fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
Looks like I'll need to keep an eye on the temperatures this week. Dont fancy the fallowfield loop on 23mm if it gets frosty/icy.
Tales from today's commute....
- Thread starter martint235
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MisterStan
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- Location
- Out there somewhere
A chillier start than i've got used to, but nothing too bad. Was a bit late leaving as i'd forgotten to swap pedals back after taking the bike out with the family, so ended up playing catch up with @martinclive and Jess. Head down and good hard work.
summerdays
Cycling in the sun
- Location
- Bristol
I've had a day off today so no commuting but Mr Summerdays tells me they have messed with the lanes at the A38/M5 junction, causing a little bit of chaos and his words "I wouldn't want to be on a bike going through at rush hour". So straight on lane to stay on the A38 is now marked as the middle lane only and lots of cars getting it wrong.
Ganymede
Veteran
- Location
- Rural Kent
I drove.
The blushing icon is too mild for the shame I feel...
The blushing icon is too mild for the shame I feel...
Lovely ride into work this morning at 5am with the only people I passed coming the other way all being nice and shielding lights etc. No wildlife apart from cats which was a bit strange.
The journey home was an example of Darwinian selection. Idiots with all the kit and no skills, idiots with no lights dressed in black and a couple of loose dogs. The light fascists are now also out in force. Of the 30 or so cree users who I passed maybe 6 covered their lights, I cover every time and must have told at least a dozen to foxtrot Oscar as their lights were facing up and on full beam.... Oh the joys of winter commuting... And breath
The journey home was an example of Darwinian selection. Idiots with all the kit and no skills, idiots with no lights dressed in black and a couple of loose dogs. The light fascists are now also out in force. Of the 30 or so cree users who I passed maybe 6 covered their lights, I cover every time and must have told at least a dozen to foxtrot Oscar as their lights were facing up and on full beam.... Oh the joys of winter commuting... And breath
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
The Fallowfield Loop was much reduced in cycle and walking traffic tonight now the homeward bound trip is in the dark.
Left both Hopes on low whilst I had the little Yinding 2 x U2 cranked up until I saw a ped or cyclist when I covered the lenses. It's nice and handy to pop two fingers over each of the lenses as the lamp is nice and small. Must remember next time, after a few minutes on full, the lenses get bloody hot.
Left both Hopes on low whilst I had the little Yinding 2 x U2 cranked up until I saw a ped or cyclist when I covered the lenses. It's nice and handy to pop two fingers over each of the lenses as the lamp is nice and small. Must remember next time, after a few minutes on full, the lenses get bloody hot.
OP
OP
martint235
Dog on a bike
- Location
- Welling
I noticed today that as I'm on a road bike again all the fecking "Good morning" nobbers are at it again. They tend to ignore me on the singlespeed and definitely ignore me on the MTB.
Exile
Senior Member
- Location
- Manchester
Amazed this morning to find eight bikes locked to the racks at work. The morning sun must have lured back some of the cyclists who wrote last week off.
Bit chilly on the ride home, but still in short sleeves and arm warmers for the moment, even if I did put a wind stopper vest on to keep out the worst of the chill.Not sure how much longer that'll last though, might need to be breaking out the base layers before long.
Bit chilly on the ride home, but still in short sleeves and arm warmers for the moment, even if I did put a wind stopper vest on to keep out the worst of the chill.Not sure how much longer that'll last though, might need to be breaking out the base layers before long.
MisterStan
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- Location
- Out there somewhere
Did you ketchup with them and have words?
potsy
Rambler
- Location
- My Armchair
Winter tights out this morning 
Rare cycle commute, thought I'd get one in early in the week.
Rare cycle commute, thought I'd get one in early in the week.
What a wonderful thing cycling in winter can be.....
It was colder than I had expected having watched the weather mans report at 4.30 am as there was frost on the cars as I came out of the house so I popped back in and put on a pair of winter leg warmers as thought my legs deserved it. There wasn't a soul about for the first 8 miles apart from the wildlife which was missing from yesterdays journey to work. First I had a couple of town foxes cross my path as I joined the cycle path in Bath. Then after about 3 miles I came across a family of badgers, tww large adults and two possibly three smaller adolescents who were all happily foraging along both sides of the cycle path. They didn't even bolt until I was about 10 foot from them and you forget how big an adult badger is. We then had a number of suicidal rabbits, I was sure I was going to run one over but it changed course at the last second for both our benefit. The bats were back out in good numbers and seemed to enjoy buzzing me for a while. Then nothing until I well into Bristols urban sprawl when again I had a number of couple of foxes cross my path.
It all reminds me why I enjoy winter cycling so much, the cold isn't an issue if you wear the correct clothes, there seem to be far less people around on both the roads and cycle path and the wildlife gets easier to spot as the greenery dies back for winter.... Anyway coffee number 2 time and I have some urgent numbers to crunch.
It was colder than I had expected having watched the weather mans report at 4.30 am as there was frost on the cars as I came out of the house so I popped back in and put on a pair of winter leg warmers as thought my legs deserved it. There wasn't a soul about for the first 8 miles apart from the wildlife which was missing from yesterdays journey to work. First I had a couple of town foxes cross my path as I joined the cycle path in Bath. Then after about 3 miles I came across a family of badgers, tww large adults and two possibly three smaller adolescents who were all happily foraging along both sides of the cycle path. They didn't even bolt until I was about 10 foot from them and you forget how big an adult badger is. We then had a number of suicidal rabbits, I was sure I was going to run one over but it changed course at the last second for both our benefit. The bats were back out in good numbers and seemed to enjoy buzzing me for a while. Then nothing until I well into Bristols urban sprawl when again I had a number of couple of foxes cross my path.
It all reminds me why I enjoy winter cycling so much, the cold isn't an issue if you wear the correct clothes, there seem to be far less people around on both the roads and cycle path and the wildlife gets easier to spot as the greenery dies back for winter.... Anyway coffee number 2 time and I have some urgent numbers to crunch.
