New route, perfect commute !

[J4CKO]

Best ride ever tonight, despite the drizzle and darkness.

Thought I would try a new route and its great, quiet country lanes with virtually no traffic, lovely countryside and a nice little bit of off road with no cars at all, even drops me near the shops. Adds a mile or so on taking it to nine miles but I felt I could have done double tonight.

Its weird, the speed thing, I was on fire tonight, 17/18 mph all the way home, even had to ease up a bit and I never do that but I was going too quick a couple of times, I overtook another cyclist, I flew past like he was stood still which I usually only do to grannies on Raleigh twenties

Its funny how car drivers look at you with generally a mixture of contempt, pity, sympathy, hatred, resentment but it should be envy !

 

[thomas]

My summer job boss has moved office...means I can do 15 miles along mainly country lanes, rather than a busy A road. . When I get home I'll test the route properly.!

 

[hackbike 666]

Its funny how car drivers look at you with generally a mixture of contempt, pity, sympathy, hatred, resentment but it should be envy !

Dunno,don't notice and don't care.

 

[3tyretrackterry]

i found when i change my route no matter how little i seem to think im going faster maybe the old adage "a change is as good as a rest " comes into play. Another thing i find interesting is that car drivers at my place of work moan about the amount of traffic but they never seem to think about changing there route. maybe a good thing means cyclists can find the empty roads

 

[J4CKO]

Terry, it was based on my speedo !

I posted this as there seems to be a lot of threads about problems with drivers, falling off and the less pleasant side of cycling, there is the odd one about helpful drivers but I get the impression that anyone considering starting commuting could be put off by half and hour on here looking at some of the threads.

Also, it was a good day yesterday, went out again (to the chippy) and a ped remarked on how good my lights were.

 

[biking_fox]

Its weird, the speed thing, I was on fire tonight, 17/18 mph all the way home, even had to ease up a bit and I never do that but I was going too quick a couple of times

Tailwind?

It's amazing how much difference just having even a very light wind behind you will make.

But indeed on finding a fun route to ride. There's nothing better than enjoying the commute setting you up for a good day, rather than starting off on the wrong foot.

 

[snakehips]

Its funny how car drivers look at you with generally a mixture of contempt, pity, sympathy, hatred, resentment but it should be envy !

What does make car drivers envious is the amount cyclists can eat without putting on any weight.
Whenever there is food in the office I make a point of stuffing my face to the maximum , and all the lardarse motorists look on in envy while guiltily nibbling the odd morsel.

 

[Lazy-Commuter]

A good route is worth its weight in gold. My route is not the most direct - far from it - but the direct route would be nasty: nearly all not-quite-wide-enough-for-it-but-the-cars-will-still-do-60plus-anyway-even-though-it's-a-40-limit-C-road type stuff so I'd be sure to get some joyous overtakes ( ), then through a bit of village which is ALWAYS gridlocked in the kind of way where I would struggle to filter safely. And, of course, there's the anger that kind of gridlock induces in all the cagers to contend with.

As it is, I get to go through woods, across fields and the only traffic I see is on a couple of housing estates. In a couple of months, there'll be bluebells in the woods and it's all lovely ... the 2-3 extra miles are a bit of a delight.

 

[J4CKO]

Maybe was a tailwind, its funny some days there seems to be no wind but the air seems heavy, other days you breeze through ?

Will do the same route home, after the dissapointment of the route that goes up the side of the Manchester Airport Runway being a quagmire it was nice to find one suitable with only limited exposure to Cheshire Kamikaze premium SUV operators.

 

[Lazy-Commuter]

What does make car drivers envious is the amount cyclists can eat without putting on any weight.
Whenever there is food in the office I make a point of stuffing my face to the maximum , and all the lardarse motorists look on in envy while guiltily nibbling the odd morsel.

Oh yes, I enjoy that one. Course, I ain't exactly that slim but I'm heading in the right direction .. even whilst gorging myself.