Tales from today's commute....

[BSRU]

Bet @fossyant is glad he's off today, chaos out there on the way home.
So many cars blocking junctions in a bid to get through the lights, never done so much filtering on a Friday lunchtime before, can only imagine what it's going to be like in rush hour

Felt like one of those alleycat racers at times(albeit in slow motion) as I weaved left/right down the middle, good fun but wouldn't want to do it every day

It's crazy Christmas shoppers

 

[martinclive]

Had the day off Wednesday and was so ill I ended up not going to work Thursday which was the first time in nearly 6 years
So took it steady this morning as still felt a bit queasy!
But bloody chilly

Yuk - hope you are feeling better for Xmas

 

[GrasB]

Can someone explain to me how 8C this afternoon felt a lot colder than 1.6C this morning? This resulted in rather cold hands.. besides that it was a 0 on the eventful meeter (which is generally a good thing )

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Down here in salisbury, was mild and hammering down rain last night. So I didn't expect the ice this morning, or would have used studded tyres. 2 offs - first on ice for 4-5 years - but fine.

After the first off, a woman stood beside her car - who watched it - shouts something at me. I thought she was asking how I was, but as I walked over turns out she was asking why I came off. I told her it was ice, thinking it was kinda obvious as there was frost all about. "oh", she said, as I noticed her car had mounted the pavment, "I wondered why I kept slipping on the road"

I was off today so no commute, but I did go for a ride, leaving Coventry on Washbrook Lane I noticed the road was a bit frosty, a couple of minutes later I was passed by a Police Car being driven at a steady pace on blues and two's, a short distance up the road there was a Mitsubishi pickup truck on its side half in the hedge half on the road, I had to stop and when I put my foot down I nearly fell on my arse, it was like a skating rink under foot.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

I'm playing taxi for swmbo tonight, so straight ride home, was pretty glad as it was windy and the ice tyres are hard work, especially since I can't remember when I last used this on them --->

 

[kevin_cambs_uk]

Yuk - hope you are feeling better for Xmas

cheers Martin

the ride home was dreadful I am obviously no where near 100% but all the pedalling made my back ache like mad.
Thankfully its Friday and 2 days off!

 

[Leaway2]

Had to walk my bike to the main road this morning. My road was very icy. Main roads OK though, but kept it slow and with a slight route change though Hale.

 

[hennbell]

What a crap end to the cycling year, in my last commuting week it was so cold I could only ride 2 out of the 5 days. Bah humbug !
It was -34C this morning.

 

[Twelve Spokes]

What a crap end to the cycling year, in my last commuting week it was so cold I could only ride 2 out of the 5 days. Bah humbug !
It was -34C this morning.

Bloody hell!

 

[Stevie Mcluskey]

What a crap end to the cycling year, in my last commuting week it was so cold I could only ride 2 out of the 5 days. Bah humbug !
It was -34C this morning.

Was going to complain about lashing rain and nearly getting blown to a stop on way home again tonight but think you've beat that hennbell

 

[cyberknight]

Had to walk my bike to the main road this morning. My road was very icy. Main roads OK though, but kept it slow and with a slight route change though Hale.

It was pretty hairy here as well till i got to the main road, fairly crispy and at a junction i did a rear wheel spin as i tried to accelerate onto the road.

 

[MisterStan]

Last commute until 30th Dec for me. A nice if tough bimble home with @martinclive - took the longer villages route, very windy gusting from the side. Traffic was well behaved though.

 

[fribbleblib]

Nearly ran over a squirrel in the Cathedral Close.
He took two attempts at diving under my wheel before leaping up a wall then into a tree!

 

[James Ots]

I don't have a big commute — just 2.5km — so my cycling target each month is only 100km (at least until spring). With the holidays this month I wasn't expecting to hit it from commuting only, and then I was ill for two days this week, and at the end of today I started getting a silent migraine, so left my bike at work and had a lift home, leaving me at only 82km.

But then I got a call from the bike shop saying my new bike is ready for collection, so it looks like I'll probably end up way over 100km, so long as the wind and rain isn't too vicious!

 

[paul04]

My last commute of 2013 today, now off work till the new year.
enjoy it, well apart from falling off on the tram tracks, and that cross wind last week nearly had me off the bike a couple of times.
roll on 2014 and start all over again