The daily "I cycled to work" thread
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WinstonWolf said:
FamilyDub said:
WinstonWolf said:
Good work, keep it up 
The knee seems to respond well to the 'burning thighs of Hoy' feeling after a decent ride.
HereBeMonsters said:
WinstonWolf said:
FamilyDub said:
WinstonWolf said:
Good work, keep it up
The knee seems to respond well to the 'burning thighs of Hoy' feeling after a decent ride.Usget said:
Complicated set of circumstances may leave me with a 119 mile commute on Friday... I might have to leave early!
Gave up after 60 miles in the end. Headwind the whole way and a really, really terrible route choice meant that I was behind schedule and facing the next four hours in a storm, in summer gear, in the dark... so I detoured to Didcot Parkway and got the train the rest of the way. At least I paid £17 rather than the £50 it would have cost me from London, though.So. After yesterday's long ride, rode in today to chase the soreness from the legs. Scorched it.
On the way back was feeling a bit flat so decided to simply take it easy. But when I tried to speed up a bit, tank was empty. Odd.
Complimented a fellow commuter on her bike at a set of lights (nice carbon Focus). She looked at me like I'd said something offensive. Very odd.
On the way back was feeling a bit flat so decided to simply take it easy. But when I tried to speed up a bit, tank was empty. Odd.
Complimented a fellow commuter on her bike at a set of lights (nice carbon Focus). She looked at me like I'd said something offensive. Very odd.
Gizmoish said:
...Complimented a fellow commuter on her bike at a set of lights (nice carbon Focus). She looked at me like I'd said something offensive. Very odd.
Unknown man speaks to woman, unsolicited, in public = pervert. Them's the rules, these days. The more attractive the woman, the more perverted the man who speaks to her, sadly.I suspect that you'd have given a fellow (male) commuter a "nice wheels, dude" or similar, in the same situation, but she wouldn't believe that for a second. Don't sweat it. Judging by the reaction you describe, she's probably a lesbian anyway. Almost certainly so if you were on your best deep rim carbon fibre wheels and she didn't attempt to mount you right there and then
yellowjack said:
Gizmoish said:
...Complimented a fellow commuter on her bike at a set of lights (nice carbon Focus). She looked at me like I'd said something offensive. Very odd.
Unknown man speaks to woman, unsolicited, in public = pervert. Them's the rules, these days. The more attractive the woman, the more perverted the man who speaks to her, sadly.I suspect that you'd have given a fellow (male) commuter a "nice wheels, dude" or similar, in the same situation, but she wouldn't believe that for a second. Don't sweat it. Judging by the reaction you describe, she's probably a lesbian anyway. Almost certainly so if you were on your best deep rim carbon fibre wheels and she didn't attempt to mount you right there and then
I did think that she probably interpreted it as a chat-up (it wasn't, obviously. Even if I wasn't married chatting up a girl who can see 'your' outline would take some front). She was a proper cyclist though, wearing club gear, not just a random... So much for being polite in London.
HereBeMonsters said:
WinstonWolf said:
Struggled to pass a very ordinary looking bloke on a very ordinary looking bike.
It wasn't till I eventually overhauled him that I could see it was an e-bike
I regularly get these cheating bIt wasn't till I eventually overhauled him that I could see it was an e-bike
ds overtaking me on Otterbourne Hill. Pre-ride porridge and a lovely sunny eighteen miles this morning
Appear to have a "competitor" on the way home now, a guy on a touring bike that seems to think he's got aero bars as he has this habit of hunching over with his elbows on the bars like he's in a time trial 
There's a long uphill drag out of town, I've met him a few times now and he's always up for a race to the top 
There's a long uphill drag out of town, I've met him a few times now and he's always up for a race to the top So what's worse than leaving your pants at home?
That's right: leaving your pants at work. And not remembering doing so. They should be in my bag, and they're not. I left the office last this evening so wasn't too discrete about them - consequently it is possible they are sat on my desk.
Wondering whether to go in early tomorrow morning and retrieve them before my colleagues get in...
That's right: leaving your pants at work. And not remembering doing so. They should be in my bag, and they're not. I left the office last this evening so wasn't too discrete about them - consequently it is possible they are sat on my desk.
Wondering whether to go in early tomorrow morning and retrieve them before my colleagues get in...
Usget said:
So what's worse than leaving your pants at home?
That's right: leaving your pants at work. And not remembering doing so. They should be in my bag, and they're not. I left the office last this evening so wasn't too discrete about them - consequently it is possible they are sat on my desk.
Wondering whether to go in early tomorrow morning and retrieve them before my colleagues get in...
Are you worried about skidders?That's right: leaving your pants at work. And not remembering doing so. They should be in my bag, and they're not. I left the office last this evening so wasn't too discrete about them - consequently it is possible they are sat on my desk.
Wondering whether to go in early tomorrow morning and retrieve them before my colleagues get in...
Usget said:
So what's worse than leaving your pants at home?
That's right: leaving your pants at work. And not remembering doing so. They should be in my bag, and they're not. I left the office last this evening so wasn't too discrete about them - consequently it is possible they are sat on my desk.
Wondering whether to go in early tomorrow morning and retrieve them before my colleagues get in...
Been there done that, but with the additional worry that I wasn't in the office the following day. Fortunately it appears I'd been subconsciously sensible and tucked them away in my drawer before leaving. I walked into the office 2 days later waiting for a barrage of abuse that never came.That's right: leaving your pants at work. And not remembering doing so. They should be in my bag, and they're not. I left the office last this evening so wasn't too discrete about them - consequently it is possible they are sat on my desk.
Wondering whether to go in early tomorrow morning and retrieve them before my colleagues get in...
If I had been in the next day I'd have definitely gone in early. Good luck.
Only just spotted this thread, new cycle commuter here 
With the new job only being 7km (ish) up the road, it seemed like the ideal time to ditch the car and get a bit more exercise.
Currently taking about 25mins to get in and 20 to get home, which I'm hoping will drop a bit over the next few months.
Have to take the morning journey steady though as we don't have showers at the office
Really enjoying it so far, feel much more alert in the mornings compared to when I've driven in.
With the new job only being 7km (ish) up the road, it seemed like the ideal time to ditch the car and get a bit more exercise.
Currently taking about 25mins to get in and 20 to get home, which I'm hoping will drop a bit over the next few months.
Have to take the morning journey steady though as we don't have showers at the office
Really enjoying it so far, feel much more alert in the mornings compared to when I've driven in.
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