The daily "I cycled to work" thread
Discussion
pablo said:
I am declaring tomorrow "Ride your best bike to work because its going to be a sunny day and I am sick of riding a clunker when I have a far superior bike sat in the garage looking unloved day"...
Would love to but it would be hard to do From the middle of the North Sea
Steve
pablo said:
I am declaring tomorrow "Ride your best bike to work because its going to be a sunny day and I am sick of riding a clunker when I have a far superior bike sat in the garage looking unloved day"...
I've upgraded to my training bike today. Scott CR1 Pro with Ultegra Di2 after my unfortunate game-stopper mechanical yesterday. batbuilder92 said:
Could not get a PB this morning as I stopped to help a guy with a snapped chain and I had a chain tool. I would always try to help when I can, if I see a stranded commuter in the hope that if it ever happened to me my "karma bank" would be full, but in reality how many people would stop and risk being late for work/ not getting their Strava segment completed? I commute around Sheffield, there are lots of hills and not that many cycle commuters, would this happen in larger cities?
Not a larger city (Swansea) but usually stop if I can see someone's stuck. Carry two tubes so have given one to a stranded cyclist in the past. The Karma has been cashed in too...j4ckos mate said:
Friendly lovely people as we are (iam anyway)
you've just told the world where you live and where you work mate
I presume that was aimed at Hoddo, and the link in his post?you've just told the world where you live and where you work mate
If so, I've PM'd him, and he's sorted some privacy settings on his Strava profile now. Well spotted
uncinqsix said:
I had a proper commuter race last week: A sprint up the last bit of a hill we'd been climbing. I managed to stay with him for a while, but couldn't keep it up and was forced to concede defeat
Later on, I found him using the Strava Fly-By thingy, and we engaged in some good natured banter. Turns out he and I have the exact same PB time on the hill segment (sitting 3rd equal out of 50), so we're looking forward to the inevitable rematch next time our commutes coincide
(Oh, and he was on a grubby mountain bike and I was on the hybrid. No 10K bikes and team kit here).
That fly-by feature is great! I never knew Strava Labs existed, thanks for mentioning it!Later on, I found him using the Strava Fly-By thingy, and we engaged in some good natured banter. Turns out he and I have the exact same PB time on the hill segment (sitting 3rd equal out of 50), so we're looking forward to the inevitable rematch next time our commutes coincide
(Oh, and he was on a grubby mountain bike and I was on the hybrid. No 10K bikes and team kit here).
Strange thing that happened before cyling to the gym. I went to unscrew the cap for the front tube, at the same time the inner part of the valve was unscrewing aswell. at 90psi it wanted to fly off. I screwed it back it and its seemed fine.
I still get paranoid whenever I up my tires. I know it says the reccomended is 100psi but I chicken out at around 90.
I still get paranoid whenever I up my tires. I know it says the reccomended is 100psi but I chicken out at around 90.
Rocksteadyeddie said:
pablo said:
I am declaring tomorrow "Ride your best bike to work because its going to be a sunny day and I am sick of riding a clunker when I have a far superior bike sat in the garage looking unloved day"...
I've upgraded to my training bike today. Scott CR1 Pro with Ultegra Di2 after my unfortunate game-stopper mechanical yesterday. Except with force 22.Did you take the Cervélo today Paul?
I was considering taking my best (or training
) bike as I am shooting off shortly and thought about extending my commute 
On Thursday i escorted one of my workmates into and back out of work it was her first time riding in.
no traffic in the morning, so all was fine.
but on the evening, I was forced to ride halfway between secondary and primary whilst she, due to lack of confidence was pretty close to the gutter.
I did this because of the endless stream of people passing with zero space whilst the opposing lane was totally empty and devoid of traffic; and that it was intimidating her quite alot to the point that i didn't want her first ride to be her last.
After a short while of doing this, with people buzzing me, but not her due to our respective road positions.. i get big dick mc w
ker in his van, swerving around behind us, blaring his horn for a min or 2 and then finally squeezing past at the worst possible time nearly hitting me with the rear of the van as he squeezed me back over to the left.
totally unneeded response to a delay that he'll be able to make up on the next expressway.
moron.
on the plus side, there's another converted cyclist in the world
no traffic in the morning, so all was fine.
but on the evening, I was forced to ride halfway between secondary and primary whilst she, due to lack of confidence was pretty close to the gutter.
I did this because of the endless stream of people passing with zero space whilst the opposing lane was totally empty and devoid of traffic; and that it was intimidating her quite alot to the point that i didn't want her first ride to be her last.
After a short while of doing this, with people buzzing me, but not her due to our respective road positions.. i get big dick mc w
ker in his van, swerving around behind us, blaring his horn for a min or 2 and then finally squeezing past at the worst possible time nearly hitting me with the rear of the van as he squeezed me back over to the left.totally unneeded response to a delay that he'll be able to make up on the next expressway.
moron.
on the plus side, there's another converted cyclist in the world
Loved this morning's commute but did encounter 3 idiots on bikes who all went right through red lights.
One woman dismounted and walked across the chevron box as if it made things any better - still a red dear!
One other guy sailed through a red and around the corner - sans helmet and carrying a Costa coffee cup as he cycled.
Nae wonder cyclists get a bad rep!
One woman dismounted and walked across the chevron box as if it made things any better - still a red dear!
One other guy sailed through a red and around the corner - sans helmet and carrying a Costa coffee cup as he cycled.
Nae wonder cyclists get a bad rep!
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