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How was your cycle commute?

Cycling increases my appetite and I do eat more but I lose weight overall. Or keep it in check, at least.
 
I haven't gone mad, food-wise the two weeks I've been home, but this past week I've been aware of various parts of me not being at peace with my usual, loose-fitting clothes. :(

I simply haven't been up for going out for the 20 mile rides I'd planned to do - it makes such a difference to have my daily commutes as a starting point - that and some genuinely nice weather where I can't bear to stay indoors.
 
Another twat behind the wheel this morning, very close to yesterday's, who came out on me on my first exit of a roundabout when I was taking the second exit and hence not signalling until I reach that exit. :mad:
 
Not a bad ride in considering I felt a bit tired & unenthusiastic about actually getting to work. Anyone else see those two morbidly obese coppers swerving about on Blackfriars Road? They managed to take up the whole cycle & bus lane at about 5 mph so that all the cyclists had to go into the car lane to get past them. Useless, pointless wankers.
 
girasol said:
Not back at work yet, but this looks like of weather people who wear glasses (i.e. me) don't like so much for cycling: drizzle and mild weather = steamed up glasses and poor visibility.
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I don't have the glasses problem but the jogging bottoms I like to ride in act like a bit trouser shaped sponge in any kind of rain. I had to go back into the house to change before I left.
 
Felt quite dizzy walking into the building this morning - two weeks off the bike :(

This yoof decided to overtake me on the railway path and then barely make any progress - even with me being fat and knackered after the hostilities.
He'd clearly been given some foul-smelling unguent for Xmas - but it smelt quite like coal tar soap with a little added toxicity - I think I can still taste it. :mad:

Pretty well every idiot who wants a horrible flashing light already had one, so it wasn't quite as noticeable as last year.
 
fine today, mild too, had to dodge one car doing a 180 over 3 lanes and shout oi! was there a need for that? thye looked well shocked but could've waited 1 more second til i passed, prob less

had to take hat and gloves off on final stretch too as so mild
 
What hat do you wear?

What hats do others wear?

Now that I start out so early I am really feeling the cold on my (bald) head.
 
just a fleecey beanie type one that goes over the ears, bit bigger and thicker than the black thinsulate ones
 
ddraig said:
just a fleecey beanie type one that goes over the ears, bit bigger and thicker than the black thinsulate ones
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I'm not really a hat person, I find them a bit intimidating tbh.

Not on other people, just choosing & wearing one myself, you know.

ringo said:
I wouldn't commute in London without a helmet.
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I always used to. Probably still should now I've moved out, but have got used to not wearing one cos it was in a box since I moved until the other day when I found it. When I get that bike off you I'll have to start wearing it again.
 
I'll wear my helmet for commuting this time of year - sometimes my Thinsulate beanies are too warm and my only-averagely-ventilated helmet is just right - as it was this morning.
I need to find something thinner than Thinsulate...
 
I reckon some of them actually look alright. Difficult to tell without scale though. They'd have to be pretty big, I spose, and might look 'a bit' silly. :D

Helmets look rubbish anyway, I don't think there's any way around it.
 
Yeah, didn't mean it to come accross like I was trying to persuade you or anything, sorry.

I'd love a decent helmet that didn't look silly & provided a bit of warmth in the cold and wasn't a sweatbox in summer.
 
Onket said:
I'd love a decent helmet that didn't look silly & provided a bit of warmth in the cold and wasn't a sweatbox in summer.
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Two helmets I reckon.
And proper racing helmets are majorly expensive.
I have a huge head so have a limited choice.

I wanted a Bell Metro that has accessories ... what I probably ought to get is a neutral-coloure oversize shower cap...
 
Onket said:
What hat do you wear?

What hats do others wear?

Now that I start out so early I am really feeling the cold on my (bald) head.
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Buff's are good. Thick material at the bottom and thinner material at the top. Use it as a scarf or pull it up over your head where you have a scarf and and you can cover all your head. You'll probably be able to fit your helmet over the top.
 
girasol said:
@ Onket, why do you think helmets look rubbish? I think they look kinda cool (not that it matters, given that they save heads). I wear an insulate head band to cover my ears on milder days, on really cold days I wear a loose balaclava on top of the headband, think I posted it here before, keeps me nice and warm.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00A6OEB9G/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B002NZLQ7Q/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00
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I generally try to shy away from cycling specific stuff as I don't really like the cycling look, if I'm honest. Helmets come into that too. :(

That headband thingy looks useful though. My ears have been feeling it recently.
 
ok, but a lot of the 'cycling look' exists for a good reason :p Especially helmets & gloves. And lycra (or man made fibre) stuff is worn because it dries quickly & is aerodynamic, not because of its looks... Juss sayin'... ;) Put a helmet on Onket!!!! xx
 
I'm with you on shoes - except I can't get exactly what I want in my size or maybe at all. (shoes I can walk in with no clip nonsense with soles that work with my spiky pedals) I may be about to try Doc Martens ...

And gloves - though I wear "winter" ones all year.

I wouldn't mind some Merino base layers, but they don't come in XXXL :p
And cycle jackets are too close fitting (so I can't fit my shoulder pack under them) and stop short of my kidneys.
 
Mild - so I was over-dressed, but it'll be a while before I'm back in the swing..
And the Ninjas were out in full force - I suggested to the guy also talking on his hand-held that he should have asked Santa for some batteries.
 
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