On the commute today

[markcjagar]

Rear gear cable snapped about a mile into the ride home which made the next 6 miles of stop/start quite difficult/frustrating. Fixed it when I got home...

[rogerzilla]

Blizzard!  Very wet snow.  I had a Buff as a balaclava and a Gore-Tex cap, which kept the worst of it off my face.  Hands utterly freezing though, once the gloves were soaked.

[David Martin]

Yesterday heading home. Stopped at the traffic lights. W**kpanzer draws up behind me. I set off, going straight on (crossroads). WP accellerates and left hooks me. Fortunately I was reasonably alert so was able to avoid a collision.
Video front and rear. So the local plod are taking an interest, especially as it looks like the shiny 4 year old car has not been kept in the manner to which the govt would like with regard to paying car duty.

[diapsaon0]

...... especially as it looks like the shiny 4 year old car has not been kept in the manner to which the govt would like with regard to paying car duty.

Probably nicked!

[David Martin]

Hopefully the driver will be...

[TigaSefi]

I laughed loudly during my bike ride on roads near Chelsea Bridge which was backed up due to a road closure. So satisfying to pass so many oversized vehicles to do a 3 mile trip each way. No cycle lanes either so I cannot be blamed for the congestion either.

*painted road lines aren’t “lanes”

[ian]

I laughed loudly during my bike ride on roads near Chelsea Bridge which was backed up due to a road closure. So satisfying to pass so many oversized vehicles to do a 3 mile trip each way. No cycle lanes either so I cannot be blamed for the congestion either.

*painted road lines aren’t “lanes”

Sorry, all congestion in London is the fault of bike lanes (and not the number of cars). This is a universal truth. In fact, there was no congestion at all in London before they built them.

[Pingu]

I laughed loudly during my bike ride on roads near Chelsea Bridge which was backed up due to a road closure. So satisfying to pass so many oversized vehicles to do a 3 mile trip each way. No cycle lanes either so I cannot be blamed for the congestion either.

*painted road lines aren’t “lanes”

Did Tim Hall hear you laughing? https://yacf.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=87845.msg2364671#msg2364671 

[rogerzilla]

Working from home today but tomorrow evening looks apocalyptic.  I'm going to fit the Hakkapeliittas to the Cinder Cone.  I could drive in (winter tyres, front-wheel-drive, easy) but experience suggests that every road out of Swindon will be blocked by muppets crashing within 15 minutes of any snowfall.

[diapsaon0]

Working from home today but tomorrow evening looks apocalyptic.  I'm going to fit the Hakkapeliittas to the Cinder Cone.  I could drive in (winter tyres, front-wheel-drive, easy) but experience suggests that every road out of Swindon will be blocked by muppets crashing within 15 minutes of any snowfall.

Especially in the vicinity of The Magic Roundabout.

[sg37409]

Starting a new job next week after having worked from home the last 10months.
I'm kind of looking forward to the commute, its a bit longer than ideal (20km each way) but I can use the canal path.
I'm going to do a trial commute tomorrow morning for timing / dodgy bits / etc.

Cold but enjoyed my first commute this morning.  The canal seems a very good option

[Guy]

A cow-orker has told me her car registered -9 on the way in. No wonder it felt bloody cold on the bike!

[Pingu]

Starting a new job next week after having worked from home the last 10months.
I'm kind of looking forward to the commute, its a bit longer than ideal (20km each way) but I can use the canal path.
I'm going to do a trial commute tomorrow morning for timing / dodgy bits / etc.

Cold but enjoyed my first commute this morning.  The canal seems a very good option

Have you tried the tow-path? 

[LittleWheelsandBig]

Another flat today, two industrial staples through the back tyre. Taking off the lobster gloves for the repair meant my fingers weren't feeling anything long before I'd finished. They'd just about come back to life by the time I arrived at work after 30 minutes riding. Three flats this month, two on a worn tyre and one on a new one. Hopefully I get a decent run for the rest of winter.

[Joe.B]

I’ve been manning our satellite office in Barrow-in-Furness again this week and riding in from my hotel in Ulverston each day.

Day 1, With laptop and files in one panier and boots and clothing the other the bike weighed a ton. I got completely soaked in torrential rain then cocked up the navigation and did an extra 4 miles.  Just about managed to get everything dried out by 1600 and had a pleasant ride back to the hotel.

Day 2, Very, very cold. Lots of ice and snow on the lanes but it wasn’t an unpleasant ride.  Frozen shifter cables made gear changes difficult.  Return ride was good.

Day 3, Even colder, shifter cables frozen again and despite riding on Conti Top Contact Winters I completely lost traction climbing one of the lanes with the rear continuously spinning, walking wasn’t much easier.  I’m finishing here today so will have a full set of paniers again this afternoon, adding to that the stiff headwind that’s forecast I might just bail out onto the train but at least I’ve already done 60 miles that I wouldn’t normally get to ride:)

I’m back here again in 3 weeks and have already booked into the same hotel:)   

[pumpkin]

Cycling home the other night (pre-snow). narrow b-road with refuges and a nearly 90 deg l/h bend and a driver behind me sounding his horn for daring to be in front of him. I held my position (nowhere else to go) and we get to the mini roundabout where I pull over to the left and allow them to pass. He sounds his horn again and then joins the 1 km long queue which I move up the outside of  bye, bye! We live this dream every day.

[sg37409]

Starting a new job next week after having worked from home the last 10months.
I'm kind of looking forward to the commute, its a bit longer than ideal (20km each way) but I can use the canal path.
I'm going to do a trial commute tomorrow morning for timing / dodgy bits / etc.

Cold but enjoyed my first commute this morning.  The canal seems a very good option

Have you tried the tow-path? 

 
I probably could have used the canal this morning it was that cold.

[sg37409]

I’ve been manning our satellite office in Barrow-in-Furness again this week and riding in from my hotel in Ulverston each day.
... cocked up the navigation and did an extra 4 miles.

Quite impressive cock up to get that much extra in that short a run.

[rogerzilla]

-6.6°C when I set off this morning.  Snow hasn't come yet but it's noticeably warmer - a balmy 0.4 right now.

[Joe.B]

I’ve been manning our satellite office in Barrow-in-Furness again this week and riding in from my hotel in Ulverston each day.
... cocked up the navigation and did an extra 4 miles.

Quite impressive cock up to get that much extra in that short a run.

Yes, after making a wrong turn I made an impromptu decision to use the coast road rather than my customary route zigzagging along the quite lanes.  Turns out that the coast road is a 15 mile ride were as my usual route is 11.

[mrcharly-YHT]

Crashed. Hit head. Face full of grit. In hospital for observation as have memory loss.

[PaulF]

Crashed. Hit head. Face full of grit. In hospital for observation as have memory loss.

Ouch! Hope you feel better soon

[Jakob W]

Ouch - heal soon, and take care of yourself!

[Butterfly]

Crashed. Hit head. Face full of grit. In hospital for observation as have memory loss.

Oh no! I hope you heal fast and there is not too much damage.

[EllysH]

Crashed. Hit head. Face full of grit. In hospital for observation as have memory loss.

My cue to forgo the bike and take the tube.

Hope you're okay!

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