Am guessing from your user name you're female? Sadly, women seem to attract a lot more of this than men, alas.
Don't let the bastards grind you down!
Tales from today's commute....
- Thread starter martint235
- Start date
Page may contain affiliate links. Please see terms for details.
Am guessing from your user name you're female? Sadly, women seem to attract a lot more of this than men, alas.
Don't let the bastards grind you down!
I concur, though it is easier said than done. Coincidentally, I was listening to Machine Head last night
View: https://youtu.be/CfkpvsvmVsM?si=8DB7ucIBt7hX31nT
biking_fox
Legendary Member
- Location
- Manchester
A whole week of still air, dull grey skys and easy riding. Next week looking a bit damper :-(
That about sum's it up for me too.
We are in drought here, no rain for about two months now, I'm turning the sprinklers on every 6 days to save the plants. It's supposed to be 88F later this afternoon. I was planning to ride but I'm fed up with the humidity - it really is dragging riding in high temperatures and high humidity.
Please send some rain over.
HLaB
Marie Attoinette Fan
Thursday morning to noon here bizarrely got
Back to normal today though
But rather than spreading a heavy cold I picked up on my last train commute home, I am WfH today.
Arjimlad
Tights of Cydonia
- Location
- South Glos
I'm sorry to hear this. We must end this postcode lottery.
Tom B
Guru
- Location
- Lancashire
It wasnt todays commute, but one from Monday this week.
I'd just finished the climb out of suburbia in to the rural bit of my commute, got the pace up to about 18mph when I heard a rustle in the hedgerow, saw something moving in my peripheral left, got hard on the brakes as what turned out to be a deer jumped the hedge, just in front of me. Caught it a glancing blow on the rear leg which just nerfed the front wheel. Luckily it was going at a good pace and was gone over the road before I piled into it so I was able to just carry on. New underpants needed.
I'd just finished the climb out of suburbia in to the rural bit of my commute, got the pace up to about 18mph when I heard a rustle in the hedgerow, saw something moving in my peripheral left, got hard on the brakes as what turned out to be a deer jumped the hedge, just in front of me. Caught it a glancing blow on the rear leg which just nerfed the front wheel. Luckily it was going at a good pace and was gone over the road before I piled into it so I was able to just carry on. New underpants needed.
HLaB
Marie Attoinette Fan
My extra close deer encounters were just after the last lockdown (I think they had got tamer); they weren't commutes though.
I was cycling along a fairly busy in village terms main road that connects a couple of villages. When a deer jumped over my face, when I was going at speed and missed me by inches. Phew, I thought. But I never realised they were the leader of a herd and a bigger one followed and barrelled straight into my mate who was draughting me. My mate was out for a bit with a broken collar bone.
A week later I was going along a narrow rut that passes for a gravel track here at speed again, when a huge black stag came running straight at me. Fortunately the rut was deep enough he managed to jump directly over my bike. But I was in his territory!
Deer are a problem up here on our mainly very quiet roads.
cyberknight
As long as I breathe, I attack.
- Location
- Land of confusion
Car day for me as I'm off to the consultant after work and don't fancy leaving the bike lying around whilst I'm in there plus I think it might be taken the wrong way when I tell them too much cycling makes the knee hurt whilst dressed in Lycra
biking_fox
Legendary Member
- Location
- Manchester
Wet under wheel but not raining. Light traffic still little wind. Over dressed as I was expecting more rain.
Snap!
Arjimlad
Tights of Cydonia
- Location
- South Glos
I noticed a wobble/buckle in my back wheel on Friday but I couldn't get onto checking it until yesterday afternoon. Turns out I have a busted spoke.
I got my spare Superstar Element wheelset down from the rafters (it was wearing Schwalbe studded tyres), but I have upgraded the groupset on the commuter from 9sp Sora to 11spd 105 since I last used it.
The 9spd cassette came off the spare wheel alright. It's lazy to pop the cassette off the OEM wheel without cleaning it, so I had to do that with some baby wipes.
The spare wheelset was installed without any need to adjust the disc brake calipers or the deraillleur. A test ride felt lively and fast. I had forgotten how different these wheels felt.
OEM wheels will be with my LBS for truing & spoke replacement shortly and will then wear the studded tyres for icy days.
Despite rain becoming heavier for the last half of the ride, and heavy traffic, I managed the 10.06 miles in under 40 mins for the first time in a little while, so that was rather pleasing.
I got my spare Superstar Element wheelset down from the rafters (it was wearing Schwalbe studded tyres), but I have upgraded the groupset on the commuter from 9sp Sora to 11spd 105 since I last used it.
The 9spd cassette came off the spare wheel alright. It's lazy to pop the cassette off the OEM wheel without cleaning it, so I had to do that with some baby wipes.
The spare wheelset was installed without any need to adjust the disc brake calipers or the deraillleur. A test ride felt lively and fast. I had forgotten how different these wheels felt.
OEM wheels will be with my LBS for truing & spoke replacement shortly and will then wear the studded tyres for icy days.
Despite rain becoming heavier for the last half of the ride, and heavy traffic, I managed the 10.06 miles in under 40 mins for the first time in a little while, so that was rather pleasing.
