The daily "I cycled to work" thread
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Gizmoish said:
AC43 said:
Highway Star said:
Tuesday was the first day cycling in on my new commute - 15 miles each way. Just got an old hard tail MTB with slicks at the moment - hope to get a CX bike at the end of the month when the biggest frame size of the Boardmans come back into stock.
Made it in, got out of the shower to three missed calls from my wife who was 40 weeks pregnant, she'd started having contractions half an hour after I left. Jumped back on, made it back home 5 minutes faster, even though its more uphill on the way home - had to measure my effort Froome-style though to not die on the two 14% hills near where I live at the end of the ride.
Three hours later our little boy was born. Bike's been in the garage ever since! Back on it a week Monday.
Great story, mateMade it in, got out of the shower to three missed calls from my wife who was 40 weeks pregnant, she'd started having contractions half an hour after I left. Jumped back on, made it back home 5 minutes faster, even though its more uphill on the way home - had to measure my effort Froome-style though to not die on the two 14% hills near where I live at the end of the ride.
Three hours later our little boy was born. Bike's been in the garage ever since! Back on it a week Monday.
Congrats
On the bright side though it would apear that the elusive click has now been cured after a driveline rebuild over the weekend What seems to be the usual routine at the moment.
Ruined after Sunday, (100 miler offroad) took the car this morning.
Tonight Running will finish me off and I expect tomorrow I'll be in a worse state.
In time to think about Riding in Thursday / Friday and then break myself on the weekend again....
Ruined after Sunday, (100 miler offroad) took the car this morning.
Tonight Running will finish me off and I expect tomorrow I'll be in a worse state.
In time to think about Riding in Thursday / Friday and then break myself on the weekend again....
AC43 said:
Three days on the bike/off the booze to make up for the weekend :-)
I've been off the booze since 31st August. I've lost nearly 2kg and more importantly saved £100 so far to spend on shiney things for the bike. Probably wheels given the bearings and rims in my Ultegras are shot.Steve
Gizmoish said:
AC43 said:
Highway Star said:
Tuesday was the first day cycling in on my new commute - 15 miles each way. Just got an old hard tail MTB with slicks at the moment - hope to get a CX bike at the end of the month when the biggest frame size of the Boardmans come back into stock.
Made it in, got out of the shower to three missed calls from my wife who was 40 weeks pregnant, she'd started having contractions half an hour after I left. Jumped back on, made it back home 5 minutes faster, even though its more uphill on the way home - had to measure my effort Froome-style though to not die on the two 14% hills near where I live at the end of the ride.
Three hours later our little boy was born. Bike's been in the garage ever since! Back on it a week Monday.
Great story, mateMade it in, got out of the shower to three missed calls from my wife who was 40 weeks pregnant, she'd started having contractions half an hour after I left. Jumped back on, made it back home 5 minutes faster, even though its more uphill on the way home - had to measure my effort Froome-style though to not die on the two 14% hills near where I live at the end of the ride.
Three hours later our little boy was born. Bike's been in the garage ever since! Back on it a week Monday.
Congrats
My misses has just given birth, for the last three weeks I cycled to work thinking that I might have to rush home straight away!
Thankfully my daughter came on my first day of paternity leave!
lepetitoeuf said:
Recently I've noticed the less scrupulous cyclist about town pulling a new trick, which will only add to the hatred poured upon us virtuous and noble heated road users.
We've all witnessed the red light jumper in it's many forms; the drifter, the bullet, the pre-amber asshole. Indeed, some of you are such
s.
The latest one, is the fully grown man who believes that upon approaching a red light, it is right, safe and courteous to mount the pavement, ride past the junction on said pathway, then bump back down the kerb, on to the road, once they are past this hideous impediment.
Seen last week in Kensington and this morning near Lancaster Gate. I'm speechless, although I'm sure other road users are all very impressed at the cunning and ingenuity employed by these tts.
Perfectly legit as long as the path is clear IMO, I've been employing that tactic since I was 12. I'm now 49 1/2...We've all witnessed the red light jumper in it's many forms; the drifter, the bullet, the pre-amber asshole. Indeed, some of you are such
s.The latest one, is the fully grown man who believes that upon approaching a red light, it is right, safe and courteous to mount the pavement, ride past the junction on said pathway, then bump back down the kerb, on to the road, once they are past this hideous impediment.
Seen last week in Kensington and this morning near Lancaster Gate. I'm speechless, although I'm sure other road users are all very impressed at the cunning and ingenuity employed by these t
ts.Besides, who cares what car drivers think, if it wasn't for them sat there furring up their arteries the roads would be clear
GarryDK said:
fking flat tyres!
Get some properly armoured tyres. I haven't had a flat in 3 years of commuting on my Panaracer Crosstowns. OK, they weigh a kilo each (26 x 1.75) but I think that's worth it in the grand scheme of things.king flat tyres! There are probably more expensive versions that are better and lighter at the same time.
Cyclists are wkers. Well, some of them are.
Took a couple of my visiting Indian colleagues out on the Boris bikes last night as they wanted to do a bit of sightseeing. We stopped on the left at Parliament Square as I wanted to walk them over the lights rather than fight with the traffic on the gyratory... and this manoeuvre was evidently too complex for some bellend on a hybrid who shouted "YOU CAN'T JUST STOP" at the rear-most of us three.
I responded with a reasonable (I thought) "Give her a break," which led to him hauling his bike onto the pavement to have a stand up argument with me. I tried patiently to explain that, often, Boris bikes are ridden by those less familiar with London's roads, that they should be expected to do the unexpected, and that he might try reading the road better in future. As it turned out, this didn't go down well, so after he'd told me to fk off, off indeed he fked.
I often wonder if people like that get into arguments on the road every single day; and whether any of them ever actually explode through self-righteous anger?
kers. Well, some of them are.Took a couple of my visiting Indian colleagues out on the Boris bikes last night as they wanted to do a bit of sightseeing. We stopped on the left at Parliament Square as I wanted to walk them over the lights rather than fight with the traffic on the gyratory... and this manoeuvre was evidently too complex for some bellend on a hybrid who shouted "YOU CAN'T JUST STOP" at the rear-most of us three.
I responded with a reasonable (I thought) "Give her a break," which led to him hauling his bike onto the pavement to have a stand up argument with me. I tried patiently to explain that, often, Boris bikes are ridden by those less familiar with London's roads, that they should be expected to do the unexpected, and that he might try reading the road better in future. As it turned out, this didn't go down well, so after he'd told me to f
k off, off indeed he fked.I often wonder if people like that get into arguments on the road every single day; and whether any of them ever actually explode through self-righteous anger?
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