Tales from today's commute....

[PJ79LIZARD]

Got a serious soaking last night, but just light rain this morning

 

[kevin_cambs_uk]

Come on Kev - you know you want to

LMAO

when I get home tonight I think there may be one, cause its going to rain again !!!!!

 

[paul04]

Nice dry ride into work this morning, not many cars on the road due to half term.
Came out of work and the rain was very heavy, so wet weather gear went on, got home just as the rain stopped.

 

[potsy]

Made it both ways today without getting rained on, roads were wet and there are some very big puddles about.
Extended the homeward leg by 3 miles just because I could

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Managed to get home before it rained, nearly came a cropper on some cobbles, so took it steady after that

 

[kevin_cambs_uk]

Not too bad coming home, very windy but more side than head, at last dry, bike is a mess but its going to have a complete strip down at the weekend, as there are numerous repairs needed,

need to get all the water out the frame, which requires the heat set off, replace a gear cable, new chain, replace small front chain ring, rear brakes shoes are worn, and rear brake cable housing is faulty as it snags the cable, so although its been awful, got 4 days off, a complete re build because the weather next week looks brilliant !!

 

[HLaB]

Finally stopped raining for this evening's commute but I'd bought some free range eggs from a colleague (as you do ) and decided it was best to take the shortest way back to the flat. After which I got changed and went for a wee exploratory ride on the fixie.

 

[Jdratcliffe]

It was an issue with the interface between the helmet and the seat. I leaned too far into a corner and the bike went one way and I went another. front wheel also made a bid for freedom.

Ouch you ok? bike alright??

 

[HLaB]

Much the same as yesterday but with very little traffic at the pinch points so I arrived a bit early and went for a ride round the block.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Still wet, wind coming from the North, but it is warm.

This mornings ride took me through 5,000 miles for the year of which 3,850 have been commuting at an average of 44 miles round trip - I originally planned on building up to 30 miles round trip, I now do that on the morning run. Only another 934 miles to catch HLaB

 

[Beebo]

I witnessed a coming together of bike and car this morning. Both were overtaking a parked bus and going for the same narrow gap, the cyclist should have been a bit more defensive, the car driver should have checked his mirrors.

Fortunately no damage to either of them but could have been so much worse.

 

[Shut Up Legs]

Today in my 90 minute commute, where it rained steadily the whole time, I saw the following:

• Police car U-turned in front of me while I was still just outside my work building, which happens to be shared with a local police station. Gawd help us all, even the local police pay insufficient attention to cyclists. At least the driver gave me an apologetic look. It wasn't even a legal U-turn for that particular location, and his flashing lights weren't on, so he can't have been going anywhere particularly urgently.
• Splashed by water waiting to cross a road at a pedestrian/cyclist crossing, because some 4WD driver couldn't be bothered giving me enough room when passing.
• Blocked by a car crossing the same road, because Melbourne motorists are exceptionally good at not keeping pedestrian crossings clear, and take the term 'gridlock' very, very seriously.
• Saw a hoon fishtailing along a road. At least in this instance, I was using a shared path next to the road, so I could only shake my head in disbelief at his stupidity, trying stunts like that on wet roads.

Apart from that, I actually enjoyed the ride home, because I had a slight sore throat this afternoon, but somehow the ride home seems to clear up my sore throats, on those rare occasions I get them .

 

[Frood42]

Nice morning commute despite the slight drizzle (took the 22 mile route via Epping again).
Finally managed a 14mph average for that particular route (http://app.strava.com/activities/57081857).
Over 1000km on Strava for the May massive.

So all round a good morning

Bring on 20degree Friday

 

[Andrew_P]

My freehub broke away from the hub\wheel yesterday morning going up Redhill halfway in to work. I had to do the rest of the journey in 1st gear as that created the least movement towards the frame/dropout! Was a really strange ride my HR never went above 90 for the last 7 odd miles.

What amused everyone was my desperation to get a replacement to avoid having to drive home in my spare/kept at work car, I was likened to a druggie searching for a fix lol, to be honest I did feel a bit like that and no one understood why I wouldn't just order it online and wait a few days and drive to work especially as it pishing down with rain..

Long story short 40 mile round trip was fruitless ended up buying a cheap Mavic rear which buys me time to decide what to make a full time replacement wheelset and justified the purchase as it will be better to use the Mavic next winter..

 

[Steve Saunders]

Had a close pass on this mornings commute, with less than 2ft gap, presumably because there were cars coming in the opposite direction meaning they couldn't move out further i.e. impatient / incosiderate driver. I had to ride through a pothole as there was insufficient room to move over to avoid it.

Imagine my disappointment when I realised it was a Police van (not responding to an emergency) ...

It has been reported. It'll be interested to see if I get a response.

What chance do us cyclists have when even the emergency service drivers think it's okay to pass you that close - had a ambulance (not on emergency) do it as well.