Tales from today's commute....

[HLaB]

Not today but I just remembered about this thread I managed to catch this atrocious overtake on camera a few weeks back PS the cam doesn't do them justice.

 

[Sheffield_Tiger]

I would have stopped but that could be seen as being a bit "male"

Eh?

 

[si_c]

Steady ride home and back today, headwinds both ways Legs are starting to get better, far less achey than they have been the last couple of weeks, looking good for the better weather to arrive!

 

[Seevio]

A very slight downhill, tailwind and tarmac smooth as a baby's bottom.

What a glorious 100m that was.

Rest of the route was pretty Meh! Still getting back into the swing of things after taking most of the winter off.

 

[dhd.evans]

Yesterday's fun captured on camera:

 

[RoubaixCube]

Warm in the sunshine, chilly in the shade. Fresh triban after yesterday's clean!, much traffic around the st. Paul's area. Slow and steady wins the race

 

[clippetydoodah]

Well I like a challenge, mate offered to buy me beer if I rode home. I won. The wind wasn't that bad in the
end.

Decent ride this morning, however half way to work my 20 year old saddle bag ejected itself!! I hunted for it
to no avail. I lost a multi-tool, some tubes, puncture kit and some dignity walking back up the road to look for
it. A nice lady on her bike checked if I was ok, which was nice.

Final commute of the week and 135 miles done since Sunday.

 

[ianrauk]

Well that was tough work this morning. The weather lady of the tv thingy said cold start with light winds. Well her and my definition of light winds differ. The headwinds were a complete bugger and made for a tough old ride in.

On another note, did my good deed for the day. Saw another cycle commuter at the road side fiddling with his rear wheel. Asked if he was ok. Said his was having trouble with his pump and innertube as the valve kept unscrewing. Dug out my mini floor pump with a lock valve, pumped up the tyre and he was on his way.

 

[si_c]

Nice commute in this morning, light tail wind meant I averaged over 17mph with little effort. A bit cold so glad I put a base layer on, but otherwise perfect weather.

Few people seem to have forgotten how to drive over the long weekend though, stopped counting after the tenth ridiculously close pass.

 

[Twizit]

Well that was tough work this morning. The weather lady of the tv thingy said cold start with light winds. Well her and my definition of light winds differ. The headwinds were a complete bugger and made for a tough old ride in.

Sounds like my Bank Holiday Monday ride out. Weather forecast said 3-4 mph winds. 46 round trip and it felt like a good 10-15mph headwind the whole way round.

 

[Sheffield_Tiger]

Today's logical conversation on reaching the front of the queue to find the ASL blocked. Didn't fancy being up the inside of a bus so went around the car in the ASL and positioned myself centrally

*BEEP* wave of hands in a "why are you in my way" fashion
"Why are you in the cycle box? That's not a bicycle"
"GERINDACYCLELANE"

Err.....

 

[subaqua]

as the tourer/trekking bike is out of action due to worn chainrings and chain and me not ordering parts when I should have .... I am on the road bike , and using a rucksack which means i have had to rationalise what I carry.

it also means that as the road bike weighs in the region of a fairy fart compared to the trekking bike I am riding a lot quicker than on the trekker. Home to Wimbledon today in just over an hour through town. I forgot how much fun the roadbike was. it is a pity it doesnt have lugs for a pannier or i would consider using it more often .

I also sorted the funny squeak . it was the rubber dust covers on the front wheel cones. a little silicone lub and silence .

 

[si_c]

Steady headwind on the ride in this morning, struggled a bit with keeping pacing steady, despite spending more time on the drops than I would have liked. I did get a nice draft from a highways agency tar truck, despite the terrible smell.

The Felt has a much more upright position than my other road bikes, which is great for commuting on the one hand as I get better visibility, but I have started wondering whether I should drop (or slam) the stem a bit to help with the headwinds. Both Pugs have a 5" drop from saddle to stem, this is closer to 3" I think.

 

[Ciar]

Easy commute in this morning legs are still recovering from my 19m MTB excursion into Epping, concentrating on riding up to hit the downhills sections always painful on top of that i finally went and got myself an odd shaped bike, first one since i was a kid ;-)

 

[tallliman]

So many cyclists out on the roads today on the way home. Wonderful to see!