The daily "I cycled to work" thread
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lufbramatt said:
Vocal Minority said:
Little bit of an alarming moment last night as I came round a 90 degree corner to be confronted by a line of stationary traffic about 50 miles down the road. Wet road, but managed to just about get I stopped despite the arse wiggling all over the place
Must've been going a fair old lick to have that kind of stopping distance!lufbramatt said:
Vocal Minority said:
Little bit of an alarming moment last night as I came round a 90 degree corner to be confronted by a line of stationary traffic about 50 miles down the road. Wet road, but managed to just about get I stopped despite the arse wiggling all over the place
Must've been going a fair old lick to have that kind of stopping distance!
Usget said:
Cycled three days this week and, whilst my average times haven't suffered too much, my heart hasn't been in it. Everything has seemed like 20% more effort than it normally does. Legs feel like lead. I felt crap on Saturday's club ride as well. Hoping it will pass...
I have mornings like that, I just press on, but it's difficult to keep faith when it's pissing down, freezing cold and blowing a hooli.I got myself some leggings and a balaclava, lovely and toasty on the way in this morning.
Steve vRS said:
Tired legs today. I may drive tomorrow so I can go on a 'leisure' ride on Saturday morning.
My towel needs a wash anyway...
Steve
"leisure" ride? I remember those..... currently researching trailers and child seats, not long now!My towel needs a wash anyway...
Steve
Came in to find this on my desk this morning too...
Edited by anonymous-user on Thursday 27th November 14:50
So doing an extended commute, go past a spectacularly badly signposted cycle path to avoid tram tracks, and my front wheel goes in at over 20mph. Thrown off bike, hit kerb. Helmet grazed, knee and hip bruised but left arm very painful and can't lift it. Discharged from hospital following no broken bones on X-ray. Worried about left arm, will probably see another doctor tomorrow.
Bike gears knackered, bent, and race blade bent. Will get a proper diagnosis over the weekend.
Tram tracks are fecking lethal. Reckon any chance of a successful case given the photos?
That's horrible, hope your arm is OK, and no, a cycle path shouldn't cross a train or tram line at anything other than 90 degrees, that's f
king mental, must get at least one accident a day without any signposting.
On a slightly lesser note, who's the fktard cat burglar riding against the traffic without any lights?
I've got a Scott Speedster (2013) which came with the same Syncros Race 27 wheels, I just changed the wheels to Ultegras (a bargain at £230 - CRC) after I got run over by a van and it was a great upgrade, 400g lighter and feel stiffer, and the Hubs are Ultegra rather than awful cheap Formula hubs that were knackered after only a year. You now have a good excuse to upgrade them I think.
king mental, must get at least one accident a day without any signposting.On a slightly lesser note, who's the f
ktard cat burglar riding against the traffic without any lights?I've got a Scott Speedster (2013) which came with the same Syncros Race 27 wheels, I just changed the wheels to Ultegras (a bargain at £230 - CRC) after I got run over by a van and it was a great upgrade, 400g lighter and feel stiffer, and the Hubs are Ultegra rather than awful cheap Formula hubs that were knackered after only a year. You now have a good excuse to upgrade them I think.
Edited by MiseryStreak on Thursday 27th November 16:26
Cheers chaps, getting better after some vitamin JD!
Love the cat burglar comment, you would not believe the amount of black clad not helmeted nutters that cycle round Manchester. Probably the same everywhere else, just know that my helmet probably saved my life today as it hit the Kerb at over 20mph with my head in it.
Love the cat burglar comment, you would not believe the amount of black clad not helmeted nutters that cycle round Manchester. Probably the same everywhere else, just know that my helmet probably saved my life today as it hit the Kerb at over 20mph with my head in it.
Cheers chaps, getting better after some vitamin JD!
Love the cat burglar comment, you would not believe the amount of black clad not helmeted nutters that cycle round Manchester. Probably the same everywhere else, just know that my helmet probably saved my life today as it hit the Kerb at over 20mph with my head in it.
Love the cat burglar comment, you would not believe the amount of black clad not helmeted nutters that cycle round Manchester. Probably the same everywhere else, just know that my helmet probably saved my life today as it hit the Kerb at over 20mph with my head in it.
donfisher said:
The temperature has dropped past the point where the DeFeet duragloves aren’t quite warm enough.
Extra glove day.
I also had to find a pair of old rugby socks.
Thankfully no ice but a lot of frost on the cars outside.
First ride to work for me for a few weeks after illness. Bloody chilly and I was rather timid due to the threat of ice. Was pleased to be on the CX bike with 32's rather than the single speed on 23's.Extra glove day.
I also had to find a pair of old rugby socks.
Thankfully no ice but a lot of frost on the cars outside.
My DeFeet gloves coped admirably tho, best £12 ever.
I put together a couple of routes to ride to work yesterday. I'll be riding from Uxbridge to Hemel Hempstead, which is around 23 miles...
Probably won't start until the spring as I work 12 hour shifts so don't really fancy the 0500 start in this weather. I work 2 days/2 nights so might even bring the bike in the car the first day, ride home, back to work the following morning and then take the bike back in the car.
Better than just driving, surely.
I also regret not using the bike for work more when I was just 7 miles away.
Probably won't start until the spring as I work 12 hour shifts so don't really fancy the 0500 start in this weather. I work 2 days/2 nights so might even bring the bike in the car the first day, ride home, back to work the following morning and then take the bike back in the car.
Better than just driving, surely.
I also regret not using the bike for work more when I was just 7 miles away.
richardxjr said:
S10GTA said:
My DeFeet gloves coped admirably tho, best £12 ever.
Fantastic aren't they? Mine have been sidelined this week for the windproof Aldi winter jobbies, tad small perhaps but are great around & below zero.This is my first winter commuting on the bike and have stuck at it more than expected... especially in today's 'weather bomb' of wind and rain (although it was a tailwind so quite fun).
However, looking at my Strava times I appear to be slower than in the summer.
Is this a consequence of colder weather, sludge, running lower tyre pressures that happens to us all in the winter?
However, looking at my Strava times I appear to be slower than in the summer.
Is this a consequence of colder weather, sludge, running lower tyre pressures that happens to us all in the winter?
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