentary slip on the wet leaves. No harm done, great start to the day. If only it could carry on like that!

 

[jagman.2003]

Half light morning leading into sunshine. Half dry roads, but plenty of leaf litter & debris in the gutter. Good steady ride in. New bike light setup working well. The real test will be the way home.

 

[MisterStan]

Lovely ride in with @kevin_cambs_uk - it was like the first morning of spring, if you ignored the colour of the leaves.

 

[nilling]

20+ mph headwinds made for a challenging ride this morning but I missed a heavy downpour by minutes so all good...

 

[Frood42]

It was rather nice waking up to sunshine this morning, not too chilly, although there was a bit of crosswind and headwind.

It was that bright I was in two minds as to whether I was going to need lights, I put the new Hope 1 into the dual flash/steady mode just in case, hopefully tonight I can give it a proper test run (not so confident of the handlebar bracket, but we shall see).

Another uneventful commute (apart from the leaves on the CS3), bliss.

 

[Origamist]

[QUOTE 2737367, member: 1314"]@Origamist You still going in on the plug?[/quote]

The trusty Charge Plug was put out to pasture in early 2012. The track bike was also sold as was the 853 lo pro! I'm on the Pug at moment, but will be on the Focus from next week!

 

[Supersuperleeds]

At least 22 miles on a buckled rear wheel with a broken spoke, I suspect it was 40 miles as I think I broke the spoke last night. Anyway get to work, do a few jobs, then do another 12 mile round trip to my lbs to get the spoke sorted. I've damaged the rear rim (I think I did this three or four weeks ago when I hit a bloody big pothole), so a good excuse to upgrade the wheels

 

[BSRU]

Whilst cycling in a bus lane had some plonker in a car beep me for getting in their way, they were using the bus lane as a short cut to a shopping mall car park.
In a short conversation about the beep, they admitted they new it was a bus lane and that they were not driving a bus.

 

[Frood42]

Whilst cycling in a bus lane had some plonker in a car beep me for getting in their way, they were using the bus lane as a short cut to a shopping mall car park.
In a short conversation about the beep, they admitted they new it was a bus lane and that they were not driving a bus.

It always makes me laugh that their impatience increases the delay.
No beeping and they would not have had to have a conversation with you, which no doubt increased their delay, if they hadn't beeped then no conversation and less of a delay...

The logic of it always amuses me, especially here in London, where cars closing off roads with large queues is a normal part of the rush hour...