Tales from today's commute....

[HLaB]

A surprisingly fast commute straight into a head wind and I only got stopped properly at 2 red lights (I rolled slowly to a couple to let them change to green before I got to them). I think the first glimpses of daylight made it faster and a few patient drivers and my desire to keep them as so 🙂

 

[biking_fox]

Karma for all the annoying driving I'd experienced recently. Last night I got cut up really badly (no contact stayed upright). A main cut through peels diagonally off the main road I was on. It's a terrible junction inviting drivers to take it at speed with lots of cyclists going straight on along the green paint. I ride it wide and defensively, but even so someone looped around and chopped straight across my nose.

Only for the car behind them to be a copper who lit up and pulled them over while I rode off. Much improved my mood.

 

[wafter]

A beautiful and very welcome bright, crisp, clear morning.

Being a bit late out the door thanks to another night's crap kip was compounded by having to wait for the car to defrost, however the drive was very pleasant given the weather, light traffic and notable absence of dickheads.

Parked up in reasonable time and headed out into the sun; feeling much more comfortable on the bike after a few days on relative recuperation (and recovery from last week's bastard saddle sore).

A really nice ride in with not a whole lot to report; relatively quick for me so I made up the deficit to arrive on time despite sausages and a quick hang.

While this time of year is often hard this morning has been fantastic and definitely more favourable than sitting in the little tin rage box

 

[captain nemo1701]

Coming to the end of the Railway Path this morning, bloke on obviously unrestricted little fat tire ebike, shot past not pedaling so I assumed he'd had the machine adapted but it was what he was dressed like that got my attention. All in black, including his helmet which wasn't like a normal motorbike full face job, it shaped more like those curvy ones worn by air force fighter pilots and it had a dark tinted visor (black from my POV). So all dressed in black, on a black (illegally adapted no doubt ebike), with a black full face helmet and black visor.....more motorised traffic on a cyclepath.

 

[roubaixtuesday]

Bleedin' freezing this morning, but the very first sunshine of the morning commute this year more than made up for it.

And a Buzzard fairly close up too.

 

[wafter]

The plan for the ride home was simple - stop at Boots to pick up some essentials then home to crack on with a load of outstanding stuff I have to sort.

In reality after a day laced with conflict and saturated with stress & anxiety I pushed the distance out and hit it pretty hard. This felt neccessary and somewhat cathartic, however was rewarded by a slowish puncture and eventually bare shelves in Boots... so I retired to the White Rabbit and played the part of the weird old man fixing my puncture with a tonic water while the sozzled youth around ignored me and got on with enjoying themselves.

The patch seems to be holding and I ended up doing about 14 miles; I'd better get some good kip tonight or tomorrow will be especially horrible.

 

[Mazz]

The patch seems to be holding and I ended up doing about 14 miles; I'd better get some good kip tonight or tomorrow will be especially horrible.

Your commute is 14 miles each way? that's some distance.

 

[biking_fox]

Cold dry with biting wind. And heavy legs. At least it's half term so the roads are quiet.

 

[fossyant]

Rolling upto 6 weeks now without a bike commute. Still on crutches.

 

[roubaixtuesday]

Freezing cold, but oh, the joy of daylight!!

 

[ianrauk]

Today was the first morning commute this year leaving home at 7am without having to turn on the bike lights. Lovely, bright, blue sky morning.
Freezing cold still. dropped to below °'s a couple of times but hovered at the 1 and 2° mark.

 

[wafter]

Your commute is 14 miles each way? that's some distance.

Thankfully not - that would properly destroy me!

It's typically about 8 miles each way, however I sometimes extend it in the evenings if possible for the pleasure / to let off some steam / to get in some shopping / to avoid going home..