Tales from today's commute....

[cyberknight]

Caught the school rush hour traffic coming home so loads of numpty close passes and a long queue into the1st village as there was a diversion so everyone was going my way , i was directly behind a nee naah car so decided not to filter as the road is not wide enough to get by safely and obviously the pavements is a no no

 

[HLaB]

A long one thanks to the train part! After a heavy weekend and bank holiday cycling wise I decided it was wise to make my commute an active recovery and at night I was glad I did. I probably got to the station about 15mins later than I would have and apparently folk had already been waiting for nearly 2 hours but at least that was 15mins less I'd have to wait 2 hours later the trains were finally moving again. If there had been more daylight I would have cycled 55% of the way home by the time the trains started to move At least by the time they did most folk had gone and I got a seat on the train next to the bike rack

 

[fossyant]

The Floop was 'quiet' this morning.

That said in the 3-3.5 mile section I cover, counted one dog walker, two folk walking, 4 runners and 19 cyclists. Must have been quiet if I had nothing to do. Fairly quick ride in today, 42 minutes for just over 10 miles on a heavy MTB.

 

[GeekDadZoid]

I used a part of the a6 which I normally would avoid like the plague this morning, due to being a little late and not wanting to run the left hook gauntlet that is the cluster of primary schools off Plymouth Grove. All was fine except some lad decided to run across the road as the lights changed to green for me, luckily I clocked him just in time and so did the car to my right.

 

[cosmicbike]

My mojo seems to have returned a little, for the first time in ages I cycle commuted all 5 weekend shifts, 3x 12hr earlies, 2 x 12hr nights finishing this morning at 0700. Unless its delayed, new bike day tomorrow too

 

[ianrauk]

My mojo seems to have returned a little, for the first time in ages I cycle commuted all 5 weekend shifts, 3x 12hr earlies, 2 x 12hr nights finishing this morning at 0700. Unless its delayed, new bike day tomorrow too

Good to hear

 

[GeekDadZoid]

Took an alternative route home today as I was feeling under the weather and felt like the fresh air would help.

Headed down the Ashton canal to the old Stockport branch, then along the floop to reddish where I dropped into reddish vale, under the creepy rail tunnel and then home.

 

[Andy in Germany]

Sunset today...

 

[simongt]

Me one side of floop track over 6 feet away from bloody spaniel on a lead.

With the popularity of extending leads, it appears that most appear to be set on 'auto extend' i.e., the dog walks / runs away from the owner and the lead just pays out until it reaches it max, or the owner realises, or someone trips over the lead.

 

[cyberknight]

the bike wheel saga reaches its conclusion
Ended up contacting the company via facefluff as the store were still dragging there heels and within 36 hours the store have a replacement wheel with 10% off and installed the tyre, cassette and disk brake disk for free from my old wheel

 

[skudupnorth]

Just a few from my cracking route to Bolton along the Guided busway and Roe Green Loop line. Autumn is my favourite time of the year especially when you are greeted with atmospheric mists

 

[skudupnorth]

First night ride in a while after my school’s open evening. Left at 9pm with numerous colleagues shocked that I was cycling home in the dark and I was daring to ride along the very dark Roe Green Loop line 😁 Loved it !

 

[cyberknight]

First night ride in a while after my school’s open evening. Left at 9pm with numerous colleagues shocked that I was cycling home in the dark and I was daring to ride along the very dark Roe Green Loop line 😁 Loved it !

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I commute most of the year one way in the dark, on ealies im out of the door at 4,20 am and lates i can leave work after midnight .Half of my commute is on an unlit country lane dependant of the route i take and i nearly ran over a badger who was just standing in the middle of the road a few days ago

 

[skudupnorth]

I commute most of the year one way in the dark, on ealies im out of the door at 4,20 am and lates i can leave work after midnight .Half of my commute is on an unlit country lane dependant of the route i take and i nearly ran over a badger who was just standing in the middle of the road a few days ago

There is normally only one winner when you have a determined Badger 😁

 

[cyberknight]

There is normally only one winner when you have a determined Badger 😁

bunny hopped one further down the road a few years ago , felt the fur under the chainrings i have never pedalled so fast !