Tales from today's commute....

[Hacienda71]

I jumped on the train half way home as my heart wasn't in it last night!

Think you might be let off just this once, given the distance of your commute, the headwind and rain last night.

 

[JoeyB]

So it's turns out the flat route to Havant is a lot easier than the hilly route. Who knew!

Very wet roads tonight but no real substance falling from the sky. Just enough to keep me cool.

 

[hennbell]

Had a strange one at lunch was riding back to work when a truck waved me over. I would never normally stop for such a thing but the driver seamed in control and not upset with me in the slightest. When I pulled over two OAP's where looking for directions to the nearest hospital. The route was very direct and they did not seem very composed so I pointed them in the correct direction and went on with my day.

 

[Ganymede]

So it's turns out the flat route to Havant is a lot easier than the hilly route. Who knew!

Very wet roads tonight but no real substance falling from the sky. Just enough to keep me cool.

I realise I could have told you this - I was brought up in Warblington. Soz.

 

[Origamist]

Beat the rain, but a sore throat has developed. Am going to anaesthetise it with a good malt, lemon and honey.

 

[summerdays]

I decided to leg my legs out of hibernation and expose them again, even then I was too hot!!!

And I fiddled with my saddle position this week moving it forward, then up a bit, and now it feels uncomfortable, still not got it quite right, I think it needs to go down a mm or two!

 

[Simontm]

Stupidly thought I'd need the winter top today - nope. Boy was I hot .

Had no legs either which didn't help!

Numpty count: 1 - some TdF-wannabe passed me at a gnat's arse gap then cut sharp in front of me

 

[martint235]

Last commute on the single speed today. New commuting bike should be take up a sizable portion of my neighbour's hallway when I get home. Nice and easy run in, very little traffic so made pretty good time.

On Monday I'll have gears and, for the first time, disc brakes. The disc brakes scare me a little as I do have a tendency to grab.

 

[ianrauk]

Blimey it was a warm commute at 7.30am. S/S Jersey still... amazing for this time of year. And apparently it's going to be even warmer tomorrow.

Don'y worry about the gears grapping @martint235 , won't take you long to get used to them. But have a couple of hard grabs first to wear them in a little.

 

[Ganymede]

Beat the rain, but a sore throat has developed. Am going to anaesthetise it with a good malt, lemon and honey.

Careful now. There is a vile bug going round which manifests as a sort of weird cold for a few days (I was in bed for 3!) then WILL NOT GO. I am still feeling the effects a month later of not resting enough to begin with. It starts with a sore throat - could be a different bug but do be careful, I am sick of feeling rubbishy and have hardly been on the bike all this time.

 

[BSRU]

Everything from the knee down splattered in mud, don't remember going off road.

Used the Garmin virtual training partner for the first time today on a quiet 4km country road segment, that was interesting.
Didn't see the virtual bicycle until after 2km, I thought it wasn't working. Somehow beat myself by 5 seconds.

 

[Arjimlad]

Sore throat here and chose a shorter, 6-mile route than normal. Hoping I can make things better by gentle exercise !

 

[Ganymede]

Sore throat here and chose a shorter, 6-mile route than normal. Hoping I can make things better by gentle exercise !

In my experience the best thing for a virus is total rest. My friend had it last week - went up to London the this week, so basically caught train, walked to restaurant, had lunch, caught train home - and was wrung out. Still, maybe you haven't got this particular lurgy. I've just been taking whatever days I can as almost total bed rest but I've had to work very hard too (physical stuff) so have been up and down. I am determined to bike the domestic commute today though! Sunshine! Slow pedalling!

Good luck!

 

[Arjimlad]

Thanks ! You too

I've almost always felt better after a gentle ride but will drive if it gets too bad.

 

[summerdays]

I had a car overtake me (whilst I was passing parked cars), heading straight for a blind bend, and luckily I guessed what could happen and slowed down and was able to do a sharp stop as it pulled over where I would have been as a car came around the corner!