Tales from today's commute....

[fossyant]

Wet roads, but dry and little wind.

Got up and MrsF says 'are you going in the car, you can take me to A&E' (first I'd heard at 6:30am) - her foot is still in pain (broken a number of weeks ago) and she's sprained her knee. Anyway, I cycled, and she's contacted the fracture clinic (which is what she was told to do on her discharge letter) and is awaiting a call back. I suspect I'll need to cycle home to run her to the clinic. Wasn't doing A&E as I'd never have got into work and she'd be stranded there. Told her to call the GP for stronger pain meds, which, surprise, surprise, they have done so.

 

[cyberknight]

No riding yesterday or today as appointments for mini ck 1 are falling so i can get to work in the car but it would be too tight to chance it on the bike . I was glad yesterday as it was binning it down most of the day and night .

 

[wafter]

A stark contrast to yesterday - warmer on paper but much less humid after last night's rain for a fresh and very pleasant waft to town and back in the sun; only spoilt by a fairly stiff breeze.

Still knackered from lots of miles covered recently on foot / the bike, but today's ride once more felt like a privilege than the necessary grind of a few recent utility trips

 

[Andy in Germany]

A stark contrast to yesterday - warmer on paper but much less humid after last night's rain for a fresh and very pleasant waft to town and back in the sun; only spoilt by a fairly stiff breeze.

Still knackered from lots of miles covered recently on foot / the bike, but today's ride once more felt like a privilege than the necessary grind of a few recent utility trips

Trying to work out why you'd cycle on paper, but if it's warmer...

 

[Andy in Germany]

Not sure what was happening this morning but I was pottering about and suddenly it was 8am and I had 14 minutes to catch the train. Fortunately I live 4 minutes from the station but I reaised I hadn't transferred things from ny norlal bag to the Brommie bag. Much rushing about ensued ending in a rapid ride to the station with two minutes to spare.

 

[wafter]

Trying to work out why you'd cycle on paper, but if it's warmer...

Where's the facepalm icon when you need it..?

 

[Mazz]

Not quite a commute story but a feel-good one & I didn't want to create another thread...

I was walking home from the shops and I saw a teenage kid with his bike upturned.
I thought he'd got a puncture, so I asked if he needed any help. Turned out his chain had snapped. No quicklink on his MTB, but I said I'd pop home, get my chain link tool and try to fix it (but made no promises!). I returned with the tool a few minutes later and removed the damaged links. Then a lovely fella happened to be passing by - he'd been on a group cycle ride and was on his way home. He asked me if I needed any help fixing the bike (...Nick, in the unlikely event you're on this forum, thanks for stopping by). I explained that the kid's bike chain was bust and I was trying to rejoin it...I'm glad he stopped by because he showed me a handy trick of partially removing a pin, just enough to release the sacrificial link, then reinserting the pin when joining the 2 good ends together again.
Between us, we got the bike going again and the kid was grateful as he had another 10+ miles to ride to get to Market Harborough.

 

[markharry66]

Looked to be a damp start to the day, bbc weather and google nest informing me no chance of rain got bike ready this morning and of course drizzle in the air. Nice tailwind into work. Usual morons down the 20 mile an hour section trying to over take and cut one another up almost taking everyone else out in the process. Brooker vans registration taken and reported to the company not that they will do anything about it but there is always hope. Cant wait for weekend now supposed to be bbq weather

 

[biking_fox]

warm and muggy, last night's downpour leaving everything very wet, but not actually raining and fine riding.

 

[fossyant]

Started with my waterproof on, but took it off fast. Then just wet under tyre and light winds. Some nasty diesel spills on my route in, so took it easy ! Bike was filthy from yesterday morning, so didn't wash it last night.

 

[roubaixtuesday]

Ultra quiet on the roads with half term. A bit damp, but not unpleasant.

 

[Thorn Sherpa]

Damp in the morning but not a bad ride in to be fair. Headwind all the way back from work though, fair few collapsed branches over the Trail but no trees!