On the commute today

[Ham]

According to Mr Google, this is what Major Bonk looks like.



I made his acquaintance  tonight, but I couldn't quite make out his features.

FWIW, from commutes passim I knew to have some food-y thing on me, but given the weather, ICNBA to stop.

Aaaaand rest.

[spindrift]

some scrotey little kid feinted me on the shared use path, it was absurd, he saw me and moved apart from his two mates and started stroking his chin then turned his back, it was blindingly obvious what he was going to do and sure enough when I drew level he spun around and lunged. It was appalling acting and I cut him dead.

[menthel]

Nice run in- left it until late to make the decision with regards the weather and it stopped raining! Beats PT every time!

[Tim Hall]

Exhibit A: A youthful looking cyclist on a splendid fixed gear bicycle.
Exhibit B: A large and deep puddle spanning the width of the road and extending for around 50m of its length.
Exhibit C: A pair of soggy and cold feet. There may be some causal relationship involving Exhibits A and B.

[Jurek]

Exhibit A: A youthful looking cyclist on a splendid fixed gear bicycle.
Exhibit B: A large and deep puddle spanning the width of the road and extending for around 50m of its length.
Exhibit C: A pair of soggy and cold feet. There may be some causal relationship involving Exhibits A and B.

Anyone we know? 

[Jurek]

Me.(nothing to do with the ^ above post)
First time in Lycra for nearly three weeks.

Now for the good news.
Unlike post-xmas last year, the trousers I wear to work continue to fit me.

[delthebike]

Unlike post-xmas last year, the trousers I wear to work continue to fit me.

These would be the 40" waist pair you bought especially last year then! 

[TimO]

There was a little flooding on the Tooting Bec Common cycle path, yesterday afternoon.  Thankfully it had gone by this morning. ...

... and again, this morning.



I'm just about to depart on my journey home, and I hope it will have drained away during the day.

[mcshroom]

Getting cold out there. I did my 20 mile long homeward* route this evening. Got rained  from climbing the big hill about 6 miles from the end all the way home, and I'm still trying to warm my thighs up in front of the fire nearly two hours later. Enjoyed the ride, but need to layer up better!


*In that it eventually goes home after heading in the wrong direction for quite a long way.

[Divingrob]

Rode into work today and the last song on my Aftershokz's was David Bowie loving the alien. Went inside and heard the very sad news.

[CrinklyLion]

Cold enough on the school run today that I actually put on socks for the karate run this evening!

[Kim]

Cold enough on the school run today that I actually put on socks for the karate run this evening!

Uh-oh.  It'll be studded tyres weather by the end of the week.

[Pancho]

No danger of snow here in the deep south!

But nice ride in this morning. No rain!

I've not been at work Fri and Mon and really notice the benefit of an early ride this morning. I feel awake, fresh and clear-lunged.

[Si S]

Rose out of the saddle to go over the canal bridge at Stretford and <pop>......the saga of the broken spoke continues.

[menthel]

Visitation yesterday near home so walked back. Nice enough in this morning although I did get a little warm after deploying a slightly misjudged merino underlayer from torm!

[Pancho]

Came home early. Lovely clear roads. And, wow, daylight! That really makes a difference. I could see the huge extent and depth of the puddles I rode through in darkness and ignorance this morning.

But, warning to anyone heading West this evening: it's bloody windy. Good news for those heading East, of course.

[Under the arches]

On the way in, an horrible wind. But nice and dry.Lets up the tyre stays up this week 

[mcshroom]

Almost got taken out by a suicidal moggy when decending at 50+ km/h, but otherwise a good ride in. 

Looks like I'm going to get wet in an hour or two though and the wind is biting cold. Maybe not a day for another long ride home

[Deano]

I finally spotted the Mystery Brommie Rider tonight, and he was taking a peculiar route to the station (I assume he comes from the station as there's a Cycle Heaven sticker on his bike and why else would you ride a Brommie in Darlo?).

I was on the cyclepath, and studded tyres. He was on the road.

I overhauled him near the college, so I drew the following two conclusions:

1. The path is quicker than the road
B. Studded tyres are still quicker than Brommies.

[Kim]

You can get Brommie-sized studded tyres these days.  Ideal if you want a really good workout, have to get multi-modal in winter, or are investigating the effects of salt exposure on Brompton rear triangles.

[menthel]

Was bloody windy on the way home!

[TimO]

You can get Brommie-sized studded tyres these days.  Ideal if you want a really good workout, have to get multi-modal in winter, or are investigating the effects of salt exposure on Brompton rear triangles.

£60 for a pair though!

[Kim]

You can get Brommie-sized studded tyres these days.  Ideal if you want a really good workout, have to get multi-modal in winter, or are investigating the effects of salt exposure on Brompton rear triangles.

£60 for a pair though!

Come back in August?

[davelodwig]

Nice ride out to my first Morris dancing practice last night, up through Cranham and along the other side of the valley. However I counted 14 cars with only one working headlight in the 20km I traveled, most of them on the unlit country lanes.

D.

[Datameister]

However I counted 14 cars with only one working headlight in the 20km I traveled, most of them on the unlit country lanes.

D.

Sadly, this appears to be increasingly 'normal'. Play the game of "count the cars I encounter without coming across one with busted lighting" and my personal experience is you are unlikely to reach 100 before starting again at 1.