Tales from today's commute....

[uclown2002]

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.

My thoughts exactly other than no battery issues and I much prefer a hot bath after such a tortuous commute. Only squeezed out 15 miles home instead of the usual 20 miles
Quite possibly my most unenjoyable commute ever.
However, not to be defeated, I'll be leaving at 0415 hrs for a little 25 miler in to work!

 

[ianrauk]

What a vile commute home....

 

[MisterStan]

As @kevin_cambs_uk said, conditions were less than ideal. This truly has been a tough week and its only Wednesday!

The Mrs had a cup of tea ready for me when I got in though

 

[MisterStan]

What a vile commute home....

You must have had a tailwind though Ian?

 

[Hip Priest]

Wettest ride home of my life. Freezing, horizontal rain. Hailstones. Flooded roads. Traffic chaos.

 

[ianrauk]

You must have had a tailwind though Ian?

It was too shitty, wet, cold and blustery to enjoy it tbh.

 

[fossyant]

Light rain up ere !

 

[MisterStan]

It was too s***ty, wet, cold and blustery to enjoy it tbh.

I just LOL'd! Our journeys are almost exactly 180 degree opposites, so I've been cursing you all week!

 

[mark st1]

Weather "app" on my phone said rain stopping at 2 pm great i thought however cycling home in the p'ing rain and fffffff reezing wind at 5 pm im beginning to think the i in i phone stands for s*i te

 

[MisterStan]

Light rain up ere !

Pipe down in the cheap seats!

 

[ianrauk]

Weather "app" on my phone said rain stopping at 2 pm great i thought however cycling home in the p'ing rain and fffffff reezing wind at 5 pm im beginning to think the i in i phone stands for s*i te

My phone app did say the same thing, but also did say the rain would return at 5pm.... and it did.

 

[ianrauk]

I just LOL'd! Our journeys are almost exactly 180 degree opposites, so I've been cursing you all week!

It's been a shitty weather week all round really.

 

[fossyant]

The bike has been washed.

 

[potsy]

The bike has been washed.

 

[Glow worm]

No commute for me today, but went to collect Mrs G from her work in central Cambridge at 5pm in the car (as she has a broken foot and needs chauffeuring).
20 miles round trip- total gridlock - and just over 2 hours. And to think folks do that every day- it's totally incomprehensible to me. It would have been much quicker to have ridden there and popped her on the pannier rack for the journey home.

Good to see all the cyclists whizzing past though, especially as I'll be one of them tomorrow!