Tales from today's commute....

[BSRU]

Please let us know, I can't decide whether or not to go for disc brakes on my next commuter

Will do, hopefully discs bring more consistency.

 

[Leodis]

Had to pick the bike up from Evans this morning, 50 minutes to travel 4.5 miles on the bus.. Shocking. Then a 3 mile rush to work with a nasty headwind. Looking forward to the ride home, just trying to get my Mojo back.

 

[DWiggy]

Was surprisingly warm this morning with my short sleeve jersey on although a little windy still made a good time in......I do love riding into work, love it

 

[Andrew_P]

I have had a really annoying rattle since Jan One which I had been putting down to my Raceblade Longs but since stripping them off 4 weeks ago the noise was still there, so last weekend I stripped the crank and BB which got rid of the out the saddle clicking, but still had this rattle.

Decided to change Cassette & Chain this weekend and found that my RD had seized no forward and aft movent at the attachment bolt so was able to get one locally cheaper than Wiggle fitted it and wow a silent ride in felt really weird some of the worst rough spots I was still freewheeling over which seems to be a tick I have developed by the rattle being worse in these spots.. Whats that all about I had never noticed I was doing this until this morning! Wonderful not having that noise have not got a clue what it was!

 

[PJ79LIZARD]

I have had a really annoying rattle since Jan One which I had been putting down to my Raceblade Longs but since stripping them off 4 weeks ago the noise was still there, so last weekend I stripped the crank and BB which got rid of the out the saddle clicking, but still had this rattle.

Decided to change Cassette & Chain this weekend and found that my RD had seized no forward and aft movent at the attachment bolt so was able to get one locally cheaper than Wiggle fitted it and wow a silent ride in felt really weird some of the worst rough spots I was still freewheeling over which seems to be a tick I have developed by the rattle being worse in these spots.. Whats that all about I had never noticed I was doing this until this morning! Wonderful not having that noise have not got a clue what it was!

My pet hate is rattles and squeaks when riding, I like stealth silence

 

[HLaB]

Peterborough's reverse sunny day phenomena seem to be apparrent again (more cars on sunny days ). The wind was still up but not as strong as it has been and more of a westardly. So I headed west into it and back east over looped back east over Haddon Hill Bump on the fixie. I then followed the road to the south and expected to be blown back into town but this strong element of the wind has gone and although it was a fast ride it wasn't as fast as last week. I then started to meet the congestion a couple of miles south of the town. Cue the stupid driving/pull outs so my pace slowed to take this into account. I think the loop is marginally shorter than my Morborne loop, although it goes by the same key points, circa 18.2miles.

 

[Frood42]

Unfortunately I was unable to commute in this morning by bike, so I jogged into work the short route (only 3.45 miles thankfully, which is about 40mins for me as I am not that quick) and carried my normally commuting rucksack to boot.

Back to the bike, I had worn the disc brake pads out at the weekend which was a bit silly, and the bike shop didn't have replacements.
Until I get the replacement pads in the post I shall have to jog into work and back home, as I don't trust the brakes enough to be going down hill or in traffic.

I know this is a cycling forum, but give me some kudos for jogging rather than taking the bus/train.

 

[gaz]

Please let us know, I can't decide whether or not to go for disc brakes on my next commuter

Will do, hopefully discs bring more consistency.

I can tell you now that disc brakes perform just as well in the rain as they do in the dry!

 

[subaqua]

windy on the way in and headwind at that. a fair few cyclists along CS2 too.

 

[BSRU]

I can tell you now that disc brakes perform just as well in the rain as they do in the dry!

Excellent

 

[hennbell]

Hope she stopped gave you details so she could pay for a new wheel(or truing ) and new tights

There is no way you could true that wheel. Better get the frame alignment checked, you could be looking at a new bike.

 

[hennbell]

I can tell you now that disc brakes perform just as well in the rain as they do in the dry!

I am a big proponent of disk brakes, once you run disks you do not want to go back to rim brakes.
The debate you need to look at is mechanical or hydraulic?

 

[gaz]

I am a big proponent of disk brakes, once you run disks you do not want to go back to rim brakes.
The debate you need to look at is mechanical or hydraulic?

Indeed. I've got two sets of mechanical and one hydraulic. I don't see hydraulic as a necessity on the road but it defiantly is off road.

 

[Ciar]

I run disks on my hybrid, it's been used a few times to test commuting routes, it's also been offroad and cover top to bottom in a mudbath those brakes worked perfect regardless.. i ride the cannondale cx4 quick if you need a guide or want to look up the specs on the brakes.

 

[hennbell]

Indeed. I've got two sets of mechanical and one hydraulic. I don't see hydraulic as a necessity on the road but it defiantly is off road.

I'd agree with that in fact some mechanicals (avids) are good enough for cross country mtb.