Tales from today's commute....

[summerdays]

Tomorrow looks to be wet and muggy!

 

[Simontm]

Fairly OK ride in. Bit windy at first but that died down. Had one cyclist tuck in behind me after I overtook him and he slipstreamed all the way from Surbiton Hill to Windsor Ave where we parted which was rather rude of him
Numpty count: 1. Going up the rise at Carshalton, a driver slowed down to the extant that I nearly stopped. Nowt wrong with that except it was a clear road ahead of him - I suppose he thought it would be funny for him and his passenger to make the cyclist behind put their foot down. Needless to say, I filtered past at the usual lights queue just ahead and was turning into Beddington Park and Church Lane well ahead of him

 

[summerdays]

Hmm I had a lift today to a friends house, so slightly out of normal pattern.... I've forgotten my pannier , currently trying to borrow bits from my friends house so that I have tool kit clothes for changing into etc! Looks like I may just have managed to cobble together something to get me through the day!

 

[HarryTheDog]

where have all the cyclists gone this morning, didnt see anyone till Canning Town.Great tailwind, had lots of that lovely rubber going fast over tarmac sound this morning.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Thank God it's Friday. Bike keeps telling me it needs cleaning and my legs keep telling me they want me to stop. One of the two might happen and my legs won't be happy

 

[fossyant]

Friday legs. Thank god wheel sucker didn't turn up.

 

[andyfraser]

I did something unheard of on my commute last night: I got off and walked!

For some reason the road from my office to the main road was jammed. There was no opportunity to filter due to traffic come the other way so I got off and walked to the main road. The main road wasn't much better so I walked all the way into town and joined the traffic there where it was actually moving. It was actually quicker than waiting or trying to filter passed.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Got home just before it started to throw it down

 

[Simontm]

Speedy ride home but hot. If there were any thunderstorms I missed them,
Numpty count: 4 2 pull outs and one speeding motorist who tried to overtake on a narrow road until I pointed out the speed limit sign painted on the road- after all I was doing 24mph already!
The last one was slighlty surreal. I had pulled into South Lane and there was a school mum ahead. We approached the pinch point where our side had priority so I started to kick down anticipating her going through (and giving me a bit of protection in case the oncoming car didn't care for cyclists as a lot do on that road).
Anyway, she said something to her daughter then put her brakes on causing me to just miss the side of her car. As I went passed she shouted out if the window that I shouldn't be so close. I just kept thinking "I wouldn't have been if you had gone through the pinch point"
So 6 of one, half another makes a numpty point

 

[HarryTheDog]

Firstly a headwind, secondly a puncture, large slice, the new inner tube just held in by threads so new tyre this weekend. Then cyclist on foot coming the other way, he had come round a corner on a cyclepath to be confronted by 3 peds who couldnt be arsed to use the pavement. He had taken avoiding action and ended up bumping his rear wheel against a kerb pringling it so bad as to be un-rideable. I informed him of the whereabouts of a couple of bike shops but they were 2-3 miles away. Then came across another guy with a puncture but he was sorted. Got home to find Auto Glass in the driveway, my daughter had reversed into the next door neighbours skip smashing her rear window. Bit of a crap start to the weekend, marshalling a road race on sunday so no doubt get some abuse from a driver or two, I normally get at least one.

 

[MickeyBlueEyes]

Up early as planned today to knock in a metric century on the way in, actually did just over 62 miles and enjoyed every minute of it. Pretty much skipped brekkie before riding too, for me unheard of, so it was fueled by just two bananas. I'd been laid down a challenge by colleagues, an eating challenge, and boy do I love eating. It was thought that I wouldn't be able to eat a sleeve of 12 Weetabix in one sitting. Ha, says I, and 24 Weetabix and 3 pints of milk later I'd laughed in the face of the challenge. To be fair I only stopped as I'd run out of 'bix, I'd still a pint of milk left. Challenge accepted, challenge completed. Next!
I just had to ride a 38 miler on the way back to turn it into a 100 mile day. I headed out to have a look at Download Festival. There was a guy with a mic and sound system at the main entrance welcoming festival goers, taking the pi$$ out of the traffic etc, he was actually really funny with it too. The Festival looks massive this year, the normal sleepy village transformed into a mecca for everyone dressed in black! Happy Friday CC'ers.

 

[Simontm]

. I'd been laid down a challenge by colleagues, an eating challenge, and boy do I love eating. It was thought that I wouldn't be able to eat a sleeve of 12 Weetabix in one sitting. Ha, says I, and 24 Weetabix and 3 pints of milk later I'd laughed in the face of the challenge. To be fair I only stopped as I'd run out of 'bix, I'd still a pint of milk left. Challenge accepted, challenge completed. Next!
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[The Rover]

I'm not doing loads of miles like some of you guys but my pins have felt it today. That said I very nearly got a PB going in this morning with very few cars but it was really busy coming home. Just the one berk but I'd anticipated he was a berk and as he went past within an inch or two through a very tight chicane I noticed that his passenger window down so he was suitably advised.

Just checked strava and I've done 102 miles this week although Monday was a social 30 miler with the rest commuting so I suppose that's not bad.

 

[Berk on a Bike]

Pretty chilly at 5am today. Stuck with shorts but long sleeves and full-fingered gloves. Go figure. Nary a soul around. A few wabbits doing a Watership Down reenactment on the A58. All in all, felt really invigorated when I got into work.

 

[Mo1959]

Pretty chilly at 5am today. Stuck with shorts but long sleeves and full-fingered gloves. Go figure. Nary a soul around. A few wabbits doing a Watership Down reenactment on the A58. All in all, felt really invigorated when I got into work.

A bit of exercise certainly sets you up for the day doesn't it. Don't work too hard though. Still need some energy for the home commute. Lol.