Tales from today's commute....

[DCLane]

Was that you on the CX? The one with the badly out of tru front wheel and ran about 4 reds? Thought better of you.

Nope - on the Raleigh Airlite as usual with newly trued front wheel. And I don't run red lights (or ride on the pavement or without lights, etc. etc.).

I don't currently have a CX. Now there's a thought ....

 

[Stephen C]

As I am the only cycle commuter in my office (but not building) I have managed to nab 2 radiators and a coat stand to myself
Everything is nice and toasty come leaving time (well until I step outside).

We also have showers here, so I can get into work early after a nice long ride, get a nice long hot shower, and then go and get breakfast before I have to start.
Lovely!

The building is a joke really, they encourage cycling, but then provide bike racks with a leaky roof and no security, showers that spray the room more than the person and no where to dry anything, not even coat hooks, so everyone gets a wet back on rainy days from hanging coats on chairs.

The only plus side is we bought ourselves a nespresso machine, so breakfast is nice!

 

[martinclive]

I turned to check and you weren't there anymore!

heard that one before! @kevin_cambs_uk you are not alone!!!

 

[Frood42]

The building is a joke really, they encourage cycling, but then provide bike racks with a leaky roof and no security, showers that spray the room more than the person and no where to dry anything, not even coat hooks, so everyone gets a wet back on rainy days from hanging coats on chairs.

The only plus side is we bought ourselves a nespresso machine, so breakfast is nice!

Underground employee only card controlled car park here
There is a motorcycle only section I can use and has some very solid fixings to attach my bike to.

No espresso machine though, just a Costa Coffee store 5 mins walk away, about as continental as I get

 

[400bhp]

We are moving to a new building with all these marvellous things next July. Open plan, nowhere to hang bike kit. Plus side is my commute miles will go up, and there won't be any off site meetings I need to go to, so can leave locks etc. at the office. I've already got plans for rigging up USB powered fans under the desk, and hang all my kit under there. Been there and done it. Shame the desktop PC is tiny - nothing like a big old base unit pumping out heat under the desk.

There's no showers??

 

[fossyant]

There's no showers??

There will be 'shared' showers with the sports changing facilities on site. Plans for a cycling hub were dropped, and down the pan went lockers etc. Even the new bike stands will be a pain for those with mudguards, and it's going to mean buying a new lock as the bikes are mounted in a 'pod' thingy vertically. All the cyclists said, just get sheffield stands, but nobody listened.

This is what we are getting, but look at the securing points !

 

[Stephen C]

No espresso machine though, just a Costa Coffee store 5 mins walk away, about as continental as I get

We have a lot of Europeans in the office, so it really is a must!

 

[Leodis]

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There will be 'shared' showers with the sports changing facilities on site. Plans for a cycling hub were dropped, and down the pan went lockers etc. Even the new bike stands will be a pain for those with mudguards, and it's going to mean buying a new lock as the bikes are mounted in a 'pod' thingy vertically. All the cyclists said, just get sheffield stands, but nobody listened.

This is what we are getting, but look at the securing points !

Odd looking showers, could be chasing the soap for some time with them curves.

 

[DCLane]

We've got a secure bike cage in the underground car park, a drying room, lockers, showers, storage and a shared bike workshop 3 afternoons a week - so I can't complain. The university's been great at providing cycle facilities for staff.

 

[400bhp]

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There will be 'shared' showers with the sports changing facilities on site. Plans for a cycling hub were dropped, and down the pan went lockers etc. Even the new bike stands will be a pain for those with mudguards, and it's going to mean buying a new lock as the bikes are mounted in a 'pod' thingy vertically. All the cyclists said, just get sheffield stands, but nobody listened.

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Same stands as kpmg in london iirc.

 

[potsy]

Well I rode my bike Slackers the pair of you!

I'll be back on it in the morning, felt weird coming home in the car.
Might even do a quick lap of the industrial estate to make up for todays wimpiness

 

[Davidsw8]

Saw what was quite possibly the single stupidest, most disgusting behaviour by a cyclist on my commute home tonight. Cycling up Rodney Road, London behind the Heygate Estate, barely any street lighting and I see something moving in the cycle lane in front of me. It's a grown man on a totally unlit bike, dressed in very dark clothing cycling along in front of me. That's bad enough but what makes it worse is that he had a co-passenger, a little girl (maybe 9 years old) sat side saddle across the bike rack behind him also dressed in very dark clothing.

Bearing in mind that this is the very same stretch of road where I saw a black transit swerve in and out of the cycle lane and do a swift, unindicate u-ey a couple of weeks back.

Gutting thing is cos of the darkness and the rain, my cam barely picked it up.

 

[kevin_cambs_uk]

Well head wind going, took me another 15 mins this morning, and then coming home, head wind again and then the weather went wild for about 20 minutes, absolutely tippd it down and the wind went crazy. It was like a monsoon. @MisterStan caught me and agreed it had not been the best week for cycling!

Really starting to sort the men from the boys this week, definite drop in the number of cyclists around

 

[kevin_cambs_uk]

heard that one before! @kevin_cambs_uk you are not alone!!!

LOL!!!

 

[Leodis]

Holy hell... That has got to be the worst commutes so far and a great finale for cycle commuting in 2013

Check torrential horizontal rain..
Check flooded roads..
Check Sleet..
Check Snow..
Check strong winds...
Check front light battery runs out half way..

The hot shower has never felt better.