Tales from today's commute....

[fribbleblib]

Was on a long, straight and quite wide cycle path. Bloke comes round the corner about 150 yards or more away but on his right hand side of the cyclepath. I am on my left side (well, we drive on the left so I tend to stick to the left side of cycle paths),
He didn't change course, I didn't change course. He still kept to his right, me to my left as we neared.
Last thirty or so yards he veers to his left and shouts something as he passes. I don't think it was "have a safe journey".
Idiot.

 

[Ollie W]

Rode to ballroom lesson tonight, still having some issues with the front brake and a bit of a wibble in the front wheel but no vibrations now at least. Higher gearing needs looking at too, just need to find time. Probably need a crash course in bike cleaning/maintenance is all. Nice (well...) 3 mile ride up some pretty tough hills, then whizzing along at midnight on the way down

 

[BSRU]

A good 50km ride in avoiding any real rain.
All good apart from when I was overtaking a cyclist through a pinch point. Plenty of space for me to overtake the other cyclist but not for the cockwomble in the large 4x4 trying to squeeze past me.

 

[jagman.2003]

Good fast commute yesterday. Left early in the morning not expecting to see many others. Got caught (just) on the hill by a large group (6-7) from neighbouring company. I didn't want to be rude & just join the group. But they were going the full 13 miles to the same estate as me & I did know one of the group quite well. So I tagged on at a reasonable distance at the back. Got an excellent slip stream into the head wind. 19mph average. Not bad for a hybrid!

Got the tailwind on the way home so good pace back too!

 

[ianrauk]

It was reported on the weather forecast last night that this mornings commute was to be nasty, heavy rain. Got up at 6.45 and not a drop in sight. I guessed it wouldn't last as the clouds looked heavy with rain. At about 7.30, just as I was to leave it started spitting. It would only get worse I though to myself, but it didn't. A few slightly heavier spurts on the way but nothing major.
I wore my Montane just in case, but only ended up overheating a bit.
Predicted heavy rain still hasn't reach us yet so no doubt it will by this evenings commute.

Traffic was really bad too. Everywhere seemed to be backed up.

@Beebo @martint235 At Creek Road/Deptford Church St heading into town I counted 17 cyclists waiting at the lights, with more heading the same way. I can't remember ever seeing that many at that junction before.

 

[Origamist]

Like Ian, I was expecting to get soaked this morning, but there was just the odd spit-spot. Wind was behind me too.

I am now expecting to get drenched this evening, with a horror of a headwind....

 

[fossyant]

Got spotted by a Manchester Wheeler last night - he was in disguise in his HGV. Fortunately I'd not done anything, but it was at a notorious roundabout !!

Bumped into @Edwards80 this morning (Happy Birthday again mate !!). Got myself a puncture in Gatley (big piece of glass) so told him to carry on as no point both being late.

Fortunately, it was a text book change, and had some random guy come over for a chat as I was pumping up the tyre. He was gas bagging away and even held my bars straight as I was shoving the rear wheel back in. He'd not seen a fixed road bike before so was rather interested, then nearly died when I mentioned it was over £1k. He also didn't quite get why I was riding 11 miles to work this morning rather than the direct route. When I explained I also make that route longer I got this expression. We bid each other fairwell, and even shook hands.

 

[Exile]

Rest day today so took the bus. Missed the bike all the way, not helped by the amazing number of cyclists I saw. There must've been at least a dozen whizz past me as I waited to cross Talbot Road.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Rest day today so took the bus. Missed the bike all the way, not helped by the amazing number of cyclists I saw. There must've been at least a dozen whizz past me as I waited to cross Talbot Road.

Rest day?

I also managed to avoid most of the rain, though it is raining fairly heavily now, looks like no dinner time ride today, Strava climbing challenge will have to wait until tomorrow night / Saturday morning to be completed I think.

 

[DWiggy]

Got a poxy puncture on the way in today, first in about two years!!, picked up as the local council have finally decided to cut back the over grown foliage on the cycle path but failed to pick any of it up...buggers! (and i've got Gatos on)
This is why I try to avoid cycle paths!

 

[Exile]

Rest day?

Feeling it in my left knee last night/this morning so figured I'd have a day off the bike to get my legs back.

That and rest day both sounds better when explaining to the colleagues why I haven't turned up on the bike, and it avoids the inevitable "discussion" with them about cycling being dangerous if I ever mention I'm a bit sore.

 

[Ollie W]

Wet this morning. Monsoon-like in fact. I was late waking up so sprinted in, rushed into work without eating and promptly realised that my shorts (i wore my work shorts over my bibs, oops) were soaked. Spent the morning serving customers while walking very strangely indeed...

 

[EthelF]

The last two days have been miserable with the wind blowing plane tree pollen all over the place, my eyes stung like hell. Who'd have thought there were so many plane trees on my commute! But today the rain seems to have washed all the pollen out of the air, hooray! And glued it to my tyres instead...

 

[Beebo]

@Beebo @martint235 At Creek Road/Deptford Church St heading into town I counted 17 cyclists waiting at the lights, with more heading the same way. I can't remember ever seeing that many at that junction before.

I wasnt me, I flew back from Egypt this morning, just back in the office now, readying myself for a damp ride home.

 

[summerdays]

Today I was WET, there isn't much more I can say about it other than all my gear never had a chance to dry so cycled home not wearing all my wet stuff, including my soaking wet shoes. Unfortunately the only alternative spare pair of shoes were a pair of neoprene beach shoes - so that's what I wore!

In case anyone needs to know I wouldn't recommend them as cycling shoes