Tales from today's commute....

[paul04]

Another good week commuting to work and no rain

But Saturday morning, uphill into a headwind very hard work, max about 10mph.

now 2 seconds off a segment I'm trying to get just using the hybrid bike, would have done it on the way home, but some silly old git driver could not see a cree T6 light on full power and me in a orange coat, he just pull out of a side road, so I had to slow down and give him a few choice words

 

[paul04]

No commute today, took the panniers off the bike, and went for a little ride, had my camera with me as I wanted to take a few pictures down by the local canal path.
on the way back home I thought I would have a go at that segment I've been trying to get for a few weeks now just on the hybrid bike.

Nice and early so no cars on the road, and beat it by 1 second and now number 1

 

[Gez73]

Wet no wind but very wet! Had panniers on so no speed records broken. Gez

 

[Simontm]

As I went to get the bike, I looked out and thought: "Oh my God, what's that?" Once I realised it was something called the dawn, I relaxed a bit
Smooth ride in and I think the powers that be should ban schools. No sudden pinch passing or pull outs, no blindly veering into cyclists, drivers being polite (BTW Autocorrect' just tried to change that into pillage ) considerate and giving me plenty of space - shame half-term only lasts a week.
Lights were kind, even my two bete noirs that usually keep me waiting about ten minutes quick changed today.

And who are those strange people emerging, blinking into the light and jumping onto bike-shaped objects? - ah yes, the fair-weather commuters. Hope they realise that the weather is due to be absolutely rotten this evening!

So no numpties this morning, although there was a RLJ opposite me - completely pointless manouvre as the light changed just after he went past.

Wether positively spring-like though, as I said, due to change as the day goes on

 

[ianrauk]

A great commute in this morning. Nice and fast time. Why? Because it's half term and all the traffic has disappeared.
It was a little nippy though. Got caught out with the tootsies as I was just wearing my normal commuting shoes and normal socks. Would have been better if I had put of the Spesh Defrosters.

It's looking for a very wet commute home this evening.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Saw a real live badger today - first one I've seen in the wild apart from the squished ones. Was really slow this morning, Friday legs on a Monday morning isn't a good sign for the rest of the week. At least I beat the rain, though it looks like the ice bike will be coming back out to play tomorrow.

 

[MickeyBlueEyes]

Left a couple of hours early to miss the heavy rain forecast around 06:00 am. I only had a couple of miles left to ride when it started. A pretty uneventful commute apart from 2 drivers having a row after a clash of wing mirrors on a tight bend in the lanes.

 

[400bhp]

Light rain on the way in so I took the short route.

My confidence has been knocked from last weeks escapes and with the rain it was making me nervous on rh bends.

I had to replace my rear tyre a few weeks ago from a conti gp 4000s to a mavic aksium tyre I had lying around in the garage. So I have a conti up front and a mavic on the rear.

I have a niggling doubt in my head that some of the nervousness is due to the handling of the mavic. Think I will buy a set of conti 4 seasons later.

 

[Origamist]

Saw a real live badger today - first one I've seen in the wild apart from the squished ones. Was really slow this morning, Friday legs on a Monday morning isn't a good sign for the rest of the week. At least I beat the rain, though it looks like the ice bike will be coming back out to play tomorrow.

Lies! Live badgers are like leprechauns, the stuff of fairy tales...

For the first 8 miles the rained stayed away, but for the rest of the commute it was persistent light rain, albeit with a tail wind...

Had another incident, nr Tatton Park. Although the road is pretty straight it encourages some idiots to boot it and attempt dipshit overtakes. This morning a tractor was coming in the opposite direction and whilst the first car behind wisely did not attempt an overtake, the young lad in the Peugeot (2nd behind the tractor) thought he would have a go with me coming in the opposite direction. With narrow lanes in both directions that would mean a head-on, so just as I was about to attempt to bunny hop onto the muddy verge, he aborted the overtake. My heart rate must have risen by 30bpm...

 

[fossyant]

Got two days off. Today has been running errands, and tidyin up the garage. Not fully done, but it's swept out and I can get at stuff.

 

[ianrauk]

Now it's peeing down with rain... the lovely clean bike will now be a mucky crappy bike by the time I get home...

 

[summerdays]

Went to pick up the bike after a service at the LBS, assuming all the rain had past, nope there was still some so wet jeans and a hoody, didn't make the most pleasant rides back, but it was nice now the brake issue was sorted!

 

[Hacienda71]

Light rain on the way in so I took the short route.

My confidence has been knocked from last weeks escapes and with the rain it was making me nervous on rh bends.

I had to replace my rear tyre a few weeks ago from a conti gp 4000s to a mavic aksium tyre I had lying around in the garage. So I have a conti up front and a mavic on the rear.

I have a niggling doubt in my head that some of the nervousness is due to the handling of the mavic. Think I will buy a set of conti 4 seasons later.

I noticed on Saturday that a car had totally demolished the hedge on the bend where you came off the other day so I suspect there may have been some diesel or even kerosene from a plane on the road. Certainly very slippy.

 

[kevin_cambs_uk]

Horrendous coming home. So bad I got back on the Busway despite the grit and sand problem.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Roads were wet but still a nice ride home.