Tales from today's commute....

[fossyant]

Took 3 minutes longer than usual. Strong headwind. Lots of debris. Tree down on the Fallowfield loop and one of the bridges was flooded. Water upto BB level and over shoes.

Thank goodness I had waterproof overshoes and trousers on. Dry feet. Two kids watched with interest as I ploughed through. Bit deep I said.

 

[Sittingduck]

Was expecting a nice tailwind but it was a bit blustery and felt hard work at times... weird! Horrible traffic on Embankment too, full of tipper trucks and big wagons. Overall a bit dissapointed

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Bloody hell that was hard work, I got drenched twice and twice dried out completely before getting to work. That headwind was pure evil.

 

[robjh]

Very windy in Warwickshire this morning, and it was a hard hard slog riding north. I have recorded my slowest time this year, and that includes days in January when I was on the heavy bike and avoiding ice patches. Still, I made a good call in waiting a few minutes for the rain to finish before I set out, and it was a fine sunny morning despite all the fast-moving air.

 

[KneesUp]

Windy in Sheffield, but not as consistently in my face as it was on the way home last night. 7/10.

 

[Hacienda71]

I bailed today . My main wheels are in being re-laced at the moment and the 50mm deep section rims on my bike made me a bit nervous with 50 mph gusts forecast. Need to finish my beater bike off which is currently awaiting a new bb.

 

[L Q]

I chickened out today and took the car, the wind across the fens before Woodhall village was enough to put me off, the car was even taking a hammering from the winds and I wouldn't have felt safe, its gusting 50-60mph here

 

[Stephen C]

Strong headwind, almost bottled it and worked from home, but braved it. A real battle, but feeling strong so in a perverse way so quite enjoyed it! And now I get a beastly tailwind home!

 

[KneesUp]

Strong headwind, almost bottled it and worked from home, but braved it. A real battle, but feeling strong so in a perverse way so quite enjoyed it! And now I get a beastly tailwind home!

I admire your optimism

 

[Stephen C]

I admire your optimism

It's what keeps me going

 

[J1888]

Was not too bad this mornin...apart from getting over Blackfriars Bridge and getting slammed by the strongest gust of wind I've ever felt.

The north London carefree cyclists struck again this morning - well one did; didn't affect my ride at all so not sure why I care, but this very glam lady riding in high heels and a trench coat on a 'sit up and beg' style bike (how she did it is anyone's guess), gladly jumped a red at the junction with Old St, which is (IMO) a dangerous junction...having then nearly got hooked by a black cab pulling an equally stupid stunt, she then merrily cycled down a one-way street. How do these people not get seriously injured or nicked?

 

[Keith Oates]

Big change in the temperature here today with the midday temp rising to 24 Deg C. so I had my first day of the year on the bike in shorts. I was so happy.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Gez73]

I came in in shorts today. Saw little point in having more to get dry before home-time. Helped by the fact that the heating is now off until probably the first week of next January! Windy but not too cold and dried out more than once on way in. Wind better be behind me on way home! Gez

 

[donnydave]

you know its a good tailwind when you gob up and it overtakes you

 

[MisterStan]

you know its a good tailwind when you gob up and it overtakes you

That is also a sign you aren't trying hard enough!