GrasB
Veteran
- Location
- Nr Cambridge
I do believe I experienced a wet commute this morning... that is all
Tales from today's commute....
- Thread starter martint235
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MickeyBlueEyes
Eat, Sleep, Ride, Repeat.
- Location
- Derbyshire
The forecast predicted I would be wet as a wet thing by the time I got to work. Ha, smugness grin time, beat ya! I expect sweet revenge from Mother Nature this afternoon however so I'll sink back into my hole of smugness...
In other news, I was always a little dubious of how much difference a half decent wheel set would make to a bike. After Fridays instance of pinging the free hub on the Nova Rigida wheels (or something like that) I took my Fulcrums off the bestie and put them on the Raleigh hack. WOW! Rides like a completely different bike! Now, do I leave them on here and buy new for bestie? Or, go for a cheaper replacement for the hack wheels? I've spent all weekend mulling it over and still can't decide...
In other news, I was always a little dubious of how much difference a half decent wheel set would make to a bike. After Fridays instance of pinging the free hub on the Nova Rigida wheels (or something like that) I took my Fulcrums off the bestie and put them on the Raleigh hack. WOW! Rides like a completely different bike! Now, do I leave them on here and buy new for bestie? Or, go for a cheaper replacement for the hack wheels? I've spent all weekend mulling it over and still can't decide...
MisterStan
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- Location
- Out there somewhere
Not the worst rain i've ridden in, but bloody hell was it wet out there!
MisterStan
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- Location
- Out there somewhere
I've just put a set of R501s on the all weather commuter - not the lightest but they run beautifully smoothly and were only £75 or thereabouts from Ribble.
For various reasons I am working from home today. But looking out of my home office window, it really isn't nice out there. It's been raining all night and looks like it's going to rain all day. Half of me feels I am cheating myself by not doing a cycle commute today but the other half is a little happier about not getting all wet and mucky. Especially as the bike was given a very thorough clean yesterday.
Quite a few flooded roads and reasonably heavy rain made for a soggy ride in, also got quite a few close passes!? I got splashed a few times :/ by twunts purposefully driving through some of the deeper puddles.
My kits now hanging up, hope it dries out before I leave!
My kits now hanging up, hope it dries out before I leave!
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martint235
Dog on a bike
- Location
- Welling
Very, very wet. Saw a crash on the South Circular, a car decided he was moving to the right hand lane completely ignoring the fact that there was a van in that space. He hit it hard enough to spin it around. Thankfully it was a good 5 or 6 cars in front of me.
Also noticed that the k**bheads in the Riverside park who think it's their private race track also think that now it's dark they should have really bright lights (good) but not point them at the ground in any way (bad)
Also noticed that the k**bheads in the Riverside park who think it's their private race track also think that now it's dark they should have really bright lights (good) but not point them at the ground in any way (bad)
Sheffield_Tiger
Legendary Member
Warm commute for me. Got up, switched on PC, accessed logmein, set a routine running, had a shower, fed cats, made breakfast, set an upload running, logged in to cyclechat with a cut of tea..
..I might as well enjoy the plus sides of having this bloody flu, even if I am working from home (on one monitor, that's why I have a dual monitor setup
)
..I might as well enjoy the plus sides of having this bloody flu, even if I am working from home (on one monitor, that's why I have a dual monitor setup
)
Beebo
Firm and Fruity
- Location
- Hexleybeef
I knew it was going to be a wet ride in when I went to bed last night. The sort of weather where my water proof socks work. Persistent rain, but not too heavy to getthe water running down inside the sock.
I inspected the 15 bikes in the bike shed this morning, only 3 were wet, so you dont have to be Sherlock Holmes to work out that the rest have been there all weekend.
It annoyes me that the bike shed is over subscribed, and people who cycle in every day have to park their bikes in the rain.
I inspected the 15 bikes in the bike shed this morning, only 3 were wet, so you dont have to be Sherlock Holmes to work out that the rest have been there all weekend.
It annoyes me that the bike shed is over subscribed, and people who cycle in every day have to park their bikes in the rain.
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
You won't believe me, but its not raining in Manchester.
Blustery ride in as my commute route changes direction quite a bit. Had a nice tail wind followed by a two mile slog into the office in a headwind. Passed loads of wobbly bobs as they struggled with the wind.
Blustery ride in as my commute route changes direction quite a bit. Had a nice tail wind followed by a two mile slog into the office in a headwind. Passed loads of wobbly bobs as they struggled with the wind.
MisterStan
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- Out there somewhere
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Today was a sad day. I looked at the weather last night and decided "perhaps it is time to ditch the road bike and kit out my hybrid". Alas, I did. Autumn is definitley back with a vengenance. Very rainy, very windy and slower on the hybrid. RIP summer and bright, pleasant mornings with little to no wind.
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fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
Still not raining. ..
