Tales from today's commute....

[DCLane]

I've been on the retro MTB (GT Timberline) for the past 2 days due to snow/ice. It's got knobblies and don't I know it. Coming home the legs were dead: https://www.strava.com/activities/247769211

A meeting's been cancelled tomorrow and for once I'm looking forward to working from home.

 

[fossyant]

Tomorrow might be interesting... Snow, thaw, slush, freeze ? Going to be mainly road rather than the Trans Pennine as its a bog.

Was riding through torrents of water and mud coming out of Reddish Vale tonight. The farm track had some massive puddles of a fairly deep depth, and no way round other than through them. Good fun if hard going. The chain wasn't overly happy after this, but it's been hosed off, wiped and relubed tonight. The ground is very sandy.

 

[HLaB]

Got in before the snow this morning, the sides of the roads looked a bit treacherous with ice but I never go there, unless avoiding smidsy (referring to my earlier video). The middle of the lane was beautifully ice clear.
The roads seemed fine tonight all the ice had turned to puddles but judging by the state of my car when I got back (snow had frozen solid on its windscreen), it looked like it was turning icy

 

[donnydave]

made sure I had an external meeting booked tomorrow so I can use works pool car and have a day off from cycling. If anyone was to analyse the pool car usage against weather records, they may spot a pattern....

 

[MickeyBlueEyes]

Awful ride home in the snow, it's also belting it down now so I'm not looking forward to tomorrow. How I wish I'd of sorted the brakes on the MTB a few weeks ago...

 

[Panter]

Felt really heroic as I set off into the teeth of the blizzard this evening.

Felt wet, cold and fed up by the time I got home!

 

[HLaB]

Awful ride home in the snow, it's also belting it down now so I'm not looking forward to tomorrow.

I said the same yesterday but this morning's commute was crisp and clear and the snow only started again once I got into work in Newark and it had gone by tonight; hope you are as lucky.

 

[fossyant]

Got in this morning, and the receptionist said 'thought you'd be in on your bike'... Bear in mind this is a Uni building and loads of folk come through. Even had one of the catering staff say 'you haven't cycled'. I have a good natter with one of the other chaps in catering who cycles into work, and he gets his bike in the building, not the robbery magnet shelter that I have to use....

I did own up to everyone that I do have special tyres and I am not that crazy.

 

[400bhp]

Got in this morning, and the receptionist said 'thought you'd be in on your bike'... Bear in mind this is a Uni building and loads of folk come through. Even had one of the catering staff say 'you haven't cycled'. I have a good natter with one of the other chaps in catering who cycles into work, and he gets his bike in the building, not the robbery magnet shelter that I have to use....

I did own up to everyone that I do have special tyres and I am not that crazy.

Sounds like you and I had the same conversations, albeit I don't have special tyres.

Decided to work from home tomorrow.

 

[Ciar]

Return journey, wet but no rain or sleet cold and a Headwind so all in all legs knackered and a painful un motivational ride!

 

[MickeyBlueEyes]

I said the same yesterday but this morning's commute was crisp and clear and the snow only started again once I got into work in Newark and it had gone by tonight; hope you are as lucky.

Unfortunately it seems my luck of avoiding the snow has finally ran out. Damn winter!

 

[zaza123]

Unfortunately it seems my luck of avoiding the snow has finally ran out. Damn winter!

Same here. Walking in today. We have had snow a few days but not enough to not ride. This morning the main road just has clear tyre tracks in it. Don't fancy being pushed along by the traffic. Walking the direct route instead.

 

[DWiggy]

Bottled it today, my weather app said 0 deg and rain/sleet so got a lift in, i'm not a lover of ice, but I did see a few fellow cyclists on the way in which made me think I'd woosed out!

I should have reminded myself about #Rule 5!

 

[kevin_cambs_uk]

I think I got away with that.
Went out at 6.15 to check and it was all water, no ice.
So a full house for January commuting!

 

[clf]

A bit icy under the slush on my road this morning, bottled it and drove in. I was feeling all hard-core after cycling in what seemed to be worse weather yesterday