Tales from today's commute....

[Hacienda71]

Two Friday numpty close passes. One close enough to seriously scare me. Caught him half a mile down the road. Expressed my displeasure but he seemed to be unable to look at me. Not even a sorry, twat. Spoilt an otherwise pleasant return leg.

 

[3narf]

I decided to use a cycle path for the last mile of my ride out of Windsor on the A308.

It was really nice! I could have been doing that for the past 3 years, instead of risking my life. The last 10% of my ride is now perfectly safe.

Also- I got a lovely smile off a pretty girl cyclist in bright red lipstick. She wasn't stranded with a puncture, unfortunately, but she'd have probably had shraeder valves anyway.

 

[Simontm]

Bit chilly, but lovely sunshine and surprisingly (for me) fast legs after the extended rides this weekend.

Quite quiet on the roads, more than made up for by the numpties (3) on the road - two had a go at pinch points and one absolutely exquisite punishment pass by a BMW. Seriously spot on idiocy .

Still wouldn't change my commute for anything!

 

[Sittingduck]

Haven't been on the bike since Thursday, so was half expecting fresh legs but it felt really sluggish this morning.
Couldn't tell which direction the wind was coming from which is always a tell-tale sign of a poor performance.

 

[Panter]

Pleasant run in on the new commuter

 

[HarryTheDog]

I'll have to savour this weeks commuting, ordered off the bike as from this coming friday by Doctor and Physio for a min of 3 weeks as I will get a cortisone injection in my elbow ( tennis elbow) and my wrist and back need to repair even more after my attack and injures from january. So took it steady this morning concentrating on riding relaxed, Quite chilly but seems it did not deter a few new newbies to my commute route.

 

[MickeyBlueEyes]

Can someone call in a specialist to sort the Country's heating system out, a part is clearly on its way out and needs replacing.
Back to longs today as it felt really cold out the door this morning, then halfway in I was thinking shorts would of been fine, even though the Garmin was reading a couple of degrees below. Looks like it maybe a wet ride back tonight.

 

[J1888]

Cracking morning out - lovely bright sun, bit nippy and not a crazy head wind; shorts, windstopper, fingerless gloves all fine.

Numpty count = 1. Lady on a bike who just pulled out straight in front of me; had a feeling she was going to do it, so stopped with a couple of yards to spare. She mumbled 'sorry' and looked a bit nonplussed...

 

[Origamist]

Lovely sunshine this morning. 1-2C and a light tailwind. Might extend the commute tonight if I can dodge the showers...

Finally getting the new 105 kit on the Genesis next week. Looking forward to a marginally smoother transmission.

Just learnt that Strava has a "flyby" function - this is quite interesting, if you're a sticky beak...!

 

[summerdays]

Nippy out (frosty in one place!), but I went with the 3/4 lengths ..... I was a bit disappointed to find the pothole that I reported last week hadn't even been looked at, so I rang half way through the morning to report it and state that it had increased in size over the weekend where the road was subsiding in the middle of a busy junction (pothole went from 6 inches to 12 inches wide over the weekend and several inches deep). This time they went and looked and had repaired it by the time I cycled through 4 hours later!

 

[Turdus philomelos]

This afternoons commute home consisted of

(couldn't find smiley for hail)

Oh, and I was burned up by a young rabbit.

 

[LoftusRoadie]

Not quite sure how but I managed a pb of 1 hour 23 mins on Friday on the way home (4 mins faster than I had previously managed on the way home). Changed the back tyre over the weekend from a knobbly one to a smoother non puncture one and beat my pb on the way in by 2 mins (very happy with that as I was dead dog tired so wasn't expecting too much.)
Bit chilly on the way in but still only wore short sleeve jersey - quite enjoy this weather as there are fewer people on the towpath (but still a lot on the roads once I finally reach London).

 

[summerdays]

I forgot that as I sat at a set of lights waiting for them to go green, the woman opposite went, not a late amber or early red, she just went across through the cars looking at them seeming to wonder why the were beeping. I did see her look at my set of lights as she passed but by them it had just turned green, so she probably is still wondering why there was beeping and lots of cars in her way!

 

[Smithbat]

Well that is it, I am officially a cyclist.

Living where I do, we are a designated cycle town which means I can go from my house to work almost completely on cyclepaths. Today on my way home, I rounded a corner and a big shiny black 4x4 was parked right across the cycle path. I moved out into the road only for him to pull out directly in front of me and I nearly went in the side of him. Luckily I am not a fast rider so I could stop in time with a bit of a girly squeal. I fixed him with my best disapproving Guide Leader look and lo and behold I got my first 'Sorry love, I didn't see you'

What was funny was that I could see he was about to give a mouthful until he realised I was a woman.

 

[Simontm]

Decided to go back via the Downs so Coulsdon, Chipstead, Epsom, Home. Added 7 miles for an extra 15 minutes which pleased me.

What didn't please me was that my handlebars came undone for no apparent reason. Anyway wasn't too loose and I was going through a gate at the time so pointed them the right way and carried on! I swear the lads above me at Cycling Weekly are experimenting on my bike

Anyway no dramas, lovely ride with lovely sun up on the Downs, headed home, tightened up the bars and also fiddled with the saddle to see what improvement that will make!

Numpty count: 0