Tales from today's commute....

[kevin_cambs_uk]

Well could have been so much worse today, rain all the way home but not too heavy but a good tail wind.
The most dangerous road back was queued half way with cars so for about a mile just filtered past the outside and many motorsists moved over.
Bike not too dirty either, so considering the weather is so crap I got away with it.

 

[potsy]

Aren't they all..

 

[Leodis]

Really nice ride home, followed a chap from work to the station, its quite surprising how fast them Bromtons can go.

 

[Holdsworth]

I'm back on the bicycle , hopefully for good this time, after putting it to one side after I bought the 125 and passed my test. My gut has expanded a bit over the winter and I have very little stamina, plus asthma is still persisting and putting me off. Nevertheless I have so fat done 2 days of commuting by bicycle this week, a total of 12 miles (yay me). So far my total cycling mileage for the year stands at about 250 miles which is way down on last year when I was at 1.5k by this point but it is still something.

And as soon as I am back cycling the numpties return to the road, it's gone from people pulliing out on me on the motorbike to chavs in hatchbacks beeping and raging at me for the horrifying crime of riding in the road when "...there is a cycle path over there..."

Still you gotta love this pursuit of ours. Hopefully I'll lose a bit more weight and save the petrol money for a weekend blast out on the 125

Oh and nice to be back again CC.

 

[Buzzinonbikes]

Rain + train tracks + "I'm not slowing down and going perpendicular to them this time! Let's have it!" = me on my arse silly silly man. New bar plug and a sore bum and grazed elbow is thankfully the only problems!

 

[Andrew_P]

I do believe I may well of seen my first CC'er on my commute due to leaving work late downside was it was raining the whole way!

 

[PJ79LIZARD]

Nice wet commute home, hasn't stopped all night, and shows no sign of either. Looks like it'll be a wet commute in the morning too.

 

[ianrauk]

Nice wet commute home, hasn't stopped all night, and shows no sign of either. Looks like it'll be a wet commute in the morning too.

Yup, was a wet commute in SE Londinium this evening. Not really heavy, but enough to chill me being in short sleeves so put on the Montane I keep in the rucksack.

Raining heavier now, but weather report saying clearing by morning.....fingers crossed.

 

[Shut Up Legs]

A completely non-eventful commute home, which was a nice change, since I've been having a few too many belligerent motorists lately. Perhaps it's got something to do with the fact that I wore the helmet camera on this commute after many months of not using it. Who knows? But the real question I have today is: are the rumours true? Is Oxford really the best place to go for fitted kitchens?

 

[DWiggy]

Commute home was fine,, and the ride in this morning was better than expected, very gusty and a poxy headwind but bearable and still managed a half decent time in

 

[potsy]

Had to dig out my winter gloves and buff this morning, thought i'd seen the back of those for a few months

Wind direction has changed too, had been getting used to an easy ride in/tougher ride home routine.

 

[GrasB]

It's official I've gone to the dark side of dérailleur gearing & broke out my new triple this morning. That doesn't mean I've gone soft.. on no.. none of this namby pamby 74/130 stuff.. this is a 110/144 triple with 34/46/62 chain rings.

 

[shouldbeinbed]

Snapped chain on Monday a few miles from home. Fixed and running in a few minutes, sometimes I wounder if I carry too many faffy bits of kit with me, then something unusual happens and I'm happy to.


yesterday I had an Oldham registered Taxi driver, Blue previous shape VW Passat estate, Taxi Plate 510 decided that I wasn't going to impede his progress through a very narrow pinch point. Mirrors ears and 30 years experience put a stop to him putting me on the ground or into some bollards but he's getting reported because someone less experienced or less adept at making themselves as wide as the road could have found themselves in a real problem with where him and they would have come together.

 

[Leaway2]

Managed to get in work between the rain showers today. It was raining when I looked out of the bedroom window, dug out the waterproofs, went downstairs it had stopped. Cycled in without waterproofs which I dislike wearing. Walking into the building it started again.
Lets see if I am as lucky on the return journey

 

[kevin_cambs_uk]

weather has gone mad