Tales from today's commute....

[potsy]

Just a few hundred yards from work this morning, going around a RAB when I hear some furious horn beeping from around the corner, gets there and a lorry is stopped inches from a bridge it looked like he wasn't getting under
Would have stayed to see what happened but it had just started raining.

Did a @fossyant and went a few miles extra on the way home, unlike him though I didn't get lost

 

[fossyant]

Update. Chunk out of new rim, some sidewall damage to tyre and a junked tube. Cheers Manchester City Council.

Sanded off the edge of the chunk, and glued some cloth backed emery cloth into the inside of the tyre where the sidewall got a bit battered just to be sure.

Very lucky I didn't crash as I was matching traffic speed, and just did not see the crater in time. The air was rather blue, so I apologise to all the students walking nearby. Apart from the small chunk missing from the edge of the rim, no dents at all and still true. At least I wasn't my brother in law who needed a new set of tyres after damaging two last week on the A6 near McVitties, an £800 bill.

Oh and there were idiot peds and drivers out tonight. Pah. Short route as well. Will stick to the long route in future.

 

[kipster]

Had to take the short route home as left work later than I should have and needed to be somewhere else. This route puts me in heavier traffic. I ended up having to slow and follow the cars, when we stopped at a junction the driver in front told me off for riding too close to him, I just smiled.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Left work at 16:30 tonight and it was still light, took a nice pootle around Watermead Park before heading home, helps build up the miles but kills the average speed.

 

[Hacienda71]

Fast return leg for me tonight, had a hgv behind me for a couple of miles, but he seemed content sitting behind me at the speed I was going at rather than pushing past.
Best bit none of the forecast rain materialised.

 

[Leodis]

Pootle home tonight, full of cold.

 

[fossyant]

Fast return leg for me tonight, had a hgv behind me for a couple of miles, but he seemed content sitting behind me at the speed I was going at rather than pushing past.
Best bit none of the forecast rain materialised.

I felt the bloody headwind coming out of Manchester coming South. Hard work.

 

[I like Skol]

I felt the bloody headwind coming out of Manchester coming South. Hard work.

Ah! that must be why I felt so damn superhuman riding home from Hazel Grove to Ashton

 

[fossyant]

Ah! that must be why I felt so damn superhuman riding home from Hazel Grove to Ashton

I've got a head cold, but felt terrible. The wind wasn't gusty, but must have been dead steady. I thought my legs were coming off.

 

[David Parry]

Ah! that must be why I felt so damn superhuman riding home from Hazel Grove to Ashton

Homeward bound with a tailwind . . . the absolute best!

 

[fossyant]

Ah! that must be why I felt so damn superhuman riding home from Hazel Grove to Ashton

Any riding up or down steps ?

Got a new trick for you, riding up steps without pedalling like that cyclocrosser. Up your street that is. I am still well impressed with your manic tricks !

 

[GrasB]

I quite like the look of @GrasB new "family" car (avatar pic).

The biggest surprise for me is how practical the Can-Am is (the convertible version, my avatar is a GTR), for a couple this really could be their only car. My only concern would be dealing with the fuel economy, I'm getting about 31mpg while taking it nice & easy running the engine in, that's rather good for a 7L chevy V8.

 

[Archeress]

Did my fastest time today, 16:11 for my 3.4 mile commute. Had one pull out on a RAB then flashed their hazards by way of apology. Had another driver do a punishment pass as we both approached another RAB. Otherwise a good run in.

Hugs
Archeress x

 

[BSRU]

Warm ride in on wet roads but no rain yet, seemed to be alot of traffic around today.

 

[Leaway2]

More traffic than usual this morning, possibly due to an accident blocking the M56 at Wythenshawe.
Desperately tried to keep in touch with some young pup who works on the floor above, only managed it by drafting a van up a hill and caught him up.