potsy
Rambler
- Location
- My Armchair
Just noticed how white our car park is and was thinking it might have gotten you 
Tales from today's commute....
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User33236
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Slow and steady ride home from work due to all the white slippy stuff that fell from the sky bang on home time.
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Hacienda71
Mancunian in self imposed exile in leafy Cheshire
- Location
- Wilmslow, Cheshire
I promise never to secretly snigger
at @potsy and @fossyant tales of drenching on their commutes again. I think I annoyed the cycling gods. 15 mph headwind of driving hail on a dark fast country road for 5 miles is not fun and is rather painfull
. Crunching the large hailstones that I caught in my mouth was quite amusing though. 
at @potsy and @fossyant tales of drenching on their commutes again. I think I annoyed the cycling gods. 15 mph headwind of driving hail on a dark fast country road for 5 miles is not fun and is rather painfull. Crunching the large hailstones that I caught in my mouth was quite amusing though.
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kevin_cambs_uk
Guru
- Location
- Near Cambridge
Wind again, torturous 14 miles of head wind. Mother nature really has in for me!
GrasB
Veteran
- Location
- Nr Cambridge
Grow a pair... I cycled in today with fractured ribs!
400bhp
Guru
David Parry
Active Member
- Location
- Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
Needless energy loss . . . sucks!
I like Skol
A Minging Manc...
- Location
- Sunny Ashton-under-Lyne
Great run into work with about a 90% green light occurance. I paid for it though by encountering a layer of white stuff on the ground as I passed through Bredbury and into Stockport.
Security have just announced over the tannoy that the carpark is frozen and slippy so be careful! Should be an interesting ride home at 7am in the morning
Security have just announced over the tannoy that the carpark is frozen and slippy so be careful! Should be an interesting ride home at 7am in the morning
David Parry
Active Member
- Location
- Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
Great run into work with about a 90% green light occurance. I paid for it though by encountering a layer of white stuff on the ground as I passed through Bredbury and into Stockport.
Security have just announced over the tannoy that the carpark is frozen and slippy so be careful! Should be an interesting ride home at 7am in the morning
It's frozen on the road outside my house. Ice bike tomorrow.
GrasB
Veteran
- Location
- Nr Cambridge
Un-proper cycling on a upwrong contraptionProper cycling or on that weird wheelchair type thing?
Leaway2
Lycrist
- Location
- Manchester (Sale)
Got shot blasted by headwind and hailstone last night. Don't need a shave this morning as it took the top layer of skin off.
Beebo
Firm and Fruity
- Location
- Hexleybeef
it seemed very quiet on the roads this morning. Maybe I didnt get the memo telling everyone not to bother coming to work today.
Frood42
I know where my towel is
- Location
- Magrathea, Horsehead Nebula
Happiness, energy, and speed sapping headwind last night, a cold headwind as well 
Made the trip along Romford Road even more unpleasent than usual, as at times I would be battling said headwind, and then at times would suddenly be spinning the pedals.
Thankfully there are some bus lanes along the route which meant I could get a breather in peace.
The slow going made it feel a little unpleasent going through a couple of the more dangerous pinch points (an average speed of only 10mph last night on the commute).
Same wind made for a chilly 10k jog last night as well...
Although the magnum ice cream sort of made up for it all
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Made the trip along Romford Road even more unpleasent than usual, as at times I would be battling said headwind, and then at times would suddenly be spinning the pedals.
Thankfully there are some bus lanes along the route which meant I could get a breather in peace.
The slow going made it feel a little unpleasent going through a couple of the more dangerous pinch points (an average speed of only 10mph last night on the commute).
Same wind made for a chilly 10k jog last night as well...
Although the magnum ice cream sort of made up for it all
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