Tales from today's commute....

[ianrauk]

One of my rear lights fell off and smashed when I bunny hopped a massive pot hole. The front whee made in over, but the back wheel came crashing down into the hole. The tand wheel appear to be OK.
I couldnt take any other evasive action due to the size of the hole and the proximity of traffic.

Those wheels on your Kona are bomb proof....

 

[ianrauk]

Legs were tired this morning.
Not much to say about my commutes, managed to stay out of the rain, but currently there always seems to be at least one complete twat if not more out on the roads.
It seems mainly to be because I am cycling around Ilford and Stratford... but I cannot really avoid that as work has moved to Ilford...
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The mere thought of the Ilford one way system sends shiver down my commuting spine.. my sympathies Sir.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Also very tired legs this morning, I suspect it was the 75 miles I did yesterday on the ice tyres (over three rides I must add)

 

[BSRU]

Also very tired legs this morning, I suspect it was the 75 miles I did yesterday on the ice tyres (over three rides I must add)

You must have legs like Chris Hoy by now.

 

[.stu]

Woke up sore and stiff but determined to ride to work. The roads were wet from last nights rain but it was quite mild, and after pumping my tyres back up to their normal pressure it felt like the bike was sticking to the road again so my confidence has returned

 

[Supersuperleeds]

You must have legs like Chris Hoy by now.

I wish! Though they are in much better shape than 12 months ago

 

[HLaB]

Glad I was on the bike this morning. I usually go by a narrower quieter road rather than the busier parallel road but the small road was queued for nearly its entire length so I doubled back to the wider road where I had room to go down the middle. The large road was typically queued at its pinch points (namely Crescent Bridge) where I had to indulge in a bit of careful lane hopping and filtering to reach the cycle underpass. Again I'd usually stick to the road there but it was just so jammed

 

[HLaB]

I wish! Though they are in much better shape than 12 months ago

Fostermann ?

 

[Leodis]

I wish! Though they are in much better shape than 12 months ago

864 miles in 15 days... dude you are a machine, either that or you don't work and can spend your day pootling along at 5 mph.

 

[Frood42]

The mere thought of the Ilford one way system sends shiver down my commuting spine.. my sympathies Sir.

Thanks.
Although my favourite has to be that three lane gyratory in Stratford around the old shopping centre, it is always such fun... /sarcasm
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[Leodis]

Poor commute today, was cycling down Meanwood road (Meanwood mini roundabout) and joined a cycle lane that bypasses a mini roundabout whilst trying to watch a HGV take said roundabout, some tit thought it would be good to overtake me and try and turn left totally ignoring me in the process and had the cheek to blame ME!! Then some nobber cyclist RLJ, I catch him up and about to skin him when I noticed no mudguards and received a face of road scum for the pleasure so I backed off and left him too it in his goalkeeping trousers.

Really thinking of just setting off early and arriving at work a couple of hours early to avoid these nutters.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

864 miles in 15 days... dude you are a machine, either that or you don't work and can spend your day pootling along at 5 mph.

I do work, though my boss might not agree with that statement

 

[Sheffield_Tiger]

Broken chain (or rather the powerlink)
Forgot lock so couldn't stop to buy lunch
Running late and intending to pick up breakfast on way - that was out

Hope the ride home is better

 

[fossyant]

Short direct route into Manchester as running late. Quarter of a mile from my destination and I hit a massive pot hole on Oxford Rd opposite the Aquatics Centre.

Bang hiss. Walked the bike to the shelter and left it unfixed as had no time.

Brand new wheels too. Just checked my valves are long enough as my new wheels are a deeper profile. Tonights job before going home.

 

[hennbell]

Very strong east to west wind over 60 kph. Was great when heading east but when i turned to the north I had a very hard time keeping the front wheel underneath me. Big gusts of wind plus high temperature 5C made the normally dry compact snow road into a water covered ice rink. Just need a stick and puck then game on!