Tales from today's commute....

[akb]

Hang on. You stop and fix it, then carry on.

If it was the MTB with the QR wheel, i would have done. Unfortunatley the commuter doesnt have QR levers for the wheels and I had left my spanner at home. D'oh!

 

[doug]

I tried a new route this morning, one I had found whilst perusing Strava segments.
Unfortunately, after about 2km I was confronted by a large sign stating "Private Road No Public Right of Way", so turned around in a huff and carried on the usual route.
Can only assume the Strava riders just ignored the the very large sign, naughty, naughty.

Check on an OS map - it might not be a right of way for motor vehicles, but it could still be a bridleway and hence open to cycling.

 

[Pauluk]

Unfortunately the commuter doesn't have QR levers for the wheels and I had left my spanner at home. D'oh!

We've all forgotten similar things. I went to repair a puncture once, 8 miles from nowhere. Got all the kit out, was about to take the wheel off, D'oh - left my pump in the car boot. Long walk back

 

[BSRU]

Check on an OS map - it might not be a right of way for motor vehicles, but it could still be a bridleway and hence open to cycling.

Thanks for the suggestion, on checking the OS map it is a bridleway.

 

[thefollen]

It appears that motorists don't appreciate my Road Tax jersey or at least I had far more close passes today then any other day for a few months.

Is it this one??

http://www.foska.com/i-pay-road-tax-road-cycling-jersey.html

Quality jersey- when does yours expire? Will you need to purchase a new one every six or twelve months?

 

[HovR]

I tried a new route this morning, one I had found whilst perusing Strava segments.
Unfortunately, after about 2km I was confronted by a large sign stating "Private Road No Public Right of Way", so turned around in a huff and carried on the usual route.
Can only assume the Strava riders just ignored the the very large sign, naughty, naughty.

There's a sign like that in my area.

It's a narrow road going about half way up a local hill to a small gathering of 5 or 6 houses, where it dead-ends shortly after. The locals, fed up with people driving up the hill, parking their cars, and leaving them as they go off for a walk, put up numerous "No Entry" and "Private Road" signs.

On all the maps it's a public right of way. Check the maps for your area, and it might be the same.

Edit.. Cross posted with you - Good to hear that it is in fact a bridle way.

 

[beastie]

Biblical rain this afternoon, glorious sun this evening.

8/8
10/12
Above are ratios of wet weather commutes. It's a good job I am used to it.

 

[BSRU]

There's a sign like that in my area.

It's a narrow road going about half way up a local hill to a small gathering of 5 or 6 houses, where it dead-ends shortly after. The locals, fed up with people driving up the hill, parking their cars, and leaving them as they go off for a walk, put up numerous "No Entry" and "Private Road" signs.

On all the maps it's a public right of way. Check the maps for your area, and it might be the same.

Edit.. Cross posted with you - Good to hear that it is in fact a bridle way.

Teach me to use Google maps instead of the OS maps .

 

[fossyant]

Is it this one??

http://www.foska.com/i-pay-road-tax-road-cycling-jersey.html

Quality jersey- when does yours expire? Will you need to purchase a new one every six or twelve months?

See its on sale as its about to run out

 

[martint235]

See its on sale as its about to run out

Yep that's the one. I'm SO looking forward to all the extra abuse I'll get in September!!

 

[400bhp]

There's a sign like that in my area.

It's a narrow road going about half way up a local hill to a small gathering of 5 or 6 houses, where it dead-ends shortly after. The locals, fed up with people driving up the hill, parking their cars, and leaving them as they go off for a walk, put up numerous "No Entry" and "Private Road" signs.

On all the maps it's a public right of way. Check the maps for your area, and it might be the same.

Edit.. Cross posted with you - Good to hear that it is in fact a bridle way.

Here's what they should do. Get some humongous boulders and put them at the side of the road. It sopts people parking.

 

[ianrauk]

Bloody hell where did this headwind come from?
Legs feel like they have done a 100 miler this evening.

 

[recumbentpanda]

I saw my first 'bent out in the wild. Obviously I've seen them before but this was the first time it belonged to someone I didn't know. Strange design too, very long wheelbase with what looked like a normal headtube over the front wheel, steered from underseat but the front wheel was a long way from the rider.

That sounds like a good description of my Linear. USS (Under Seat Steering), long wheelbase is a configuration generally more popular in the US than Europe. It's not strange at all. All you people who insist on cycling on all fours, now that is strange!

 

[martint235]

That sounds like a good description of my Linear. USS (Under Seat Steering), long wheelbase is a configuration generally more popular in the US than Europe. It's not strange at all. All you people who insist on cycling on all fours, now that is strange!

Ooh post a pic and I'll let you know

 

[Electric_Andy]

If it was the MTB with the QR wheel, i would have done. Unfortunatley the commuter doesnt have QR levers for the wheels and I had left my spanner at home. D'oh!

I carry some scabs and a co2 pump and don't have QR. Not sure if I'd attempt to change it on the way to work - I'd probably take the brakes off and continue to ride, then use the resulting damaged wheel as an excuse to buy a nice bike