Tales from today's commute....

[Beebo]

Very foggy, not much fun.

 

[HLaB]

Bit of a pea souper this morning. Heard something grinding in my brakes on the way out, what ever it was wore the pads down fast, 10 miles later I discovered there was no front brake at a damp junction Thankfully I commute on a fixie. Thought initially the brake cable had snapped and I'be walking through the junctions on the last 1.5miles but I able to loosen the hex and pull a bit more cable through and retighten.

 

[Frood42]

Foggy this morning, again.
Roads were greasy.

Only had one close pass numpty thankfully, same roundabout as the other morning, got him nowhere, same as the chap yesterday...

Apart from that, oh, and having to use my gloves as window wipers on my glasses, oh and the cold, it was a nice ride!
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[robjh]

Had to do the commute by car this morning. Horrible, horrible, sitting in snarling traffic rather than sailing past it, and knowing that I was part of the problem rather than the solution. Why do people choose this every day? (I know there are already other posts on this subject....)

 

[apb]

Lovely morning in Edinburgh, can't believe this is December weather. Was on the hybrid with the wee man this morning. Had a nice relaxing commute. A great way to start the day.

 

[Beebo]

The fog is starting to clear over London Town. Just taken this picture from my office window.

 

[Stephen C]

Foggy this morning and a bit nippy, might have to get the winter clothing out. Got nicely cut up by a van that had "Merry Xmas" written in the dirt on the back, how very kind of him!

 

[ianrauk]

The fog is starting to clear over London Town. Just taken this picture from my office window.

No so over the Thames in Deptford (from my office)

 

[Frood42]

The fog is starting to clear over London Town. Just taken this picture from my office window.
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We just have a gray wall of Fog outside our window, almost like having the blinds down... I would take a picture, but you wouldn't see anything.
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[Supersuperleeds]

Lovely and sunny in Leicester, but it is

 

[EthelF]

Friendly chap commented as he passed me this morning that my lights are quite hypnotising. Not sure that this is the effect I really want to be achieving with my current setup! (It was gloomy and misty so I was running the full arsenal at the back, Moon Shield on low constant on left seat stay, Moon Shield flashing on right seat stay, Supernova E3 on the rack and Exposure Redeye on the helmet - yes, I probably AM paranoid!)

 

[Mr Foldy]

Why isn't fog warm and fluffy? I don't mind the lack of visibility too much, it's the flipping cold!!! I had to wear 3/4s today and still had little ice crystals on my legs!

That is a good question. We have put up with boring cold fog since it was first invented. Why indeed isn't fog fluffy? Where is science on that?

 

[HLaB]

The fog stayed all day here at least until the light faded 20minutes ago. Hopefully its not as bad come 5pm.

Edit: it still was and will probably be al night now

 

[ManiaMuse]

Take care in the fog. Never completely lifted where I work and was well on its way back as dusk fell.

Lost my nerve a bit this evening, super slow commute home. Combination of bright fog lights and busy traffic was quite unsettling, was paranoid that a car was going to pull out on me from a side street.

 

[Christopher]

Had to do some fieldwork this AM so didn't get to the office until gone noon, only to find that all 4 bike boxes were in use. That is a far cary from a few years ago when 2 of us (out of an office of 300 people) would cycle-commute in the winter. Back then, one empty box had a rusty padlock on it for over a year, we used 2 boxes and some co-worker used the fourth bike box to store firewood...