Tales from today's commute....

[biking_fox]

Ouch, not good - I hope the other cyclist didn't have a go at you for bumping into him!

No all good, he apologised for braking sharply!
Felt quite grotty yesterday, not sure if related or not, but back in today. Very muggy, otherwise fine.

 

[roubaixtuesday]

Work a bit frustrating ATM, so had a proper blast up the Cat and Fiddle on the way home last night, then into Buxton and back over Long Hill/Pym Chair.

Got it out of my system with a string of PBs, what for me is an an astonishing 15mph for 30 miles with 1000m climbing.

Cloudy, humid dawdle in this morning.

 

[markharry66]

last day on the bike, nice warm weather. Didnt bother pushing it as first time done five days in on a bike for a long time. Legs okay, no traffic felt like my own race track. Why we have to come into the office on a Friday is beyond me complete waste of time when could work from home. Looking forward to two days off. Wont be on the bike this weekend as usual weekend fully booked out and planned in advance (rollocks)

 

[HLaB]

Just a short commute for me today. I had to do things before I left and I was 3 minutes later, it's amazing what increase in traffic takes place during that 3mins. Its going to be reasonably quiet going home I think as a lot of the road is shut south bound (Im go NB in the morning). According to the council's web site its SB only but I'll keep my eye on One.network. I had time though when I got to the station to tighten my mud guard bolt and type most of this before the train moved.

 

[ianrauk]

Why we have to come into the office on a Friday is beyond me complete waste of time when could work from home

It looks like the whole of Rochester is working from home today. The station and train are very quiet compared to the rest of the week.

It's a lovely sunny morning and looking like its only going to get nicer and warmer as the day goes on. Perfect for the 27 mile ride home this afternoon.

 

[markharry66]

It looks like the whole of Rochester is working from home today. The station and train are very quiet compared to the rest of the week.

It's a lovely sunny morning and looking like its only going to get nicer and warmer as the day goes on. Perfect for the 27 mile ride home this afternoon.

enjoy the veiws of the A2 on the way home

 

[cyberknight]

Back to commuting at full speed but i have been told by the physio to limit out of the saddle efforts for the time being which goes against my usual method of attack ! .dropping to the small chainring used to be a sign of defeat but i guess i will have to get used to it as my knees are getting old
it felt chilly last night so donned the armwarmers to help with my reynauds to keep the circulation in the arms so i was a bit sweaty by the time i got home .

 

[roubaixtuesday]

Lovely sunny dawdle in, and solo mileage this year ticked over 6000km on the way.

 

[biking_fox]

really fine riding this morning, sunny warm but not too hot (yet), absolutely no wind at all which was wonderful, very little traffic. Makes up for tuesday. Really fun. Shame I had to stop at work.

 

[ianrauk]

enjoy the veiws of the A2 on the way home

Indeed.

 

[Mazz]

Slight detour on the way home last night as I went to a funeral.

The grave-digger had just finished his job and was getting ready to go home, but his scooter brake was jammed. "Anyone got an Allen key?" he asked. Luckily, I had a multi-tool, so got the problem sorted in a few minutes 👍.

 

[Mazz]

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Can't get over the generous space allocation for your bike, really nice.

 

[ianrauk]

Warm temperatures and a slight tailwind which helped push me along made for a pretty good commute this afternoon. Traffic was lighter then usual due to the school holidays

Thought I'd make a quick detour to have a nose at the Thames Barrier. I haven't seen it up close for many years but it still makes for impressive viewing.

Looking the other direction towards the Docklands.

The Dartford Crossing approach roads from the South was as busy as ever.

 

[HLaB]

With it being such a nice evening I decided instead of the usual 4miles commute I'd make it 15miles which would get me to the start of the TdF highlights without the risk of encountering spoilers, PS a cyclist won 😉

 

[katiewlx]

punctured on the way in, at least it was only few hundred metres from the bike shed, but its typical rode home the day before in light rain, road is wet, and there are so many tiny flints and sharp bits of gravel that get washed off the fields onto the roads around here, and I have the stupidest tyres that came with the bike that have these 2 indented channels around the centre line circumference of the tyre that are the perfect size for grabbing tiny flints and bits of gravel, and I knew I should have done a wheel check when Id got home the night before and picked all the bits out the water had eased further into the tyre...but I didnt, and so as I hit the last kerb onto the shared path from the road the next day it forced whatever tiny bit of sharp stone Id been carrying around through the tyre into the tube and game over.

at least I always carry a spare inner tube, and the tyre whilst being an annoyingly puncture magnet design, is stupidly easy to change, it was just getting air into the tube was the problem as the communal pump we have at work doesnt seem to work that well anymore.