Tales from today's commute....

[kevin_cambs_uk]

Got away with a dry ride home, bike still mint!

I did get of and lift the bike over the puddles of water on the Busway, which to the passers by must have been one of the strangest things they had seen, but who cares!

 

[MisterStan]

Hard work at times, that wind was bitterly cold too.

 

[MickeyBlueEyes]

Nice ride in this morning. Bit of a battle with the SW wind at the turn but nothing too bad. The legs felt great on the return leg, the lungs however had other ideas. It wasn't as if I was pushing it or anything, just kept getting a nudge for a few deep breaths. It may have benn that the SW that just ground me down a little.

 

[MisterStan]

Oh! Just noticed i've broken the 1000 mile mark for the year. All commuting miles too, I need to get out more!

 

[Simontm]

Windy slog home with everything deciding to squeak

Alas, numpty count: 2 one Prius I it's devoutness pulled straight out into the main road in front of me without realising I was coming up. I waved, he waved back

Second made me more angry. There's this S bend with a road leading off to the left of the outer bend. Ever since I was a kid, it has been lethal for left hooks as cars would overtake you then cut in to turn. So, ever since I was a kid, we've all taken a very strong primary when following the road around.

So this driver went to the other side of the road on the bend ahead to overtake me...


To turn into the side road, cutting across me.

 

[Tankengine]

Second made me more angry. There's this S bend with a road leading off to the left of the outer bend. Ever since I was a kid, it has been lethal for left hooks as cars would overtake you then cut in to turn. So, ever since I was a kid, we've all taken a very strong primary when following the road around.

So this driver went to the other side of the road on the bend ahead to overtake me...
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To turn into the side road, cutting across me.
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What a dick.





Saw a cyclist today on the way home with a 'motorists stay back' hand made sign on the back of his bike Pretty cool! Made me smile anyway.

 

[BigAl68]

Well that was a first for me in over 5 years of commuting. Doing about 5mph as about to get back onto the cycle path and a massive bang as my rear tube explodes. Get off the bike, get out my puncture stuff, remove the tyre and yes there is a huge hole in the tube about the size of a 5p with jagged edges so put a new tube on start pumping and then I see the issue... the tyre wall has split with a 5 cm hole along the bead.

A bit of head scratching and then a nice aussie bloke stops and said that he has had the same and stuck something behind the hole and managed to limp along enough to get where he was going. The only thing I could find suitable was the plastic barcode that I have on my key ring from the library. Did the fix, put about 50 PSI in the rear, loosened the rear brake as there is a bulge where I made the fix and managed the last 6 miles into the office. It always amazes me how with a bit of lateral thinking how you can bodge a fix and get back on your way

 

[DWiggy]

61miles on my new Conti GT4000s II and I've got my first puncture!!......Aghhh!!!

 

[MisterStan]

Two barn owls and a heron were the highlight of my morning.

 

[MickeyBlueEyes]

Split a chain link on the way in, so in limp mode for 12 miles. Amazingly I got all the way to work with just one plate holding the link together. By the time I get. Home tonight it will be too late to go and fetch a new link or chain. Anyone know if a 10 speed chain will run on an 8 speed drivetrain? I have a spare one of these a home I could use if it would.

 

[summerdays]

Temperature not too bad if it wasn't for the persistent head wind! And my saddle is too low after it was serviced and my backside was really feeling it as I went up a big (ish) hill and everyone (15+ people) overtook me!

 

[fimm]

A tanker company with the website wemovesh.it... (nothing wrong with the driving).
That is all...

 

[ianrauk]

Karma is another cyclist (roadie) shoaling at a junction, creeping through the red light past the stop line. When accelerating to go, the chain comes off.

Oh how we laughed.. and one of us shouting KARMA!

 

[BigAl68]

I forgot to mention I did see two badgers and a fox this morning so not all doom with the massive tyre failure

 

[Origamist]

Split a chain link on the way in, so in limp mode for 12 miles. Amazingly I got all the way to work with just one plate holding the link together. By the time I get. Home tonight it will be too late to go and fetch a new link or chain. Anyone know if a 10 speed chain will run on an 8 speed drivetrain? I have a spare one of these a home I could use if it would.

It will fit as it's the same pitch, but when you change gear due to the wider sprocket spacing, you're going to have slippage problems.

Cold and blustery WNW wind – made it hard work this morning but only a few drips of rain when I hit Stretford. Oh, Lollypop man told me that cyclists were much better than drivers at stopping when he escorts people across the road…

Am at my heaviest for 2 years! Pinged a spoke on Saturday which is your bike’s way of saying lay off the Kit Kats and curries, fatso…

Will fit the GoPro tomorrow for old time’s sake…