Tales from today's commute....

[GrasB]

Insert generic headwind comment here;

Headwind? WHAT HEADWIND? ... Life is so much less frustrating when you ride to watts not mph (or km/h)

 

[Black Country Ste]

Seven minutes riding into a freezing northerly this morning was more than enough to lose feeling in my face and turn my feet to blocks of ice.

 

[jarlrmai]

Headwind? WHAT HEADWIND? ... Life is so much less frustrating when you ride to watts not mph (or km/h)

I'll PM you my address for you send me the power meter

I'd be interested in hearing about your training schedule and how you mix it with commuting

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Whisper it softly....

The wind has dropped, and it was a degree or three warmer.

 

[400bhp]

Whisper it softly....

The wind has dropped, and it was a degree or three warmer.

Oh, Mr Collins, what have you done

 

[Andrew_P]

Yeah but it's Functional Threshold Power... Functional Power Threshold is something very different & unrelated to cycling

I cannot help myself when I read this I it always comes out in a David Brent voice, sorry!

 

[Rev]

I rode motorbikes for years and years and had forgotten what a bunch of selfish, ignorant, dangerous morons drive in and around Bradford. On one stretch of road today cutting through Manningham (famous scene of the Bradford riots) I was pulled out on (forcing me to stop) 3 times , pulled out on forcing me to really slow down another 2 times, forced into the side of the road once and encountered cars on the cycle lane(at traffic lights) twice.......I will definitely change that route even if it means hills and hell of a lot further to go!

 

[ManiaMuse]

If you are going to do a trackstand at the traffic lights, try not to be perpendicular in the middle of the road as the lights turn green...

 

[Rev]

What is a trackstand?

 

[billy1561]

Trackstand is when you come to a halt on the bike and don't put a foot down but stay on the bike balancing.

 

[billy1561]

Noticed a broken spoke on the commuter bike last night! Will have to take the road bike until i get it fixed.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Oh, Mr Collins, what have you done

What have I done...?

I've only just gone and hung a week's worth of cycle commuting kit out on the washing line, in the sun, to dry!

 

[GrasB]

I cannot help myself when I read this I it always comes out in a David Brent voice, sorry!

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[Rev]

Trackstand is when you come to a halt on the bike and don't put a foot down but stay on the bike balancing.

Thank you!

 

[mangid]

First morning in what seems like weeks that the temperature started >= 0.0C ! So much easier to ride when it's warm