The daily "I cycled to work" thread

[GarryDK]

No ride for me this morning bikes in for a service.

[v15ben]

My plan to ride all week failed spectacularly.
Ill family member meant no sleep until nearly midnight.
I'll ride in tomorrow though, honest!

[Highway Star]

I've started off on four days a week commute - 30 miles round trip x 5 is too much from pretty much nothing. Knocked a minute off my best time on the way home tonight. Will start doing it five days a week in a couple of weeks.

New bike arrives on Saturday!

[Hell27]

Just spoken to my dad about bikes and he's letting me use his old Claud Butler Dalesman tourer circa 1990 this winter! It will need new tyres and a saddle but should make for a different commuting experience! Picking it up on Saturday. Retro heaven approaching!

[GarryDK]

wet and dark this morning, forced me to try out my new lights and mudguards.

every cloud has a silver lining.

[AC43]

Great run in this morning.

Makes it 16 bike commutes in September in 22 days and 320 miles for the month - a record for me.

I also found a solution to my tired legs. Go a bit slower. It works.

[Steve vRS]

AC43 said:

I also found a solution to my tired legs. Go a bit slower. It works.

It'll never catch on!

[OTBC]

I've had it up to here with this Goddamn frothy conker paste.

[yellowjack]

OTBC said:

I've had it up to here with this Goddamn frothy conker paste.

Please indicate, using the above image, exactly how far "Up to Here" actually is...

[lufbramatt]

Is "frothy conker paste" a euphemism?

[yellowjack]

lufbramatt said:

Is "frothy conker paste" a euphemism?

I was wondering that, too.

(but I couldn't remember how to spell "euphemism" - it's so much easier when you can copy/paste )

[AndyWoodall]

Got bloody drenched last night (I've have been just as dry riding in the canal rather than to the side of it), the day before I pick up a new bike friendly waterproof.

[OTBC]

Outside the Opera Society is a horse chestnut, the conkers have fallen and been mashed up by tyres, then it rained last night and..hey presto!

Frothy conker paste.

[simonrockman]

I'm doing Finchley - Farringdon as often as I can. Archway - Yuk.

[S10GTA]

Bailed out of riding today due to the rain as I hadn't fitted the mud guards and there is nothing worse than a soggy arse crack for the way home. Fitting them this evening.

[Hell27]

Had to take me and the kids to see the dentist today so to ease logistics I drove in.
Felt dirty.............

[v15ben]

Great weather here today, positively warm in fact this evening!
Also managed my biggest monthly mileage ever in September - 346 miles!

[ambuletz]

cycling to work this morning, me on the main road. Moronic audi driver in a side road stops his car 1/4 of the way out into the main road instead of stopping at the white lines. I look down the side road as I'm cycling past and make eye contact with him, so why does he stop like that? I have to move into the middle of the lane for me to pass him. The moment I do he honks his horn as if to intimidate me.
Why?
.

[v15ben]

I had a school kid squirt me with juice (I hope) or something equally sticky from their water bottle as I cycled past.
I wasn't anywhere near them or going especially fast - very odd!
Got home with a sticky, wet bag and shirt.

[jbudgie]

ambuletz said:

cycling to work this morning, me on the main road. Moronic audi driver in a side road stops his car 1/4 of the way out into the main road instead of stopping at the white lines. I look down the side road as I'm cycling past and make eye contact with him, so why does he stop like that? I have to move into the middle of the lane for me to pass him. The moment I do he honks his horn as if to intimidate me.
Why?
.

Seen this many times --never have understood why they do it .