Tales from today's commute....

[Sheffield_Tiger]

The Jesus Army seem to have an alarming new tactic

I had to tell their minibus driver that I didn't want to meet his boss for a good few years yet

 

[Bazzer]

Cool morning but no frost. A pleasure to see each day the dawn breaking slighty earier on the journey, even if the sun wasn't visible. Sadly, a joy to be snatched away this weekend, at least temporarily, when the clocks go forward
Legs felt good. Think I would have hit a PB if it was not for realising about a mile and half into the journey and under street lights, that the button pushing of my computer in the dark had not reset for the journey, but was continuing from the last ride.

A57 eerily quiet of cars for the morning journey, at least until Salford. Probably the quietest it has been been all winter.

 

[iLB]

Are you all right though?

Still felt a bit sick in my stomach when I went to bed last night, but otherwise unscathed.

 

[kevin_cambs_uk]

Bloody cold and a real nagging head wind

 

[MickeyBlueEyes]

Still carrying a deep chesty cough from end of last week, it's not too bad but I can't take deep breaths as it feckin hurts like mad. At least the cold sweats and aches are subsiding. A real steady ride in with a buff filtering the air intake, seemed to work quite well.
Cracking morning weather wise, dry, sunny, although it was hardly warm at a degree or so below.
Swapped my wheels back over to my Racing Quattros, I'd forgotten how lovely they roll!

 

[HarryTheDog]

First commute in since breaking my hand and wrist in the middle of January.
Took it easy on the way in and did not even break sweat. The mornings entertainment was firstly provided some cyclist coming the other way on the wrong side of the cycle path who refused to move to the correct side despite me giving him very loud instructions. He was just some bod on a 50 quid tesco’s bike. Then had another coming the other way with an extremely wide set of MTB handlebars with a mirror then fixed on the end of them. His bike wheels were on the correct side of the cyclepath but still 2 ft of his bike was on my side. He looked completely oblivious to the fact .Plenty of pavement to miss him by though.
Got to work, I realized I had brought no towel. Oh well good job I did not hammer it in this morning, so no shower

 

[Origamist]

Dry for half the commute and then a light drizzle for the rest of the journey. Temps not too bad at 2C and felt good after a three day break (i.e. a tailwind).

Gave the bike a good clean at the weekend and noticed a rust patch caused by my sweat and the paint peeling!

 

[J1888]

Lovely morning, but rather worringly, I felt a bit detached from reality/tired.

Don't think it affected my riding, I took it fairly slow and spotted a fair few potential hazards, but yeah, felt a bit hazy.

Approach to Vauxhall from Wandsworth Rd is closed...again...second time in 6 months - quite annoying, though lots of cyclists seem to just fly through the 'ROAD CLOSED' signs and carry on!

 

[Arjimlad]

Lovely ride in, went the 12 mile route as I had plenty of time.

Stupid lady in a Mercedes 4WD kept trying to overtake me on s-bends on Perrinpit Road though, she had two goes and on each time oncoming traffic forced her to stay behind, hovering too close to my back wheel for comfort !

 

[andyfraser]

I've started taking a different route home. I now have 2.1 miles through town on reasonably quiet roads, 1.2 miles along a wide main road to junction 16 of the M4, then 3.1 - 3.5 miles on cycle paths depending on which route I choose. The last half is now much more relaxing than my old route.

 

[fossyant]

Nearly offed by a pigeon ! If it's not cars it's wild life. Went under one of the bridges on the Fallowfield Loop and this bird decided to take off right into my wheel. Ran over something and the bird flew off the other side after fluttering of feathers under my wheel. Brown pants moment.

 

[summerdays]

Morning commute, nice to see that the M32 route was re opened, but still don't like the angles leading up to the new crossing. Lots of good interactions with car/diggers.

Evening commute - just felt a bit tired and hoped I'm not coming down with a cold.

I think it was national Ride a noisy bike to work day! Everything from rusty chains to loose rubbing mudguards!

 

[Bazzer]

Journey home could have been better.
Nearly left hooked by a flat bed whose driver chose to use an ASL and then left turn immediately afterwards without warning.
Some tw@t in a Focus couldn't be arsed to wait a few seconds behind a car turning right and almost took me out.
Into a head wind almost every sodding mile of the 17 home.
Only bonuses were it wasn't raining and the puncture fairy was hopefully fluttering her wings elsewhere.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Hurt my back yesterday lugging bags of compost, that mixed with a frosty cold morning saw a slow ride to work. Tonight back still hurting but glorious cycling weather saw me do just shy of 28 miles at a tad under 17mph average, pretty sure that is my fastest commute of the year and probably one of the fastest I've ever done.

 

[kevin_cambs_uk]

Not often but the weather forecast was wrong but in my favour!. Lovely and dry.
Lovely!