Tales from today's commute....

[Twelve Spokes]

@Twelve Spokes

Apologies, it wasn't supposed to be.

No probs mate.Seems like i was a bit up-tight.

 

[biking_fox]

First ride back on the bike after 18 days away on hols. It's very good to be back! I was expecting to be feeling stiff and slow but a Slight tailwind, green lights, more or less clear roads sensible drivers and a decent 21mph average. Shame about the drizzle, but it kept me cool.

 

[martint235]

Got stung by something on the way home. Not sure what but it flipping hurts. SWMBO has pulled the sting now and it's still sore.

 

[Fubar]

Good couple of days commuting, decided I need to chill the f*** out on the way home and since then I'm enjoying it a whole lot more.

 

[Fubar]

I'm assuming this is close to where you live/the end of your journey? Is it possible that you switch to autopilot at times? I'm only mentioning this, as I seem to have more issues within the last two miles of my commute and I wondered the same myself.

Decided there might be something in this, though not autopilot but just me needing to chill out a bit - twice in a week I've been caught being too close to the car in front, daft but I think I'm chasing a good time and putting myself in danger. Decided to keep the time-checks for Saturday club runs and relax - its only a commute! Thanks for the advice, I've been chewing it over.

 

[MickeyBlueEyes]

Yesterday was first commute for two weeks, found that tough. Today, wow, even tougher ! Feels like it will take at least a week to get back on track. On the way home today had nothing left 25 miles in so cut it short.

 

[subaqua]

another 4 days off due to hols etc so another killer of a ride in and home.

 

[MisterStan]

I had to take the bus home. It was sh*t and I got home later than if on the bike.

 

[Twelve Spokes]

another 4 days off due to hols etc so another killer of a ride in and home.

Been too long for me between holiday's this year.

 

[PJ79LIZARD]

Nice and sunny today

 

[Leodis]

Yet more reasons why more cyclists on the road just equal more RLJ, Salmon cyclists and pavement MTB warriors and that was just within a 2 mile stretch. No wonder people have such poor regard for cyclists, get sick to death of them.

 

[Cycleconvert]

Good commute this morning, not 1 driver got too close which makes a change. Then I got to work and realised I had forgotten my breakfast....Doh!

 

[Leodis]

Good commute this morning, not 1 driver got too close which makes a change. Then I got to work and realised I had forgotten my breakfast....Doh!

Could have been worse, might have been your undercrackers

 

[Supersuperleeds]

A lot cooler this morning, but at least the mist wasn't so bad. Went to work a slightly different way yesterday and found I had done a new Strava segment, took me 16.5 minutes to do a 5.3mile run on the hybrid, knocked it down to 14.5 minutes this morning on the road bike, and I had to slow for a bus!

 

[Frood42]

Back on the bike ( after 4 days off it with cold/flu symptoms )
Nice commute, fairly warm but it seems to be getting darker now...

One incident, normally I have no problem with bus drivers, but this one idiot driver really got my blood simmering...
Tried an overtake before a pinch point (http://goo.gl/maps/nhmkt), far too close to me, and not enough time for him to get his double decker bus through that pinch point, I had to signal and shout rather pointedly for him to back off.
When we did get through, he then tried to pass again and this time cut me up before stopping at a bus stop.
Will be checking the video tonight and may have to send a complaint off asking that they educate this particular driver (as he was not up to the usual standards of driving I normally experience).