Tales from today's commute....

[fossyant]

Nice tailwind until the last two miles. Set a good time. Going to pay for it tonight.

 

[Drago]

The problem I found with 12 hour shifts was thetmI could be cycling into the wind each way!

 

[biking_fox]

Cold cold blustery strong wind last night and this morning. Did get some tailwind sections wheeee! but then abruptly back into my face. Was at least 2 gears higher than normal with the assist though. great fun.

 

[roubaixtuesday]

Perishing cold, but dry and getting rapidly lighter

 

[wafter]

Rain forecast all day so I opted for breakfast at home, a later start and more direct route.

Didn't seem too bad when I left; somewhat lamenting my choices.. however it quickly became apparant that the full-fat route into town and back would have been ill-advised so I settled into the shorter ride; the rain mostly manageable thanks to the moderate temperature and my pre-emptively-donned waterproofs.

Took another variation on the route taking in some known-but-not-in-a-commute-context roads, which may or may be have been superior to the usual ones.. at least it's a bit of variation if nowt else.

Slowly being consumed by manflu as the day drags intolerably while it seems the rain will still be in full swing come home time so it looks like another short one this evening.

 

[Arjimlad]

Horrible wind from the east seemed to slow me down as I headed north, and as I headed south. Wet and grey. But so much better than driving!

 

[HLaB]

The rain is well and truly here and it seems the tailwind I was hoping for vanished. In sharp contrasts to this morning too the roads were fairly quiet. I could have chilled out nicely but it was too cold and I kept the tempo up.

 

[united4ever]

Wind Chill! I was riding at lower temperatures in January but the biting wind today felt colder.

 

[fossyant]

Chilly ride home but wind had dropped a bit. Climbing out of the valley on a farm track I could see another cyclist in front. As I rounded the curve, my lights were lighting up the road, so he pulled over thinking I was a car. Soon realised as I passed him I was a bike ! I had my dipped lights on with the one spot for distance, to the road lights up ! I did have to pull in further up the hill as a massive tractor with a "fork lift" on the front came thundering down with a massive bale on the front.

 

[HLaB]

Chilly ride home but wind had dropped a bit.

It was the same here, 19mph (25mph gusts) and mainly headwind in the morning, but at night it had dropped to 9mph (13mph gusts) !

 

[fossyant]

I did think it would have been rough, but it was fine. The bike isn't fast and being an old MTB, aero I can't get with arms and elbows. That's where the 'long gone' fixie was great.

 

[fossyant]

I'm expecting to drive tomorrow - bike kit all set out, but it's now rain/slush with ice warnings. See what the morning brings.

 

[Mazz]

I was surprised at just how cold and wet it was on the ride home at 6.30pm. I'd removed the bar mitts as well and my hands were so numb, could barely turn the key in the door when I got home.

 

[palinurus]

Yesterday was grim, cold and wet. Darker than it should have been. Bad enough that even the cat didn't want to go out.
Better today, but my bike has developed an annoying squeak (I hope it's a rubbing brake pad- although I thought I'd fixed that yesterday).

 

[fossyant]

Very nearly drove, but by the time I'd brewed my coffee, made sandwiches and toast, I was feeling half human after a poor night's sleep so I decided to double check outside.

No ice, wet and it felt significantly warmer than last night's ride home. So got the bike out and off I went. Stuck to the main roads though.