Tales from today's commute....

[Markymark]

Not the best commute home with my 2nd ever off. All slow and fine thank goodness.

Mini r'bout has for some reason a small cobbled area. I slowly came to it at too close an angle so rather than go onto it front wheel bounced off it. Lost balance, swerved to kerb which I hit and fell into the pavement.

Ironically I'm sure if I was going faster I'd have got onto the cobbled bit and not fallen off.

Wonderful indifference from immediate cars around me but ti be fair was obscured by white van. Decided to sit for 2 mins to gather myself. Lowered BMW with 2 tennage Asian dudes pulled up"you alright bruv?". Then one of those house on wheels range rovers with blacked out windows which winds diwn and woman leaned over to ask if ok. Approx 100 other cars , nothing.

Walked up hill feeling left ham string was sore. Tried riding and was easier than walking so last mile was on bike slowly!

Now it's guess what happened! Left sole of foot feels bruised, left hamstring pulled and small cut on right elbow. Think I slammed left foot down, jolted left leg and fell right.

All in all fine. Bit of discomfort but nothing more.

 

[SimonJKH]

A bizarre commute today. I wanted to try out the 'breadcrumb' route on my Garmin so I planned out a new route to work on roads I'd never seen and sent it to the magical box. When I later turned a corner and found myself facing some serious dirt trail terrain I knew that 23mm tyres and a fixed gear was going to be a problem. Still, nil desperandum as they say and so I forged ahead. I was doing okay until an uphill section on some really deep soft stuff. If I stopped pedalling to unclip I was going to fall so I kept heaving away but my pace fell and fell until gravity finally took over... Ah well, it was a soft landing, no one witnessed it and I could finally unclip! Lesson of the day is really have a good look at that road you're including in your route planner.

 

[400bhp]

The cycling gods don't want me on a bike at the moment...

#bike 1 - crank broke tuesday. Replacement fitted today.

#bike 2 - two spokes broken on rear wheel on saturday. Wheel now at lbs. One broken spoke on front wheel today. Had to get a lift off the OH as the wheel was well pringled. Luckily I have a few spare wheels.

 

[fribbleblib]

And I thought south Wiltshire was relatively flat, in the first km of my commute I climb 46 metres.

I'm sure there's a hill round here somewhere!

 

[Crankarm]

The cycling gods don't want me on a bike at the moment...

#bike 1 - crank broke tuesday. Replacement fitted today.

#bike 2 - two spokes broken on rear wheel on saturday. Wheel now at lbs. One broken spoke on front wheel today. Had to get a lift off the OH as the wheel was well pringled. Luckily I have a few spare wheels.

Thought you of all people would've had hand built ones, a lot stronger and more durable.

 

[400bhp]

Thought you of all people would've had hand built ones, a lot stronger and more durable.

Well, you live and learn. Next set I buy for the winter bike will be hand builts I think, albeit I have a spare set of Mavic Aksiums to go through yet..

 

[gaz]

The cycling gods don't want me on a bike at the moment...

#bike 1 - crank broke tuesday. Replacement fitted today.

#bike 2 - two spokes broken on rear wheel on saturday. Wheel now at lbs. One broken spoke on front wheel today. Had to get a lift off the OH as the wheel was well pringled. Luckily I have a few spare wheels.

Doing better than me.

Carbon bike last week - broke a spoke, wheel fecked, special order spoke as well.

commuter this week - rear rotor bent slightly, so rubbing badly on pads. Had to order a tool to bend it back into place.

Yesterday, cross bike, front brake cable went into rotor, dragged into calliper and locked front wheel.

 

[GrasB]

Late to wake up so short commute on the low racer in full on attack mode. Ludicrous number of illegal & pointless overtakes just after traffic lights .

 

[BSRU]

A good 66km ride in, shame about that stiff breeze(except when it's a tailwind).
My rolling 30 day total has passed 1900km, explains why legs do not want to come out and play.

 

[Ganymede]

Not the best commute home with my 2nd ever off. All slow and fine thank goodness.

Mini r'bout has for some reason a small cobbled area. I slowly came to it at too close an angle so rather than go onto it front wheel bounced off it. Lost balance, swerved to kerb which I hit and fell into the pavement.

Ironically I'm sure if I was going faster I'd have got onto the cobbled bit and not fallen off.

Wonderful indifference from immediate cars around me but ti be fair was obscured by white van. Decided to sit for 2 mins to gather myself. Lowered BMW with 2 tennage Asian dudes pulled up"you alright bruv?". Then one of those house on wheels range rovers with blacked out windows which winds diwn and woman leaned over to ask if ok. Approx 100 other cars , nothing.

Walked up hill feeling left ham string was sore. Tried riding and was easier than walking so last mile was on bike slowly!

Now it's guess what happened! Left sole of foot feels bruised, left hamstring pulled and small cut on right elbow. Think I slammed left foot down, jolted left leg and fell right.

All in all fine. Bit of discomfort but nothing more.

Aww. Glad it's not too bad.

I used the car yesterday - had to go in at 10.30, boiling hot, needed to look good immediately on arrival and would have had to carry any spare shoes/clothes walking around all day not getting home till after midnight! Well, that's my excuse.

 

[Archeress]

First commute in after 3 months off with depression. Otherwise uneventful.

Hugs
Archeress x

 

[Ganymede]

First commute in after 3 months off with depression. Otherwise uneventful.

Hugs
Archeress x

Hugs right back atcha.

 

[BalkanExpress]

A rest day That's far too sensible. This is how it's (not) done


View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5EBkOP2TVw

 

[Ganymede]

Did one of my domestic commutes today. Hot sunshine, strong breeze.

1 close pass by silver 4x4
1 lovely white luton driver holding back and giving a big wave ("cyclists beware of passing this vehicle on the inside" too)
1 driver of small truck yawning massively behind the wheel at 45mph
Strange flappy noise located at last to loose parcel tape on ageing cardboard box strapped to bike rack for vegetable carrying
Nice people planting geraniums in a huge container by the road, pleasantries exchanged
Green woodpecker zipped out in front of me from the verge
Kind words exchanged with fellow cyclist
Friendly nod exchanged with leader of large pack of ageing motorcyclists

Yay!

 

[martint235]

That's an old video!! I still remember that day though. I then went on to cycle my first 100 miler on the FNRttC!