Tales from today's commute....

[GrasB]

Shopping today so drove the car in (CanAM). Found out that if one hits the limiter with a large amount of throttle is spits flames out the back ... a heavy right foot in 1st & 2nd gears doesn't leave much reaction time between shift light & limiter

 

[Beebo]

I didnt see a single Ingeeerland flag on the cars this morning.

 

[HLaB]

Did the same Orton Mere commute I done yesterday and saw the same merc thats too important to give way but with a TT and a sleepless night in my legs I just let him go. The only other event I can recall is a MGIF even though there is only a 5m gap before a 500m queue Apart from that drivers behaved themself and were considerate.

 

[jagman.2003]

Shopping today so drove the car in (CanAM). Found out that if one hits the limiter with a large amount of throttle is spits flames out the back ... a heavy right foot in 1st & 2nd gears doesn't leave much reaction time between shift light & limiter

Yea, I get this with my carbon road bike!, Rev limiter is only limited by how fast I can get my legs to go!

 

[thefollen]

Have some bigtime DOMs after an Insanity class on Tues evening. Despite hangover, fuzzy quads and hamstrings/groin being rather achy I cycled in this morn going 'easy legs'. It's amazing the difference in experience when dropping the speed a little. Had a string of poor/unnecessary cyclist overtakes and a lady on a motorbike shouted "f**k off!" at me for 'being in the middle of the road'. That made me laugh a little.

Still, it beats the tube eh? ;-)

It's true that you'll usually stop at the same phases of lights as all the other cyclists, even if you arrive a few seconds afterwards.

Looking forward to normal legs again! Hopefully my body will recover faster from next Tuesday's Insanity class.

 

[Arjimlad]

I didnt see a single Ingeeerland flag on the cars this morning.

Driving about last night after the match I saw a lot of discarded England flags on the road !

 

[fossyant]

Slow ride in, still in pain. @Edwards80 caught me up and we had a chat. He was sore from a track crash and was showing a nicely skinned arm and busted ribs !

 

[HLaB]

I didnt see a single Ingeeerland flag on the cars this morning.

Since Ive read this every 2nd or 3rd time I look out the office window I see one

 

[Beebo]

Since Ive read this every 2nd or 3rd time I look out the office window I see one

i just went to tesco to buy my lunch and they had loads of unsold England stuff

 

[Jefferson Meriwether]

Cycling home along the main route yesterday a car decided to squeeze between me and the oncoming car in order to get past. Their wing mirror hit the oncoming cars wing mirror and the glass got knocked out. In a way it's quite nice to think that the driver's impatience will now cost them a bit of money getting the wing mirror repaired.

 

[potsy]

First commute to my new place on the cx instead of the usual road bike, bit slower but much comfier, lightened the load slightly by taking the bell off, that saved me 28g @400bhp

 

[400bhp]

Weather.com is describing the wind as "calm".

I have never ever seen this and I check the site multiple times a day for commuting purposes

Long commute in and home I reckon

 

[martint235]

Legs like lead after yesterday. Every time I came to a hill I slowed dramatically! Good job there aren't that many hills on my commute but the one out of Penge hurt!!!

And the creak is back in my shoe. I thought I'd fixed it yesterday but apparently not. Back to the drawing board.

 

[BSRU]

Another excellent commute in, 54km in warm but overcast conditions(so no worries about being blinded by the sun).

Some guy attempted to have SCR with me twice but it was no contest.
Another boy racer being impatient on a shared path but as usual dropped easily when we changed to the road.

 

[summerdays]

Started my commute feeling that it was a bit cooler than it had been, cloudy skies with a few rays of sunshine, and that it was a nice change.... somewhere along the route the sun came out and I'm all sticky and hot!

And I ended on a smile when I was cycling fast for a right turn, the lights changed to green as I approached in the right turn lane but there is always on coming traffic (including loads of cyclists) but just as I got there at the same time as a bus wanting to turn left into the junction he gestured for me to go first ... Thank you Mr nice First Bus man (normally you have to wait a full minute till the end of the green cycle).