Tales from today's commute....

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wafter

I like steel bikes and I cannot lie..
Location
Oxford
Aftermath of the fire behind manvers, no more fires on my commute back hopefully they've run out of matches or lost their lighter.

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... or ideally become trapped and perished as a result of their twattery.


Today saw an almost perfect commute. Up early after some thankfully-not-as-bad-as-usual sleep, with Black Sabbath, Q Lazarus and Bronski Beat for breakfast as I made lunch and mixed my supplements like a proper grown-up.

Out early into the comfortable but cooler, less humid and suspiciously autumnal-feeling air; absolutely smashing it on the straight leg in. I did wonder if this had anything to do with the kilo of creatine monohydrate that landed on my doorstep recently, however the return leg quickly confirmed the presence of a pretty stiff headwind... dampening my hopes although my HR was also pretty elevated on the way in so perhaps the supplement is having some effect; time will tell.

Said the now customary hello to the skinny bald black bloke I pass every morning before the park and ride - he started it; not sure if I know him and have forgotten, he was mistaken or is just very friendly but he seems like a decent chap and it's nice to be nice :smile:

Had settled on two sausages this morning, however a surprisingly kind number on the scales this morning, hunger and joy from the ride as well as some particularly crisp looking examples in the oven pushed me to three.

Back out towards work on the tow path with lots of smiles from people coming the other way - probably because of the big grin on my own face.
Missed some of the regulars (moustachioed alt-bike dude and the girl of unfeasibly billowy-skirts) but did manage to get an unprecidented proper smile from the pink-haired, bespecticled yummy mummy who I often pass / I think lives near me and have been smiling at politely for months as we pass. She was out for a jog so probably riding high on endorphins too...

Running properly early I forsook the usual exit from the tow path and continued almost back to the flat, before cutting across the river further out and looping back round to work.

Now sat contemplating my next move with some nice house going on; my long-range meat-assessment instincts vindicated by the sublime sausages consumed in the blink of an eye.

For this brief moment in time life feels very, very good :smile:
 
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roubaixtuesday

self serving virtue signaller
Photo Winner
Set off boldly into the storm, only to find a mild breeze and some light rain, so no tales of derring do to relate.

One motorist tried to kill me on a mini roundabout, but that's hardly news.
 
after yesterdays gear grinding tirp home into the headwind also probably half knackered from weekend decided flatbar can stay in the shed. A bit colder than yesterday didnt full for idea of needing the sweat bag hi viz so off to work in t-shirt and shorts. No traffic odd pratt over taking including a delivery lorry hope the 10 yards you gained to the red light was worth it your pratt in the words of black adder (I hope you mum dies in a freak yachting accident in france). Legs ache a bit but suprised stil going as had once day off in 9 days why I realise its not a lot for some for me its new so wondering how long I can go for hopefully till the end of the week.
 
Quite an uneventful commute this morning, except it was brighter and less windy than I thought it would be. There was one minor incident. A driver waited patently behind me for a fair bit, and when the road finally widened for a safe overtake, another cyclist came out of a side road and turned left towards us. It was a rather wide turn as he was making a bee line for the footway on my left.
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fossyant

Ride It Like You Stole It!
Location
South Manchester
All sorts of storm Floris excitement this morning...

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Much easier to get past on a bike!

Had this on my commute a few years back - once similar to that and was able to pick my way through. Another was winter, but across a canal bank. This was more complicated. Throw panniers over tree, climb banking with bike and climb over trunk.
 

katiewlx

Well-Known Member
i thought yesterday was supposed to the windier stormy day, whilst the ride in today was supercharged, except for the inevitable clash of opinion with man in van, always too impatient to wait to pass all the time in the world to have an argument afterwards, the ride home was head wind all the way granny gear tastic
 
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