Tales from today's commute....

[J1888]

Two different women walking straight out into the road into my path with their headphones in, had to break quite hard and swerve a bit.

Both very apologetic but Christ, pay attention!!

 

[summerdays]

Good commute this evening, especially cycling over the M5 bridge at Avonmouth as 4 lanes of slow moving traffic headed southbound, with me cycling past them, grinning from ear to ear 8-)

Yes I noticed the motorway looking clogged this evening, in some ways I wish I was joining them for a get away to the beach as the weather is so nice!

 

[apb]

Got home, put my bike away and the misus says "fish and chips for dinner and there's a beer in the fridge."
Are paradise.
Welcome to the weekend.

 

[GrasB]

Only kidding, hope the missus is okay

She's managed to chip a bit off her medial malleolus... by side stepping the clutch . Apparently she finds the clutch very heavy so when coming to a halt instead of stepping off the clutch she side steps it. This time her foot wasn't properly on the brake pedal or some thing like that & so the pedal rising with the not insignificant clamping force of the clutch spring bashed the hard aluminium clutch pedal arm into her ankle.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

try as I might i couldn't figure a away to get 36 bottles of low alcohol black beer home on the bike so took the offer of a lift and left the bike locked up in the office.

 

[kevin_cambs_uk]

Tough commute home, had to go upstairs on the bus, those stairs are a killer!! That's a strava KOM if ever I saw one!

 

[Archeress]

Yes I noticed the motorway looking clogged this evening, in some ways I wish I was joining them for a get away to the beach as the weather is so nice!

I'm looking forward to my trip to the seaside on Sunday, when Stokes Cycling Club travel to Llanelli for a ride along the Millenium Coastal Path.

Hugs
Archeress x

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Shorter route home tonight in glorious sunshine, saving some energy for tomorrows attempt at the July imperial hundred and my first 500 mile week after failing last week. Weather looks perfect for it if BBC site is right.

 

[400bhp]

Had a great fast ride in for about 3-4 miles in the morning with someone that looked slow from first glance but was actually bl00dy quick. Baggy shorts, saddle slightly too low and a Btwin cheapo top, with an older commuter bike and what looked like a 32 tooth cassette. That'll learn me.

I had a hollow victory up a local climb on Mill Lane. I say hollow as I let him lead me out for about a mile beforehand, so he'd ran out of puff by the bottom

Then, unbelievably I saw him on the way home. I NEVER see the same cyclist twice in a day

 

[kevin_cambs_uk]

Bloody Hell, the weather forecast looks promising for next week!

 

[martint235]

I have achieved Zen. I can now retire. A beautiful morning on the South Circular. Playing with cars and trucks, light traffic, lots of smiling (I'm not joking here, it was a seriously weird morning!). And then at the entrances to the Riverside Park I met my first kerbhead of the day, well over on to my side both of us had to brake heavily. Got over the little humped back bridge thingy onto the wider path and thought "Feck it, I've had enough of these idiots" and started to play chicken with them. I feel so much better. A couple of them may need a launderette before they cycle home though.

 

[BSRU]

A glorious morning for a ride, except for the low sun early on, going up a cat 4 climb and the sun is sitting on top of the hill I couldn't see a thing.

An easy 65km ride into work, deliberately about 1-2kph slower than usual but arrived fresh as a daisy, as if I hadn't just ridden 65km.

 

[MickeyBlueEyes]

Slept for 1 1/2 hours past my alarm time so again missed out on a 50 miler, this is getting a bit too frequent now
The 20 I did put in we're pretty uneventful, although I was a bit chilly to start it was a perfect morning for cycling. Rest of the week looks pretty damn peachy too!

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Cold start and a slow ride, having to stop three times for a pee didn't help the speed. Kids are on school holidays now so hardly any traffic and hardly anyone on the GCW.

 

[BSRU]

Cold start and a slow ride, having to stop three times for a pee didn't help the speed. Kids are on school holidays now so hardly any traffic and hardly anyone on the GCW.

School holidays already, another two weeks before the school traffic disappears in Wiltshire.