Tales from today's commute....

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Glow worm

Legendary Member
Location
Near Newmarket
Nice commute today in bright sunshine and home by 6 without the need for lights for the first time ^_^

I'm generally pretty slow, but today managed 9 scalps! Well, in fact it was the same trio who were even slower than me, and I passed them 3 times.

First I stopped to picked up some litter that had been annoying me for a week or so (some fast food cartons that some moton tosser had lobbed in a hedge) and as I did so, they rode past. Then I passed them. Then I stopped to shove the litter in a bin and they rode past- I then passed them again. About 4 miles later I stopped at a farm shop for some odds and ends and as I got back on the road, my 3 friends had just passed the shop so I had to overtake them yet again. They probably thought I was mucking about. An odd trio- not only slow, but utterly silent, not a word between them that I noticed. Weird!
 

Exile

Senior Member
Location
Manchester
Slow puncture on the way home. Picked up a bit of glass at some point which had worked its way through just enough to prick the tube. Managed to get home without having to stop. Have the wheel off and in the dining room ready for me to change the tube when I get a spare ten minutes

Other than that, it was lovely, both ways. Not sure I'll be on the bike tomorrow as everything's feeling a little bit sore (think I've overdone it both on and off the bike after the tumble last week), but I'll see what two painkillers before bed brings for the morning.
 

400bhp

Guru
Felt fairly good today, much better than the abysmal effort on satudays ride with @Hacienda71 . Maybe. . Just maybe I can start moving towards the fitness where I was last summer.

Better today. At a guess, 75% of max effort on the way home and did it at a good pace. Hopefully it's all going in the right way.
 

DWiggy

Über Member
Location
Cobham
WORST RIDE IN EVER!! Not one but two punctures in the rain and wind!...why didn't I just get another set of Gatorskins...why!
 
One of the worst rides in for a very long time.
Took me an extra 20 minutes.

It was one of those where you wake up early and just get out as soon as to get it over with
 

summerdays

Cycling in the sun
Location
Bristol
I guess I was lucky I think the drizzle stopped shortly after I woke, and then were going on about being breezy but for me it was calm and sunny.

One idiot on a bike, just as I turn off the Concorde Way he was turning on at too high a speed, so I slow for him, expecting him to do the same, but he didn't - just accelerated nor acknowledge just how wide he took the corner and that we'd have crashed if I didn't slow. Just checked strava half expecting to see him trying for the segment that leads to that corner (my best QOM), but no sign of him. I've taken the corner fast myself as you sometimes have a car hassling you though the bollards but I've apologised to anyone I've ever come close to getting in the way of.

Walked through the temporary lights rather than wait in the line and it was definitely worth doing!

Nice end to the journey though, waiting to turn right behind two other cars, realised the car turning left was my friend who works near by so popped quickly to her car park for a chat and to arrange a proper get together.
 

Simontm

Veteran
Wet, windy, wet...urgh. Sod, where's the summer, it felt more like
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Numpty count: 5. Bad weather always means bad drivers, god knows why. Four close passes that meant I had to take avoidance action or brake heavily - fun in that weather and one see you next Tuesday in a BMS Transport van who decided to rev up my arse, occasionally pull out to see if he could overtake on narrow road (parked cars both sides) - making me very angry - then close passed me leaving absolutely no room :cursing: Took great pleasure in overtaking him when he was stuck in a queue.
 

Origamist

Legendary Member
Wet and dreary + bad night's sleep + loads of traffic in MiddleHell (aka Middlewich) = surprisingly enjoyable slow commute...
 
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