The daily "I cycled to work" thread

[cirian75]

easy this morning, would have been faster but had to stop to change gloves as it was little colder than I thought.

[E65Ross]

Lovely morning but still a bit fresh.... Around 7 degrees I think. Hope it starts warming up in the mornings soon! 18 average so only took around 1:05 to get here.

I had no porridge at work so it was a tin of Mushy peas for breakfast instead

[Matt_N]

daddy cool said:

Actually it was yesterday, but had a mild panic when a car pulled this fancy move.
https://youtu.be/gO1iPSFM-4Q

What a moron.

I hate that feeling when you can see events unfolding infront of you and can only do your best to avoid incident.

[Matt_N]

E65Ross said:

I had no porridge at work so it was a tin of Mushy peas for breakfast instead

[idiotgap]

Matt_N said:

What a moron.

I hate that feeling when you can see events unfolding infront of you and can only do your best to avoid incident.

I had two nutters this morning attempting a murder of convenience.

One van made an overtake on me on this narrow road where there isn't comfortably room for two cars and where there isn't perfect visibility as it's a bit twisty and he chose a bend. Along comes another car the other way so he's nudging me into the verge/big puddle containing unknown hazards. No contact, luckily... I kept up with him for a while after because he had to stop several times up the road to wait for other vehicles to pass where the road was even narrower. He wouldn't meet my eye in his wing mirror.

Another one was a lady woman taking her daughter to school. Similar road, this time downhill and I'm doing 30+ mph. She decides to overtake, again blind corner and she had to come screeching to a halt along side me to avoid hitting the car coming the other way who also had to stop. I stopped too in the fracas and had a little shout at her.

It really beggars belief, how would they feel seeing photos of my little sons in the papers and meeting the gaze of my wife in a court room, all for the sake of little to no advantage in progress.

I've actually been lucky I think, it's quite rare someone gets that close. Just two by chance in one journey. The puncture later in the journey gave me time to reflect and calm down. I put in a PR after the second event, I think down to pure adrenalin.

[E65Ross]

Matt_N said:

daddy cool said:

Actually it was yesterday, but had a mild panic when a car pulled this fancy move.
https://youtu.be/gO1iPSFM-4Q

What a moron.

I hate that feeling when you can see events unfolding infront of you and can only do your best to avoid incident.

You did very well not to swear very loudly, which is what I would certainly have done!

[Liquid Knight]

That's a thing about being on a bike. You have time to see everything. Yesterday two battle ship grey cars with no lights nearly had a had on collision in front of me and today another battle ship grey Corsa with no lights pulled out of a junction with out hesitation and nearly hit a car overtaking me. I'll check the playback quality and YouTube it if you like.




Got a bit wet last night, my fault I stopped for chips.

Fog this morning and it felt like "Dawn of the Dumb" and I wish I had my shotgun. Made in one piece so I have survived another week.

[Shirt587]

Slight tail wind, felt strong, no red lights, good tunes going round in my head (various bits of David Draiman) - 33:43 to get in which is the first time I've made it in under 35:00.

Truly excellent start to the day and work has gone well so far as well.

[cirian75]

Matt_N said:

E65Ross said:

I had no porridge at work so it was a tin of Mushy peas for breakfast instead

I have done the same when no other food was in the house.

[cirian75]

Well going to get wet on the way home

And the prevailing wind that's normally in my face on the way to work, has done a 180

[idiotgap]

Yes, that 360 wind is happening today... Really!

[Black can man]

Went to see a buddy in the city this afternoon after work.

the cycle path from Westminster bridge to the Tower of London is absolutely superb .


You can understand the Motorists being well bloody pissed of with it though. Sailed through at a decent speed.... Bloody Marvelous i tell ye.

[johnwilliams77]

Black can man said:

Went to see a buddy in the city this afternoon after work.

the cycle path from Westminster bridge to the Tower of London is absolutely superb .


You can understand the Motorists being well bloody pissed of with it though. Sailed through at a decent speed.... Bloody Marvelous i tell ye.

They should consider cycling then. The more cyclists, the less pollution.....

[BadgerBenji]

Foggy this morning, so all lights lit, and as usual the tin canners (car drivers) were blissfully going about with no lights. Ride home started in sunshine and ended in drizzle, it's two weather systems the fens and the wolds.

In wildlife news, the swan was stood this morning rotating her eggs, apparently birds do this to stop the chick becoming malformed.

[daddy cool]

BadgerBenji said:

In wildlife news, the swan was stood this morning rotating her eggs, apparently birds do this to stop the chick becoming malformed.

The Swans on my lake haven't had their eggs hatch yet either. The Canada Geese have had a right shower though! Picture taken on todays ride home:

[cirian75]

I got wet, very very wet

rinsed of the bike with the hose and then dried it off with some rags

[The Count]

Hit the tram lines at 30mph and slid down the road. Luckily the on coming bus stopped in time, but it was close. Both the bus driver and tram driver got out and helped me up.

[E65Ross]

Did have a bus cut in front of me at the top of Portsdown hill this morning....did mean I got some slipstream going down so hit over 40mph which was fun.....though running 50/34 and 12-30T I ran out of gearing

Really want an 11 speed 36/52 with 11-32T....would be utterly perfect for me....very similar 1st gear ratio, but gearing which would take me another 5-10mph or so if required.

[v15ben]

I've managed to cycle in every day this week, first time in 2016!
My legs definitely feel stronger and the ride in is definitely getting quicker.
By the time I get home tonight, I'll be at around 83 miles / 6 hours / 2500ft elevation for the week - happy with that.

Does any else always feel hungry at work with all the cycling though?
I've had a some porridge, 2 coffees and a 5-pack of donuts already this morning and I'm still hungry.

[daddy cool]

v15ben said:

I've managed to cycle in every day this week, first time in 2016!
My legs definitely feel stronger and the ride in is definitely getting quicker.
By the time I get home tonight, I'll be at around 83 miles / 6 hours / 2500ft elevation for the week - happy with that.

Does any else always feel hungry at work with all the cycling though?
I've had a some porridge, 2 coffees and a 5-pack of donuts already this morning and I'm still hungry.

Good going! Cycled in twice this week (so 46 miles total) but am planning at some point to go for a whole week riding in when we have a stretch of good weather (that will be 115 miles).
Yeah, on riding days i do bring a more substantial packed lunch, and include a cheeky mars bar for the afternoon before i ride home.