Tales from today's commute....

[Deleted member 1258]

Strange day, tweaked my back end of last week, no cycling, and not much of anything else over the weekend, had to go to work today, no work no pay, used the bike and discovered on the bike is the only place I'm comfortable at the moment, any other moving about is very uncomfortable, even painful at times, the commuting was all routine, very cold with frost on the minor roads but apart from that everybody was behaving themselves.

 

[DWiggy]

Ride in was nice, a tad cold but heyho , new bike is nice to have ride and can't wait to open her up when the weather breaks.
1 nob jockey on the way in wanted to pass when there was just no room but he knew better apparently!
Ride home was present but uneventful

 

[ianrauk]

What a lovely evening commute home. Very cold and crisp but very dry roads and no wind made for a very enjoyable spin home. AND a nice clean bike still after it's weekend clean.

 

[Ganymede]

Would have loved to commute today - such perfect crisp air and sunshine. But I had to schedule an emergency dentist's appointment so I ended up in the car.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

What a lovely evening commute home. Very cold and crisp but very dry roads and no wind made for a very enjoyable spin home. AND a nice clean bike still after it's weekend clean.

Pretty much the same here

 

[mythste]

Took the "long route in today. 18 miles of favourable weather but I wish I'd given my tyres a wee top up before I left. They're 35mm CX tyres so the drag is terrible as is, let alone when not as full as they should be. Fortunalely maanged to find a cycling colleague who was smart enough to have bought a pump with him.

Also first time out in clipless shoes/pedals today. Being able to pull up rather than drop a gear on long inclines is a revelation! not convinced im not going to be sore from it tomorrow though.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Grrrrrr. Just looked out of the window and it's snowing, I hate snow, it's going to be a fun commute tomorrow.

 

[ianrauk]

Grrrrrr. Just looked out of the window and it's snowing, I hate snow, it's going to be a fun commute tomorrow.

Unlucky.... lucky for us, forecast for tomorrow is more if what we had today. very cold, frosty, but dry. Thank Gawd.

 

[kevin_cambs_uk]

Snowing here too,
Not sure if to take the road bike or the MTB which is ready with spikes, but its been re built with all new parts and is immaculate, the thought of getting it dirty just sends me over the edge.
I think I would rather fall off that get the MTB dirty. But I am not sure how tricky the snow will be on 23 in tyres, but once on the Busway its all straight.....

 

[kevin_cambs_uk]

Well just been down the road on the road bike and its not bad
Stopped snowing so I think road bike!

Will see how it is tomorrow!!

 

[HLaB]

A bit manic this morning, thanks to being a slave to the car. Got up this morning to a dead battery, doh I'd left the internal light since Friday night, oh well thankfully I had a booster battery. Got to the A1 to find it shut, then rat run through to another A1 access further up, aggh it was still shut. Had to double back to the main road and hope that the next slips were open, thankfully they were. Sped up the A1 just below the prosecution speed (well above the speed limit ). Half of me was thinking its icy and if I don't cycle the last bit I won't be late, I'd be half an hour late if I did but the other half of me was saying its a beautiful calm day and I want to cycle. Fortunately the latter half of me won and I sprinted to work on the bike. I was right it was icy in the gutter but it was a beautiful calm day. When I finally drew my breath at the lights just opposite the office my office the speedo was reading 18.8mph and I rolled into the office only 10 mins late and before the bosses

Tonight was a bit of a contrast it had turned mild but it was heavy snow and it was a bit more sedate, nay cautious at times but somehow I still averaged 16.1mph

 

[Exile]

Cold this morning, cold this evening. Was also cold at lunch when I popped out to the shops to grab something for lunch. I'm spotting a trend here...

My cycling gloves are terrible once the temperature gets down this low, something I didn't realise until the tail end of last week when I feared I might never get feeling back in my fingers. So I borrowed the O/H's motorcycle gloves this morning and what a revelation they are! Toasty warm hands, but a little too bulky. Still work as an interim measure though until I can find something more suitable.

 

[Lilliburlero]

Took my lads Carrera Vengeance to work today for a bit of a change. Loved bouncing up and down curbs, hated having to get off the seat to peddle up the bypass coming home

Might use it again tomorrow

 

[Shut Up Legs]

Part of my training plan for the upcoming cycling tour I have booked for September is to ride up a steep hill at the end of my commute home from work. This commute is 31.5km, with about 500m climbing, and the hills get steeper towards the end, culminating in a hill that over 130m averages about 19% grade. My legs are loving it. Today, I then finished that off by having a banana and some freshly-squeezed apple and orange juice: the pre-dinner snack of champions! Yummy.

 

[kevin_cambs_uk]

Wow super tricky this morning. Definitely took the wrong bike!

Went thru St Ives town centre, which was a complete ice rink and got off.

Once on the busway not too bad unless you had to change lanes!!!

A couple of brown trouser moments, but once off and at Cambridge and on the roads it was fine.

Then some guy in a Jag started honking his horn at me and I thought I am nowhere near his bloody lane! Turned out it was @martinclive !!