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ThePlanner
5,101 posts
136 months
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My usual 15 minute ride turned into a day long nightmare!
had a puncture about half way to work so to far from home to turn back, so ended up walking the last 2 miles.
Got to work lost ID card so could get into building to get changed. Had to wait 30 minutes for co-workers to turn up and let me in.
Then went to get changed and a found that my suit trousers were not in my bag. So i have ended up wearing a shirt + Tie with cycling shorts all day. To day i have spent 90% of my time sitting at my desk as i look completely stupid.
Everyone got to have one of those days at some point!
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AyBee
5,250 posts
71 months
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ThePlanner said: My usual 15 minute ride turned into a day long nightmare!
had a puncture about half way to work so to far from home to turn back, so ended up walking the last 2 miles.
Got to work lost ID card so could get into building to get changed. Had to wait 30 minutes for co-workers to turn up and let me in.
Then went to get changed and a found that my suit trousers were not in my bag. So i have ended up wearing a shirt + Tie with cycling shorts all day. To day i have spent 90% of my time sitting at my desk as i look completely stupid.
Everyone got to have one of those days at some point!  Brilliant! Worst I've managed was no underwear which resulted in going commando until lunchtime when I bought some new pairs. *Touch wood*
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okgo
20,735 posts
67 months
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you ride to work with no tube and pump....
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ThePlanner
5,101 posts
136 months
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okgo said: you ride to work with no tube and pump.... Usually I do, but today i used a different bag! My cycle route is 99% traffic free along a canal towpath. Bike sorted for ride home, but i do not have my waterproofs so will be cycling home with shorts and T-Shirt! not a good day at all. It the 1st time in 2 years cycling that things have gone badly wrong.
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S10GTA
Original Poster
2,517 posts
36 months
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I called for reinforcements this evening. I'm not cycling home in that! 
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Gizmoish
15,542 posts
78 months
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It's only water. You won't dissolve...
Although having said that I was nearly on the floor twice on Tuesday evening. Manhole covers are bloody lethal.
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paranoid airbag
1,308 posts
28 months
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two weeks after starting my first proper cycle commute (I've done a lot of running around on a bike, but no traditional 9-5 before) - an epic three miles - I've found an alternate route. I'd consider myself a confident cyclist, but having to mix around with fairly fast traffic, early in the morning, in work clothes (lycra seems excessive over 3 miles IMO), just wasn't pleasant. So much happier now on a mix of slow town centre traffic and deserted cyclepath - the last 5 minutes I'm pretty much alone - if it takes me and extra five minutes, sod it, it's how cycling should feel 
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AyBee
5,250 posts
71 months
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S10GTA said: I called for reinforcements this evening. I'm not cycling home in that!  WIMP! I'm struggling to understand how shorts and tshirt with sunglasses on the way in can turn into shorts, tshirt and very wet for the way home  
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The Walrus
1,722 posts
74 months
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AyBee said: Brilliant! Worst I've managed was no underwear which resulted in going commando until lunchtime when I bought some new pairs. *Touch wood* Snap and my bloody belt if I walked anywhere I had to keep my hands in my pockets to make sure I did give a strip show !!
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HereBeMonsters
11,471 posts
51 months
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Here's my commute:  I tend to get the train in, then cycle home. It's not far, but the hills are pretty mental. Strava's elevation profile is entirely wrong. It seems to be correct just after the ride, but by the time it uploads to the main website it changes it. Not only does it flatten or increase the overall climb, but it moves hills around and adds random extra ones. The speeds and distances seem to match though...
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Kermit power
14,880 posts
82 months
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HereBeMonsters said: Strava's elevation profile is entirely wrong. It seems to be correct just after the ride, but by the time it uploads to the main website it changes it. Not only does it flatten or increase the overall climb, but it moves hills around and adds random extra ones.
The speeds and distances seem to match though... I think that's because of people using iPhones and the like to record segments. They're crap at measuring altitude, and once the segment is created, it seems to stay like that. As an example, the flat road outside Chessington World of Adventures has, according to Strava, a 22% gradient.
