Tales from today's commute....

[Archeress]

No cycle commute for me today. Bad toothache overnight with thoughts of the cancer of the jawbone that killed my brother-in-law in April meant little sleep. Went to see my dentist who I've seen since I was a child. Turns out to be an infection in the gum from the wisdom tooth to my canine on the upper right side. I have never really had tooth problems before except when I was hit by a post office van when I was 15 and doing my paper round on a bike, hence the reason I have a denture. Have to take antibiotics for 5 days.

Hugs
Archeress x

 

[summerdays]

Hope you get better quickly. Too sticky too ride today, I feel like I'm melting.

 

[BSRU]

Hope you get better quickly. Too sticky too ride today, I feel like I'm melting.

29 in the shade but unfortunately 39 in the bike shed(garage).

 

[Origamist]

Hot

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Just a bit warm! Had a tailwind for a while that felt like a head wind, then had the head wind which was worse.

 

[Exile]

Warm ride both ways, never thought I'd wish for a headwind but the still air of the ride home was stifling.

Speaking of the ride home, it was made more interesting by the fact I had lost a cleat bolt at some point earlier in the day. I'll let you guess how that ended for me when I reached a set of lights.No harm done, and simply swapped a bolt from my other shoe across and got on with the rest of the ride.

 

[Sheffield_Tiger]

Nearly got a fine today at the bus/tram gate in Hillsborough

I go through it every single morning (on the bike) haven't driven to work since a couple of times in January.

I remembered just in time that because of a work errand last night that took me past knocking-off time that I took a pool car home and was in it this morning (I had just started to set off across the junction before I realised that the handlebars were a steering wheel this morning!)

 

[Spartak]

Woke early this morning so had chance to make a longer commute, went round the now disused Filton Airfield & through the Cribbs Causeway shopping area. Then took the high road through Blaise to pass under the Iron Bridge before dropping down into Shirehampton. Then over the M5 bridge to Portbury Dock... 22.6 kms average speed was 25 km/h .... 8-)

 

[BSRU]

Working from home today but still managed a 60km commute in

 

[ianrauk]

Working from home today but still managed a 60km commute in

HEHEHEHE.. That's what we like to see

Nasty little headwind at times this morning. Along with a few very annoying RLJ'ing moronic cyclists. One who actually nearly caused a pile up of traffic, YOU KNOB. Go back to getting the train or bus... it will be much safer for all of us if you wasn't on the road.

 

[J1888]

Thanks to the oxygen thief in front of me in Clapham who was spitting.

 

[ianrauk]

Nasty Nasty headwind... it was such hard work this evening.

 

[Learnincurve]

On my ride on a shared bike/bridal path today I nearly hit:

Two children; realised one was oblivious to the fact that he was on a shared path and stopped well in time, his mother scooted both her children off to the side only to have the other one immediately run right into my path the second she let go of his hand. I stopped an inch away from breaking his leg.

A junkie, he weaved in front of me but I stopped and decided to have a cup of tea because it was near a bench.

Today I did hit:

A Frisbee. It wasn't even on the bike path, it was on the road betwixt path and car park. Some idiot threw it to someone walking on the other side of the road only it hit the floor and went under my wheel.

A boulder. This was on me, I was checking out my front tire for frisbee damage and missjudged.

A large stick thrown for a dog right in my path, avoided dog hit stick.

Today I got hit by:

A junkie. Same one, he freaked out at the idea of going over a bridge and turned round and walked right into me. I had already hit the brakes so it was just slightly embarrassing for all concerned.


My tyres are continental contact if anyone is looking for a winter tyre. I'm staggered, that not only did they not puncture but the side walls took one hell of a beating several times and they are fine.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Didn't really feel like a ride tonight from work, but made myself do it and thoroughly enjoyed it. 16 miles of tailwind mainly uphill then 10 miles of a nasty headwind mainly downhill. 15.9mph average at the 16 miles, 16.0mph average at the end of the ride.

 

[Ganymede]

On my ride on a shared bike/bridal path today I nearly hit:

Two children; realised one was oblivious to the fact that he was on a shared path and stopped well in time, his mother scooted both her children off to the side only to have the other one immediately run right into my path the second she let go of his hand. I stopped an inch away from breaking his leg.

A junkie, he weaved in front of me but I stopped and decided to have a cup of tea because it was near a bench.

Today I did hit:

A Frisbee. It wasn't even on the bike path, it was on the road betwixt path and car park. Some idiot threw it to someone walking on the other side of the road only it hit the floor and went under my wheel.

A boulder. This was on me, I was checking out my front tire for frisbee damage and missjudged.

A large stick thrown for a dog right in my path, avoided dog hit stick.

Today I got hit by:

A junkie. Same one, he freaked out at the idea of going over a bridge and turned round and walked right into me. I had already hit the brakes so it was just slightly embarrassing for all concerned.


My tyres are continental contact if anyone is looking for a winter tyre. I'm staggered, that not only did they not puncture but the side walls took one hell of a beating several times and they are fine.