Maverick Goose
A jumped up pantry boy, who never knew his place
- Location
- A champagne supernova in the sky
Some cars these days are smarter than their drivers!
Tales from today's commute....
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Maverick Goose
A jumped up pantry boy, who never knew his place
- Location
- A champagne supernova in the sky
The car park at work has been full of Chelsea tractors during the school holidays (I work at a hotel near Ullswater)...and all the numpty drivers have decided to come to the Lakes as well
. Lots of overtaking on blind bends etc-I've had a couple of near misses including one with a caravan that missed me by inches. I'm not going to let that put me off though-yesterday I took a nice detour to enjoy a bit more of the September sun.
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Sadly, they already are in semi rural areas like here.
Basically this. I throw on a lightweight waterproof jacket, and just ride as normal. The jacket keeps the worst of the rain off, and the rest of my gear dries quickly enough.
A caveat to what @ianrauk said is that I find that mudguards are an essential for helping keep you comfortable in rain, irrespective of the temperature. If your wheels are throwing up water from the road you'll never dry out until the roads are dry too, plus the roads are generally filthy, especially if it hasn't rained for a while.
On cold commutes, my strategy is exactly the same, except that I'll be wearing more stuff underneath my waterproof jacket, and I'll probably be wearing autumn/spring gear which is thicker and warmer anyway.
Yesterday I did my first commute for about 7 & a half weeks following an accident on Friday the 13th in July when I came of on a patch of loose gravel road surface and in the process hurt my hip and fractured a bone in my pelvis.
My recovery has been going alright and so yesterday I thought I'd test it by commuting to work having already done a couple of short local rides. Unfortunately after about 2-3 miles my pelvis was hurting and so perhaps I'm not quite fully recovered yet but nonetheless it felt good to be back commuting on the bike.
Given the pain yesterday and so in the interests of not over doing it at this stage of recovery I decided to go back to the bus today but I'll be back on the bike commuting again shortly because I really miss it. It's just a shame that my return to the bike is coinciding with the days getting shorter.
My recovery has been going alright and so yesterday I thought I'd test it by commuting to work having already done a couple of short local rides. Unfortunately after about 2-3 miles my pelvis was hurting and so perhaps I'm not quite fully recovered yet but nonetheless it felt good to be back commuting on the bike.
Given the pain yesterday and so in the interests of not over doing it at this stage of recovery I decided to go back to the bus today but I'll be back on the bike commuting again shortly because I really miss it. It's just a shame that my return to the bike is coinciding with the days getting shorter.
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Arjimlad
Tights of Cydonia
- Location
- South Glos
Well done for trying, hope you feel better soon. Got to be worth waiting until you are properly better but it must be very frustrating.
Slick
Guru
I've cycled all week but this was the first morning for the steel steed as there was rain forecast for later in the day and my carbon bike would obviously dissolve if it was to be touched by acid rain. I celebrated finally freeing of the stuck seat post by greasing it and moving it up about 10mm which may sound a lot but felt very comfortable. It was only on the way home I realised that the seat was sliding down and the only thing that stopped it going all the way down into the frame was a plastic light. 
I pulled in and fixed it far too high but was just too lazy to stop again. On the plus side the rain kept away for an otherwise great ride home.
I pulled in and fixed it far too high but was just too lazy to stop again. On the plus side the rain kept away for an otherwise great ride home.
lazybloke
Considering a new username
- Location
- Leafy Surrey
Cloudy this evening, but was still a surprise to see street lamps coming on at 5:50pm.
There's much to enjoy about autumn, but I was having a nice summer thank you very much.
Edited to say: getting on for 7:30pm and the street lamps are off again. Phew!
There's much to enjoy about autumn, but I was having a nice summer thank you very much.
Edited to say: getting on for 7:30pm and the street lamps are off again. Phew!
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Arjimlad
Tights of Cydonia
- Location
- South Glos
Cheeky toad stuck his foot out as if to biff me off. He'd probably have fallen into the busy road if he'd made contact. So I have erased his head (and that of his driver).
Arjimlad
Tights of Cydonia
- Location
- South Glos
Nope, reported him to his school whilst saying how good it was to see so many cycling to school.Hope you gave him what for , yet more fodder for the anti bike brigade
Just thinking this today.Half the country claiming to be skint but these ugly buggers are everywhere.
Good move backing up a negative issue with a positive view point of of the school. Let's hope they can find who and quickly sort it.
