Tales from today's commute....

[Simontm]

Bout 1deg and foggy by the Thames, followed by a blinding combination of that and the sun as I left the valley. Not too bad but need better socks (or shoes! (or feet!)).
See the darling school mums are back clogging the roads ferrying their precious Ciabatas and Tristans to school so the poor lambs don't get cold - wish my mum was like that. As soon as I was old enough it was on the train!
Numpty count: 2 1 Disco punish passed me and he had a bike in the back And an absolutely oblivious woman who just drove in a straight line and woe-betide anything in her way.

 

[Panter]

Cold one this morning so I totally over compensated and wheezed into work a sweaty mess yet again! This is going to take some getting used to!!

 

[subaqua]

cocking cold. longs will be out for next week methinks. the best bit was riding through Victoria park and seeing the sun between the bare trees with a low level mist in front. never saw such a great pale orange in my life. the sun was a pale watery disc and looked amazing.

legs are a bit itchy from the cold now in work trousers.

 

[MisterStan]

Bout 1deg and foggy by the Thames, followed by a blinding combination of that and the sun as I left the valley. Not too bad but need better socks (or shoes! (or feet!)).
See the darling school mums are back clogging the roads ferrying their precious Ciabatas and Tristans to school so the poor lambs don't get cold - wish my mum was like that. As soon as I was old enough it was on the train!
Numpty count: 2 1 Disco punish passed me and he had a bike in the back And an absolutely oblivious woman who just drove in a straight line and woe-betide anything in her way.

The train? THE TRAIN? When i were a lad....

 

[Supersuperleeds]

I had forgotten how tough it is riding on marathon winters, going up hills was like when I first started riding, will sleep well tonight. Still scalped a few bikes on the GCW though

 

[MisterStan]

Winter is coming! A bit nippy this morning, got to laugh at my neighbours scraping their cars. Only saw one numpty trying to drive with a hole the size of a plate on his windscreen...

 

[GrasB]

I defrosted the windscreen with a warm towel this morning! (note to self: take down the shelving out the way so we don't have to park one car in front of the garage door)

 

[ianrauk]

Yup, zero degrees when I left at 7.30am. My neighbours also scraping windscreens. First time since earlier this year that I put on the longs. Was a lovely sunny morning, though had to be a little more aware as the sun was very low. Baseball cap peak and sunglasses helped.

 

[Beebo]

As I was putting the bike away in the work bike shed, one of the regulars arrived without any gloves!!!
How anyone could have cycled in that weather without gloves is beyond me!
He said he was off to Evans to buy some for the ride home!

 

[mangid]

As I was putting the bike away in the work bike shed, one of the regulars arrived without any gloves!!!
How anyone could have cycled in that weather without gloves is beyond me!
He said he was off to Evans to buy some for the ride home!

Saw a few riders without gloves this morning, me I had lobsters and inners on. Just a short ride (12 miles) so fingers kept nice and warm. Garmin says it got down to -2 (well 28F, why you can't have metric temperature and statute distance is just one of those mysteries).

 

[summerdays]

Garmin says it got down to -2 (well 28F, why you can't have metric temperature and statute distance is just one of those mysteries).

I agree, I usually spend time when it's that cold trying to calculate it in my head, but my head doesn't always want to cooperate at those temperatures!

 

[Origamist]

Wasn't quite as cold as I anticipated this morning - so dispensed with the merino beanie.

A nail got swept up into my rear mudguard this morning - instant deflation! Not as many cyclists on the road now (and I didn't see many before)...

A few close passes, but generally a nice morning...

 

[ianrauk]

Not as many cyclists on the road now (and I didn't see many before)...
..

Thought the same this week and last, until this mornings ride. Saw more today then I have in the past couple of weeks.

 

[MichaelO]

Saw a few riders without gloves this morning, me I had lobsters and inners on. Just a short ride (12 miles) so fingers kept nice and warm. Garmin says it got down to -2 (well 28F, why you can't have metric temperature and statute distance is just one of those mysteries).

I'm fairly sure there's a Statute UK setting which shows miles & celsius data fields.. My Edge 500 does anyway.

 

[Simontm]

The train? THE TRAIN? When i were a lad....