Tales from today's commute....

[User33236]

Nice fast cycle ride UP HILL on the way home tonight thanks to a strong tailwind

 

[HLaB]

Well the weather was 10x better than forecast, media over hype I suspect The only thing of note, I took my eye off the ball & had a brown trouser moment. Got to a junction where both roads give way, my instinc was to stop as I was turning right, which I did but the opposing driver waved me on. Turning right I was too busy watching him, that I drifted a bit close to a parked car, fortunately not too close as, as I was passing the door flew open, probably caught by the wind.

 

[ianrauk]

Damn that was bloody hard work. The wind was a killer, but at least there was no rain. A couple of times I was cycling so hard but only reaching about 12mph on the flat.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

That was hard work, got blown off the cycle path, luckily onto grass and I stayed on the bike. My lad was not so lucky, wind took him off his bike, the bike is okay though.

At least it was a good workout

 

[fossyant]

Bloody hell that was mental.

Did 14 miles this morning, then 5 early afternoon, then 17 in this crazy wind. 8 mph, out of the saddle, wrestling the bars on a 78" fixed. Grrrrr.

I am either badass or crazy for doing 36 miles in this. Getting the training in though.

Oh and forgot one of the golden rules when cleaning a fixed chain. Mickling it, and guess who got his thumb too close to the rear sprocket. Fortunately I had remembered the other rule of not spinning the chain fast. By heck that stung. Was lucky enough I had a rag round my thumb, but the sprocket dug into my nail. Nice bruise under there now. Still stinging.

 

[fossyant]

Local news is all about downed trees, traffic chaos, trucks blown over, motorways shut. No problem on my bike. Went via the airport near Heald Green, and I'd not want to be in a plane today, they were all over the shop landing. I'll stick to my bike.

 

[glenn forger]

I'd not want to be in a plane today

 

[kevin_cambs_uk]

Hellish today coming home

I need a vacation

 

[400bhp]

Bloody hell that was mental.

Did 14 miles this morning, then 5 early afternoon, then 17 in this crazy wind. 8 mph, out of the saddle, wrestling the bars on a 78" fixed. Grrrrr.

I am either badass or crazy for doing 36 miles in this. Getting the training in though.

Oh and forgot one of the golden rules when cleaning a fixed chain. Mickling it, and guess who got his thumb too close to the rear sprocket. .Fortunately I had remembered the other rule of not spinning the chain fast. By heck that stung. Was lucky enough I had a rag round my thumb, but the sprocket dug into my nail. Nice bruise under there now. Still stinging.

What time did you leave? The wind was mental, never seen it so bad, tree down on wythenshawe rd, could hear tree branches cracking as I am riding. Glad I was partly off road, actually did some pavement cycling for a bit.
some twats driving, taking no account of the conditions.
got back on my street to find the neighbours bins scattered and glass bottles everywhere. Did a quick tidy but god knows how long it will stay upright (annoyingly they leave the bins outside the house all the time and never on their property).

 

[glenn forger]

How scary would it be if you were on that plane with a retired cop and his ex-hooker girlfriend, a nun, some jive-talking boyz from the hood and a little girl who urgently needs a transplant!

 

[fossyant]

Left Manchester about 3:15. Went past my office but carried on. Good job as they closed at 3:45 but I had been out of email contact. Came out via A34 then jinked back down Mosley Rd, down Parrs Wood Rd then Palletine before working my way through Sharston, past Wythenshawe, then back via Heald Green.

The direct route home would have been 9 miles. Got home about 4.30.

 

[Origamist]

Glad I wasn't on the bike. Left work and watched a woman get blown off her feet at Salford. Others were clinging onto lamp posts and bollards! Held one girl's hand as we walked backwards into the gales.

It was surreal, funny and a bit scary. Stayed in the pub for 3 hours. They locked the door due to the wind. Am now on a special train service home in first class.

Looking forward to riding in tmrw.

 

[DCLane]

Left early as Bridgewater Place in Leeds was being shut; got through as they were putting the cones out. (the same Bridgewater Place where I was blown over in December in a 70mph wind since they left it open to pedestrians!)

Huge headwind/crosswind all the way home, which isn't good as it was mostly uphill. 3-4 other cycle commuters as well, all getting blown over the place in the wind/rain. Not good!

On the good side, I made it home safely

 

[fossyant]

Glad I wasn't on the bike. Left work and watched a woman get blown off her feet at Salford. Others were clinging onto lamp posts and bollards! Held one girl's hand as we walked backwards into the gales.

It was surreal, funny and a bit scary. Stayed in the pub for 3 hours. They locked the door due to the wind. Am now on a special train service home in first class.

Looking forward to riding in tmrw.

You hissed....

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Bloody hell that was mental.

Did 14 miles this morning, then 5 early afternoon, then 17 in this crazy wind. 8 mph, out of the saddle, wrestling the bars on a 78" fixed. Grrrrr.

I am either badass or crazy for doing 36 miles in this. Getting the training in though.

Oh and forgot one of the golden rules when cleaning a fixed chain. Mickling it, and guess who got his thumb too close to the rear sprocket. Fortunately I had remembered the other rule of not spinning the chain fast. By heck that stung. Was lucky enough I had a rag round my thumb, but the sprocket dug into my nail. Nice bruise under there now. Still stinging.

I did the same thing when cleaning the chain on my fixed the other week, black nail and a chunk out of the side of my finger, claret everywhere and a lot of bad language. I think rule 9 applies to all of us who were pedalling today.