Tales from today's commute....

[J1888]

Windyyyyyyy on way through town

No numpties spotted

 

[subaqua]

Thanks for the info. However can't open it on my phone or on work computer - will see if I can look at it on the home computer!

get a mapometer account FREE then import it in. i saved it as a GPX 1.0 rather than a gpx1.1 file so could try as a 1.1 if stil problems

 

[HarryTheDog]

11 miles of headwind, 12 miles of crosswind. Once I got out into the country beyond Harold Wood every other pass seemed to be a close one. Arrived home cold and completely fed up.

 

[MickeyBlueEyes]

Rounding off a 317 mile commuting week with a steady ride home today. Got a quick group run tomorrow morning so needed to save the legs a little. I'll probably get another 40 miles or so, completing another week at 350+. Next week looks nice and sunny too so more of the same on the way

 

[kevin_cambs_uk]

Rounding off a 317 mile commuting week with a steady ride home today. Got a quick group run tomorrow morning so needed to save the legs a little. I'll probably get another 40 miles or so, completing another week at 350+. Next week looks nice and sunny too so more of the same on the way

I don't know how you do that mileage mate but great respect to you

 

[HLaB]

Its been a bit of a slow commuting week for me as I let my thumb recover a bit; short commutes in the morning and bimbles at night. Tuesday night was nice and warm so the bimble ended up 30miles. I then took yesterday off to let it recover more for the club TT. I think the tt done it good though, pumped blood into it to help it heal. Today whilst the thumb wasn't perfect it felt better

 

[Stephen C]

Extended to 30 miles again this evening, so clocked my highest weekly total (165miles) over only 4 days, so definitely caught the bug now! Although I may now need to look into my bike fit as I'm starting to ache a bit after 90 minutes...

 

[Smurfy]

Friday's commute, car overtakes me on blind bend, and almost smashes head on into a taxi coming the other way!

 

[kevin_cambs_uk]

Bloody foggy and bloody cold!

 

[MisterStan]

^^^ what he said.

 

[Stephen C]

^^^^ what he said.

I also see from Strava Flyby that the only person I passed for my whole commute was @mangid.

 

[Berk on a Bike]

My first two-wheeled foray into work for an early shift today. Alarm at 4.40am. Out of the house by 4.55am. The night sky was just turning a paler shade of blue in the direction I was heading. A few patches of mist here and there. By the time I was into Leeds city centre the day was properly dawning and there was barely a soul around. Got to work at 5.45am and felt bloody great.

Wow.

PS by 7.30 the fog had truly come down, so I dodged a bullet there!

 

[Simontm]

I guess all the schools are back judging from the amount of traffic and idiots back on the road.
Speaking of idiots, I had two of the lesser spotted on my route this morning, at least part of it. One on a flash bike, didn't make out which one as he was ahead of me - alas he was obviously very important as red lights didn't apply to him .
Numpty count: 2 - surprisingly low considering the behaviour witnessed. Car pulled out across me as I was picking up speed for the rise to Westmead causing me to brake and apparently it was my fault judging from the somewhat Churchillian gestures I was getting!
The other was the other lesser spotted. I'm waiting at the demilitarised advance stop zone at Ganders Green when a 50-odd year old man on a MTB went past me then sat on the edge of the junction with the A217 and 'sped' off before the lights changed green for us to cross. Needless to say within a few yards, I had overtaken him Never experienced a more incompetent IMGA-er.
Sunny but cold so I am hoping for a warmer return to justify the shorts and long sleeve top rather than tights and jacket that perhaps I should have worn

 

[HarryTheDog]

Glorious ride in, looks like summer has begun. Saw more cyclists going my way today than the whole of the last month. Going through Harold Wood got overtaken by a very noisy American Chevvy V8 SUV. We then kept swapping places for the next 8 miles in traffic till he finally got away from me by turning off in Rainham.
Going through Barking came across my first lady commuter of the season going my way, she looked to be fairly fit with the legs of a sprinter and was on a silver Giant road bike, I was expecting her to really fly along. However she seemed to be content to saunter in.

 

[ianrauk]

Beautiful sunny morning but the temps were only reading 3degs when I left. The sunshine has bought a lot of fair weathers out now. Saw more other cycling commuters this morning then I have seen all year. There was one div though who got just deserts. He was all over the place, weaving in and out, undertaking and overtaking without looking. Jumping ASL's and junctions. But he got caught out in Bromley. There were cops and plastic plod at one very busy junction. He just sailed through the ASL and plonked himself too far forward. I did say to him that they are going to pull him in. But he just gave me one of those vacant looks. And I was proved right. I saw the cop over the other side speak into his radio and point to the cyclist and the cops the other side got ready to wave him in. Just no telling some people.