Tales from today's commute....

[Gritstone]

While checking my tyres over on my lunch break to make sure the bad pothole I hit hadn’t caused a pinch flat or tyre damage I discovered my rear wheel has 1-2mm side-to-side play. Hopefully, just a hub service/new bearings to fix and nothing more serious.

 

[fossyant]

Really sunny today. Going to take the long way home.

Snap. 20 miles home

 

[fossyant]

Fast ride in. Was delayed getting through the industrial estate as every van and HGV was leaving. Had to giggle at two van drivers road raging at each other.

 

[biking_fox]

Snap. 20 miles home

23 for me. Took a new long way home - N6 out by the Irwell through drinkwater park. Lovely riding really fun. Need to find a better loop home though.

 

[ianrauk]

Morning folks.
Another blinding day here in the SE. Though temps not as warm as yesterday.
A lovely fast ride in this morning. Better make the most of it as tomorrow is the last day of the half term holidays and next week will be wall to wall motor traffic. Oh well.

Yesterday evening in Rochester. So lucky to have this as a backdrop to my daily commute. It never ceases to amaze me.

 

[cyberknight]

Treated myself to new shorts after payday which i tried out last night and they are just too tight around the leg , when i put my legwarmers on last night I could barely get the leg grippers over them , i kept the labels so i have given them a quick wash and i am going to try and return them as i kept the packaging and labels . EDIT .. done the return and the next size up are £20 more for the same product !!! wtf !! maybe the size i correctly ordered come up really small and thats why they were one offer
Coming out last night i was greeted by a flat tyre as the cycle path near work is still covered in gravel , glass , rubbish etc so i had to muck about changing the tube so didnt set off till around 12.15 am getting home just after 1 am .

 

[Mazz]

23 for me. Took a new long way home - N6 out by the Irwell through drinkwater park. Lovely riding really fun. Need to find a better loop home though.

I was a student at Salford Uni many years ago and lived at Castle Irwell student village on Cromwell Rd. Just had a look on Google maps and it's completely gone!

 

[cyberknight]

Just reported the section of the cycle path to the highways agency as last time i did a report of the overgrown state of the bit further down someone actually came out and had a look so bit by bit they have been clearing it so its a lot easier to ride on . This section i reported today has always been a problem as it always covered in bits of gravel, glass etc from passing traffic and i have lost count of the flats i have had over the years just on this bit.

 

[fossyant]

23 for me. Took a new long way home - N6 out by the Irwell through drinkwater park. Lovely riding really fun. Need to find a better loop home though.

Not as picturesque for me - Hulme, Whalley Range, Chorlton, Northenden, Gatley, Heald Green, Bramhall, Hazel Grove then home - very urban

 

[HLaB]

Just reported the section of the cycle path to the highways agency as last time i did a report of the overgrown state of the bit further down someone actually came out and had a look so bit by bit they have been clearing it so its a lot easier to ride on . This section i reported today has always been a problem as it always covered in bits of gravel, glass etc from passing traffic and i have lost count of the flats i have had over the years just on this bit.

Sounds like the HA are better than my council. I reported a shared path along the side of the A15 between Peterborough and Yaxley needed sweeped, it was full of glass and grit. The next day I got an email saying it was done. But the day after that it was just as bad as before (it had never been done). Now it's down to a narrow 0.5m gap between the glass on what is a relatively wide path and well used by walkers and joggers. No wonder most cyclists don't use it. If it was closer to the house I'd buy a broom and sweep it myself.

 

[fossyant]

Brrr, who turned off the heater and turned on the fan....?

 

[ianrauk]

Yep. very different to yesterday and this morning even.

 

[cyberknight]

Sounds like the HA are better than my council. I reported a shared path along the side of the A15 between Peterborough and Yaxley needed sweeped, it was full of glass and grit. The next day I got an email saying it was done. But the day after that it was just as bad as before (it had never been done). Now it's down to a narrow 0.5m gap between the glass on what is a relatively wide path and well used by walkers and joggers. No wonder most cyclists don't use it. If it was closer to the house I'd buy a broom and sweep it myself.

I will not hold my breath getting them to sweep it, it took a lot of reports to get them to get the overgrown grass etc off the rest as it was down to about a foot wide in places .