Tales from today's commute....

[C R]

Wet ride home, at least it isn't cold.

To top it off though, a police car overtook me in a blind bend with traffic coming the other way, we all had to make way for them, though it didn't seem to be in an emergency, as no lights or siren. I don't have a camera, so I can't report them.

 

[Twizit]

Mildly wet ride home last night.

Practically swam in this morning. Given I was soaked within minutes of leaving home it wasn't really too bad - once you're wet you can't really get wetter! Mahooosive puddles on the road in places though.

 

[palinurus]

Heavy, but not heavy enough to cause involuntary laughter. Socks needed wringing out. Some flooding.

 

[StickyPTFE]

I bottled it this morning and jumped in the car. Not worth the misery of soggy pants all day, if only my workplace would invest in shower and changing facilities.

 

[ianrauk]

18 miles of incessant, heavy rain. Made for a very wet commute. Wetter then an otters pocket I think the old phrase goes. Thankfully it's not cold out there and there's very little wind. It was kind of enjoyable in a silly masochistic way. The rain is set to stay today so it's going to be another we commute home later. Oh yes, tomorrow also.. and Thursday... and Friday..

Surprised at how many other cycle commuters also out there this morning. Fair play to them also. Especially the woman with child seat and kiddie on back.. the kiddie seemed to be enjoying it.

So..
Rainy commute #32 for the year today, last year in the same period, 38 wet commute with 53 over all in 2018.
2019 is catching up.

 

[Sixmile]

It was all going so well this morning until about 1/2 a mile from work and the skies just opened. I had actually deliberated whether to stick on overshoes at the start and I'm now glad i did. I didn't have my rain cover on my bag so was worried about a fancy new textbook I had it there but thankfully the normal outer of the bag held out. I think it's to be dry here this afternoon.

 

[Twizit]

Socks needed wringing out.

Yeah that and gloves too. Quite amazed at how much water each of them held. I should fly home later with less weight

 

[AndreaJ]

Heavy rain here in Shropshire too, wet stuff on radiators hopefully will dry by 1pm when I finish.

 

[dhd.evans]

Was feeling poorly yesterday (head stuff, not physical) so took a day off the bike. Felt rubbish for not having ridden.

Back on it today in the wet and nearly clocked me a ped who stepped out from between two buses as i filtered down the inside of traffic. Hopefully he got as much of a fright as i did.

 

[lazybloke]

The same torrential rain here.
My corner of the office is adorned by wet lycra hanging on the radiators (which aren't on yet), and my cycling shoes stuffed with newspaper.
Made the mistake of sitting down for 10 minutes before changing, so there's also a very wet chair. Enjoyed the ride though.

 

[AndyCh]

Absolutely drenched this morning, but it wasn't cold and a bit of fun, right up until I'd done about 6 miles, and then noticing that the taste of the rain was rank, and it also started stinging my eyes. I wondered if we were back in acid rain territory (haven't used that phrase for a while), but then I thought it might actually be a summer's worth of sweat washing out of the padding in my helmet with the torrential rain.
Apologies to those of you who are still having lunch and now wanting to barf.

 

[galaxy]

I couldny cycle today, for some reason if ts warm i dont mind a ride in the rain.

 

[KneesUp]

Got soaked on the way to the train. Stood and dripped between carriages for half an hour. Got off train. Got soaked again going from train station to work. Towelled down and complete change of clothes. Did a day's work. Changed back into still wet stuff from this morning, including squelchy shoes. Soaked on the way to the train. Stood and dripped between carriages for half an hour. Got off train. Got soaked again going from train station to home.

As an upside I got 13 achievements on Strava.

I need a new waterproofs.

 

[ianrauk]

A dry commute home...I wasn't expecting that. It has been raining all day, sometimes quite heavy.
Lots of flooded roads though.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Got drenched on the way home. Heavens opened about two minutes after leaving work.