Tales from today's commute....

[Ciar]

Lovely dark wet but no rain, i was also lending a colleague a trilby for the weekend, so i ended up riding sans boil in the bag and forgot my water, so as you can imagine lovely ride apart from feeling like a cod in batter sauce after reaching work, i would have preferred it to have rained

on top of that this its the first week i have done 3 commutes as i normally stick to 2, hoping to continue this going forward.

 

[martint235]

First sub-45 min 12 mile commute for a long while. This used to take me 37 - 38 mins at one point. There are two sets of temp traffic lights that slow me though.

 

[BSRU]

Very frustrating week for me due to a work colleague deciding to come in last Friday with a chest cold and pass it onto anyone they could.
Spent all week desperate to give my, newly converted to a triple, Genesis Croix de Fer a good thrashing

Had to console myself by buying some new windproof winter gloves and winter bib tights

 

[Beebo]

this morning was a perfect storm for fogging up my glasses.
It was misty with a bit of drizzle. Plus it was much warmer than I had expected, so I was too sweaty. It resulted in fogged up glasses at every set of lights.

 

[MisterStan]

I was Captain Bus W@nker this morning as off out in town for a few sherbets with the workies tonight. A slight improvement on journey times from Monday, but still took me over an hour and a half.

 

[Kies]

Just captain? ;-)

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Sold my commuter and waiting for new one so had to use the carbon, thought to myself well you might as well get kitted out so popped on my Wiggle Honda kit, cycling along past other cyclists, men mostly and started to feel a little degraded, after a few miles I realised when I looked at them for the INR they where not looking at my face but my MOOBS!!! I felt quite ill and violated but flattered at the same time.

You lost me after the first three words.

 

[Twelve Spokes]

Ventured as far as Vauxhall Bridge on the commute in and it's a whole new world.Millbank and all that.Then to Waterloo.Coming back scare at Harrow Green in the middle of the road when a ped suddenly popped out in the middle,my brakes were really appalling in the wet.Apart from that ok.

 

[Leodis]

You lost me after the first three words.

Lol I have just re-read it and lost myself.

 

[Twelve Spokes]

Lol I have just re-read it and lost myself.

I think I know although I don't know what INR means.

 

[Kiwiavenger]

commute in today was interesting. caught up with a landrover towing a flat bed transit, was doing about 25-30 mph in a NSL. saw my chance and took it, sprinted past them only for my bike to reward me for being a bit silly (and childish) by throwing my chain onto my pedals just as i get infront. thankfully slightly down hill and i can get it re-set on the fly so not too big a deal and i lost them behind me quite quickly. i got into work only to find i'd not picked up my pasta, but picked up a sausage and bean casserole, which had emptied itself over my clean cycling gear for the ride home!!

frantically currently drying out the gear i commuted in wearing to at least have it only slightly damp to ride home in.

 

[Leodis]

I think I know although I don't know what INR means.

Impercetible Nod of Recognition; mandatory whenever cyclists pass each other in opposite directions

 

[Twelve Spokes]

Impercetible Nod of Recognition; mandatory whenever cyclists pass each other in opposite directions

Thanks,looked it up on google but didn't get that as a meaning.

 

[MisterStan]

Thanks,looked it up on google but didn't get that as a meaning.

I did the same!

 

[Leodis]

It is on the BikeRadar beginners advice section, if it wasnt for that I wouldnt have known.