Tales from today's commute....

[HLaB]

Just a short 5.1 miles for me this morning, it was a bit damp but fresh. The only thing of note I passed a crash site and the roads in the area were grid locked.

 

[jagman.2003]

I was determined to cycle in today. Not much rain over night. Just damp on the roads. Gambled it wouldn't start raining. Lost the bet. Now I know for sure I haven't got any spare socks at work. Typing with soggy socks on. But on the bright side, the bike went well, hopefully due to weight reduction (see other post) & it's clearing up outside.

 

[Beebo]

I find it amusing that our southern contingent arent wearing gloves yet , however us northern and further north folk are kitted up in arctic gear !

It hasnt got anywhere near freezing down in London yet.
Maybe 5 or 6 degrees at worst. 3/4 length tights and light weight gloves are required, but not the heavy weight winter ones.
You still see numptys in full winter gear cycling along, they must be roasting in their winter gear including full length water proof trousers

 

[ianrauk]

It hasnt got anywhere near freezing down in London yet.
Maybe 5 or 6 degrees at worst. 3/4 length tights and light weight gloves are required, but not the heavy weight winter ones.
You still see numptys in full winter gear cycling along, they must be roasting in their winter gear including full length water proof trousers

Was 6degs when I left this morning. And yep.. am seeing cyclists like they are all kitted out for an arctic expidition.
The traffic was so bad this morning everywhere on my commute, especially through Lewisham.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

This mornings commute saw me break 10,000 commuting miles for the year. Not really sure I can claim them all as commuting, maybe 10,000 miles ridden between home and work is more accurate as if I had gone just direct I would have done less than 2,000 miles by now.

 

[fossyant]

'Might' be back on the bike next week on my return to work. Antibiotics have done the job, and I spent an hour in the gym this morning. 45 minutes cardio (rower, ski thingy and the torture machine - exercise bike). Also did a few weights and leg extensions. No pain, nothing rolled across the gym floor Whoop ! Will be going each morning this week and see how things work out !

Edit: This is if the Wife lets me. She's just mentioned my 'getting back' into it by just riding at weekends for leisure. Erm, no I can't get fit again that way !

 

[Ace Ventura]

Nothing wild on today's journey. A big chunk of tree/branch had come on Clapham common path meaning a detour onto boggy grass, and some wild flooding near Battersea Park station meant some eggs were cycling through half a foot of water in the bus lane instead of filtering outside the cars.

Nearly saw a cyclist t-boned on the CS8 opposite Battersea Power Station, as he ran a red light, and the motorbike coming out of the side road had the sense to slam on his brakes or it would have been carnage.

 

[martint235]

Was 6degs when I left this morning. And yep.. am seeing cyclists like they are all kitted out for an arctic expidition.
The traffic was so bad this morning everywhere on my commute, especially through Lewisham.

Really? If you'd got up at the time I did and played a bit of Candy Crush, you would have hit a virtually deserted Catford.

 

[hennbell]

We had our first snow storm of the year over the week end. I take a few days off after the first snow so that the motorist can get their "snow wheels" underneath them. So today was the first proper snow ride of the year. Took a little longer to get to work but i made it in one piece without falling. I did have to clip out once a put a foot down to maintain balance but otherwise very successful.

Sometimes the first snow clears up but this stuff looks like the snow that will be here until March or April.

 

[Stephen C]

Had a strange end of commute yesterday, about 3 miles from home, the last bit is along a quiet country road, no lights etc, a car follows me, not overtaking (even though you can see a good mile ahead and there were no oncoming cars) and rather strangely, it keeps putting it's main beams on for a few seconds at a time. I checked that nothing had fallen off my bike, but all was fine.

I was feeling a bit paranoid so took a few detours through my village to lose the car so they couldn't follow me home

 

[Glow worm]

Bizzare dream last night- I was cycling down a hill at over 50mph, tried to brake, but my brake pads melted causing the front tyre to explode in a ball of flames. No idea what Freud would make of that one!

Slightly less exciting ride in, barely managing to top 15mph. Still very windy but should be a nice tail wind heading home later after a couple of halves with a pal in Cambridge pub . ~Hopefully no melting brake pads.

 

[HLaB]

We had our first snow storm of the year over the week end. I take a few days off after the first snow so that the motorist can get their "snow wheels" underneath them. So today was the first proper snow ride of the year. Took a little longer to get to work but i made it in one piece without falling. I did have to clip out once a put a foot down to maintain balance but otherwise very successful.

Sometimes the first snow clears up but this stuff looks like the snow that will be here until March or April.

I took a day of at the start of the year for the the same reason, driving was chaotic and there was only a few cm's of snow, up north we can get a foot (Im from central Scotland) and you probably get several feet and less chaos!

 

[potsy]

My main route home has a set of temporary road works, so I often cut through my favourite park and use the shared path for the last mile or so, this is not a good idea anymore as the local school chucks out just about the time I am passing, bloomin kids spread out everywhere
So today I stayed on the main route and waited ages for the temporary lights to change (always seem to get there just at the wrong time in the 3 way cycle) gets 200 yards further and there is now another set of lights
Time to start de-touring again

 

[Twelve Spokes]

A rotten bike tour failure last month but what I saw tonight at Mile End makes my bike tour failure so small in comparison.

 

[Sheffield_Tiger]

Bad news. Broken chain and no spare links.

Good news. It broke 2 minutes walk from Decathlon where 2 links are £3.99


And I didn't say anything to today's silly cyclist who I spied riding the wrong way up a one way street between 2 crossing pedestrians who understandably weren't looking her way....

...I shall just mention it when she gets home!