Tales from today's commute....

[Supersuperleeds]

^how do you find the time for 100 miles whilst working?

Reasonable couple of commutes so far this week but think I need a day's rest as I had little left coming home today. Nothing really to report!

Leave the house at 5:30 and do 50 miles into work, 20 miles at dinner time running work errands and 30 miles home, get home about 19:00 - job done

 

[tallliman]

Pretty impressive! The 20 miles at lunch must help a lot, wish I had the time!! :-)

 

[Origamist]

Lovely weather today. Added an extra five miles on the way home in the sunshine. Took a tow from a couple of guys near Ashley, but as I relayed to return the favour they turned off.

Garmin is playing up, recorded the homeward ride to the internal memory, not the SD card. Ride lost as mini USB port is bust.

New wheels for the commuter at the weekend. Wider rims and 32 spoke.

 

[Karlt]

Leave the house at 5:30 and do 50 miles into work, 20 miles at dinner time running work errands and 30 miles home, get home about 19:00 - job done

Yebbut - 5:30 leaving house - get up at 5? To get your eight hours sleep that means you've got to be sleeping by 9pm. But you get back at 7pm, so you've got two hours to eat, have a life and then bed. Of course you might be getting by on less sleep, but you need to look after yourself mate.

 

[Absinthe Minded]

Fantastic ride in in many ways; good weather, light winds (and in my favour), fresh legs after a few days off and bagged my fastest commute in ever. Only let down by two ignoramus motorists. One who regarded the highway as 'his' road and the other that was sadly under the impression that, just because we now have segregated cycle lanes in London, we (cyclists), absolutely must use them. Morons.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Yebbut - 5:30 leaving house - get up at 5? To get your eight hours sleep that means you've got to be sleeping by 9pm. But you get back at 7pm, so you've got two hours to eat, have a life and then bed. Of course you might be getting by on less sleep, but you need to look after yourself mate.

Sleep is for wimps. I'm usually asleep for 10pm

 

[13 rider]

All ride this morning gears didn't seem right struggling to change down Got 4 miles from home went to change down nothing flicked the lever again . Much metal gnashing and sound of metal hitting the road chain off ground to halt rapidly .Started looked at the bike and the rear hanger was in bits and missing a jockey wheel . I'm exactly halfway so what to do walk home or to work or bodge. Bike is now a single speed with a shorter chain and rear cage cable tied to frame .made it to work easily but ride home was tough got the gearing a bit high .luckly I always allow plenty off time so wasn't even late for work even stopped to help a fellow commuter with a puncture at Mountsorrel but he said he was fine .I may be on the roadie tomorrow

 

[Supersuperleeds]

All ride this morning gears didn't seem right struggling to change down Got 4 miles from home went to change down nothing flicked the lever again . Much metal gnashing and sound of metal hitting the road chain off ground to halt rapidly .Started looked at the bike and the rear hanger was in bits and missing a jockey wheel . I'm exactly halfway so what to do walk home or to work or bodge. Bike is now a single speed with a shorter chain and rear cage cable tied to frame .made it to work easily but ride home was tough got the gearing a bit high .luckly I always allow plenty off time so wasn't even late for work even stopped to help a fellow commuter with a puncture at Mountsorrel but he said he was fine .I may be on the roadie tomorrow

If that had happened to me I would have been phoning the recovery team.

 

[13 rider]

If that had happened to me I would have been phoning the recovery team.

In a way I was lucky as I changed the chain a month ago and had praticed with the chain break on my multi tool so I was really sure I could do it .plus no back up team so it could have been a bit of a walk

 

[Jenkins]

Surface dressing season has started - a 1 mile stretch of a "quiet lane" has just been done on my route. As it's a quiet lane, there's little traffic to set the chippings properly so they're all over the place. Time to avoid that section for a while. Pity the council haven't done anything about the crumbling drain cover and 2 large potholes elsewhere I reported last week.

 

[Absinthe Minded]

All ride this morning gears didn't seem right struggling to change down Got 4 miles from home went to change down nothing flicked the lever again . Much metal gnashing and sound of metal hitting the road chain off ground to halt rapidly .Started looked at the bike and the rear hanger was in bits and missing a jockey wheel . I'm exactly halfway so what to do walk home or to work or bodge. Bike is now a single speed with a shorter chain and rear cage cable tied to frame .made it to work easily but ride home was tough got the gearing a bit high .luckly I always allow plenty off time so wasn't even late for work even stopped to help a fellow commuter with a puncture at Mountsorrel but he said he was fine .I may be on the roadie tomorrow

I bow down to your self-sufficiency. Well done

 

[Arjimlad]

Slightly extended ride due to the weather & getting up a bit earlier. Still only 14 miles but very enjoyable. Even managed a PR on one section. Some new potholes to report as well. I must go this way more often

https://www.strava.com/activities/588365095

 

[Truth]

No wind today = nice ride ...........
Could do with the sun out later but its not looking good , still you can't have everything ..........

 

[13 rider]

After yesterday's mechanical the hybrid is sitting in the shed awaiting a new derailleur .Can't make my mind up wether to try myself or let halfords do it as I have a care plan free labour. Anyway rode in today on the roadie . Great fun managed to make it my longest commuting day to 25.5 miles

 

[chriswoody]

Well that was interesting.

The train breaks down 30km from my station, next one through the small station it's stopped at, isn't for another hour.

I'm on my single speed folder thats woefully under geared, I have no water or food, no real clue how to find the quiet car free roads that will take me home, but it's a lovely evening. So I decided to do the sensible thing and cycle back!

Cracking ride, once I found the car free lanes. Should really do it more often. Though with food and water next time.