Tales from today's commute....

[Sheffield_Tiger]

Well, after a good week (for me) clocking up 75 commuting miles Mon-Wed with some hills involved for good measure, I decided NOT to have a scenic detour on the way home tonight.

In fact I did an extra 2 hours at work to shelter from the heavier rain, was more fun building up a couple of kids' bikes and repairing a trailabike, than it would have been "scuba-cycling"

 

[MichaelO]

You're so close now to doing it you will kick yourself if you sack it tomorrow so forget the train and get on the bike.

I know, I know At least next week is a 4-day week at work!!

 

[.stu]

Rode to work on a 20 speed bike, rode home on a 2 speed, namely 50x11 and 34x11. The crosschaining on 34x11 was unbearable so I tried to avoid it as much as possible.

The cable had snapped inside the shifter which meant getting it out was a bitch especially when halfords had wrapped the bar tape too high around the shifter covering the holes, and also I found that they have nicked the edge of the cover so I couldn't peel it back fully for fear of tearing it.

Reserved a new gear cable online but when I went to pick it up they gave me a brake cable. Bloody useless.

 

[GrasB]

EPIC ride in... big ring fully engaged & I'm not talking about these weedy 52t big rings roadies ride on either this is a full blooded 70t big ring

 

[HLaB]

Timed that well yesterday, my car had to go in or an MOT and the garage gave me a lift to town, wasn't too bad in the morning but it was at night and there was a lot of flash flooding. I got a new disc cover delivered to the office, so I was able to carry that home and nip to a lbs in town 15 miles away

 

[rb58]

I was reminded on my commute last night that stripey knickers under thin Lycra is not a good look. I was the perfect gentleman though and didn't even mention it as I passed the lady in question.

 

[summerdays]

Wet! and slippy .... nearly lost the back wheel whilst filtering to some lights on the road markings.

However did get a couple of hello's including an orange genesis equilibrium slightly faster than me, who I managed to get in front of by taking a totally different route, but noticed he had just caught up as I turned off, and also Frenchie (well he looks french), smiled for the first time (ok bit of a grimace rather than a smile but I've been smiling and saying hello for absolute ages so that is a significant break through with him!

 

[fossyant]

Another late start ensuring the kids went to school. Short journey. Light rain.

 

[HLaB]

Beautiful morning in contrast to yesterday but I took the direct way as I was half an hour short last night :-/

 

[potsy]

Another late start ensuring the kids went to school. Short journey. Light rain.

Another day in the car, what has happened?

Last job it was unusual if I took the car 5 times all year, have done 5 now here in 5 weeks

 

[fossyant]

Another day in the car, what has happened?

Last job it was unusual if I took the car 5 times all year, have done 5 now here in 5 weeks

Those 12h shifts can't be easy. Get the bike out !!!

 

[Hacienda71]

Felto like Brandane's avatar this morning with a heavy shower overhead all the way from Wilmslow to Macclesfield.
It stopped as soon as I got to the office.

 

[Origamist]

Well, I did not have today off as planned so cycled into work with a bad hangover and against a headwind. I stayed focussed on the carrot cake that was waiting for me in the fridge and forgot about my average speed that was dropping after each mile past Hale.

On the plus side, at least it did not rain as I would have been wet and cold as the temp was only 8 degrees.

Might cycle half way home and then get the train, but I'll see what the wind is doing first...

Right, Nandos for lunch!

 

[MichaelO]

4/5 complete. Bloomin' knackered! Even though I only have one day left, the temptation to sack it tomorrow & get the train is higher than I expected. Will power required....

Even the gods conspiring against me aren't stopping me! Wheel has stayed pretty true, but it'll be a slow pootle home tonight to hit the 200 miles in 5 days

 

[Deleted member 1258]

The black clouds were gathering this morning as I got the bike out, and I was thinking bike car car bike, I went for the bike and it stayed dry all the way through a routine commute, riding home dinner time, early finish most Fridays, I had to drop in at the post office and took the footpath and bridge off Lythalls lane rather the use the Foleshill road and the big roundabout, on the footpath there was a couple with a pushchair walking towards me so I stopped and waited for them to pass, as they got alongside me the woman held out a ring and tried to sell it to me, when I said no she reached into the folded hood of the pushchair for something else, at this point I made my excuses and rode off, apart from that a routine days commuting, even the plants I picked up were in good shape when I got them home and unpacked.