I have noticed the "summer crew" disappearing one by one on my commute...anyone else noticed ?

[skudupnorth]

Forgot to add that our motorised brothers and sisters do seem significantly grumpier recently.

The reports i got from various people at work about the chaos the rain has caused cheered me up no end,i am just glad i chose two wheels and water proofs !

 

[rh100]

I've wavered on a couple of days. But when I do I get the bus there and walk home, so no car use. I probably won't ride in snow and ice when it comes, don't trust my abilities really.

 

[skudupnorth]

I've wavered on a couple of days. But when I do I get the bus there and walk home, so no car use. I probably won't ride in snow and ice when it comes, don't trust my abilities really.

Snow = good fun, Ice = pain, i have scars !

 

[Bayerd]

On the days where I look out of the window and wonder if I should be riding, I remind myself that I used to cycle when I did my paper round in all weathers as a 13 year old boy.

That's all the motivation I need to climb on the steed...

 

[Hacienda71]

I don't commute everyday on my bike because of the nature of my job, but i do it more at this time of year, i look at it as a great way to keep my mileage up in the winter months when evening training rides out in the countryside are pretty much out. Saying that i never see many people commuting on my route even in the summer so couldn't say if many have fallen by the wayside recently.

 

[Tollers]

It's great isn't it....less queue for the showers at work too. I just hate tube strikes because it changes my commute into an amble. i need a fashion bike with a wicker basket for tube strikes. hehehe

Tollers

 

[surfgurl]

It seems I am the reverse of this trend. I've got lazy over the last couple of months and got into the habit of getting a lift with a friend. I've just changed the hours I am working and have started cycling to work again.

 

[Rhythm Thief]

I don't see many other cyclists anyway, either at work or on my way to work. There was a Specialized something-or-other (all modern bikes look the same to me, sorry) in the rack the other day, complete with SPDs, so there's at least one other proper cyclist there.

 

[Keith Oates]

The temperatures out here have droped significantly this week (not as bad as the UK) and there has not been a drop in the numbers on bikes, as most have no other transport options, but the smiling faces have disappeared under many layers of hats, wollen face masks and thick anoraks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[HobbesChoice]

I'm still commute cycling. My motivation is that I think I'm a relatively slow cyclist and I'm hoping the winter (and winds) will help train me to be a stronger cyclist so when the Spring comes I'll be up there with the best of them!

 

[ingenuitylee]

I have noticed it has gone the other way here. I've been commuting since April and I have never seen as many cyclists on my commute as I have done this week. It seems the worse the weather the more there are, they must be part of an extreme cyclist club who only come out in 50mph+ winds/rain/hail.

 

[Inertia]

When I started mid summer there were two elderly gentleman I would pass every morning regular as clockwork, I could tell if I was late by when I met them. One of them finally spoke, it was the last time i saw him

They both disappeared on the same week so now its just me

 

[Wheeledweenie]

It's bliss at work, loads of bike parking space and the showers are nearly always free. My regular commute seems (almost) peanut free of late as well, hooray!

Quite a few riders at my company are new to two wheels and I didn't cycle through my first winter so it may be a different story next year.

 

[John the Monkey]

Quite a few riders at my company are new to two wheels and I didn't cycle through my first winter so it may be a different story next year.

I've done two winters (apart from the icy days).

My mistake[1] was to give myself the option not to by buying a Brompton ;-)

[1] Having seen the rain, may not actually have been a mistake

 

[LOGAN 5]

Drop in cycle numbers and also the scooter riders have given up too which is brilliant. Makes the A23 bus lane which is open to motorbikes/scooters much safer to use.