The daily "I cycled to work" thread

[AC43]

Day 2 of 4.

It's hot here in London.

Luckily I'm not wearing a bio hazard suit.

[E65Ross]

I'm fortunate with my commute, never really come across any fair weather riders and the roads aren't too busy, very little in the way of town driving and I think I have 2 sets of traffic lights in the entire 20 miles.

I don't wear a bio-hazard suit either. I think the whole "toxic stuff from road spray etc" is nothing worth worrying about in the slightest! Far more important things to worry about in life than such insignificant things.

[anonymous-user]

cirian75 said:

Rode in summer gear

No extra layers at all = bliss

How north are you? It's been like that for months in the midlands! I think I ditched the morning base layer in March.

Not a huge fan of these warmer and lighter mornings (i.e. sun rise at 4:30am instead of 7/7:30ish). I prefer the February mornings when you catch the sun rise and the temperature is single digits.

This was taken back in Feb. The off road section of my usual route.

Edited by RenOHH on Tuesday 19th July 20:29

[E65Ross]

I'm a skinny so and so, so anything below 10 degrees I'll certainly be in a base layer, and arm warmers right up until at least 15 degrees. 8t does mean I cope pretty well in the heat..... But I'm crap when it's really cold.

Perfect for me is this morning.... About 18. Although anywhere between 17 and 25 or so is absolutely fine by me, yesterday was 28 cycling home and I wasn't too hot, although any more and I'd have been a bit too warm.

[williredale]

It was lovely this morning but I went for it a bit this afternoon and melted as a result.

[uncinqsix]

First day back on the bike today, after a week and a half off following a snippety snip in the saddle area

In the intervening time, the section of my commute on a shared waterfront area has been turned into a human obstacle course by Pokemon Go. Livened things up if nothing else...

[Liquid Knight]

A little bit somber today. I set of early yesterday so I could enjoy the sunshine instead of enduring the heat but I was still late for work.

The Police had blocked the road on the outskirts of town because someone had jumped a red light in front of an HGV and a cyclist was hit. I arrived just as the air ambulance left. I don't know if it was a fellow commuter or one of the local cycle club who train on that road every Tuesday nor do I know if the cyclist made it but it was a stark reminder of how futile moaning about the weather and crap is.

[AC43]

Day 3 of 4.

Legs holding up well.

Less humidity.

Treated my self to new shorts.

Edited by AC43 on Wednesday 20th July 17:19

[E65Ross]

louiebaby said:

E65Ross said:

What sort of speed difference are you seeing?

Maybe a couple of mph, but it was quite a headwind in this morning. The difference is the comfort vs how low you can go.

The only change I've made, (as I want to just put the aerobars back on after the sportive, and not mess about with the other bits that were done on my TT fit,) was to remove the TT bars.

To get as low as I was without them, I need bent arms on the drops, which is much harder work to maintain than when on the aerobars.

Straight arms on the drops doesn't get me as low, but is more sustainable.

My TT setup isn't particularly agressive, as I'm 36, and as an ex-rower, not particularly flexible.

I'm not sure I could get clip-on aero bars to fit on my bike....I have just 40cm width bars, and already have my garmin edge mount on the left side and my exposure light mount on the right side....really doesn't leave any room on the bars for anything else to be honest which is a bit of a shame....although I guess I could remove the exposure mount for the time being, but there isn't much room for the garmin to move over anyway.......pity as I'd love to try some.

[AC43]

Day 4 of 4.

Legs tired today.

Today's treat is a shuftie at Bordman hybrids on the way home. And/or a pint. Because I've earnt it.

[idiotgap]

I cycled to work today to avoid the trains (Southern). It took 2.5hrs to get home on the train last night and only 1hr50mins (elapsed not moving time - a PB) to get in on the bike this morning.

I forgot to bring my work security pass, money/cards and my train ticket so I'm definitely cycling home again.

Spotted some pro-cycling shampoo in the work showers!

[louiebaby]

E65Ross said:

I'm not sure I could get clip-on aero bars to fit on my bike....I have just 40cm width bars, and already have my garmin edge mount on the left side and my exposure light mount on the right side....really doesn't leave any room on the bars for anything else to be honest which is a bit of a shame....although I guess I could remove the exposure mount for the time being, but there isn't much room for the garmin to move over anyway.......pity as I'd love to try some.

I have one of these for the Garmin, which helps... Puts it where you need to see it too...

http://www.probikekit.co.uk/bicycle-computers-gps-...

