Tales from today's commute....

[potsy]

3rd puncture in the last 5 commuting days, 1st two were the result of a split in the tyre I hadn't noticed, this one was an instant deflation as I went through a subway 2 miles from work on the replacement tyre(old one brought back into emergency action)

Tonights ride home was incident free unless you count getting gritted twice by the gritting lorry as it went about it's business, certainly turned cold out there

 

[MisterStan]

Last night, i decided to try the Busway to check out how bad the flooding is - it's still not really passable without using the Busway itself or getting wet! Couple of close passes and got beeped by a rotund lady in a Peugeot - at the traffice lights, she told me she was just letting me know she was there - I told her that I knew already as she was aggressively pumping the accelerator.

This morning as I joined the Busway at Longstanton, I spotted and had a chat with @mangid until Cambridge. Down by the river the temperature really dropped and the towpath was very slippery.

 

[BSRU]

Another icy but dry morning so another outing for the M Winters.
I was scalped by a roadie on a nice looking Giant ride bike whilst going up an 5% hill. After the hill was over I noticed I was catching him on the flat but any incline he started to go away again, at least I had someone to chase for a change. Certainly a good workout for the legs and hopefully in the spring I will reap the benefits.

 

[Frood42]

Last nights commute wasn't too bad, a bit chilly, but with less wind about I am slowly getting quicker (1 x PR and 2 x 2nd), went arond the block to make the day a nice round 20miles.
Joined a train of 4 or 5 cyclists along Romford Rd, which was surprising, you see one or two spread out, but you don't normally see 4 or 5 trailing together.
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[Frood42]

Misty and chilly this morning (but still in shorts).
The mist and chill was annoying with the glasses, stop at traffic lights and the glasses fog up inside, ride along in the mist and they get wet on the outside, a lose-lose situation.

Three complete twonks this morning, one Hovis lorry, one white van (pinch point - cut in and left me no braking room) and one mobile crane thing (almost left hook), argghhh!!!!
As usual all brought about by petty impatience

Oh well, I shall console myself with my 2 x PR, 4 x 2nd, 4 x 3rd, and doing 13.6 miles in an hour, which for me was a good morning.
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[Beebo]

Misty and chilly this morning (but still in shorts).
The mist and chill was annoying with the glasses, stop at traffic lights and the glasses fog up inside, ride along in the mist and they get wet on the outside, a lose-lose situation.
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I agree, my glasses were as good as useless this morning. Cold foggy weather is the worst for steaming up, they never clear properly even when you are cycling.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Another icy but dry morning so another outing for the M Winters.
I was scalped by a roadie on a nice looking Giant ride bike whilst going up an 5% hill. After the hill was over I noticed I was catching him on the flat but any incline he started to go away again, at least I had someone to chase for a change. Certainly a good workout for the legs and hopefully in the spring I will reap the benefits.

Winters are a killer for any incline no matter how shallow.

Another outing for my winters this morning, side roads nice and icy, but main roads seemed to be clear, even the cycle path was fairly clear. Done 250 miles already on them this year

 

[fossyant]

No ice, just cold and crisp. Went an even longer route to an office near Manchester. Clocked over 18 miles for a direct route of less than 9. Probably clock the same route home too.

 

[ianrauk]

The good thing about a foggy commute is that there is no or very little wind, making for a quite fast commute.
Got creamed by a full on roadie today but only because he managed to draft the HGV that was bombing down the A21. Caught me by surprise so couldn't catch up.

Also had the steamed up glasses thing this morning. Pain in the arse but nothing a gloved finger wipe cant sort.

Also saw another full on roadie walking along with a flat tyre. He said both his spare tubes had punctured. I asked if he wanted any help or my spare inner tube. He declined as he think it is something to do with the wheel and we were near a train station anyway.

 

[BSRU]

Winters are a killer for any incline no matter how shallow.

Another outing for my winters this morning, side roads nice and icy, but main roads seemed to be clear, even the cycle path was fairly clear. Done 250 miles already on them this year

I know from a private RWG segment I have it took just under six minutes to go up that hill this morning but it only takes three minutes on the road bike.

Winters might be noisy with terrible rolling resistance but they are good workout and I wouldn't have risked the country lanes without them.

I have only done 105 miles on them so far this year but I have only used them for three morning commutes.

 

[Arjimlad]

I was ascending a modest hill on a single track lane this morning & surprised to get wheelspin !

Using heavy BSO with 700x35 Vittoria tready tyres.. stayed upright ok though. I was pleased I'd already dropped my daughter off before this point. Her seat has suspension - a big spring - and she loves bouncing around on it which can make the bike feel a bit unstable

Changed down to the middle ring seemed to make it behave better.

 

[potsy]

Ever had one of those phases of bad luck?
2 flats last week, tyre binned, another yesterday on the emergency 2nd hand replacement that has left a big hole in the sidewall so has been scrapped too.
Luckily i saw it before setting off today so it was a choice of driving or sorting out the cx back into commuting mode, i chose the latter

2 new D+ ordered for the Secteur, and a catering pack of tubes just in case

 

[400bhp]

Bit of a shorter route in forn me today - was running late.

Had a short but pleasant chat with an @skudupnorth type (you know the sort, hybrid and panniers and still wearing baggy shorts :0 ;-)

 

[J4MIE_P]

Spotted a Strava segment in one of the parks I ride through so went at dinner time to try and set a time, took a wrong turn and missed it. So went back tonight on the way home and took the KOM, on the ice tyres! Only ten people have ridden it, but chuffed to snatch it on the ice tyres.

Well Done on the KOM Mate!!!

 

[GrasB]

Bottled it today & yesterday, normally wouldn't be too worried about slippery stuff & just take it easy. However with broken bones there's no such thing as a minor off so I'll be doing around about 2 hours of cardio on the turbo again