The daily "I cycled to work" thread

The daily "I cycled to work" thread

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Kermit power

28,635 posts

212 months

Tuesday 19th August 2014
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Between holiday and having to work from home to accommodate childcare, this morning was my first ride in a month! irked

My legs feel like jelly now. frown

wotnot

383 posts

173 months

Tuesday 19th August 2014
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Bone dry roads, a lovely cooling breeze on my back and light traffic, none of which tried to kill me...
Best ride to work in weeks. Arrived at work with a beaming smile. smile
Doubtless the ride home will be purgatory to make up for it. grumpy

S10GTA

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12,645 posts

166 months

Wednesday 20th August 2014
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Gloves, knee warmers and a jacket this morning. It's August FFS.

GarryDK

5,670 posts

157 months

Wednesday 20th August 2014
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Only a baselayer for me, it was a little chilly.

tobinen

9,184 posts

144 months

Wednesday 20th August 2014
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I wimped out due to the cold. I need some arm warmers and decent gloves.

okgo

37,860 posts

197 months

Wednesday 20th August 2014
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Long sleeve base layer with normal cycling top over for me. Pretty chilly when I set off, but it warmed up ok, and central London normally a degre or two warmer than suburbs anyway.

Still plenty of utter tards that attempt to pull away in their biggest gear which means they sway from left to right to get it moving. Not ideal at a busy junction.

TwistingMyMelon

6,385 posts

204 months

Wednesday 20th August 2014
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OI its still SUMMER......

SS top and shorts today as I will do until September

Quite a nice morning, but blimey its chilly for August!

Kermit power

28,635 posts

212 months

Wednesday 20th August 2014
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S10GTA said:
Gloves, knee warmers and a jacket this morning. It's August FFS.
Women are more susceptible to the cold than men to the tune of something like 4 degrees on average. Whilst this might be perceived as a bit of a pain when you have to put extra layers on before blokes do, at least you can put extra layers on when it gets colder.

If you're a bloke, on the other hand, then when it gets hotter, you're screwed sooner, as not only are we more susceptible to the heat, it's apparently less socially acceptable for men to cycle in mankinis than it is for women to do so in bikinis. irked

In other words, if you're feeling a little chilly on a morning like this morning, just be thankful! smile

GarryDK

5,670 posts

157 months

Wednesday 20th August 2014
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lepetitoeuf said:
eek

No shorts or anything?
nope wink

lol

Gizmoish

18,150 posts

208 months

Wednesday 20th August 2014
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Just normal bibs and summer jersey for me last night - spent an hour tootling around the Velopark road circuit with t'wife. Beautiful sunset from the top of the hill looking out over Tottenham too.

Pretty impressed with it as a facility - track surface is utterly wonderful, so smooth and very grippy. Slightly lacking in anything you could call a hill, but after a few laps the rolling up and down starts to give you a good workout anyway. The staff appeared generally disinterested in actually helping people which is a concern, but the hire bikes (for the wife) are pretty nice - Condor branded with Campag Veloce, Fixik Ardea saddles. Big free lockers too.

Only downside is I had to tube it home after, as the battery pack from my cheapo lights didn't hold a charge from the night before. Anyone know any decent suppliers of replacement 18650 battery packs? (Or is it cheaper just to buy another light...?)

Usget

5,426 posts

210 months

Wednesday 20th August 2014
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First day back after doing something to my knee on Sunday. Felt alright at the time (30 miler with a few hills, nothing drastic) but could barely walk by dinner time. So I've given it a couple of days off.

Consequently, took it very easy on the way to work and not only did I get overtaken, I got overtaken by a flat-bar fixie rider.

I have decided that knees are over-rated and will be cycling home at a more respectable clip.

Vocal Minority

8,582 posts

151 months

Thursday 21st August 2014
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Rode in yesterday with a very disappointing effort/speed ration - discovered on train it was due to a sticking rear wheel. With wheel duly free up, my overall time has droped by 90 seconds over half an hour....but my segment times are predominantly the same or a little worse....odd

braddo

10,399 posts

187 months

Thursday 21st August 2014
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It was a fantastic ride into central London this morning - cool, crisp, blue sky and it might as well have been Saturday morning, so sparse was the traffic! Clearly many, many people are taking time off ahead of the bank holiday.

Rocksteadyeddie

7,971 posts

226 months

Thursday 21st August 2014
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braddo said:
It was a fantastic ride into central London this morning - cool, crisp, blue sky and it might as well have been Saturday morning, so sparse was the traffic! Clearly many, many people are taking time off ahead of the bank holiday.
yes Although it were a bit parky first thing.

Steve vRS

4,836 posts

240 months

Thursday 21st August 2014
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Having to drive all this week with only a quick ride after work last night frown

Steve

anonymous-user

53 months

Thursday 21st August 2014
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rode in this mornig feeling like a pro as my cadence seemed much higher than usual, turns out I had left the bike in the inner chainging post clean and hadnt noticed.... frown

TheLemming

4,319 posts

264 months

Thursday 21st August 2014
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pablo said:
rode in this mornig feeling like a pro as my cadence seemed much higher than usual, turns out I had left the bike in the inner chainging post clean and hadnt noticed.... frown
If only there was a "like" button biggrin
I laughed but only because I've done that before...

Steve vRS

4,836 posts

240 months

Thursday 21st August 2014
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I've done something similar in the car before, thinking that the fuel economy was poor on a trip only then realising I'd driven 100miles in 4th rather than 6th madeek

Steve

Rolls

1,502 posts

176 months

Thursday 21st August 2014
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braddo said:
It was a fantastic ride into central London this morning - cool, crisp, blue sky and it might as well have been Saturday morning, so sparse was the traffic! Clearly many, many people are taking time off ahead of the bank holiday.
May even get the decent bike out for the ride into work tomorrow!
was lovley this morning riding in!

AyBee

10,522 posts

201 months

Thursday 21st August 2014
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Cracked the knee warmers out for the first time in a long time frown
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