[idiotgap]

louiebaby said:

I have one of these for the Garmin, which helps... Puts it where you need to see it too...

http://www.probikekit.co.uk/bicycle-computers-gps-...

I was pondering that - my garmin came with one which works like that and takes up very little bar-real-estate.

[E65Ross]

idiotgap said:

louiebaby said:

I have one of these for the Garmin, which helps... Puts it where you need to see it too...

http://www.probikekit.co.uk/bicycle-computers-gps-...

I was pondering that - my garmin came with one which works like that and takes up very little bar-real-estate.

Forgive my ignorance, but how is that different from the standard "out front" mount? Is it effectively the same but rotated 90 degrees, so it'll have the garmin mounted on bars which go from front to back (the aero bars) rather than width-ways (standard handlebars)?

Cheers

[idiotgap]

E65Ross said:

idiotgap said:

louiebaby said:

I have one of these for the Garmin, which helps... Puts it where you need to see it too...

http://www.probikekit.co.uk/bicycle-computers-gps-...

I was pondering that - my garmin came with one which works like that and takes up very little bar-real-estate.

Forgive my ignorance, but how is that different from the standard "out front" mount? Is it effectively the same but rotated 90 degrees, so it'll have the garmin mounted on bars which go from front to back (the aero bars) rather than width-ways (standard handlebars)?

Cheers

I only have the standard out-front mount. I missed that this zipp one is special in rotating the device round.
If you use an out-front mount to position the garmin directly ahead of your stem you should have plenty of room to clamp the TT bars? Or is there some complication I'm not understanding?

[E65Ross]

idiotgap said:

E65Ross said:

idiotgap said:

louiebaby said:

I have one of these for the Garmin, which helps... Puts it where you need to see it too...

http://www.probikekit.co.uk/bicycle-computers-gps-...

I was pondering that - my garmin came with one which works like that and takes up very little bar-real-estate.

Forgive my ignorance, but how is that different from the standard "out front" mount? Is it effectively the same but rotated 90 degrees, so it'll have the garmin mounted on bars which go from front to back (the aero bars) rather than width-ways (standard handlebars)?

Cheers

I only have the standard out-front mount. I missed that this zipp one is special in rotating the device round.
If you use an out-front mount to position the garmin directly ahead of your stem you should have plenty of room to clamp the TT bars? Or is there some complication I'm not understanding?

There's some complication.... My bars are quite narrow (40cm) and I'm running 3T ergonova carbon bars which don't stay the standard thickness for very long (ie they get a lot wider than the standard clamp diameter not THAT far from the Centre of the bars.

[WinstonWolf]

Mizzle but NO WIND ON THE FENS????

Porridge and raisins.

[louiebaby]

E65Ross said:

Forgive my ignorance, but how is that different from the standard "out front" mount? Is it effectively the same but rotated 90 degrees, so it'll have the garmin mounted on bars which go from front to back (the aero bars) rather than width-ways (standard handlebars)?

It's like an "out-front" mount, but the bar clamp is smaller to fit standard sized aero-bars, rather than the thicker handlebars, and the Garmin mount is rotated through 90 degrees, as you say.

It's nothing revolutionary, granted, but it frees up space on your handlebars and puts the Garmin further forward so you don't have to move your head so far to see it. It has a nice positive click when the Garmin goes in too.

[Black can man]

idiotgap said:

E65Ross said:

idiotgap said:

louiebaby said:

I have one of these for the Garmin, which helps... Puts it where you need to see it too...

http://www.probikekit.co.uk/bicycle-computers-gps-...

I was pondering that - my garmin came with one which works like that and takes up very little bar-real-estate.

Forgive my ignorance, but how is that different from the standard "out front" mount? Is it effectively the same but rotated 90 degrees, so it'll have the garmin mounted on bars which go from front to back (the aero bars) rather than width-ways (standard handlebars)?

Cheers

I only have the standard out-front mount. I missed that this zipp one is special in rotating the device round.
If you use an out-front mount to position the garmin directly ahead of your stem you should have plenty of room to clamp the TT bars? Or is there some complication I'm not understanding?

I bought one of these ZIPP ones, bloody useless to me ,


The thing goes the other way


i have since discovered k-edge, bloody good they are.



I f anybody wants my Zipp one feel free to drop me a pm , not looking for anything for it.

[Liquid Knight]

Collision update. The cyclist who was hit by the truck the other day had a compound fracture to the left arm and is out of hospital.