Tales from today's commute....

[Ganymede]

I'm not convinced your weather is worse than mine.
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We all feel really sorry for you. Really we do...

Actually I agree - Spring and Autumn for me, or a nice dry frosty winter's day!

 

[clf]

Discovered the joy that is overshoes this morning Dry toasty feet (a bit too toasty if I'm honest) after a very soggy start to the commute.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

To say I got wet this morning would be an understatement. Though it was warm, apart from the stretch were I had horizontal rain hitting me, and the wind wasn't as bad as I expected.

 

[400bhp]

Getting pished off with people pulling out on me. One a day for the last week.

 

[cyberknight]

Absolutely peeing it down so i got soaked through this morning even through 2 coats , leggins , waterproof shoes and overshoes .
The return ride meant putting on still damp clothes as we have no where to dry them that i would trust them still being there at the end of shift so i was cold , wet and grumpy
As soon as i changed up to the big ring i got massive chain suck , so bad that the chain wrapped around the crank and i had to take the wheel out to loosen the tension enough to unwrap it , after that the gears needed a double shift in either direction to work as well as a crunchy noise from the back end .

Feet were wet all day so they swelled up




Tired



Grumpy


Wheres the skip so i can sling the lot

 

[fossyant]

Heavy rain on the way in, drying cabinet was busy. Someone put some minging clothes or shoes in there today, enough to stink the room out. When my kit is in there on its own, you can only smell fairy washing powder. Down side of sharing drying facilities with smelly people.

 

[Turbo Rider]

Set off and this morning all was lovely, in spite od the damp surface. Ten minutes in and I realised I was going to get wet...on account of the fact I was being rained on. Man in a van sarcastically asked if I was wet...smiled to myself, because as wet as I was, at least I wasn't stuck in traffic like him...happy days.

Took so long getting my soggy clobber on for the way home that most of the traffic had disappeared by the time I set off, so a nice clear road for me. Legs were aching though and my energy levels, after another long week of commuting, were sapped. Took my time though and enjoyed the ride, taking in the scenery, smelling the occasional firework fumes, enjoying the space on the road, annoying the fark off other riders by nodding at them all and generally howling at that beautiful full moon.

Knackered but satisfied...and I still need to do an upper body workout...going to sleep very, very well tonight

 

[DCLane]

A wet trip home in the dark with too many close passes and a parked car stuck on the most dangerous part of the dual-carriageway, just so they'd have easy access to the pub that's there.

Oh and a left hook that got shouted at. Rare for me but I'd had enough of bad drivers by then.

 

[Jenkins]

Another victim of strong gusting (40+mph straight off the North Sea) winds and very heavy rain this morning.

Only one half of the drying cabinet in my locker room works properly and was full this morning so my gloves and overshoes had to go in the other part. Therefore I'd like to give a very public thank you to whoever it was that moved them across to the good side when they removed their clothing and towels

 

[summerdays]

Homeward journey I was waiting to turn right out of a very narrow road, for the car to pass. Instead the white oversized car decided to turn into the side road but where I was, rather than trying to go around or waiting and letting me go first, he drove right up to me, I shouted at him and then he stopped with the car all but touching me.

He then smiled briefly, then looked a little confused and just sat there blocking the main road and my exit onto it. So I told him I was going to go around him and left him. He just looked as though he hadn't got a clue as to how he had ended up in that position.

 

[Exile]

Soaked, drenched, drowned. However you describe it, my state on getting to work was a rather soggy one. Found some diesel or something on the way in and almost binned the bike as the rear tyre decided it was no longer going to grip the road and was going to do a merry little jig. Still not sure how I held it, but thankfully I did.

Ride home was much less eventful. No idiot drivers, no daft overtakes, no skittish wheels. Just some kids who decided to play chicken with me. Heading along at about 10 mph, and knowing my braking distance almost to the inch, I made them blink first. Only just though, if they'd held their nerve for another half second I'd have taken avoiding action. After all, fun is fun but I'm not going to ride my bike into someone, especially not a couple of children mucking about.

 

[cyberknight]

Soaked, drenched, drowned. However you describe it, my state on getting to work was a rather soggy one. Found some diesel or something on the way in and almost binned the bike as the rear tyre decided it was no longer going to grip the road and was going to do a merry little jig. Still not sure how I held it, but thankfully I did.

Ride home was much less eventful. No idiot drivers, no daft overtakes, no skittish wheels. Just some kids who decided to play chicken with me. Heading along at about 10 mph, and knowing my braking distance almost to the inch, I made them blink first. Only just though, if they'd held their nerve for another half second I'd have taken avoiding action. After all, fun is fun but I'm not going to ride my bike into someone, especially not a couple of children mucking about.

Glad you held it, i managed to fall off last Monday when my front wheel caught a wet manhole cover .

 

[Sheffield_Tiger]

When you're tired, and you're climbing a hill and it's hard. It's much harder than normal but you push through thinking "I will conquer this"

Then you realise that a sticky spring left your front mech on the big ring when you sometimes, on a bad day, use granny

 

[DWiggy]

A dark and soggy ride home with a little head wind, already missing the summer light but riding in the dark is quite nice too.

 

[DWiggy]

...ps finishline wet ceramic lube really does last well in this weather!