Tales from today's commute....

[martint235]

Headwind all the way in today. Hopefully it stays as a tailwind for the way home. Still suffering with a cough and sweating from the Xmas lurgy!!

Tried a different route through Catford this morning and then up the A21 rather than Verdant Lane/Whitefoot Lane (too many close passes due to cars parked all the way along). It didn't really work though, leaves me with a right turn off the A21 with no filter light to help. Back to the drawing board.

 

[ianrauk]

Tried a different route through Catford this morning and then up the A21 rather than Verdant Lane/Whitefoot Lane (too many close passes due to cars parked all the way along). It didn't really work though, leaves me with a right turn off the A21 with no filter light to help. Back to the drawing board.

Where did you do a right? Southend Road or Faceplant junction as I now call it.
Send your route over and let me have a gander. A fresh pair of eyes may help.

 

[martint235]

Where did you do a right? Southend Road or Faceplant junction as I now call it.
Send your route over and let me have a gander. A fresh pair of eyes may help.

Southend Road. I'm going to do a screen print when I get home and start a new thread, see if anyone has any ideas.

Whitefoot Lane has started making me nervous lately as there are cars the whole way down it. There is room in the door zone to allow traffic to pass which I'm not too fussed about. The problem is between the two "lanes", the tarmac tends to have a deep rut in it where I don't really want to get my front wheel caught so it's a bit nervewracking at times.

 

[Nocode]

It's really nasty weather out there today (SE London).. feel sorry for any commuter today.

Thanks Wasn't too bad this morning a bit wet and windy. However, I'm sitting at work here now and the rain is lashing the windows. Going to really wet on the way home!

 

[ianrauk]

Thanks Wasn't too bad this morning a bit wet and windy. However, I'm sitting at work here now and the rain is lashing the windows. Going to really wet on the way home!

I don't envy you... Rain in Orpington is pretty heavy at the moment.

 

[Andrew_P]

Flew home, 51 minutes home, 1hr 6 into work. Couldn't really nail it to much as the gusts were coming from West, SW so on the fast bits like the drop from M23 junction down to Couldson as its pretty exposed to the West. Still enjoyed it, strangely I quite enjoyed this mornings effort too.

Last one of the year. bring on 2013, just hope no snow to impinge on my commutes..

 

[benborp]

Southend Road. I'm going to do a screen print when I get home and start a new thread, see if anyone has any ideas.

Whitefoot Lane has started making me nervous lately as there are cars the whole way down it. There is room in the door zone to allow traffic to pass which I'm not too fussed about. The problem is between the two "lanes", the tarmac tends to have a deep rut in it where I don't really want to get my front wheel caught so it's a bit nervewracking at times.

Rather than taking the right on to Southend Road you could take the next right on to Beckenham Hill. The Southend Road lights break up the traffic and I find it's much easier to get across to the right turn lane there. A possible downside is that you've then got the hill to get up, although I find the roads running through Beckenham to Croydon more civilised and also faster than the routes further north - there are several good, long, wide stretches without lights.

An alternative to Verdant Lane/Whitefoot Lane could be Baring Road to Grove Park and then Downham Way. You look like you could handle yourself in Downham.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Anybody else can't wait for Wednesday to get commuting again?

 

[ianrauk]

Anybody else can't wait for Wednesday to get commuting again?

me
What ever the weather will be.

 

[musa]

Last commute of 2012 however back at work tomorrow so 1st jan im there

 

[Sandra6]

Cycling home last night, car behind behaving nicely waiting for me to pull out and turn, then my pedal seized just as I was in the middle of the road.
I had to glide round the corner, called out to my work mate who was a little ahead of me and I pulled over to the kerb to see what had broken.
Turned out to be the wiring from the cadence part of the cycle computer - it had worked loose and wrapped itself round my pedal, jamming it. Funniest part - my work mate was the one who fitted it for me!

 

[mark st1]

Cycling home last night, car behind behaving nicely waiting for me to pull out and turn, then my pedal seized just as I was in the middle of the road.
I had to glide round the corner, called out to my work mate who was a little ahead of me and I pulled over to the kerb to see what had broken.
Turned out to be the wiring from the cadence part of the cycle computer - it had worked loose and wrapped itself round my pedal, jamming it. Funniest part - my work mate was the one who fitted it for me!

Halfords !!! cant trust them to even look after there own

Back to work for me tomorrow

 

[ianrauk]

Back to work for me tomorrow

And me, though will be joining the great unwashed on the train as still off the bike due to my injury.

 

[SportMonkey]

No cycle commute for me, I am now expected to wear a suit, so shall take in the required things to be able to cycle in the day after.

 

[fossyant]

Back on the bike tomorrow. Good job I gave it a once over, found a broken spoke, removed wheel, let air out and a second next to it pinged off. Fortunately had two spares.