Tales from today's commute....

[DWiggy]

Nasty cross winds on the way home, last 1/2 mile was with a nifty tail wind although had to slow down for the taxi in front...should have scalped him lol

 

[HarryTheDog]

Nice ride in, felt good. Came to the Canary wharf ramp ( UP Trafalgar Way) and saw a guy on a MTB with probably 2 inch wide tyres giving it stick out of the saddle pumping all the way, I made it my mission to overtake him. I just got past him doing probably doing around 25 mph. Was really surprised as I eased off at the top of the hill for him to come past. Got to work uploaded my Strava, got a PR on the hill with an average of 22.5 mph 17th out of 2356 ( 2 out of 301 In age group) people, but overtaken by a guy on a MTB hardtail with fat tyres!. Cant find him on flyby though. Chapeau to him bet he was laughing his head off . Kind of indicates Strava warriors aren't the fastest out there.

 

[Origamist]

Cold and clear this morning - around -1C to -2C. Nice. The roads were dryer than last night, but still puddles everywhere. Wind was behind me, so had a quick commute to boot. Not many cyclists out, but I suspect it won't be long before I see a few more...

 

[Ciar]

Ride home didn't actually end up being that bad last night, it was windy but not so much in your face, the side winds were dodgy as you like though, got hit coming out of the wharf from both sides one after the other, not a nice experience!

today's ride in was a complete opposite and nice to say the least ;-)

 

[bikingdad90]

Ok commute in today but got squeezed to the side of the road by a colleague. Shame I don't know which section they worked in or else I would be having a word. I was not best pleased!

 

[donnydave]

One good thing about the ridiculous windy weather is from a maintenance point of view, I'm spreading the wear onto some gears that don't normally get used!

 

[fimm]

Mental traffic today. Don't know where it all came from.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Gear cable snapped when I nipped out a dinner time, luckily no hills to ride up on the way home. Does mean I need to clean the bike tonight so I can take it tomorrow dinner time to the lbs to get it fixed.

 

[Karlt]

Nice ride in for once. Half term so roads clear. I often wonder whether the bulk of the term time traffic is people dropping kids off or just the people who only work term time.

 

[Archeress]

Nice little ride home tonight. Had a very silly SCR with a very young (approx 5yo) lad as we were riding along the cycle path out of the UWE. He won .

Hugs
Archeress x

 

[Maverick Goose]

Not too bad windwise this morning...Imogen must have been having a duvet day. Even had a bit of Mr Blue Sky on the way back!

 

[grumpyoldwoman]

I had to get off and walk some of the way back to the train station after work - not content with trying to blow me across the Somerset Levels,I got blasted by hailstones too! Yet this morning was lovely!

 

[tatr]

Got to work uploaded my Strava, got a PR on the hill with an average of 22.5 mph 17th out of 2356 ( 2 out of 301 In age group) people, but overtaken by a guy on a MTB hardtail with fat tyres!

Good for him! One of my colleagues commutes by Boris Bike and has been known to scalp some quite expensive bikes on climbs - of course they get away from him as soon as he spins out on the flats, and he looks like a lunatic, but it is pretty funny.

 

[Shut Up Legs]

I'm a lot more motivated on my commutes the last week, going faster and with more energy. Now that I've already spent a considerable sum booking the flights, and paying the tour deposit, for my French Pyrenees and Alps cycling week in September, I won't be backing out of it, so I have a goal to work towards: surviving it!

 

[martint235]

Well that was just generally unpleasant. I feel really ill and kept thinking I was going to throw up. Also felt very nervy, not sure what that was about.

2 muppets on bikes: one who turned right at a junction across the front of me "The car behind you waved me across" ; and a RLJ/Pavement cyclist but I didn't feel up to a chase done this morning. Only one muppet in a car who just ignore the cycle lane completely meaning I had to go around.