Tales from today's commute....

[summerdays]

It's not always the parents fault, my teenagers seem to prefer getting wet to wearing a coat. I didn't see my youngest leave the house this morning but I'm prepared to bet my bike that he wasn't wearing a coat!

And are we only intending to bring up fair weather children? I meet a number on the cycle path every morning, and they don't stop cycling because it was raining. Some of them (primary school age at a guess), cycle on their own to school.

Edit: he's home and no he didn't take a coat, apparently it stopped raining, I was cycling in his apparent non-rain, and it was very wet non rain!

 

[MisterStan]

Or self employed and only paid if the session went ahead. It's not the instructors fault if the kids parents didn't check the weather, or notice it was cold and wet when they took their kids to school!

I was trying to be clever. Should have added a yellow face thingy.

 

[KneesUp]

I was trying to be clever. Should have added a yellow face thingy.

Sorry!

 

[Brightski]

I got wet

 

[Simontm]

Marked difference to this morning - need wipers for my glasses

 

[fossyant]

Our new drying cabinet was full of cyclists wet kit. Not dry by home time though, still damp.

Fixed my puncture as I left work, big bit of glass. Hadn't poked through much but found it when tyre pumped up. Tried out my new co2 inflator. Crikey. Tyre up to about 100 PSI in about one second, no noise.

 

[Lilliburlero]

Commuted in my work boots ..... my feet were a tad wet and I was cursing myself for not buying some overshoes form ALDI. I then spent the first 5 hours of the day working in the yard so it wouldn`t have mattered anyway

 

[Poacher]

Winter draws on.

....and very pretty they look!






Well, somebody had to.

 

[confusedcyclist]

Commuted in my work boots ..... my feet were a tad wet and I was cursing myself for not buying some overshoes form ALDI. I then spent the first 5 hours of the day working in the yard so it wouldn`t have mattered anyway

Same! Overshoes ordered today (Aldi's didn't look trust worthy but the waterresistant cap came in handy )

 

[Exile]

Very wet this morning, and the wind was a bit on the nasty side, but I would still rather spend half an hour cycling than an hour getting to work by bus. Found out the key to keeping my feet dry is to accept water will get in somewhere, and just use the neoprene overshoes to make sure they stay warm. Might actually spend a bit more when I get round to replacing these.

Found myself on the receiving end of a horrible swirling wind as I crossed a junction, swept in from the side, knocked me about a foot off my line, and then swung right in to my face slamming me with cold rain and taking a few m/ph off my speed. At least the ride home was dry, aside from the 3 inch deep puddle I managed to put my foot in as I stopped at lights.

 

[dee.jay]

I too got very wet after a 12 hour nightshift. Getting into the shower and my bed was rather appreciated indeed!

At a night shift again and I can hear the rain again, but I dont mind it so much - as long as my top half remains dry I can handle wet feet.

 

[PJ79LIZARD]

Cold this morning, or at least it feels more so after the mild weather we've had. Glad I remembered my ear warmers and full fingered gloves. Only light rain thankfully

 

[400bhp]

Pretty cold this morning...and wet.

The forecast told me there was little chance of rain before 8am. They were wrong. I didn't have my winter boots on so my feet got a soaking. They won't dry off before the homeward leg. I'll try and find a newspaper to stuff in them later.

 

[Beebo]

The ride home last night was horrid, dark and wet, with steamed up glasses. Couldnt see a thing.
This morning I was riding next to a full size tractor, in Rotherhithe!
Those massive wheels are pretty scarey close up. You'd stand no chance if you got tangled with one of them.

 

[MisterStan]

Smug mode on - stayed dry last night and despite the biblical forecast for this morning, more or less dry by the time I arrived today too!