Tales from today's commute....

[400bhp]

No weekend riding for me. Wow, felt like I have a pair of new legs. Bit of a circular route needed on the way home. Hope it stays dry.

 

[GrasB]

I hate it when cars don't do 60mph between the A11 & fulbourn... they slow me down

 

[Dmcd33]

Winter gloves packed away this morning! Hope it stays this way

 

[Leodis]

Nice ride in PR for this year but coming home it turned into a "recovery" ride.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Left work a couple of hours late so rode the direct route home and got hit by a car. Hit me on the left hand side of the rear wheel, managed to stay on the bike but the rear wheel won't spin properly, hopefully just a few spokes to replace.

 

[400bhp]

wet & windy. That is all

 

[ClaireSaud]

Left work a couple of hours late so rode the direct route home and got hit by a car. Hit me on the left hand side of the rear wheel, managed to stay on the bike but the rear wheel won't spin properly, hopefully just a few spokes to replace.

Oh dear, hope you are okay. Hopefully it will only be a couple of spokes to replace

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Oh dear, hope you are okay. Hopefully it will only be a couple of spokes to replace

Was a fairly low speed impact so hopefully that is all it is.

 

[stowie]

Psychopathic black cab driver on CS2 tailgating everyone, close passing and weaving in and out of traffic just for all the cyclists to catch him back up again at every junction. Moron.

Then Walthamstow was absolutely gridlocked. I think it still is. I was being a bit smug on the cycle only to learn that the congestion was due to a 16 year old girl committing suicide off a bridge on the North Circular . Really sad to think someone so young, with a whole life in front of her, could find it so terrible as to take their life.

 

[DCLane]

Left work a couple of hours late so rode the direct route home and got hit by a car. Hit me on the left hand side of the rear wheel, managed to stay on the bike but the rear wheel won't spin properly, hopefully just a few spokes to replace.

Ouch! Hope you got their details.

I took the 1986 Raleigh Team today as I needed to go into Dewsbury first. No sense in taking anything valuable and leaving it there as the locals may 'move' it

An extended commute in as I (sort of) had time which was fine traffic wise as I went via the Greenway to Ossett then minor roads through Wakefield and to Leeds: 21 miles in total. The Raleigh's gears seem to have magically gone faulty though - front & rear derailleurs need re-adjusting.

Commute home was wet and I was late, so just the standard 'winter' 11-mile route.

The Raleigh Team is brilliant ... when it works. Unfortunately that's not very often

 

[Shut Up Legs]

I noticed a loud rattling noise coming from my front hub on the way to work today. It started getting louder, so I stopped and tried to diagnose the cause. I ended up loosening then re-tightening the quick release, and on moving again, found that the noise had completely disappeared! This concerned me, because I had visions of the front wheel deciding to take a different route to me at some part of my ride. Normally, I'm good with securing the QRs, but I guess there's a first time for everything.

 

[fossyant]

wet & windy. That is all

same here

 

[Angry Blonde]

added three and a half mile to my journey in, just went for a mooch.......on way back done the same but it was shorter. oh well, get to explore more the morrra

 

[Leodis]

Not bad, PR for the year as well as been nearly killed head on by a car over taking on a bridge, too busy looking at the car she just past in anger to notice she was on the wrong side of the road and heading towards me!! Another ride with a happy ending.

 

[martint235]

It's actually daylight by the time I get to work and still light when I get home in the evening!! Yay!!!!