Tales from today's commute....
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Ganymede
Veteran
- Location
- Rural Kent
Took the long way round on my domestic commute today - riding the semi-bent so it was harder work but brilliant conditions. I've also just bought a track pump and boy does it make a difference! Stopped at the LBS to buy a bidon cage and chew the fat about a possible road bike.
Then wandered through the lanes on the way home and just made it before a brief but fierce downpour. Amazing skies - bright sunlight, heaps of puffy clouds in all colours from darkest grey to brightest white, and one Biblical-looking black horizon looming behind the sunshine. Brilliant.
Then wandered through the lanes on the way home and just made it before a brief but fierce downpour. Amazing skies - bright sunlight, heaps of puffy clouds in all colours from darkest grey to brightest white, and one Biblical-looking black horizon looming behind the sunshine. Brilliant.
kevin_cambs_uk
Guru
- Location
- Near Cambridge
kevin_cambs_uk
Guru
- Location
- Near Cambridge
Well missed the rain, just.
I have emailed the BBC and said to forget the weather forecast, just put a test card saying, 'Until further notice, dry for a few hours and then it will piss it down'
I have emailed the BBC and said to forget the weather forecast, just put a test card saying, 'Until further notice, dry for a few hours and then it will piss it down'
MisterStan
Label Required
- Location
- Out there somewhere
Stayed dry for me all the way home! Hard work with the wind.
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
Caught in one heavy downpour this evening. Stopped for waterproofs and lights. 3 or so miles later the roads were dry so off came the waterproofs.
Hacienda71
Mancunian in self imposed exile in leafy Cheshire
- Location
- Wilmslow, Cheshire
Smashed it on the way home tonight, took another 11 seconds of my pr.Detour on the commute to go through a strava climb that is in a monthly challenge that is set for people working in the same profession I do. I needed to up my PB by about 10 seconds to catch the leader. Uploaded my ride in the office PB excellent, by one second grrrr
. Need to do a bit of training or lose some weight or both.
Learnt from this mornings ride and pushed myself a bit where I knew I had lost time. First week of the challenge though so I can't see my time holding up.
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Deleted member 1258
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Came out of work tonight to ominous looking dark clouds, by the time I got to the top of Donnithorne Ave it was belting it down and I took shelter by the newsagents, I had waterproofs with me but figured it was only a shower, I was right, fifteen minutes later I was on my way and completed my ride home in bright sunshine.
jagman.2003
Über Member
- Location
- Gloucestershire
Due to 'upgrades' my usal commuter hybrid is out of action. So rode my vintage BSA Tour of Britain in today. Heavy going on the hills, but a nice fast smooth ride on the flat & downhill.
Nice sunny ride in, but forecast for later not so good!
Nice sunny ride in, but forecast for later not so good!
MickeyBlueEyes
Eat, Sleep, Ride, Repeat.
- Location
- Derbyshire
I joined the 2014 7000 mile club on the way home last night 
so was well happy!
Then spent the evening trying to remove my front wheel bearings as they're a bit past it. The circlip that holds them in was so fiddly it was untrue, took me the best part of an hour to take it off!
So I'm back on the hack for a couple of days while I wait for the new bearings to come.
so was well happy!Then spent the evening trying to remove my front wheel bearings as they're a bit past it. The circlip that holds them in was so fiddly it was untrue, took me the best part of an hour to take it off!
So I'm back on the hack for a couple of days while I wait for the new bearings to come.
robjh
Legendary Member
- Location
- Cambridgeshire - almost Essex
Bit of a nip in the air this morning (9° C) and I put on long sleeves for the first time in 2 months. Didn't last long though as the sun got higher (and I got warmer on the bike). Still a nice summer morning though and a pleasant 18 miles along the small lanes before getting to Baginton and into Cov.
Hop3y
Padiham Commuter
- Location
- Padiham, Burnley
Got a KOM for my commute this morning even though it was blustery as hell (yes, I have created a segment for my commute!)
MisterStan
Label Required
- Location
- Out there somewhere
Chilly start today compared to what i've been used to of late. Soon warmed up once I got moving.
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
Chilly start with a strong South Westerly. Enjoyed a good 14 miles of trouble free cycling, when out by Southern Cemetry in Chorlton, on a nice wide road, with a crappy bit of paint (called a cycle lane apparently) does white van man pull along side, start honking his horn and pointing at the paint splodge at the side. I replied with a single finger. He carried on then slowed to turn right, so I passed on the inside, and showed him my little finger again. Plonker.
