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AC43 said:
Battered it this morning. Week 7 of my re-born commuting and I was up out of the saddle loads, still had plenty to go at the end and dropped a few of the dozier roadies in Regents Park. I enjoyed that :-)
Rubbish ride home as I'd obviously destroyed my legs on the way in. They're still rubbish today.Still, beginning to lose a few lbs now. All part of the payback.
idiotgap said:
TheInternet said:
Ditches Lane over the hill through the greenery was surprisingly nice last time I was there.
No penguins to see, but it wasn't bad last night.
h of a climb up Hilltop Lane (?) to Chaldon.
Seemed like a North-Easterly. Relatively warm though.Jesus Christ yesterday evening was wet. Morning had been breezy but dry, and I needed to go home via the Parcelforce depot which only adds five miles. Rain hit me three miles from the office and two miles to Parcelforce. Soaked to the skin, heard my feet squelch as I walked into the depot, then another ten miles home from there in drizzle while still very wet.
And yet, my main concern when I got home was to get everything in the washer/dryer so I had a chance at having dry kit for this morning... I must be nuts.
And yet, my main concern when I got home was to get everything in the washer/dryer so I had a chance at having dry kit for this morning... I must be nuts.
Edited by Shirt587 on Wednesday 1st June 12:44
Loving my commute at the moment.
Just under 12.5 miles.
The first 2 miles or so are on a busy main road, 40mph limit but feels like the cars are doing 80! Thankfully wide enough not to bother me.
Then I get 9 miles or so of trails/canal tow path, with only 2 roads to cross and a few motorcycle barriers, with just 1 gate where I physically need to get off at.
Finished off with a mile or so through a housing estate and then 0.5 miles on a really busy road leading into town.
Part of my route is under the M62. Noticed this morning both traffic queued up on there, and a train full of fed-up looking commuters on the Virgin trains Edinburh to London. All the while, I was belting along, on a 2m wide tarmac'd path alongside a field with a few horses in having just passed my 'congestion' which was a heron squalking at a swan on the canal.
Happy days!
Just under 12.5 miles.
The first 2 miles or so are on a busy main road, 40mph limit but feels like the cars are doing 80! Thankfully wide enough not to bother me.
Then I get 9 miles or so of trails/canal tow path, with only 2 roads to cross and a few motorcycle barriers, with just 1 gate where I physically need to get off at.
Finished off with a mile or so through a housing estate and then 0.5 miles on a really busy road leading into town.
Part of my route is under the M62. Noticed this morning both traffic queued up on there, and a train full of fed-up looking commuters on the Virgin trains Edinburh to London. All the while, I was belting along, on a 2m wide tarmac'd path alongside a field with a few horses in having just passed my 'congestion' which was a heron squalking at a swan on the canal.
Happy days!
Shirt587 said:
Jesus Christ yesterday evening was wet. Morning had been breezy but dry, and I needed to go home via the Parcelforce depot which only adds five miles. Rain hit me three miles from the office and two miles to Parcelforce. Soaked to the skin, heard my feet squelch as I walked into the depot, then another ten miles home from there in drizzle while still very wet.
And yet, my main concern when I got home was to get everything in the washer/dryer so I had a chance at having dry kit for this morning... I must be nuts.
And yet, my main concern when I got home was to get everything in the washer/dryer so I had a chance at having dry kit for this morning... I must be nuts.
Edited by Shirt587 on Wednesday 1st June 12:44
Time to invest in a second set of kit...Windy this morning for me too. Not as bad this afternoon but I had my first puncture since using the bike again. 
Typically I'd gone on a big scenic loop and was about as far from home as I could be. I had a tube and levers but no pump... luckily a chap on his way home stopped with one. Thank you Nigel!
I used to have Specialized Armadillos on my old commuting mountain bike and had only one puncture in 10K miles. I've bought a new pump but I'm wondering if I should have bought some tougher tyres whilst I was there.
Typically I'd gone on a big scenic loop and was about as far from home as I could be. I had a tube and levers but no pump... luckily a chap on his way home stopped with one. Thank you Nigel!
I used to have Specialized Armadillos on my old commuting mountain bike and had only one puncture in 10K miles. I've bought a new pump but I'm wondering if I should have bought some tougher tyres whilst I was there.
ewenm said:
Shirt587 said:
Jesus Christ yesterday evening was wet. Morning had been breezy but dry, and I needed to go home via the Parcelforce depot which only adds five miles. Rain hit me three miles from the office and two miles to Parcelforce. Soaked to the skin, heard my feet squelch as I walked into the depot, then another ten miles home from there in drizzle while still very wet.
And yet, my main concern when I got home was to get everything in the washer/dryer so I had a chance at having dry kit for this morning... I must be nuts.
And yet, my main concern when I got home was to get everything in the washer/dryer so I had a chance at having dry kit for this morning... I must be nuts.
Edited by Shirt587 on Wednesday 1st June 12:44
Time to invest in a second set of kit...I drove to work Tuesday as I had stuff to carry that wouldn't fit on my bike.
Wednesday I cycled in, tailwind for the first section so I was in top gear and riding to a sensible pace, second stage was side and three quarter head wind and was okay, third section was a headwind. This is why I paced myself in the first stage so I wasn't burned out for the third. Forty minutes in near gale force winds wasn't bad in my opinion.
The ride home? Not so much. I only had a tailwind for about a third of a mile the first two sections were side, three quarter head and tree line funnel headwinds and the third section was all headwind with a few gusts of sea breeze for extra measure. Forty eight minutes home and I was feeling pretty good until I got out of the shower and my right knee was roughly the same size as my head.
Drove in yesterday. Cycling tonight as my alternative hi-viz...
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
...paint spill t'shirt has arrived yesterday and I want to test it.
Wednesday I cycled in, tailwind for the first section so I was in top gear and riding to a sensible pace, second stage was side and three quarter head wind and was okay, third section was a headwind. This is why I paced myself in the first stage so I wasn't burned out for the third. Forty minutes in near gale force winds wasn't bad in my opinion.
The ride home? Not so much. I only had a tailwind for about a third of a mile the first two sections were side, three quarter head and tree line funnel headwinds and the third section was all headwind with a few gusts of sea breeze for extra measure. Forty eight minutes home and I was feeling pretty good until I got out of the shower and my right knee was roughly the same size as my head.
Drove in yesterday. Cycling tonight as my alternative hi-viz...
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
...paint spill t'shirt has arrived yesterday and I want to test it.
E65Ross said:
Seriously windy this morning! Temperature a little cool for June as well 
Same for me. I set off 30 mins later than usual as I was waiting for the rain to stop. And it then took me almost 30 mins longer than usual as I was heading due north and the wind was a strong northerly.I came out onto Farthing Downs (see earlier posts) and was barely moving despite it being downhill.
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