HLaB
Marie Attoinette Fan
You could tell the schools were back but after having to go slow through the pinch points (which are correctly designed so slow down drivers too), I was motoring with a tailwind and it was a lovely 🌄
Tales from today's commute....
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fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
Avoided the rain. Just a few light showers on the way in. Rather warm and felt the heat building after I got off the bike. Full of a head cold so took it easy. Just 2 minutes slower than a fast ride.
Must have been wet for some as a colleague had his kit and cycling shoes in the drying cabinet.
Must have been wet for some as a colleague had his kit and cycling shoes in the drying cabinet.
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
Oh and popped my 'post it note' on the plug socket for the dryer. One of the building staff usually turns the cabinet off when he has a break (sits in the store room). This is normally OK, but not on a wet day as kit doesn't dry. The note just asks that the cabinet is left on due to wet kit.
What a lovely mild morning. 13° with the sun peeking through the clouds. Back to summer gear. Short sleeves and shorts.
My fellow recent train cycling commuter wasn't on the train this morning. They must have got up earlier to get their usual train. So back to being the lonesome cycle commuter.
Had a really nice ride in, heard a shout of Ian as I overtook another cyclists. One of the older regulars of the A21 blast. I haven't seen him for a while so was nice to have a chat en route and catch up.
My fellow recent train cycling commuter wasn't on the train this morning. They must have got up earlier to get their usual train. So back to being the lonesome cycle commuter.
Had a really nice ride in, heard a shout of Ian as I overtook another cyclists. One of the older regulars of the A21 blast. I haven't seen him for a while so was nice to have a chat en route and catch up.
Yesterday was heavy - mild and dry so nice riding conditions, couple of knobheads on the way in on the usual 7 mile out and back to get breakfast then on to work.
After work it was on to kickboxing for a decent session before riding the caffeine and adrenaline wave to push out north for the first session on the rings in a while; which was utterly punishing but rewarding. Then it was back into town and to the supermarket for scant reward; although I did get some slightly reduced battered fish for dinner as I was really craving some protein. A headwind on the way back made it tough going with convincingly aching legs by the time I arrived home having covered another 17 miles or so.
A hard day but I fell asleep feeling absolutely euphoric having thoroughly hammered seemingly every part of myself
This morning saw another nice ride with a very fast first leg thanks to a significant tailwind. Conspicuously little traffic in the usual places today; not sure if this is the result of last week's congestion charges or just natural variation.. it'll be interesting to see how this plays out over the following weeks providing the frothy-mouthed Daily Mail brigade of self-entitlement don't get their way and get it pulled.
Sausages were magnificent this morning; crisp, bronzed and supremely tasty
After work it was on to kickboxing for a decent session before riding the caffeine and adrenaline wave to push out north for the first session on the rings in a while; which was utterly punishing but rewarding. Then it was back into town and to the supermarket for scant reward; although I did get some slightly reduced battered fish for dinner as I was really craving some protein. A headwind on the way back made it tough going with convincingly aching legs by the time I arrived home having covered another 17 miles or so.
A hard day but I fell asleep feeling absolutely euphoric having thoroughly hammered seemingly every part of myself
This morning saw another nice ride with a very fast first leg thanks to a significant tailwind. Conspicuously little traffic in the usual places today; not sure if this is the result of last week's congestion charges or just natural variation.. it'll be interesting to see how this plays out over the following weeks providing the frothy-mouthed Daily Mail brigade of self-entitlement don't get their way and get it pulled.
Sausages were magnificent this morning; crisp, bronzed and supremely tasty
biking_fox
Legendary Member
- Location
- Manchester
urgh. Wet. Heavy traffic. Not quite enough lurgy to justify staying at home, but not fun - until a convenient lorry pulled away at the lights and I could wake surf up the final stretch of road.
Yesterday was heavy - mild and dry so nice riding conditions, couple of knobheads on the way in on the usual 7 mile out and back to get breakfast then on to work.
