How was your cycle commute?

[Orang Utan]

Finally the weather for short sleeves!

 

[Blagsta]

Unpleasant road rage

That's just down the road from me.

 

[ddraig]

aaaaaaaaarrrrgh
had to physically stop a big merc coming up the wrong carriageway as he "just wanted to go in John Lewis carrr parrrk"


there had been a fire/fire alarm in the huge stupid shopping centre and they had also stopped entry to the car park so there was a queue in the carriageway leading to it, the bloke just drove up the lane going the other way!!

he was "terrrrableee sorreh" and very posh

 

[torquemad]

I think that the highway code says that pedestrians have priority. Which kind of makes sense.

"Sail before steam".

That said, it never ceases to amaze me the number of pedestrians who march straight onto a zebra crossing without looking, esspecially when drivers nowadays are liable to be texting. I also have a thing about cyclists with earphones on.

Saw one prick yesterday reading his fooking Kindle as he drove along. He had gone round the bend in the road before I could get his number.

 

[joustmaster]

"Sail before steam".

That said, it never ceases to amaze me the number of pedestrians who march straight onto a zebra crossing without looking, esspecially when drivers nowadays are liable to be texting. I also have a thing about cyclists with earphones on.

Saw one prick yesterday reading his fooking Kindle as he drove along. He had gone round the bend in the road before I could get his number.

I had a right mission trying to get past a headphoned cyclist this morning. He was all over the road and had no idea I was trying to get round him.

 

[Orang Utan]

"Sail before steam".

That said, it never ceases to amaze me the number of pedestrians who march straight onto a zebra crossing without looking, esspecially when drivers nowadays are liable to be texting. I also have a thing about cyclists with earphones on.

Saw one prick yesterday reading his fooking Kindle as he drove along. He had gone round the bend in the road before I could get his number.

I wear earphones every time I ride these days. Love listening to banging new tunes on the way to and from work. So there.

 

[Orang Utan]

What a huge difference in weather between today and yesterday. It felt like summer yesterday but it was cold, wet and blustery today. I am soaking!

 

[gentlegreen]

Had another of my 20 mile rides and didn't get in nearly as much sunbathing as I would have liked - had to keep my windcheater on ... still nice and bright for the most part.

Over in these parts, Tuesday was the hot day. It was fairly grey yesterday ...
The met office has Sunday looking pants now.

 

[a_chap]

Didn't commute by bike today as I had to go to Germany.

Back now tho...

 

[smorodina]

I packed my winter gloves away last week..
I think I need to unpack them....

 

[joustmaster]

Didn't commute by bike today as I had to go to Germany.

Back now tho...

Disappointed.
I would have expected you to have cycled there

 

[gentlegreen]

7 weeks, perhaps 400 miles from one cheapo Shimano chain
A good job I bought three ...
My new chain gauge told me I was in danger of wearing the cassette (I replaced cassette and chainwheels at the time), so off it came.
I'm having to remove two links from these chains too instead of the usual one.

£1 a week, 14p a day. 2p per mile ...

I think I'm getting SRAM again next time - I prefer their snap links in any case.

 

[DownwardDog]

7 weeks, perhaps 400 miles from one cheapo Shimano chain

They aren't cheap if they only last 400 miles!

Get a Wipperman or KMC for ultimate durability. SRAM don't last as long as Shimano in my experience. I once made a half Shimano/half SRAM chain to test this theory and the SRAM half wore significantly more.

 

[gentlegreen]

Thanks.
I really need to start cleaning them properly too.

 

[stavros]

I packed my winter gloves away last week..
I think I need to unpack them....

I learned my lesson from last week and, after waking up very early again this morning, went straight out at about 7.30am in two jerseys, two pairs of socks and winter gloves. Still wore my shorts though, as my legs don't seem to get cold.

 

[Orang Utan]

I have to look after a friend's cat for the next few weeks, so will have a 25 mile round trip every day. Should be well in shape by end of May!

 

[gentlegreen]

Flipping 'eck.

I'm going to try to get in a couple of extended homeward commutes this week, but that only brings the whole day to 20 miles ...

 

[Orang Utan]

Flipping 'eck.

I'm going to try to get in a couple of extended homeward commutes this week, but that only brings the whole day to 20 miles ...

i'd rather not do it tbh. i am just trying to see the positive side of two odd hours of every day for a month being taken up by travelling. i just hope the weather stays pleasant.

 

[toblerone3]

Just cycled 110km today. Legs are aching. Its about 25km more than I've ever cycled before in my life and it hurts.

Hoping that I'll be OK to cycle to work tomorrow. (6-7km each way) Is there any way to speed up recovery?

 

[joustmaster]

Just cycled 110km today. Legs are aching. Its about 25km more than I've ever cycled before in my life and it hurts.

Hoping that I'll be OK to cycle to work tomorrow. (6-7km each way) Is there any way to speed up recovery?

You should be fine for tomorrow. But you will make a noise when you sit on the saddle

 

[stavros]

I took a wrong turn, and so had to improvise, but felt very good this morning. I'd noticed my tyres had become somewhat, ahem, flaccid - not punctured or unrideable but in need of a pump - and they felt so much better once I'd got them rock hard.

 

[gentlegreen]

Spring !

That is all. The headwind was annoying. My final sprint section faces exactly South West by the end ...
But it adds up to the same amount of exercise and with fewer risks.

Somewhat spoiled by having to stop 3 cars to explain why it wasn't OK for them to simply barge me out of the way. The nerve of it. I have video footage of all three being over the centreline.

Weather looks good, so I'll hopefully get in my extra miles tomorrow and Thursday.

 

[toblerone3]

Lovely ride in today. Was pleasantly surprised that after yesterday's 110km epic felt no soreness in legs, shoulders or arse. Warm bath, several glasses of red wine a bar of chocolate and a early night seem to have done the trick.

 

[Orang Utan]

KM? It's political correctness gone mad!

 

[gentlegreen]

I was only thinking yesterday that I ought to start using KM.
Especially when I'm hoping to move to the mainland at some point.

 

[joustmaster]

KM? It's political correctness gone mad!

It sounds more impressive

 

[Ted Striker]

KM? It's political correctness gone mad!

It sounds more continental innit.

 

[Orang Utan]

It sounds more continental innit.

And who wants that? The unelected pen pushers in Strasbourg with their straight bananas and their metrics

 

[joustmaster]

And who wants that? The unelected pen pushers in Strasbourg with their straight bananas and their metrics

It is a better unit to work in. It divides up well.

 

[Orang Utan]

It is a better unit to work in. It divides up well.

But it is unimaginable if you are used to miles.