Tales from today's commute....

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ianrauk

Tattooed Beat Messiah
Location
Rides Ti2
Ahh that explains it. Somebody mentioned the Queen and The Right Hon PM will be there.


And our two previous PM's...... ripe for someone..
 

Keith Oates

Janner
Location
Penarth, Wales
I was coming out of work today and a guy riding a bike and looking at his cell phone was coming straight for me, I shouted and swung wide and we missed but not by much. I then doubted his parentage in a loud voice and rode on.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 

fimm

Veteran
Location
Edinburgh
Brought the big bike in yesterday. Lovely morning - hoofed it along (and may have had a tail wind, which is unusual: I ended up with a load of QOMs for this year. Knew it was due to be wet and windy later and thought that I might get the train back if it was very windy. However when I left the office it was merely very wet. So I cycled home and was mostly warm enough (but not dry) until the last 10-15 minutes which is all fast downhill which means I wasn't generating much heat.

Any tips for stopping my waterproof coat from riding up my back?
 

martinclive

Über Member
Location
Fens, Cambridge
Yep. Normally we have a cross wind which can help or hinder depending on your route. Yesterday the planets all aligned for the first time in a while and it was a more or less perfect tailwind all the way home. Not particularly strong, but when you give a bit of effort, it pays you back.
.....and I was late so he was not waiting for me........................
 
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Deleted member 1258

Guest
On the way home last night I dropped the car in for service and MOT, got up this morning looked out of the window at the rain and thought O B*****, so I had too dig out the waterproofs I hadn't used for a couple of years and ride to work in the rain, it was a cold wet and thoroughly unpleasant ride in, the ride home though was lovely, the rain had stopped the sun was out and it was very enjoyable.
 

summerdays

Cycling in the sun
Location
Bristol
Cold, wet:sad:
 

Simontm

Veteran
Sunny if a tad breezy. Numpty count: 0 but the general behaviour was rubbish on the roads although fair dos to the WVM who saw me gearing up for a left-side pass and quickly turn the indicator on well before the turn :okay:
 

ianrauk

Tattooed Beat Messiah
Location
Rides Ti2
Lovely afternoon commute. Nice and sunny and very mild.
Only downer was some heavy crosswinds a couple of times and when I turned into them for a while... blimey... had to work so hard.

I thought I was getting hassled by a car near a pinch point. Turned out to be one of my neighbours saying that I should be going a bit faster ^_^
 

MontyVeda

a short-tempered ill-controlled small-minded troll
The last couple of days my brakes have been feeling a bit juddery. I prepared to cycle home from work this afternoon and discovered that my back wheel wouldn't go round. checked the back brake and it's cable, all seemed normal, then i noticed the rim....

rim.jpg


...it's kind of amazing it got me to work this morning. I had to push it the four miles home.
 

ianrauk

Tattooed Beat Messiah
Location
Rides Ti2
Blimey :ohmy:
When I had a rim like that let go on my old commute bike - it went spectacularly with a loud bang of the inner tube exploding and taking a lump out of the tyre with it.
I had to call Mrs Ian to come collect me.
 
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