Tales from today's commute....

[Supersuperleeds]

Leicester seemed to be in its own weather bubble this morning. Was dry and mild, though wind was picking up a very relaxed and enjoyable ride into work. Is raining now and the wind is a bit stronger, going to be fun going home.

 

[Markymark]

Cycled along the road following a guy on a road bike do around 2 miles along the path (mostly all not shared, but fully for pedestrians), slowing slightly to pass pedestrians but not much. Funnily he had a hi-viz saying something about "Be good don't walk on by" and a Christian cross. Didn't bat an eyelid when I told him paths were for pedestrians and that he was being selfish. The Christian spirit he is clearly wanting to preach does not cover letting people walk on the paths without fear of being ridden into by a selfish idiot.

 

[Beebo]

Heavy rain expected later.

The rain has arrived in London. Let's hope it's gone by home time!

 

[Dmcd33]

Wow - I got hit last night going through Mitcham too, rear-ended going through the lights heading toward Commonside / Cricket Green and then got pulled along by the car's wing mirror which had hooked into my handlebar before it broke.

Fortunately I managed to keep upright, but the dozy woman driving didn't bother to stop, she sped off as fast as she could through the pedestrian crossing down toward Cricket Green. Makes me wonder if she was uninsured. No idea how she managed to hit me - I had all of 4 rear lights on, 2 steady, 2 flashing... I've reported it to Roadsafe for all the good it'll do.

I do this route every day and know the road/roads your talking about. I tend to take the lane at those pinch points so the car has no choice but to wait. I think your experiences on here confirm that I am probably doing the correct thing.

 

[ianrauk]

The rain has arrived in London. Let's hope it's gone by home time!

And strong winds too

 

[HLaB]

Dry commute for me this morning, the only thing different is I decided to follow a cycle route sign it took me out to a road which I usually turn left into avoid the chaos cycle down at night, so this was a right turn and I expected to be waiting a while for a gap but the road actually went quiet as I approached.

PS it looks like I'll be soaked to night

 

[4F]

Nice ride in with a light wind and maybe a bit nippy. No rain here yet although the wind has picked up

 

[bonker]

Great wind-assisted ride in this morning. Hope the rain stops before home time.

 

[ianrauk]

Really nasty out their in SE London at mo... won't be a nice commute home.
And you be careful too @Beebo

 

[4F]

Storm "Big girls blouse" has now arrived. Headwind home, bring it on

 

[glenn forger]

I just made it home before the rain started. There was a jogger doing a fair pace, as I passed I said "Wind's getting up!"

he replied in a broad Norwich accent:

"That is, ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha !"

 

[Kookas]

Weather was crap today.

 

[Angry Blonde]

ill be leaving at four to peddle to work, and back again at three am, trees are bending backwards and lashing rain, looks fun.....shall i take the car.....nah i like a challenge

 

[hennbell]

The app indicated -20 C not to bad for a winter commute. The app failed to point out wind gust are up to 50 km/h and head on.
Nearly lost a testicle as it froze off and started to roll away...

 

[Deleted member 1258]

That was entertaining, cold dry morning with a nice tail wind, slow hard ride home into a strong gusting head wind with a little rain in it, tucked in as best I could on bull horns, and remembering to keep my elbows tucked in, banging the pedals round as hard as I could and only making 15-16mph, places where I'd normally be topping 20mph I was flat out making 17-18mph, the commute took an extra 10 minutes.