After work it was on to kickboxing for a decent session before riding the caffeine and adrenaline wave to push out north for the first session on the rings in a while; which was utterly punishing but rewarding. Then it was back into town and to the supermarket for scant reward; although I did get some slightly reduced battered fish for dinner as I was really craving some protein. A headwind on the way back made it tough going with convincingly aching legs by the time I arrived home having covered another 17 miles or so.
A hard day but I fell asleep feeling absolutely euphoric having thoroughly hammered seemingly every part of myself
This morning saw another nice ride with a very fast first leg thanks to a significant tailwind. Conspicuously little traffic in the usual places today; not sure if this is the result of last week's congestion charges or just natural variation.. it'll be interesting to see how this plays out over the following weeks providing the frothy-mouthed Daily Mail brigade of self-entitlement don't get their way and get it pulled.
Sausages were magnificent this morning; crisp, bronzed and supremely tasty
"..providing the frothy-mouthed Daily Mail brigade of self-entitlement don't get their way and get it pulled."
I wonder how necessary this kind of political/class/opinionated/biased comment is on this forum?
Quite necessary when you have to put up with their hate filled, ill informed shyte that can impact on your commute on a daily basis. If you don't like peoples views there is a ignore member feature you can utilise.
Surely you can just as easily ignore what you seem to think is their so called: "..ill informed shyte that can impact on your commute on a daily basis" ?
I'll give you the benefit of the doubt seeing as I think you live in foreign climes. The Daily Heil perpetuates pure hate against anything that doesn't conform to their ill informed nasty right wing values of which includes an irrational hate of cycling and cyclists. According to them, we should be made to pay 'road tax', have number plates and be banished from the roads.
I think I remember you said yourself a while back, you can't believe the amount of shyte us cycling commuters have to put up with. Well it is because of these people that we have to.
Thorn Sherpa
Veteran
- Location
- Doncaster
Nearly tropical out there this morning and on the way back 😂 head wind there and back though to even it out.
Once again, I do not understand why you read so called: Shyte, why not ignore it, as I do about anything connected to the Labour party and that tit Starmer- or Trump, come to that. We can let negative forces interrupt our lives or we can just smell the roses. At the end of the day, there is absolutely nothing we little people can do to effect change so we might as well not let it affect our personal well being - and get out a ride our bikes.
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
I just missed it this morning, but it's wet again out there for the ride home. Taking it easy as my lurgy hasn't gone yet.
HLaB
Marie Attoinette Fan
Really mild dry and quite bright all day and I was wishing Id took brighter lights and could have had an extended tailwind commute to substitute for my scheduled recovery workout. When I got to the Station I was wishing it more. Apparently all the trains had been off for ages due to a medical emergency. Fortunately the train scheduled for 30mins before mine was about 55mins late so my wait wasn't too bad unlike a friendly mtb commuter who had been there for several hours. Given it was the first Peterborough train running and the second London train running it was packed. Fortunately though we managed to squeeze in and the aisle cleared so my narrow road bike was able to go a bit down it to make room. 4 stops down the line the mtb commuter got off and seemed to take a lot of people with them and 2 of the flip up seats for bike storage became free. I made a bee line for them. Before I even looked at them, the person in the 3rd seat realised and moved.
When I got off the train, typically the weather which had been good had turned wet underfoot. Nearly every driver I encountered on the way home into a really strong headwind was incredibly patient and it stayed dry overhead👌
I did briefly think about doing my workout outside on the commuter bike above but a check of the live weather radar suggested that a more rain was on the way. So
When I got off the train, typically the weather which had been good had turned wet underfoot. Nearly every driver I encountered on the way home into a really strong headwind was incredibly patient and it stayed dry overhead👌
I did briefly think about doing my workout outside on the commuter bike above but a check of the live weather radar suggested that a more rain was on the way. So
