Tales from today's commute....

[kevin_cambs_uk]

Err, don't you come into Cambridge in the mornings? Twas mostly side/head (SW) along the busway. Wind is changing this afternoon, NW, so headwind home, and tail(ish) for me depending on extension I take :-)

Family on Tandem were struggling this morning, both had heads down, twas a real slog between Longstanton and Westwick.

When I got on the busway at at Ives it's a head wind thru the car park then a left turn and then it keeps going more left
On the MTB I was at my first check point 5 mins early!
It then swings very slightly right at swavesey but I still call it tail wind
Then it's down to the big curve or dead mans curve as I call that section but although the uphill is tough its still flat by Yorkshire standards! And your sheltered by the dip as the busway hides you a bit and trees help
Do head down and just kept going before the next section which I call telegraph road!


The guy on the tandem needs a medal !

 

[kevin_cambs_uk]

So thats one morning in January then

Surprise, surprise, today's forecasted Armageddon never came

There is more snow than I thought
Last winter I recorded 3 snow events one was about 8 inches which is not road bike territory but the MTB is fine but with the spiked tyres and the following few days of the ice at -11 which was a diddle!

The MTB comes into play when the busway is flooded and you can still cycle along the bumpy grass banks

I have done. 2 winters on the road bike and its just no fun too dangerous

MTB for winter for me

 

[HLaB]

There is more snow than I thought
Last winter I recorded 3 snow events one was about 8 inches which is not road bike territory but the MTB is fine but with the spiked tyres and the following few days of the ice at -11 which was a diddle!

The MTB comes into play when the busway is flooded and you can still cycle along the bumpy grass banks

I have done. 2 winters on the road bike and its just no fun too dangerous

MTB for winter for me

My road bike was out every day; the snow events just 30miles uo the road never got over 1cm There was a lot of floods though.

 

[kevin_cambs_uk]

Looks like a real humdinger head wind for the ride home !

 

[kevin_cambs_uk]

My road bike was out every day; the snow events just 30miles uo the road never got over 1cm There was a lot of floods though.

I remember going down the busway and it was 8 inches me and the wife went to have a look the day before
The trickier thing was getting to the busway but once on it was brilliant although I fell off once! But the snow broke the fall

 

[Stephen C]

Looks like a real humdinger head wind for the ride home !

I think we cycle the exact opposite directions from Cambridge, looks like a humdinger tail wind to me!

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Still very windy in Leicester, time to get changed and go into battle

 

[martinclive]

The guy on the tandem needs a medal !

Think his name is Jeremy - seen him solo only once - as you would expect he had a really nice classic steel racer with friction shifters

Good luck in the wind tonight! Might see you in the morning...

 

[Rouge79]

LOL almost got blown over while waiting at a et of lights.

 

[mangid]

The guy on the tandem needs a medal !

As does the lass ! I'm sure during the summer months I've seen her reading a book as the go along, not so today :-)

 

[paul04]

I think I was lucky today, missed the wind and rain on the ride into work, all day long I could see the wind getting stronger, thinking about the ride home, but about 1pm the wind seem to die down a little, and by 4pm and home time the wind was not that bad.
just as I was about 100 yards from home the bike felt funny, checked the back tyre and it was flat. so a puncture repair when I got home.(a very small bit of glass in the tyre)

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Wind not a problem at all on the home leg, the leaves and all the twigs and branches did slow me down a hell of a lot though

 

[kevin_cambs_uk]

I think we cycle the exact opposite directions from Cambridge, looks like a humdinger tail wind to me!

It was !

 

[kevin_cambs_uk]

As does the lass ! I'm sure during the summer months I've seen her reading a book as the go along, not so today :-)

She does, although if I was on the back I am sure I would take it easy !!

 

[kevin_cambs_uk]

Think his name is Jeremy - seen him solo only once - as you would expect he had a really nice classic steel racer with friction shifters

Good luck in the wind tonight! Might see you in the morning...

You might its a tail wind I may be able to keep up on the MTB