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Gizmoish
15,542 posts
78 months
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Kermit power said: HereBeMonsters said: Strava's elevation profile is entirely wrong. It seems to be correct just after the ride, but by the time it uploads to the main website it changes it. Not only does it flatten or increase the overall climb, but it moves hills around and adds random extra ones.
The speeds and distances seem to match though... I think that's because of people using iPhones and the like to record segments. They're crap at measuring altitude, and once the segment is created, it seems to stay like that. As an example, the flat road outside Chessington World of Adventures has, according to Strava, a 22% gradient. Example: http://app.strava.com/segments/1171773It's dead flat. Not 24% And the day I finally get a clear run through it, the KOM is mine.
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theboymoon
2,682 posts
129 months
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Today I have no shoes at work.
Except spds.
That is all.
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AyBee
5,250 posts
71 months
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theboymoon said: Today I have no shoes at work.
Except spds.
That is all. Matching suit sir? 
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Kermit power
14,880 posts
82 months
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theboymoon said: Today I have no shoes at work.
Except spds.
That is all. I did exactly that a couple of weeks ago. This is how I know the lazy b  d shoe shops in Covent Garden don't bloody open until 10!
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theboymoon
2,682 posts
129 months
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Fortunately its casual attire here and a lot of people are out today - got no client facing stuff so been skidding around in my socks!
1st time I've done that. Did shirt a couple of years ago, that wasn't great either.
Oh well, at least its July and a sunny dry ride home awaits.... oh.
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Mr E
14,144 posts
128 months
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Gizmoish said: Although having said that I was nearly on the floor twice on Tuesday evening. Manhole covers are bloody lethal. I find white painted lines and knobbly tyres a fairly interesting mix. Two wheel drifts FTW! theboymoon said: Today I have no shoes at work.
Except spds.
That is all. Done more times than I care to remember.
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TonyHetherington
30,902 posts
119 months
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I leave my shoes in my desk at work - so just bring in shirt/underwear/trousers - find it works quite well.
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JQ
1,621 posts
48 months
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TonyHetherington said: I leave my shoes in my desk at work - so just bring in shirt/underwear/trousers - find it works quite well. I go even further than that, I have an entire second wardrobe at work - shoes, belt, variety of ties, 2 suits, then I just bring in fresh shirts and underwear - I have now mastered the art of rolling my shirts and getting them in my backpack without creasing them, I usually bring in 4 shirts at a time, which enables 3 rides a week without then need to wear a backpack. Seriously, when is this rain going to stop? I set off this morning when it was nice and dry, the rain started about 30 secs into my ride and was of biblical proportions and didn't stop, I was like a drowned rat by the time I got in. I had the same last night and no doubt it will be the same this evening. I cycle in trainers and currently have 3 pairs on rotation so that I can have a dry pair in the morning.
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hurstg01
1,893 posts
112 months
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JQ said: TonyHetherington said: I leave my shoes in my desk at work - so just bring in shirt/underwear/trousers - find it works quite well. I go even further than that, I have an entire second wardrobe at work - shoes, belt, variety of ties, 2 suits, then I just bring in fresh shirts and underwear - I have now mastered the art of rolling my shirts and getting them in my backpack without creasing them, I usually bring in 4 shirts at a time, which enables 3 rides a week without then need to wear a backpack. Me too, although my wife works at the same office as me on a Wednesday and Thursday and she drives in, so my 'wardrobe' gets refreshed courtesy of being bought in by car on those days. When she has been off with the kids and I have still ridden in the worst situation I've gotten in is no belt; the logistics of getting everything in at the right time, everything home to get washed were a nightmare to start with and now are more of an amusement for me, maiing dure I have shoes for work etc..... Been cycling in to work for about 6 months now, on average 4 days per week, a two-way commute of 13 miles taking me 23 minutes each way has led to a 3st 4lb loss  . Not bad for an MTB on knobblies I don't have the time to go to a gym after / before work, so getting exercise en route to and from work is a great time and money saver
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