How was your cycle commute?

[joustmaster]

I am so tempted to buy a helmet cam, merely to outrage GG with my commute - the roundabouts, the dual carriageways, the lorries that pass you with a foot or two to spare.

I keep keep thinking this too.
But it would have been to be me gaffer taping my camera phone to my handle bars, to fit his special dryness

 

[Orang Utan]

I actually looked at them in them in the shop and decided bother were too much bother.
I tried to fit a bike computer today and fucked that up

 

[gentlegreen]

I pay £15 for mine. Slot 'em on the handlebar mount, push a button and that's it.
My eventual aim would be front and back cameras that start and stop automatically and upload their footage without being asked when back at base.

 

[Orang Utan]

I think you need a PC to set it all up and upload onto. Can't imagine you can upload via smartphone

 

[gentlegreen]

You don't have a PC available to you during the day ?

 

[Orang Utan]

Yes, at work though.

 

[gentlegreen]

I'm pretty sure some of the fancy cameras have WIFI - not sure what smartphone / direct uploading options there are though ...

 

[girasol]

Pleasant journey, I left 15 mins earlier than usual, and only the racers were out there. Never been overtaken by so many men in lycra on road bikes!!!

Dreading the journey home, as there's a prediction for very strong winds.

 

[smorodina]

I've never seen someone riding a bike in high heels before. But now I have!

very convenient for stopping at the lights without having to get off the bike, you just put the heel down...
I recommend

 

[ddraig]

flat front this morn but pumped it up and it lasted to work
prob be flat by end of day and my pump is crap!

 

[smorodina]

Dreading the journey home, as there's a prediction for very strong winds.

i felt dangerously out of control last night on a few more challenging roundabouts. the winds are going to continue for the rest of the week... maybe a good idea to carry an extra couple of D-locks
(or just bricks)

 

[gentlegreen]

40MPH south-westerly gusts over this side of the country.
It was appreciated on the way in up the hill, but going home will be interesting.
At least it will stop me riding too fast.

 

[Fez909]

Seemed to be windy both going and coming back from town for me today. There was only an hour between journeys, too.

 

[a_chap]

Wind? Don't talk to me about wind.

I'm doing a 300km ride on Saturday from Derbyshire to Skegness and back. Most of it will be pancake flat. According to the weather forecast the ride back will all be into a head wind. And it looks like it'll rain most of the day too

 

[Orang Utan]

Don't do it then. It's too much bother. Stay home and get wankered on steak and wine

 

[a_chap]

"wankered"...?

 

[Orang Utan]

Yes.

 

[a_chap]

I'd rather ride my bike thanks.

 

[joustmaster]

Its possible to do both!

 

[craigxcraig]

Gusting over Tower Bridge, twice the wind caused me to stop - not me putting the brakes on, just he wind gusting me to a standstill

 

[swampy]

magnificent tailwind all the way home

 

[ddraig]

leaving work got all changed and stuff and forgot about flat tyre
my pump has died
shit gaffer cover up was bound to fail eventually
so had to walk and get the train and just missed one so had to wait then walk for about 15 mins other side in crazy wind after a 10hr day
new pump tomorrow!

 

[a_chap]

Gusting over Tower Bridge, twice the wind caused me to stop - not me putting the brakes on, just he wind gusting me to a standstill

I have to walk over Waterloo Bridge to get from my hotel to the course I'm attending. And it was quite windy today to put it mildly I assume Tower Bridge would have been the same.

 

[smorodina]

fucking out of order tourists in the park this morning. not only coming out onto the middle of the path, but she's pointing her camera, and taking a picture of me.. what the fuck! i had to slow right down, told her that she is an idiot... now i'm pissed off... hate to start the day like this...

and the day was promising to be perfect - i was listening to waldstein's third movement...

 

[gentlegreen]

Quite a pleasant ride in this morning...
Weather looks OK early evening .. a pity I'm not up for an extended homeward commute - seeing as I didn't get out yesterday.
Tomorrow they're promising half a month's rain in 24 hours.

 

[Private Storm]

Was away all of last week, so didn't manage any cycling/exercise. Feeling bloated and slow and fat. So last night I finally got round to fitting the waterproof phone mount and using Road Bike pro. Pretty impressive app, really liked it, made the journey in today a bit more interesting. Actually go faster than I would have thought, plus my route is actually longer than I thought. Must be careful to keep eyes on the road rather than on the app though...

 

[Dogsauce]

'Officially' broke the 30-minute barrier on today's commute for the first time (record it via Strava - I know I've done it before once just from the minutes on my phone, but no precise measure). Broke it by 34 seconds too. That strong westerley wind was pretty helpful (maybe balanced by carrying a rucksack with a week's food & clothes in). It's a 14.4km route, across a city with some track sections and a 77m total climb. Nearly sick when I got to the end as I put my foot down for the last mile or so.

The opposite commute later is going to be pretty tough, 17mph coming straight at me, one of those days I'll have to pedal downhill!

 

[a_chap]

The opposite commute later is going to be pretty tough, 17mph coming straight at me, one of those days I'll have to pedal downhill!

The return leg of Saturday's ride (from Sutton on Sea to Alfreton) involved 90 miles into a headwind. With added rain too.

Not much fun.

 

[Dogsauce]

The return leg of Saturday's ride (from Sutton on Sea to Alfreton) involved 90 miles into a headwind. With added rain too.

Not much fun.

Ouch.

My cycle holiday a couple of years back involved a nice section from Nottingham-Sandringham across the bottom of the wash with a 20-25mph easterley in my face. I remember planning that section thinking I'd probably get blown most of the way by the usually prevailing westerley wind running across the Lincolnshire/Norfolk flatlands. The wind was pretty much against me for the whole two weeks, it swung back round to a westerley by the time I turned back inland.

 

[a_chap]

Picked up my new bike today...

...rode it through Worcester town centre and then to work and back.

I definitely had a touch of the Margaret Rutherfords about me