Tales from today's commute....

[BSRU]

Fright of my left this morning riding along an unlit country lane when a rather large rabbit bolted straight across the road missing my front wheel by millimetres. As I was riding at about 20mph if contact had been made I would have been off.

At least all the heavy rain had gone by the time I woke up this morning but was a little chilly

 

[martint235]

Wet!!! Feet got wet. Need to get my mudguards sorted so have written to Mango again.

Also I think I've crushed a bearing in my freewheel. After reading on here about chains looking a bit slack etc, I'd used the chain tensioners to get the chain to the stage where you could twang it. It would seem this isn't the way to do it on the freewheel side. Doh.

 

[nilling]

Kudos to those that cycled in this morning, remember "Winter miles, means Summer smiles"

 

[potsy]

Was good going past people scraping their windscreen this morning, winter jacket was definitely needed

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Lost a rear light this morning. Heard it fly off, but didn't realise it was my light until I got to work. Good job I have two lights on the bike.

Just a bit fresh this morning. had the wrong gloves on and my hands were a tad cold when I got to work.

 

[MisterStan]

Nice and chilly this morning, a good chance to try out my new Castelli winter cycling cap and gloves - toasty warm fingers and ears!

 

[HLaB]

Wet and slow ride tonight. Decided to go through Watermead Country Park, part of it has a raised wooden path to go over a part that gets very boggy, there is chicken wire on the wood to stop people slipping. It didn't help, both wheels start to slide, so rather than fight it, I bunny hopped off the path onto the boggy bit. Plenty of sliding about on the very wet leaves on the cycle path also made me go a bit slower than normal.

I avoid the park at this time of year its treacherous. Today was the exact opposite weather wise but it'd still be full of wet leaves, etc Supposed to be horrible again tomorrow

 

[Origamist]

-3 Celsius in Mobberley/Ashley this morning but was ready for it (hat, longs, buff, winter gloves, overshoes etc) Spotted a bit of ice, but generally the roads were OK. A nice morning...

 

[mangid]

Nice and chilly this morning, a good chance to try out my new Castelli winter cycling cap and gloves - toasty warm fingers and ears!

Garmin claim 1.6, changed main display to show the temperature, warm toes, cold fingers.

Nearly time to break buff out to keep ears warm.

 

[HLaB]

Garmin claim 1.6, changed main display to show the temperature, warm toes, cold fingers.

Nearly time to break buff out to keep ears warm.

I can't believe how fast its changed just 2 weeks ago I was in shorts and mitts, it wasn't that weather today one of my mates up north said it was icy up there

 

[Stephen C]

You could tell the schools have gone back round here, had more close passes this morning than all of last week! Strong head wind made it a very cold ride in, but definitely looking forward to the ride home

 

[fossyant]

Scraped the ice off the car to run daughter to school. Still not riding. Recon another couple of weeks. Back to work next week but will drive for the first week.

 

[DCLane]

Very heavy traffic coming into Leeds from the south this am. Possibly because the first frost and schools re-starting combined. Basically one/two long lines for 8 out of the 10 miles.

And as I was , me

 

[MisterStan]

Very heavy traffic coming into Leeds from the south this am. Possibly because the first frost and schools re-starting combined. Basically one/two long lines for 8 out of the 10 miles.

And as I was , me

Don't you just love being smug!

 

[HLaB]

Very heavy traffic coming into Leeds from the south this am. Possibly because the first frost and schools re-starting combined. Basically one/two long lines for 8 out of the 10 miles.

And as I was , me

The traffic in most places for me, was too light to get that pleasure except, Shewsbury Avenue and the Rivergate Gyratory