Tales from today's commute....

[Harry_Palmer79]

First ride to work on the new commuter bike... fitted mudguards last night and they seem to be fine, rattle free and I arrived dry as a bone

 

[Leaway2]

Let me guess, on the 40mph bit on Thorley Lane. I've had it once there too

Correct.

 

[Archeress]

Chilly but dry ride in, finished with s little sprint up Lysander road into the office. Only downside, after going out last night, forgot to put my purse back in my commuting backpack so had no money to go to the harvester with my training team and no lunch either as I had intended to go with the team. Don't like borrowing money.

Hugs
Archeress x

 

[MrGrumpy]

driving today as didn`t think I would have enough room on the bike for the 42" TV it could of course been extra for me .

 

[apb]

there's a guy i see commuting around Edinburgh on a steel (Probably an early 90s tange steel) GT road bike, converted to a fixie. It's the coolest bike i've seen, even mine .

 

[GrasB]

Managed a ride home, a short one at 15.8 miles but better than nothing

 

[MrGrumpy]

there's a guy i see commuting around Edinburgh on a steel (Probably an early 90s tange steel) GT road bike, converted to a fixie. It's the coolest bike i've seen, even mine .

only fixed riders I see on my commute is my neighbour and another dude on a red coloured fixed coming through Dalmeny/South Queensferry depending on the time in the morning.

 

[kipster]

Lovely commutes today, dry with a bit of ice this morning on the cycle path bit, roads were good. Called out to a ped about to walk across side road I was about to turn left into (he didn't look) and he stopped. Coming home took it easyish as I gave blood at 3pm, some very good drivers, only one close pass. I had one car nearly reverse out of his drive in front of me, he was observing the person waving him out, said person wasn't looking my way. I could see the gap between the back of his car and the cars on the opposite side of the road disappearing. I called out, person waving him panicked but he stopped. I had slowed and hands were on the brakes. This is an unlit road and if he had bothered to look at the road he would maybe just about seen either the flashing light, the 1200 lumen cree bay special or the 800 lumen helmet light (I commute on unlit country lanes).

 

[kevin_cambs_uk]

Had fish, chips, mushy peas, scraps and 4 slices of bread for lunch. MMMMMMMMM
So took it easy coming home, but a nice tail wind and a great ride home after a tough old week. Looking forward to 2 days off from the bike. The weather is rain again next week!

 

[Gez73]

Nice ride in today, no ice on the roads and just the right side of cold for cycling. Winter/spiked tyres on standby but not yet used. Slight increase in volume of traffic which seems to be a Friday thing.

 

[Jenkins]

Bright sunshine and damp roads this morning meant that the sunglasses came out for the first time this year

However I spent half the ride in and all the way home wondering what was causing the intermittent clicking noise from the drive train. Finally found time to check when I got home and found...

Please excuse the state of the chain - this was only the 3rd commute since it was fully cleaned & lubed. The roads round here seem to have a permanent layer of muddy slime on them.

 

[apb]

Visit from the fairy 1/2 a mile from home. Decided to walk and deal with it tomorrow

 

[apb]

only fixed riders I see on my commute is my neighbour and another dude on a red coloured fixed coming through Dalmeny/South Queensferry depending on the time in the morning.

I come up the innocent railway and usually see a few around the meadows. I usually see this guy from the office riding towards Lothian road on the western bypass. Yes, I have a window seat. I'm terribly important.

 

[semislickstick]

Does this forum have a found section?
Anyway I found a cycle accessory in St.Ives Cambs this evening, I know there are a fair few people on CC who pass through the town. You'd have noticed it was missing, I hope. Pm me if you lost something there...or take a lucky guess.

 

[potsy]

I had a moron tonight beeping because the car he was following wasn't overtaking me on a hump back bridge, despite there being double white lines in the middle of the road to denote 'no overtaking' and zero visibility of anything coming the other way
The car behind me gave lots of room when they did go past, the moron just stared at me, I had great pleasure in reovertaking him 500 yards further up when he got stuck in traffic