Tales from today's commute....

[roubaixtuesday]

My mastery of the weather gods continues: very pleasant bright albeit cold ride in, just a tiny bit of slush on the road, but hills white with snow.

Got changed, emerged from changing room, lashing down with sleet.

I'm due my comeuppance very, very soon.

 

[I like Skol]

Not posted in here for a while but todays commute is worth noting for several reasons...

1. Had to help a colleague get his bike roadworthy for the trip home before I too left the bike shed this morning. He had swapped in an old emergency rear wheel last night after finding his tubeless tyre flat. Unfortunately this had caused some problems with the disc brake which had somehow managed to eat the spring plate. Luckily I managed to pop the spring out and leave functioning brakes to allow him to get home
   
2. This was the 4th of 4 commutes, meaning I had done a full set without resorting to the car despite some atrocious weather, and still grinning!
   
3. I rode home this morning with some trepidation after it occurred to me in the wee small hours that today, 26th Feb, is exactly 2yrs since I was knocked off my bike on the ride home from work by an inattentive driver. The resulting broken neck and fractured skull didn't stop me from getting back on my bike again (eventually) but I still regularly wonder if I should ride on the busy roads when I think about the narrow escape I had from my brush with death or paralysis!

Note to self: Tubeless tyres are not real world practical!!!

 

[rivers]

Not posted in here for a while but todays commute is worth noting for several reasons...

1. Had to help a colleague get his bike roadworthy for the trip home before I too left the bike shed this morning. He had swapped in an old emergency rear wheel last night after finding his tubeless tyre flat. Unfortunately this had caused some problems with the disc brake which had somehow managed to eat the spring plate. Luckily I managed to pop the spring out and leave functioning brakes to allow him to get home

Note to self: Tubeless tyres are not real world practical!!!

Why did you have to change out the entire wheel? Pop the tyre off, put a tube in, inflate and re-fit the wheel. It's a little messy, but that's it.

 

[I like Skol]

Why did you have to change out the entire wheel? Pop the tyre off, put a tube in, inflate and re-fit the wheel. It's a little messy, but that's it.

I don't know why, it wasn't me! I guess coming to his bike at his usual departure time and finding the tyre flat and unable to inflate meant the quickest solution (and least messy!!!) was the alternative wheel option?

The mess alone is a valid reason to avoid tubeless IMO.

 

[straas]

I have tubeless on my summer bike and Im still terrified of it.

Lovely smooth ride though.

 

[Jenkins]

Another one with the clear skies (at last), but a cold breeze and wet roads from overnight rain. No thoughts about ice until I came across a driver scaping their windscreen...

 

[skudupnorth]

Snow, sleet, hail and damn wind still greeting me on this mornings commute along with a fallen tree on the NCN55 near Bolton.
Better ride this evening though, spring is on its way......... I hope 😳

 

[GetFatty]

Wet, cold, dark. But this being the 3rd day of commuting this week (after over a month off) I'm feeling fitter than I was on Monday and Tuesday so still in a happy frame of mind! Just hoping to get my kit dry by lunchtime when I'm planning on "relocating my working environment"

 

[straas]

Expected snow and / or ice this morning, so was almost pleasant to just have rain.

Wish there was some sort of enforcement on 20mph roads, I always maintain around 20 on them and get overtaken at what feels like 40.

 

[ianrauk]

Well that was a complete change from yesterdays glorious sunny weather.
Cold, wet and grim.. not a nice morning's commute weather wise.
It's now snowing/sleeting in SE Londonshire.

 

[ukoldschool]

Thick clumpy snow that seemed to find your eyes nomatter what direction you were going in Snorbans this morning, then depart the train in Sarf Laandaan and its just wet and nasty

 

[Arjimlad]

Left home in sleety rain, but after 3 miles it had stopped and I finished up in some sunshine. Gave it a bit more oomph & broke the 15mph threshold which is better than of late.

 

[roubaixtuesday]

Felt utterly drained as I left work tonight, but whilst dragging my sorry and unwilling carcass up a hill, the magnificent sight of Venus in close conjunction with a sliver of crescent moon hoved into view.

The lifting of my spirits was completed by the celestial wonders being serenaded by the loud hooting of at least two owls, sight unseen.

I dawdled the remaining miles home gazing in wonderment at the heavenly splendour, and quite forgot my weary limbs.

 

[ianrauk]

What an amazing change in weather for the commute home. Where it was cold, wet and grim this morning. This evening's commute started in sunshine before dusk. Was dry and no wind. It made for a really great ride home.

 

[Jenkins]

Very cold and constant rain this morning, bright skies, but a 15-20mph headwind in the afternoon. Thankfully I had taken the day off in advance so missed all that