How was your cycle commute?

[gentlegreen]

How's it getting to your derrière ?
It wasn't doing much more than drizzling this morning and was mild, so I took a gamble.
Just a slight dampness in my combats above the knee.

If you do fit mudguards, be sure to fit ones with safety clips.... though I'm not sure if that's an option when you have to leave your bike(s) locked up at stations...

 

[Onket]

It might be getting in through a gap somewhere. Maybe I need a longer jacket that I can pull further down, maybe the trousers are faulty- this was their first outing.

 

[weepiper]

It might be getting in through a gap somewhere. Maybe I need a longer jacket that I can pull further down, maybe the trousers are faulty- this was their first outing.

Do you have a rear mudguard? No waterproof trousers will keep everything out if it's being thrown up off the back wheel at speed

 

[gentlegreen]

Even a cheap rack and a bit of cardboard ...

 

[pissflaps]

/job done.

 

[Onket]

Do you have a rear mudguard? No waterproof trousers will keep everything out if it's being thrown up off the back wheel at speed

Yeah, got one-

I can only assume I'd be wetter without it.

 

[weepiper]

Yeah, got one-

what kind? Like this

or like this

the first kind makes a massive difference to how wet you get.

 

[Onket]

The second one. But about as close to the wheel as the first one.

 

[gentlegreen]

Very odd.
I have the second sort, but set really high - clamped to the rack - and my back is the last place I expect to get wet...

I also have an MTB guard on the front, plus a crud-catcher.

 

[ddraig]

bloody wet!

 

[gentlegreen]

Slow drizzle here - as it was yesterday and the low-lying roads and paths are already filling up.
So I will most likely need to find a short diversion on the way home.

 

[Onket]

My trainers got it most. Luckily in a gentlegreen -esque fashion I always carry a spare pair after having to wear wet shoes all-day once.

 

[girasol]

Too much headwind, what a struggle, felt like I was going up a steep hill all the way home... Exhausted!!!

 

[a_chap]

Virtually blown to a standstill a couple of times on the way home tonight

 

[gentlegreen]

Bloody annoying it wasn't blowing this morning to help me up the hill.

 

[joustmaster]

Virtually blown to a standstill a couple of times on the way home tonight

Too much headwind, what a struggle, felt like I was going up a steep hill all the way home... Exhausted!!!

Whilst I have just cycled with the wind and now feel like some sort of supercyclist.

 

[Hellsbells]

Whilst I have just cycled with the wind and now feel like some sort of supercyclist.

me too. I zoomed home - it was fantastic

 

[tbtommyb]

Horribly damp and slippery on the pedals this morning. Going home I was clipped in and the air was warm so it was lovely apart from the wind.

 

[a_chap]

Woken up by the hammering of rain on the windows

I suspect it might be a case of full waterproofs this morning.

 

[girasol]

Well, I'm glad to hear someone benefited from it

Whilst I have just cycled with the wind and now feel like some sort of supercyclist.

me too. I zoomed home - it was fantastic

 

[ringo]

Nice ride in, felt good to leave a few winter layers at home and ride unencumbered for a change.

 

[Hellsbells]

Cycling in today however was a battle. Hopefully I'll be zooming home again later though. It's a lovely day today. Soon it'll be spring

 

[joustmaster]

Cycling in today however was a battle. Hopefully I'll be zooming home again later though. It's a lovely day today. Soon it'll be spring

My body seems to think its a kite or a sail at the moment.
I am going to spend the afternoon learning about tacking

 

[gentlegreen]

My body seems to think its a kite or a sail at the moment.
I am going to spend the afternoon learning about tacking

I have a half mile, 15 percent hill at the end of my commute that runs SW-NW and the prevailing wind is SW.
Though this morning it was westerly - I could feel it on my left shoulder-blade - but it was a very easy tack.

 

[stavros]

No riding for me today, but I did invest in a new hand pump to take out with me, as my old one managed to lose its valve engagement nozzle. The new one's a dual action, so that's a step up.

 

[gentlegreen]

Had my 4th encounter with scooter-riding twats .
Let's hope he fails his test.

 

[Onket]

Managed to get to the train station before it started raining properly but then spent 5 hrs on the train due to a broken down train blocking the line ahead. Got to work at half 11. I know this isn't really the thread for it but....

 

[gentlegreen]

You're cycling as much of it as you can.
I hope your circumstances improve sooner rather than later.

 

[gentlegreen]

I had to see the dentist this morning so it was a lovely sunny ride in on empty roads and I only have the stiff breeze to explain why it took me just as long as usual.

 

[Onket]

You're cycling as much of it as you can.
I hope your circumstances improve sooner rather than later.

Cheers.

I had an interview yesterday closer to home actually.