Looks like I am not going to be commuting. :(

[Rancid]

Actually, the route to college follows the NCR 5 which goes right the way along the North Wales coast. There are just a few roads at the beginning/end which I doubt much will happen on.

Sounds like the perfect commute....

 

[Matthew_T]

Sounds like the perfect commute....

Well with the weather, it might not be. The NW coast is troubled with strong winds and heavy downpours.
However, the wind is going to be a headwind going and then a tailwind coming. So I can have a bit of a rest in the evening.

 

[Miquel In De Rain]

Divorce your family (I did).Im still bitter they didn't let me have a bike till I was 12.

 

[Scruffmonster]

Well with the weather, it might not be. The NW coast is troubled with strong winds and heavy downpours.
However, the wind is going to be a headwind going and then a tailwind coming. So I can have a bit of a rest in the evening.

"Either take a sh1t or get off the toilet"

Cycle it until you decide you can't, or that you'll carry on. No further debate needed.

 

[mcshroom]

They only mentioned falling over in strong winds along the coast. Up here in NW we have had winds in the past of 70mph upwards.

I'll get to the rest of the thread after this post later, but we get 70+mph winds here (a bit further up the coast). I commute in them and as long as you take your time then it's fine (although 70mph headwinds are not fun).

Anyway, even if you don't ride in that sort of extreme weather, 99% of the days will not be as bad as that

 

[Rob3rt]

I don't get this thread at all...

 

[Scruffmonster]

I don't get this thread at all...

It's the Forum version of vaguebooking. Even has the sad face in the title.

 

[lip03]

Perhaps the woman was talking to a cyclist friend and mentioned, not naming names, that she was assessing a young lad who wanted to cycle in from about 15 miles away. Her cyclist friend, who is also a CC member, said "Is his name Matthew?" and she confirmed it - "Do your best to put him off. He posts too many stupid non-incident videos on youtube and a lot of crap on the forum!"

Bit harsh don't you think? He is only a young guy with an interest in cycling. Why watch his vids if you don't like them or read his posts?

 

[lip03]

Oh and good on you Matthew cycle the 15 miles you know what your doing and why not post a vid of your 1st day to p**s Mr_hippo off! Hehe

 

[Matthew_T]

Oh and good on you Matthew cycle the 15 miles you know what your doing and why not post a vid of your 1st day to p**s Mr_hippo off! Hehe

I might just do so. I doubt I will be uploading many incidental vids on my commute anyway.

 

[mr_hippo]

Bit harsh don't you think? He is only a young guy with an interest in cycling. Why watch his vids if you don't like them or read his posts?

I will let you into a little secret but do not tell everyone - we were all young once! We never had video or internet forums so we learnt by experience and mistakes - sometines painful ones! Neither did we seek peer approval/sympathy and, yes, we did have close overtakes and bad drivers 50 years ago.
Wht do I watch cariad bach's videos? I like comedies, don`t you?

 

[Crankarm]

I'll get to the rest of the thread after this post later, but we get 70+mph winds here (a bit further up the coast). I commute in them and as long as you take your time then it's fine (although 70mph headwinds are not fun).

Anyway, even if you don't ride in that sort of extreme weather, 99% of the days will not be as bad as that

A following wind? How fast ............... ?

 

[Inertia]

Im glad you are going to cycle in, I enjoy my commute in so much I would be gutted if someone told me to stop now. FWIW I think the thread title was a bit misleading, after your first post, it sounded like you were being told you weren't allowed to cycle in, not that it was simply bad advice.

 

[400bhp]

I was an external examiner there until 2 years ago! ('05-'10).

I don't think I'd be as quick to advertise that.

 

[DCLane]

I don't think I'd be as quick to advertise that.

Maybe - but I'm now an external at Chester & Kingston instead!