Tales from today's commute....

[GrasB]

Today was uneventful but note worthy as being my last work bound commute by bike for 2014... tomorrow I'll be car commuting and that's it for commutes until 2015

 

[ianrauk]

Great commute this morning. Was reading 7degs on the thermometer at 7.30am. But with the cloud cover and no wind, it felt milder. For some reason the traffic was also very light which was very strange.

Had a nice to and fro SCR with a chap on a fixie who I see know and then. Only a young guy and can really shift. His bike handling skills are awesome too, though not sure how many tyres he must go through.

Looks like rain forecast for the return this evening.

@deptfordmarmoset , they are testing the new bridge this morning.
Think I will make it part of my morning commute. Be nice to pootle along and over the river.

 

[Panter]

Great commute this morning. Was reading 7degs on the thermometer at 7.30am. But with the cloud cover and no wind, it felt milder. For some reason the traffic was also very light which was very strange.

Had a nice to and fro SCR with a chap on a fixie who I see know and then. Only a young guy and can really shift. His bike handling skills are awesome too, though not sure how many tyres he must go through.

Looks like rain forecast for the return this evening.

@deptfordmarmoset , they are testing the new bridge this morning.
Think I will make it part of my morning commute. Be nice to pootle along and over the river.

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Must have got your wind, so to speak, down here. Blowing a bloody gale again this morning (headwind, obviously)
Wouldn't be too bad but it drops to nothing by the evening but at least that gives me something else to moan about

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

@ianrauk - I saw how it had advanced a couple of days ago while I was going over Creek Road Bridge but didn't have time to stop and have a look. I'll pop over after my morning dose of coffee and take a look. How would you work it into your commute without going round in a circle though? It runs to the north of your direct route.

 

[ianrauk]

@ianrauk - I saw how it had advanced a couple of days ago while I was going over Creek Road Bridge but didn't have time to stop and have a look. I'll pop over after my morning dose of coffee and take a look. How would you work it into your commute without going round in a circle though? It runs to the north of your direct route.

Straight up over the Creek Road Bridge, left, along Dreadnaught, over the Bridge and left into my development.
So yes, going round in a circle

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Straight up over the Creek Road Bridge, left, along Dreadnaught, over the Bridge and left into my development.
So yes, going round in a circle

Ok, let's call it a spiral!

 

[MisterStan]

Today was uneventful but note worthy as being my last work bound commute by bike for 2014... tomorrow I'll be car commuting and that's it for commutes until 2014

2015?

 

[GrasB]

Today was uneventful but note worthy as being my last work bound commute by bike for 2014... tomorrow I'll be car commuting and that's it for commutes until 2015

2015?

Oi, don't you go changing one number in my post

Bet you'll say I changed the post after you pointed it out...

 

[Simontm]

Arrrgggghhh, now the Norco's had a spoke go but this time on the hub rather than the rim like the PoS that is the Pinnacle's back wheel so no more commute until Monday

 

[Beebo]

they are testing the new bridge this morning.
Think I will make it part of my morning commute. Be nice to pootle along and over the river.

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ooh, I might try that on the way home some nights. I sometime take the Thames path all the way from Rotherhithe anyway.

 

[Beebo]

Double puncture, one last night, and one this morning.
The tyres are quite new, only purchased in August, so I put it down to the mucky roads. Both were large flints that had worked into the tyre.

 

[ianrauk]

ooh, I might try that on the way home some nights. I sometime take the Thames path all the way from Rotherhithe anyway.

Wave as you go by...

 

[3narf]

I got all the way from my campsite at Windsor to Langley before a car overtook me. Mind you, I'm on early earlies this week, so I left the camper van at about 0320...

 

[jagman.2003]

Fairly speedy feeling scoot in this morning despite blustery head wind.
Hoping the same wind will push me home even quicker.

Going to try out a slightly different route home this evening through a housing estate. Trying to cut out some annoying bits
Google in any view doesn't have the latest layout, so hoping to find a better way through.

 

[sheffgirl]

Enjoyed the ride this morning.
Especially enjoyed overtaking the driver who beeped at me for riding in primary (due to a narrow corner with solid white lines on our side) when he got stuck in traffic 5 minutes later