Tales from today's commute....

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fossyant

Ride It Like You Stole It!
Location
South Manchester
A lazy 11 miles into work this morning. It was very windy and raining cats and dogs when I normally get up, so I had a lie in. When I set off it was getting light, cloudless and a bit windy, got to work early despite the hour and half lie in!

Are you feeling OK ! :whistle:

I had a look at one of your strava traces for your commute - you go everywhere - I had presumed you did a big loop, but no over almost every street in the town - are you training to be a taxi driver !!! :biggrin:
 

Supersuperleeds

Legendary Member
Location
Leicester
Are you feeling OK ! :whistle:

I had a look at one of your strava traces for your commute - you go everywhere - I had presumed you did a big loop, but no over almost every street in the town - are you training to be a taxi driver !!! :biggrin:

With the weather being crap lately I have been sticking to the city, so I have to do loads of circles to build the miles up as home to work is only five miles. When the weather is okay I do head out into the countryside, which is much nicer and faster but hillier.
 

Twelve Spokes

Time to say goodbye again...
Location
CS 2
That was on of the worst runs ever. Not relaxing and I didnt enjoy it.
The tube strike has sent too many people on to the roads. The roads were awful, with far too many cyclists, drivers and motorbikes doing some very silly things.

Tell me about it.:whistle:

I did something stupid.I used a moped to stop instead of my brakes.:B)
 

GrasB

Veteran
Location
Nr Cambridge
That's a fair point, but once in Cambridge that car is the same as any other - stuck in a jam! :smile:
You're assuming two things which aren't true:
1) I commute during rush hour
2) I'm working on a site that is near the centre of town &/or work in the northern 'business' area of Cambridge...

I'm one set of traffic lights away from the M11 :dance:
 

donnydave

Über Member
Location
Cambridge
FTFY.. although I may have a fairly unusual reason to say this (<< note avatar :biggrin:)

Pah, you've got a roof, wimp! Drove to work in freezing fog a couple of weeks ago and spent most of the time wiping the frost off the inside of the windscreen, thinking "I wish I was on my bike". I may also have set off someone's car alarm when I parked up next to them :whistle:

btw is that an ultima gtr? If so :hyper:
 
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Twelve Spokes

Time to say goodbye again...
Location
CS 2
It's not,it's a suit of armour.
 

Kookas

Über Member
Location
Exeter
Pah, you've got a roof, wimp! Drove to work in freezing fog a couple of weeks ago and spent most of the time wiping the frost off the inside of the windscreen, thinking "I wish I was on my bike". I may also have set off someone's car alarm when I parked up next to them :whistle:

btw is that an ultima gtr? If so :hyper:

Why don't you just put the roof up? o.O
 

GrasB

Veteran
Location
Nr Cambridge
Pah, you've got a roof, wimp! Drove to work in freezing fog a couple of weeks ago and spent most of the time wiping the frost off the inside of the windscreen, thinking "I wish I was on my bike". I may also have set off someone's car alarm when I parked up next to them :whistle:
Mine doesn't have a roof :tongue:... or even a meaningful windscreen ^_^

btw is that an ultima gtr? If so :hyper:
My avatar is but that was just the only track shot of a Ultima going for it I could find quickly. I own a Can-am LS7 :hyper::evil:
 

donnydave

Über Member
Location
Cambridge
Mine doesn't have a roof :tongue:... or even a meaningful windscreen ^_^


My avatar is but that was just the only track shot of a Ultima going for it I could find quickly. I own a Can-am LS7 :hyper::evil:

Nice! Just a hefty old 383 sbc for me in my fake plastic cobra - kookas - I don't have a roof to put up, you just wear a hat and get your passenger to pop a brolly up at the lights!

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