How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
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Postby find_bruce » Thu Feb 23, 2017 10:22 am
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Postby adam0bmx0 » Thu Feb 23, 2017 1:33 pm
As per J's comments, temps in Brissy are very pleasent at the moment.
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
Postby jasonc » Thu Feb 23, 2017 2:27 pm
tail wind? most of my commute home last night was very unpleasant into a head/side windadam0bmx0 wrote:Good tailwind home last night allowed me to finally bag a strava KOM near me right at the end of my commute. It was satisfying, as ive tried a couple of times. (it's only a slight detour........)
As per J's comments, temps in Brissy are very pleasent at the moment.
brooky tomorrow?
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
Postby adam0bmx0 » Thu Feb 23, 2017 4:21 pm
Ah yea you're right, Western freeway was a side/headwind, the slight detour I took, aligned for a perfect tail wind.jasonc wrote:tail wind? most of my commute home last night was very unpleasant into a head/side windadam0bmx0 wrote:Good tailwind home last night allowed me to finally bag a strava KOM near me right at the end of my commute. It was satisfying, as ive tried a couple of times. (it's only a slight detour........)
As per J's comments, temps in Brissy are very pleasent at the moment.
brooky tomorrow?
Brooky, hmm possibly, legs are pretty tired, plus i'm riding Saturday and Sunday, usually have a commute only day on Fridays.
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
Postby ironhanglider » Thu Feb 23, 2017 9:42 pm
Had that both ways today.
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
Postby bychosis » Fri Feb 24, 2017 8:31 am
Just as it was getting light I decided to switch my light back to low beam to reduce the shadows cast and the battery gave out as I flick past hi beam. Slowed down a little until the sun rose some more.
Additionally when continuing to work I pulled up at a red light, centre of the narrow lane. (I know, I'm apparently meant to blast through if on a bike). Saw a shadow approach from behind. Looked around to see what it was, thinking bicycle, and just as I looked right a motorbike rider pulled up about half metre from my face. Let out a little surprised noise and the rider said 'hello', think she got a little kick out of surprising me.
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
Postby fat and old » Fri Feb 24, 2017 10:32 am
Maybe bad run of crappy luck/timing is over and I can move up a space in the CC.
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
Postby ChrisR24 » Fri Feb 24, 2017 5:40 pm
The afternoon ride is definitely more of a killer than the morning - more uphill and the afternoon sun is still quite punishing with heat.
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
Postby jasonc » Fri Feb 24, 2017 10:11 pm
Get a piece of fruit into you about an hour before you ride. Make sure you have something giving you a bit of go in the water in your water bottleChrisR24 wrote:Well, did my second commute today. Two for the week! Kicked me over 100km for the week so now my legs just want me stay still and die or something like that.
The afternoon ride is definitely more of a killer than the morning - more uphill and the afternoon sun is still quite punishing with heat.
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Postby warthog1 » Sun Feb 26, 2017 4:25 pm
Had a bit of CCR action the other arvo.
Rounded up old mate on some rollers had a quick word and kept going.
There are plenty of trees casting shadows on my arvo commute on beautiful quiet roads.
A bit of sweat on the glasses and it's hard to see what is on the road.
On a downhill section (maybe 45kmh luckily) I ran over what I thought was a piece of bark but realised was a 4' brown snake as I rolled over the middle of it.
Rolled on a few hundred meters and remembered the other bloke so I turned around as he was coming down the hill waving my arms and yelling snake!
We didn't find it so it must have slithered off with a sore back.
That was a first anyway.
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Postby find_bruce » Tue Feb 28, 2017 1:50 pm
& I am betting inside your mud splattered beard was a big grinMugglechops wrote:Long way in the wet this morning. I fitted Maxxis Hookworms last night so I was also very muddy.
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Postby MichaelB » Wed Mar 01, 2017 5:39 pm
Gonna be toasty on the way home though with it being 37 degrees at the moment
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
Postby bychosis » Thu Mar 02, 2017 10:15 am
Otherwise it was good to stretch the legs.
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
Postby ironhanglider » Thu Mar 02, 2017 9:34 pm
However I am paying for it today. Really heavy legs. I might have to do the fixie thing more often once the legs recover. Ah well I have a rest day tomorrow.
Cheers,
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