Tales from today's commute....

[kevin_cambs_uk]

Caught by @MisterStan and @martinclive today!
It was a bit of a chore to be honest, bloody head wind again!

 

[Simontm]

Sunny, no ice rink and again fantastic behaviour from drivers - could get used to this.
Had a lady in front of me on an MTB who had taken an extremely passive position on the left and as I saw the parked van ahead - tbh there's always a parked van there! - I took a very primary position blocking traffic behind me so that she would have room to pull out. Not aiming for sainthood just musing whether that is the dad gene kicking in again as I would do that sort of thing with my daughter once she learns to ride a bike!

Meanwhile, the chain seems to be scraping the front derailleur so a clean up and look-see at the weekend - anyone reckon I can just bend the derailleur out the way if it is rubbing and not just gunk collected?

Numpty count: 0

 

[ianrauk]

Worst commute ever!! ...had to drive!

Let's all pray for @DWiggy for a swift recovery and is back on the bike tout de suite..

 

[MisterStan]

Chilly start, but a lovely sunny morning. @kevin_cambs_uk went past whilst I waited for @martinclive at Swavesey, but we soon reeled Kev in.

 

[HLaB]

Last nights vid
View: http://youtu.be/Ht4ZJvGWtwo
; you need to go about 9mins 50 before it starts getting dark enough :-)

This morning commute was into a cold west wind at first, with patches of frost but twilight from the off and after 5 or 10mins no lights were actually needed. I've some beautiful shots of Belvoir Castle but they are on my camera not my phone, so I'll have to transfer them to the pc tonight :-)

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Last nights vid
View: http://youtu.be/Ht4ZJvGWtwo
; you need to go about 9mins 50 before it starts getting dark enough :-)

This morning commute was into a cold west wind at first, with patches of frost but twilight from the off and after 5 or 10mins no lights were actually needed. I've some beautiful shots of Belvoir Castle but they are on my camera not my phone, so I'll have to transfer them to the pc tonight :-)

Similar here, though not surprising since you ain't that for away

Left the ice bike at home this morning, but it was quite frosty in the sticks and that wind was bloody chilly.

 

[Panter]

I cleaned my bike yesterday. It's filthy now. That makes me sad.

What is this "cleaning" of which you speak?

 

[Panter]

Another gorgeous sunny commute in this morning. Below zero, but the roads were dry. Lovely to see the sun

 

[MisterStan]

What is this "cleaning" of which you speak?

Clean bikes go faster. FACT.

 

[ianrauk]

Clean bikes go faster. FACT.

Amen brother.

 

[Panter]

Clean bikes go faster. FACT.

Ahhhh... Maybe that's where I'm going wrong then. I last gave mine a quick wipe down in September (I think,) can't even remember what colour it is.
Maybe I'll treat it to a quick wash this weekend, see if it helps.

 

[Origamist]

3C and a tailwind. Fastest inward journey of the year.

Roads def quieter due to half term, but road works a plenty (4 new temp traffic lights on my commute) - looks like the council is splurging its road budget before the end of the financial year...

 

[MisterStan]

Clean bikes go faster. FACT.

Ahhhh... Maybe that's where I'm going wrong then. I last gave mine a quick wipe down in September (I think,) can't even remember what colour it is.
Maybe I'll treat it to a quick wash this weekend, see if it helps.

I read it on the internet, so it must be true....

 

[ianrauk]

Filthy road cyclists have no place on this forum or on the roads... begone you filthy beasts. Begone and clean your bikes. Not only they will look nicer, as Stan pointed out, they will be quicker too. And us cleanies wont look down at our noses at you. PAH... Peasants.

 

[fossyant]

Nice ride in. Not much traffic but two stupid passes. Nice and light. Only issue with daylight is on the Fallowfield Loop. The ruddy squirrels are back out playing chicken with cyclists.