Tales from today's commute....

[inkd]

My first commute in 2 weeks (been lazy), had my first clipless moment but slow enough that bike and me was`nt hurt. An idiot cut me up at a junction resulting in some very colourful vocabulary, teen yobs gobbing off and a stone chip to my cycle glasses. The year so far has been incident free so law of averages and all that.

 

[MickL]

Cycled home last night, still not managed to cycle to the top of the 'The hill' but I've had 5 months pretty much of the bike due to torn Achilles tendons. But it did please me this morning coming to work in the car, to see some one fitter, younger and lycra clad, struggling up the same hill :-)

 

[MichaelO]

First commute in 10 days - glad to be back. Slight detour on the way in because of the fire in Tooting

 

[MisterStan]

Chilly this morning, noticeably cooler than yesterday. Caught @kevin_cambs_uk up again (did yesterday evening too!) think he may be worried i'm stalking him...

 

[ianrauk]

What an absolutely beautiful morning today. There was frost on the garden lawn when I looked out this morning. The temperature was saying 4 degs, so it was on with the windcheater and long finger gloves. Well at least for the first part of the commute. 40 minutes in I had warmed up sufficiently to ditch the windcheater and longfinger gloves. By this time the temp was showing 8degs. But was not on the A21 which meant some nice fast spinning.. Was such a lovely morning that I decided to extend the commute by 5 miles. And why not indeed.

 

[HLaB]

Last night was so nice I went for a wee bit more. Passing the long queues coming the otherway if I turned round so I just kept on going. A slow dawdle for 36.1miles on the 14kg fixie with d'lock and work shirt and trousers.

AIthough was forecast to be cold after the clear skies I don't think I got up until it had started to warm up and it was the perfect temperature again :-)

 

[EthelF]

There are occasional commutes which are a chore. Then some are just nondescript. Most are quite enjoyable. And then there are those which are just jawdrappingly awesome. Today's was definitely one of those.
Perfect weather (or maybe just the perfect choice of clothes for the conditions), quiet roads, and digging out my carbon road bike for the commute for the first time since early autumn made for a fabulous, fast, fun ride. The long winter commutes on the heavy hybrid have certainly paid off!
And it was nice to be doing the overtaking along Grosvenor Road, makes a change from being passed by a stream of Mamils like most mornings!

 

[Labradorofperception]

Cracking ride over the Cringles and into Wharfedale then onto Leeds. Felt quite good despite "heavy legs" from a 10k road race on Sunday when I put in a better time than the girlfriend. . This compounded with threatening to microwave her cuddly Dave the Minion if she didn't let me watch the Paris Roubaix did not endear myself to her.

Good job I didn't tell her I washed my Planet X in the bath last night

 

[PJ79LIZARD]

Have to agree, the weather at the moment is fantastic, extended commutes this week

 

[KneesUp]

It was my third commute today (well, third since I used to do it every day in 1995) and I caught someone else on a bike. I know it's not a race and all that, but when I was fit I used to pass quite a lot of other commuters (my old route was past a university, so lots of cyclists) and so it was demoralising to be passed by almost everyone when I restarted - so to catch someone on day three, on my £26 eBay mountain bike, was quite nice. Perhaps soon I will be able to catch someone who isn't 20 years older than me?

 

[MickeyBlueEyes]

And why not indeed.

My thoughts exactly as I arrived at a fork in the road. Turning right put me on track for a 32miler so I turned left, cracked on a knocked in a 53. Oh the joys of having a flex hours job :-)

 

[apb]

took the wee man to nursery this morning, was such a nice morning it's a shame we didn't both take the day off and go for a cycle around west lothian. It's a shame i have to work for a living, specially in the summer.

 

[GrasB]

... there was frost!

And today there was frost pt 2!.. it's April showers not April frost damn it!

 

[HLaB]

Just a direct commute for me this morning, I had something to do in town before coming to work.

 

[Biscuit]

Took the MTB today. Arrived splattered in mud with 2 clean patches where my glasses had been. Excellent ride in!!!