Tales from today's commute....

[subaqua]

not me actually riding a bike but wistfully looking out of the train window on the way to Milton Keynes for a training day ( apt place as the soul gets sucked from you leaving space for corporate rubbish to be implanted) looking at the azure sky and the wisps of smoke from the barges on the grand union canal as it weaves its way from Berkhamstead up through Leighton Buzzard to Bletchley and beyond twinkling in the sunlight I suddenly thought . WTF am I doing , I could be out there riding the canal enjoying myself rather than being stuck in a room with some boring fart droning on.

 

[MisterStan]

A fine spring morning, as @kevin_cambs_uk said, the forecast rain never came. Cool, but not too cold.

 

[Simontm]

Lots of impatient people today, pulling out, driving straight towards me, etc but strangely numpty count: 0
Aside from that, great ride in and fast according to the new look Strava with 5 CRs (whatever they may be) and apparently an average of 20mph...if my maths are right with the new 3min/m type measurement

 

[clid61]

Bought some endura etapes for the road bike , and fitted them satrurday.just done sunday ,monday 12 hour nights .So commuted on the road bike. Belting back down into Wigan this morning at 25+ in heavy traffic and light drizzle , was well impressed with them ,locked up twice ( which bears testament to rim brakes , ) well impressed with the ease with which to handle those tyres and they breed confidence too

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Held up by a farmer and his flock of sheep this morning as he moved them from the field to his yard. Gave me the excuse to go up a hill nice and slow and had a chat with the farmer, glorious weather again, cars for second day running heavily frosted up, but roads completely clear.

 

[Origamist]

Bit chilly, hovering around 1/2C. Almost escaped the heavy showers but when I got to Brooklands it looked like mist in the distance, but it was actually torrential rain and I was heading straight for it. Luckily, I was only caught in the downpour for 3 mins, but it was enough for a soggy jersey and gilet.

 

[hennbell]

After a few weeks of spring like conditions, overnight we got 6 inches of snow. Not our normal dry snow, but a heavy wet slippery snow. I was somewhat unaware of the conditions as I headed out of the garage but the second I touched the brakes the reality of the situation became clear. Fortunately I have not taken off my snow tires so there was some grip but not much. The city snowplows have not cleared the road yet so hopefully by the time I head home the roads will be in better shape. But if I had to deal with this situation more often I think I would have to purchase a fat bike, I think they are the best handling bikes in the snow. The one I was looking at had 5 inch wide tyres that you only inflate to 10 psi.

 

[Ganymede]

5 inch wide tyres that you only inflate to 10 psi.

Woooo!

 

[Sittingduck]

Swapped my wheels back over to my Racing Quattros, I'd forgotten how lovely they roll!

Been commuting on my #1 bike with Quattros since the start of the year due to a lack of time to do maintenance on my #2. Can't bring myself to stop using it now and switch back to the hack! The Fulcrums have stood up surprisingly well to a Winter of commutes!

 

[Exile]

Lovely this morning. Sun was out, it was cool rather than cold, and I actually had an enjoyable ride in along the A62 (not often I get to say that!). Only one minor mistake and that was on me. Went for a nice wide gap between a car and a van, when the car started to move forward and the gap inched narrower. Let's just say I was glad to be on the CX bike rather than the wider hybrid. Don't think there was any malice behind it, they just seemed to have the same idea as me about edging around standing traffic.

Only other thing if any note was a shouty truck. Literally. The truck shouted about keeping clear whenever it indicated left. Nice feature, but I tend to keep hulking great lorries in front of me anyway, unless I'm 110% certain there's not a risk to me from being in front.

 

[Simontm]

Into a hailstone storm then out into blinding sun. Quickish ride home and I realised that my morning ride was set on run mode Deleted it so the foot boys can keep their records
Numpty count: 0

 

[MisterStan]

Into a hailstone storm then out into blinding sun. Quickish ride home and I realised that my morning ride was set on run mode Deleted it so the foot boys can keep their records
Numpty count: 0

You can edit the activity type.

 

[Simontm]

You can edit the activity type.

Ah, too late now

 

[MisterStan]

A busy run home, so many people to talk to! Really felt like we knew everyone on the busway tonight.

A quick rain shower, very light so not an issue, but the roads were a bit wet from an earlier shower. Felt chilly to start, but even at pootle and chat pace, I warmed up when moving. Bit of a headwind, just enough to let you know it's there.

 

[Origamist]

Nice and dry; wind swirling but mainly from behind; caught a fellow cyclist at Tatton; pitta and humous when I got home. It will have been a perfect evening if we win the pub quiz later!