Tales from today's commute....

[Twelve Spokes]

Found cabbies a pain in the ar53 tonight,fart arsing about,changing into the bus lane which is pointless when there is a bus in it which is just about to stop at a bus stop,meaning the cab has to come back out anyway.Plus dithering.

Yes im crap at punctuating.TIA

 

[ianrauk]

Well I must eat this mornings words about there being rain for the return. It was a dry commute. With very little wind, not much traffic either. All that and a nice bit of SCR Made for a cracking commute home.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Nice commute in, really starting to think about quality miles rather than quantity (I know against some of you peeps I don't put a fraction in) as the weekends my legs are pretty much dead after the weekend run or segment. Wonder if stopping commuting and evening longer rides might be better?

Go slower on your commutes and save your energy for the weekends would be my advice.

 

[kevin_cambs_uk]

Back on the roads, as the GBW is flooded, I forget just how lucky I am to have the GBW cycle path, cause the roads are bloody dangerous!
I mean which part of the sentence, 'Road Closed, Flood' do motorists not understand?

 

[fossyant]

Muddy, very muddy is how I would describe the ride home. Added an extra 2.5 miles by following the river Mersey. The trans pennine here is mainly a grass bank or mud as you might call it. The tree fellers had been busy though, as one section had involved ducking under two fallen trees, these have now been cut up. No chance for cycling limbo now.

 

[MickeyBlueEyes]

It's like a stuck record here at the moment, dry pleasant ride in, wet ride home with a head wind, most commutes have been like that for ages.

It is getting a bit repetitive now isn't it ! More of the same tomorrow... and Wednesday.....

 

[fossyant]

Miserable weather again, took the short route as I had an early meeting. I have a couple of junctions on my commute where you have to watch the 'right filter' follow my leaders - i.e. the filter turns off, but people still gamble.

The trick is to roll off from green slowly whilst carefully watching the traffic turning right. Bear in mind there are two lanes of traffic with me at both these junctions.

I roll through, but see a 106 is gunning for the late dash, I slow but keep rolling. Driver starts to slow, but keeps coming (cars behind me). She doesn't stop, and by now I am in the firing line. She even starts revving her engine !!! I am afraid rather a few expletives were shouted at the car.

I did not, however, feel the need to smash off wing mirrors or kick the car. Maybe I'm weird, or maybe some cyclists need to take a chill pill. Two wrongs don't make a right !

 

[MisterStan]

Back on the roads, as the GBW is flooded, I forget just how lucky I am to have the GBW cycle path, cause the roads are bloody dangerous!
I mean which part of the sentence, 'Road Closed, Flood' do motorists not understand?

Are you using the Low Road Kev? I am using the A14 for a junction in the mornings and then that cut through back to the A14 in the evening (going past the Low Road).

 

[HLaB]

I got wet.. that is all.

Not much different for me this morning

 

[MisterStan]

A real slog with 22 miles of debilitating headwinds. My average speed took a kicking this morning.

Edit: dry though!

 

[Gez73]

Quiet but very wet this morning's commute! On earlies so on the road before 5am. Still raining now and dull out too. Yesterday was actually nice. Shame. G

 

[ianrauk]

Miserable weather again, took the short route as I had an early meeting. I have a couple of junctions on my commute where you have to watch the 'right filter' follow my leaders - i.e. the filter turns off, but people still gamble.

The trick is to roll off from green slowly whilst carefully watching the traffic turning right. Bear in mind there are two lanes of traffic with me at both these junctions.

I roll through, but see a 106 is gunning for the late dash, I slow but keep rolling. Driver starts to slow, but keeps coming (cars behind me). She doesn't stop, and by now I am in the firing line. She even starts revving her engine !!! I am afraid rather a few expletives were shouted at the car.

I did not, however, feel the need to smash off wing mirrors or kick the car. Maybe I'm weird, or maybe some cyclists need to take a chill pill. Two wrongs don't make a right !

C'mon Fossy, you know it doesn't work like that. When talking about wing mirrors or kicking cars, we are not talking numpty behaviour of which your lady car driver friend seemed to be guilty, but out and out aggressive, moronic bullying by car drivers, which does go on. I am surprised at you with your comments.

 

[ianrauk]

And on the commute front. Mild but drizzle rain.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Wet and windy and I got lost. Got to work a bit early so thought I would just go round the esate to round the mileage up, 2 miles later found my bearings and scurried another mile back to work

 

[Leodis]

Wet and windy and I got lost. Got to work a bit early so thought I would just go round the esate to round the mileage up, 2 miles later found my bearings and scurried another mile back to work

How can you get lost going around in circles

The ride was wet, windy, slow and painful and that was the short route.