Tales from today's commute....

[ianrauk]

Wet, so bloody wet, wetter then a wet thing from planet wet. And being wet meant more traffic. Seem's the whole of SE London was at a standstill this morning. For the first time since last winter I put on the Night Vision Evo jacket, it was 10 degs when I left this morning which is usually bearable, but with the rain and the wind chill I wasn't going to risk it. The amount of rain meant that the Montaine would just get soaked through. The Evo did it's job, though was a little toasty.

Of course.. as soon as I get to work.. the rain stops and it's clearing up.. weather god bastards.

 

[jagman.2003]

Poured down all afternoon here yesterday. Just stopped & sun came out as I exited work.
Mildly boiled in bag with showerproof jacket. But for a cheap Lusso one it does breath quite well.

 

[clid61]

BBB Hardwear overshoes kept me dry and my Sealskin gloves too , great combo !

 

[benb]

My lovely daughter stayed drier than me this morning.

 

[glenn forger]

Guffaw:

"Are you wet daddy? Ah well".

 

[Ciar]

I decided to have my rest day today, thank the lord i did the rain was horrendous and as others have said i still can't bring myself to switch to autumn/winter clothing back on the bike tomorrow so hopefully it's dry!

 

[summerdays]

First day this week I've been ok temperature wise, and I had to cycle through a downpour despite everyone else sheltering under bridges as my youngest had looked himself out!

This morning I had a minor karma moment, after being overtaken at a ridiculous speed in a built up area, I had no chance of catching him up, at the next set of lights (around a double bend), but I wasn't counting on a builders lorry in then middle of the road around the bend. I assume he wasn't counting on it either as he was facing into the kerb. I passed him and joined the queue and he had to sit behind me

 

[ianrauk]

friggin wind... whats all that about? Such hard work tonight. Knackered.

 

[Ciar]

9 miles of feeling like i was sat in a wind tunnel! so i thought poke it and took it very easy.

 

[MisterStan]

Bit of a surreal moment this morning; some cows had gone through a gate that had been left open, one of them was trying to jump over a barbed wire fence (it wasn't going to work, whatever the cow tells you) so I put the bike to one side and proceeded to herd the cows away, all but one listened to me, the one that didn't ended up going into someone's back garden - where I left it looking through the conservatory window at the slightly bemused householder who was somewhat surprised to see the fresh milk delivery for his morning coffee - over to you I shouted and got on my way! Thanks to the two cyclists who stopped and helped.

 

[Arjimlad]

Wind for the last five miles was tough ... and I hate putting my brakes on when you can feel how gritty & horrible the rims are.

I carefully clean the blocks and rims with babywipes very regularly, but still feels like you're applying grinding paste !

 

[Ganymede]

Bit of a surreal moment this morning; some cows had gone through a gate that had been left open, one of them was trying to jump over a barbed wire fence (it wasn't going to work, whatever the cow tells you) so I put the bike to one side and proceeded to herd the cows away, all but one listened to me, the one that didn't ended up going into someone's back garden - where I left it looking through the conservatory window at the slightly bemused householder who was somewhat surprised to see the fresh milk delivery for his morning coffee - over to you I shouted and got on my way! Thanks to the two cyclists who stopped and helped.

Happens with sheep round here - especially when there are lambs! A bit less alarming than cows though!

 

[summerdays]

Wind for the last five miles was tough ... and I hate putting my brakes on when you can feel how gritty & horrible the rims are.

I carefully clean the blocks and rims with babywipes very regularly, but still feels like you're applying grinding paste !

I thought I was going to be lucky and have a tail wind, then I realised it was going to be a head wind for most of the journey!

And on the brake front that is why I changed to having disk brakes, to avoid that muck!

 

[ianrauk]

At least the rain has stopped though it was pretty heavy rainfall over night so the roads were very wet. With the northerly wind blowing for all it's worth it made for a nice and quick ride in. So much so that I added another 5 miles just for the sake of it. Gonna be a windy battle home later.

 

[MisterStan]

Wind for the last five miles was tough ... and I hate putting my brakes on when you can feel how gritty & horrible the rims are.

I carefully clean the blocks and rims with babywipes very regularly, but still feels like you're applying grinding paste !

Brand new wheels on the winter commuter bike this week, new brake blocks too. I feel your pain!