Tales from today's commute....

[BSRU]

Another nice winters day for a commute, dry and warmish plus no wind.
Almost taken out by a pedestrian at some traffic lights they decided to cross the road without looking.

 

[Beebo]

What a smooth run in this morning. I put new cassette, chain ring, chain and jockey wheels on last night.

 

[potsy]

This morning was an official 'recovery ride'

 

[HLaB]

The forecast was completely wrong again (forecast overcast, turning out ). Another typical commute, nothing to report other than the weather. I could do with pumping my tyres up however, but I like the lower psi when there's a possibility of ice.

 

[jagman.2003]

Steady ride in this morning. Slight head wind. Legs were feeling it a bit. Suspect they were getting cold. Will adjust the 6 degree layer option.

 

[apb]

Nursery run this morning, the wee man didn't want his gloves or hat on and since it was mild i didn't push it. He said before we set off "Lachy likes the cold". I replied "Well, you're in the right country".

He was quiet, but happy.

 

[Frood42]

Last nights commute was the usual, nothing to report
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[Frood42]

Decided to wear my wind/rain proof jacket on the commute this morning as it was a bit nippy, but while I was toasty for part of the ride once I got nearer the end of the ride the accumulated sweat made it quite cold


Took the jacket off at work and it looked like I had been out in the rain

Apart from that, pretty uneventful and the roads were quite quiet.
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[Old Walrus]

Just getting back into the commuting lark with a chilly 6 miles in this morning (04.45) on the Mid Sussex roads.

Freelander driver parked at side of road by a junction, indicating left with brake lights aglow, probably on his/her mobile, I pulled out to give a wide berth as they decided to pull out from the kerb, woo whoo! Nice to see life is still exciting on the commute......

Exposure Joystick on flash + Lezyne MegaDrive = No excuse for SMIDSY

 

[Twelve Spokes]

Felt like crap and threw up on the ride in.Was cold but that didn't bother me.Car undertook another at Mile End and found me in the way.Alerted by his headlights I dived left when I could and he passes giving me a wave plus the hazard lights.Weird.Went longer route in as I don't usually get a chance to go via Tower Bridge.Another dodgy incident about a mile from Tower Bridge,but I think car was alerted by my right hand low down superflash.(I have three lights on the back (one on the left,steady one on the right,steady and seatpost flashing.)...managed to go further left again and he passed.Coming back I felt like death and my back ached but managed to make it to Homebase for a bit of shopping.Not bad coming back apart from Keltbray lorry on Upper Thames street with me in the cycle lane plus peds standing right on the edge of the pavement giving me very little space between myself and the lorry.Stuck behind it when it did actually manage to overtake me right at the top.

 

[potsy]

Decided to have a detour on the way home, need the miles to get me towards my yearly 6000 target.
An extra 5.5 was added which was enough considering I've ridden for 9 straight days now, quite gloomy even at 2pm, had to put my lights on

 

[Stephen C]

Saw there was no wind for this morning, so extended my commute to 30 miles, really enjoyed as I got away from the usual rat-runs, will try and do it more regularly.

Only other trouble is my front wheel bearings are getting worse quicker than hoped, might have to bring forward the wheel replacement...

 

[400bhp]

Well, i was perhaps 3 seconds from death this morning.

Coming towards a right turn off a single carriageway road (to Staff West Car Park off Thorley Lane for those that know @Leaway2). There was a row of cars coming from the other direction meaning that the car behind me had to wait to overtake. He/she held back at a safe distance. I am 100 yards from the turning and signal right. The cars have cleared coming towards me. I move to the right of the lane and am about to turn when I see a grey flash go past my right shoulder. I did a WTF moment as I had earlier noticed the car directly behind me was white.

Turned out that a car had overtaken the car directly behind me I wouldn't have stood a chance in font of an accelerating car.

 

[potsy]

Well, i was perhaps 3 seconds from death this morning.

Coming towards a right turn off a single carriageway road (to Staff West Car Park off Thorley Lane for those that know @Leaway2). There was a row of cars coming from the other direction meaning that the car behind me had to wait to overtake. He/she held back at a safe distance. I am 100 yards from the turning and signal right. The cars have cleared coming towards me. I move to the right of the lane and am about to turn when I see a grey flash go past my right shoulder. I did a WTF moment as I had earlier noticed the car directly behind me was white.

Turned out that a car had overtaken the car directly behind me I wouldn't have stood a chance in font of an accelerating car.

Blimey!!

 

[3narf]

I've found it quite hard these past few days.

Having a broken rib doesn't help!