Tales from today's commute....

[13 rider]

Lovely ride in this morning if a bit chilly 11.6 miles . Ride home tonight was windy as feck where did that come from ,headwind nearly all the way home 8 miles of struggle being blown across the road in places not the most pleasant ride .

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Lovely ride in this morning if a bit chilly 11.6 miles . Ride home tonight was windy as feck where did that come from ,headwind nearly all the way home 8 miles of struggle being blow across the road in places not the most pleasant ride .

BBC local weather forecast reckon 60-70mph gusts tomorrow.

 

[13 rider]

BBC local weather forecast reckon 60-70mph gusts tomorrow.

Not as brave as you car tomorrow . Bailed out of yesterday's ride as website said rain at 0700 and 1600 just when I commute . Typically is was fine at both these times and I wished I'd rode in

 

[Drago]

Yeah, blowing a game here already. Looking at the forecast it'll be Sunday before I'm riding in again.

 

[glenn forger]

still a bit of light in the sky when I left at five. Not much. A bit.

 

[BalkanExpress]

Colder than I thought when I reached London. Very civilized traffic though, every one doing what they were supposed to do. It must have been some sort of "Bring your GT to work day", as on one stretch of Grey's Inn Road and Holborn I passed 2 Maserati Granturismos, a Jag F Type and a Porsche Carrera !

When you said "bring your GT to work day" I instantly thought, 2 Karakorams, a Pantera and an Avalanche.

 

[HarryTheDog]

@ianrauk , @fossyant @MickeyBlueEyes My own fault I bought us a new bed for xmas. Now of course we need matching bedside tables. Me being a bloke obviously didn't think of that.
However on my ride home traffic was completely rammed in dagenham with traffic trying to get off the A13, then all through Hornchurch etc. Turns out 10 miles of traffic backed up on the M25 and surrounding roads 2 lanes closed on QE2 bridge etc. Shopping trip cancelled hurrah!

 

[RoubaixCube]

The ride home wasnt bad. a bit gusty though but nothing major.

Wind is slowly starting to pick up now.

 

[martint235]

Very strong headwind all the way in. I still managed an average of 14mph though which leads me to think I may have solved my commuting speed issue but I'll need a "normal" day to confirm that. Somehow I think the set up of the commuter has veered from that of Lelly so did a couple of checks. Ironically I think the saddle on the commuter may have edged too high and so I've lowered it by 1cm. Felt much better today even with the headwind.

In other news, I'll pass 600 miles for the month today. That's the most in one month since last July and if I take out last July, more than any other month last year. And it's January!!!

 

[RoubaixCube]

Dont like it being this gusty so i think I'll be taking public transport today

 

[Arjimlad]

Not as brave as you car tomorrow . Bailed out of yesterday's ride as website said rain at 0700 and 1600 just when I commute . Typically is was fine at both these times and I wished I'd rode in

Dont'cha just hate it when that happens ? My wife talked me into riding on Wednesday and I was glad she did.

 

[HarryTheDog]

The wind was not as bad as it sounded from inside the house. Dont think it was the 40mph it was forecast to be.

Had some brain dead middle aged bloke in a beat up old red car try to fit in with me through a pinch point in Harold wood Estate , then when I would not allow him he tried entering the next roundabout with me on my inside,. He eventually got past me after the roundabout (no punishement pass) I caught him at the next lights and looking at him I don’t think he was malicious just completely stupid!

Down to Dagenham was hard work crosswind/headwind one or two bad gusts but not too much. When I rounded the corner at Dagenham and came along beside the A13 that’s when the hard work started, near on direct headwind! Overtook a few plodders then one of the guys I know from Strava and HCC, (Hornchurch Cycling club) caught me up on his De-Rosa, nice bloke, and we shared the work to Canning Town.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Had to drive to work today, first time since I don't know when. Woke up feeling bloody awful, the lurgy is going around our office and today it is my turn, if it wasn't month end I would have had the day off.

Plus it meant I could drive my lad to work, poor bugger got knocked off his bike on Wednesday and he is nervous about getting back on the road. He's okay but the bike is a write off, only a couple of months old, and to make it worse he was that shocked he didn't get the drivers details, so it's going to cost me, but at least he is okay. Been a right shoot week, can't wait for it to end.

 

[fossyant]

Had to drive to work today, first time since I don't know when. Woke up feeling bloody awful, the lurgy is going around our office and today it is my turn, if it wasn't month end I would have had the day off.

Plus it meant I could drive my lad to work, poor bugger got knocked off his bike on Wednesday and he is nervous about getting back on the road. He's okay but the bike is a write off, only a couple of months old, and to make it worse he was that shocked he didn't get the drivers details, so it's going to cost me, but at least he is okay. Been a right shoot week, can't wait for it to end.

Hope your lad is OK.

And more seriously, you driving to work ? I feel the end of the world is coming.

 

[ianrauk]

Dont like it being this gusty so i think I'll be taking public transport today

It actually wasn't that bad.