Tales from today's commute....

[Supersuperleeds]

Dry and a little windy. Got a 74 mile commute tomorrow in the predicted winds....

BBC are forecasting just shy of 50 mile an hour winds for Leicester tomorrow, might be a short commute for me then

 

[fossyant]

BBC are forecasting just shy of 50 mile an hour winds for Leicester tomorrow, might be a short commute for me then

I am hoping the south westerly is correct as I should have a tail wind return... Yeh right..

 

[Keith Oates]

A light headwind for me going in this morning which turned into a stiff tailwind going home this evening needless to say I was happy going both ways today.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[martint235]

Well for the trip home, still a knackered ankle and I broke a spoke on the bike. Never had one snap in the middle before but first time for everything.

I've replaced spokes before but the disc is making this a novelty for me. I've had a look and I hope it's a simple case of remove disc with shimano cassette tool to get the spoke in but we'll see.

 

[Scotchlovingcylist]

Very wet, very windy but awesome anyway








Might drive tomorrow though......

 

[Origamist]

Snap.

I can't believe it's June - very wet, very windy, and a poxy 7C.

Tried to cheer myself up with a sour jelly worm at Middlewich (where the rain was stinging my face and I was crawling along at 14mph), but even that failed as I spat half of it out - chewing with my mouth open again...

If it's like that tmrw night, I'll be riding half the way in the evening...

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Blimey that was just a bit windy, at least it didn't pour down on me. 20ish miles of a knackering head wind followed by 10 or so miles of tailwind

 

[potsy]

I can't believe it's June - very wet, very windy, and a poxy 7C.

AKA Summer in Manchester

Been struck down with the dreaded man flu this week so am having to drive in for all 4 days, seeing the weather I can't say I am that upset at missing a couple of bike rides tbh

 

[HLaB]

Blimey that was just a bit windy, at least it didn't pour down on me. 20ish miles of a knackering head wind followed by 10 or so miles of tailwind

I hammered it home straight into the head wind to avoid the storm; turns out I had plenty of time and could've plotted a more considered route to take advantage of the wind

 

[Jenkins]

The wind's definitely picking up here - I topped out at 40+mph on a short downhill section where I'm lucky to touch 35 in normal breezy conditions.

Tuesday is a 1pm start so I'm hoping the worst of the weather will have gone through by then, but at least I'll have plenty of time to assess the conditions to see if it's safe to use the bike.

 

[MiK1138]

Shocking ride home today, rain chucked it down ,40 MPH Xwinds and a bleddy rear wheel puncture from an invisible pothole . i love cycling

 

[MickeyBlueEyes]

Wet & windy same as most folk yesterday evening. Almost considered going the shorter way back but opted for a standard run, when you're wet you're wet! Just before going to bed I gave the tyres a quick check over and found a punctured front. Thought is time myself doing the change for curiosity, 8 mins 4, including taking a tyre and tube off another wheel. Woke up to a grim morning but again chose the standard 26 miles, need to get what I want to be my biggest month off to a good start!

 

[martint235]

Well it was windy. My ankle is still crocked but it doesn't seem to be getting any worse. However @ianrauk I don't think I'll be doing centuries until it starts to improve, I'm on call this weekend anyway so it's moot for then.

On a positive note, my replaced spoke has held and seems ok. I'm always surprised by this even though I've now replaced spokes a few times. I don't think I'd be confident to build a wheel yet but one broken spoke I can do! On the negative side it was my last spare and I don't have a clue what the size was so the next one to break goes to the shop anyway.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Woke up to howling winds, so rolled over and went back to sleep. Not looking forward to the ride home tonight, though BBC are now saying 40mph winds not 50!

 

[MisterStan]

My other half didn't sleep well last night, which meant I didn't sleep well last night, was listening to the wind and when I got up, was really in two minds about cycling, then I thought about the two buses i'd have to take and got the bike out of the shed.

Punctured on Histon Road, pumped her up enough to get somewhere quiet - found a nice bus shelter and used that - massive piece of flint in tyre.

Tonight looks interesting!