Tales from today's commute....

[fossyant]

Friday night's commute was fine. Picked up a puncture at some point, but the tyre lost air on my road at home, so had to walk the last 300 yards !!. Left it, as we had to be out yesterday evening, and only went in the garage this afternoon. I could see something as I walked in, a ruddy big thorn has embedded itself through Schwalbe Snow studs. I couldn't remove it, so that's tomorrow's job.

 

[kevin_cambs_uk]

I don't know about nails, I think a few of us are just plain daft ;-)

Yep no one I know understands why I do it everyday.
You try to explain but it does not really go in.
I think you have to do it to appreciathe satisfaction that comes from it.

 

[Gez73]

So cold this morning before 5. Roads not too icey but standing water a hazard in places. Studded tyres still on so all good. No speed records broken, but no bones either! Take care folks. Gez

 

[MisterStan]

Frigging cold, had to stop at the end of the road and stick my softshell on. Mainly dry roads but there were a few icy puddles in places. Caught up with @kevin_cambs_uk and bored him senseless regaled him with exciting tales from my weekend.

 

[kevin_cambs_uk]

Frigging cold, had to stop at the end of the road and stick my softshell on. Mainly dry roads but there were a few icy puddles in places. Caught up with @kevin_cambs_uk and bored him senseless regaled him with exciting tales from my weekend.

LOL!

I would speak , but I am too busy trying to catch my breath, keeping up !

 

[Simontm]

Legs still feeling it a bit after the hills yesterday but it was sunny, if cold and had to keep an eye out for ice pools.

But boy, what's got into the drivers this morning? All jockeying for position and generally acting like dickheads to each other and all around.

However, numpty count was: 3 - which considering the general road behaviour, wasn't bad One merc decided to pull out on me, a quick OI! and swerve, he moved back into the side to let me pass. One driver overtook me on essentially a single track thanks to the parked cars, leaving me nowhere to go except to brake extremely hard, and another went for the pinch point

All in all though, a pleasant cycle in.

 

[Nocode]

Frozen eyeballs, that is all.

 

[MickeyBlueEyes]

Not as cold as I thought it would be this morning. The dreaded man flu arrived Thursday evening last week, last night I thought it had gone, but I could tell just a few miles in this morning that it hasn't completely left me. Just couldn't get the lungs working efficiently, short sharp climbs and I was gasping, without giving it any oomph. Really should of changed bike too, nice dry roads, it could and should of been the first outing on the new wheels. Speaking of my new wheels, I was talking to a guy at work about them this morning. The type of guy that every workplace has. One that has either done, or has a mate that's done, everything you have but more of and of course better. So he goes with, "My mate has just bought a set of carbon disc wheels for 'everyday use' I cant understand him paying sooo much for them, alright so they're brand new but paying £300 for a set of wheels and tyres, it's madness"...

"£300? ? ? Oh errrr, ok... £300 you say? Wow, they must be great"...

 

[Biscuit]

Frozen this morning. Just recently the cold snap appears to have made a lot of drivers into inpatient knobs IMO. They're either peering out of igloo windows without proper vision, or trying to undertake on icy or diesel strewn roundabouts.
I would suggest 'Chilling out' but it's pretty damn cold already.

 

[MisterStan]

Frozen this morning. Just recently the cold snap appears to have made a lot of drivers into inpatient knobs IMO. They're either peering out of igloo windows without proper vision, or trying to undertake on icy or diesel strewn roundabouts.
I would suggest 'Chilling out' but it's pretty damn cold already.

I have had a few moments in town with people undertaking on roundabouts - proper scares the sh@t out of you when you aren't expecting it! Then you overtake the buggers when they get stuck at the next set of lights. Nothing gained!

 

[Origamist]

- 6.2C this morning, with a gentle headwind - so was in deep mid-winter garb.

Chose the ice bike and glad I did as there was sheet ice in places (including Hale/Timperley which was a surprise). I still get a bit nervous riding over ice on studded tyres, but it's nothing like the "fear" when you're on slicks and see sheet ice 30ft ahead with a car behind and car coming in the opposite direction...

 

[fossyant]

Frozen eyeballs, that is all.

Ditto

 

[fossyant]

Minus one at 11am. Late start as had meeting at School.

 

[summerdays]

Ditto Cold!

 

[Simontm]

Pleasant speedy commute back. Nothing much to report except the blue skied seemed to have brought out more cyclists including one that sat on my arse for about a mile until I kicked down a gear. Either overtake or back the eff off! So unfortunately, numpty count: 1