Tales from today's commute....

[MisterStan]

Back to work after a day of watching the Tour in Cambridge yesterday. Traffic was heavier this morning! Got to Cambridge earlier than anticipated, so chucked a little extra loop in.

Glorious weather again too!

 

[Archeress]

Quite cool on the ride in this morning. Managed to gain 2 QOM and 1 4th on the ride in. There's no segments on the ride home.

Hugs
Archeress x

 

[summerdays]

Quite cool on the ride in this morning. Managed to gain 2 QOM and 1 4th on the ride in. There's no segments on the ride home.

Hugs
Archeress x

I saw the QOMs. Today I felt faster than yesterday, and so I assume my cold wasn't getting me down as much.

 

[Arjimlad]

Impatient "me too" lady in a Golf tried to overtake me on approach to a roundabout where I was turning right. She was blindly following two other cars who had already overtaken.

Needed a firm gesture and glare before she managed to shift her foot off the accelerator and cover the brake !

 

[PJ79LIZARD]

After a slow to weeks of commuting with a lingering cold, finally my lungs are returning to normal function! Can finally start uping my mileage.

 

[BSRU]

Second afternoon ride home in a row in the pouring rain, and again a little later it's bright sunshine.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

It absolutely pelted it down about an hour before I left work, by the time I left it was dry again

 

[Origamist]

I was not so lucky - it poured down for 45 mins on the way home!

 

[ianrauk]

I had a whippet roadie overtake me at a rate of knots, just before the Col de Bromley. Fair enough I thought. Not going to bust a gut climbing the hill, but... he got a bit complacent or he blew up big time. So I though fugget and go for it, picked my moment perfectly and over took him. Took him totally by surprise and on the back foot. Heard him change gears to try and get on my tail but I pulled away. He caught me up at the top at the junction/lights. Green light and I was off, he was pulling in front but I had something extra and pulled ahead again. Think he really didn't like this so started doing some close call weaving through traffic. He was looking back to see where I was and seeing that I was on his tail he decided to jump a red light. So Mr racing whippet in castelli shorts on black and white bike. You lose by default for that RLJ, to a bloke in baggies on a panniered, mudguarded bike.

 

[Pumpkin the robot]

I got wet. Very wet. I also had to contend with a fierce headwind, but at least the lightning didnt hit me.

 

[Recycled]

First post

Been reading these forums for a while and chose today to begin participating. Been riding a flat bar hybrid to/from work 12mi e/w for the past year - today was the first time in my life riding a drop bar road bike (I purchased it yesterday). Certainly took some time getting used to it. Look forward to shaving minutes from my PB!

 

[MickeyBlueEyes]

Back on it after a few days away on a TdF trip. Jumped on the Airlite as poor weather forecast for the way home. I forgot how comfy this thing is, it's like sitting in an armchair! Back to the carbon tomorrow though, need a bit a leg loosen-er!
@Supersuperleeds I've not read all of the posts recently, did you manage your 500 mile week?

 

[donnydave]

 

[Ollie W]

AM: how many morons can I find on one road? First cars decided to cut me up, then a woman with a pram decided to walk off the central island with me about 10m away. Still, nice to have the Garmin back on to see that actually I was going at a decent speed! Stopped off at Soton Central, crossed the bridge to get a protein shaker from Decathlon (midway through a 3 day protein shake trial for breakfast and lunch).

PM: Rode with the Garmin's help to my nearest Tesco to get dinner (weirdly the Touring had every Tesco except my local so I had to do postcode). It went pretty well including roaring up the hill at Shirley High Street, only for something to make a horrible clunking noise on my front wheel when I stood up out of the saddle for one particularly hilly bit. Why does my front wheel keep going wrong? I've already had to get it trued twice and I don't think I can afford to do it again right now. Hoping it'll be ok when I get up tomorrow to ride to work, especially as I've signed up for a 25-mile guided ride with Skyride round the New Forest on Sunday.

 

[SimonJKH]

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Chapeau to that man!