80kms/day. geez if you do it every day, I'm cactus!AndreB1972 wrote:Hi all,
I'm new to the forums, but have been lurking for a while. I commute from North Lakes to Brisbane City (+-80km RT), so I'll join the challenge next year and see how that goes.
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Postby gretaboy » Wed Nov 13, 2013 9:15 am
This morning was thickish fog. The sunglasses fogged up and made things difficult to see. So the ride was a damp one but was also warm. It is supposed to get to 30 degrees today so a nice warm ride home. Apart from a P plater beeping me, for no reason at all, the commute was uneventful.
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Postby TailWind » Wed Nov 13, 2013 9:27 am
As for this morning....well, I should have stayed in bed:
Wake up late and look at the radar. Things are bad overhead and getting worse from the south.
Never mind, decide to take the shorter route in and get ready to leave. Garage door opener light is broken, so I carefully make my way down the stairs in the garage in the dark, slip, and tumble down the last couple of steps. Brief pain in ankle, but all seems ok. Curse a bit and wheel bike out into the rain.
The roads are absolutely sodden, rivers and little lakes in the wheel ruts. The mudflap once again does its job well, and the main issue with spray is now the stuff blowing back from the top of the front wheel. No further dramas though.
I get to work pretty soaked, strip off down to my undershorts, hang kit up to dry and stuff my boots with paper. Head over to my locker, key in my code.....and Beep! Red light! Access Denied!
I have no spare kit with me, and I frantically try a few combinations I could conceivably have mis-keyed yesterday afternoon. No luck. After a bit more cursing and a heated internal debate, I grab some bike tools and force the locker, consequences be damned. Fortunately, I manage do to this without any damage, only the tab that the lock latches behind is a little bent and I straighten that without problem.
Get into dry clothes, and try one more mis-key combination....Green Light! Success! This saves me having to confess my handiwork to Property and Operations. Whew.
Crazy start to the day, hope it gets better and the weather gives us a break here in Melbourne.
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Postby TailWind » Wed Nov 13, 2013 9:43 am
Yep, and I'll slip by at least one position as well.jasonc wrote:80kms/day. geez if you do it every day, I'm cactus!AndreB1972 wrote:Hi all,
I'm new to the forums, but have been lurking for a while. I commute from North Lakes to Brisbane City (+-80km RT), so I'll join the challenge next year and see how that goes.
gretaboy, there's the motivation you wanted
Welcome Andre, btw, I spent a bit of time in South Africa as well, commuting by bike in Johannesburg would have been suicidal..
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Postby gretaboy » Wed Nov 13, 2013 9:57 am
TW...without sounding like I have my head stuck up my backside...I think I have got this year sewn upTailWind wrote: gretaboy, there's the motivation you wanted
As to next year..well...different story (maybe). I have started racing on the weekends, its why I have cut back to 3 days of commuting a week, in order to allow my body to recover. I will most likely continue doing this all of next year as well since the racing licence is for a year.
I am pushing harder on my commutes by doing intervals, not just riding along as I did for most of this year, and I am finding it is taking it out of me for the moment, am sleeping well lol
But as we all know, it comes down to consistency with the commuting challenge..as well as distance.
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Postby TailWind » Wed Nov 13, 2013 10:08 am
Yeah, no question for this year...gretaboy wrote:TW...without sounding like I have my head stuck up my backside...I think I have got this year sewn up .TailWind wrote: gretaboy, there's the motivation you wanted
Thought you'd enjoy a closer challenge for next year though
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Postby AndreB1972 » Wed Nov 13, 2013 10:08 am
The first time I ever rode on a cycle path / lane was when we moved to Brisbane But it did give me some good 'survival' training - in the end you learn to quit grumbling about bad drivers, and learn to keep yourself safe, irrespective of the driver attitude and available infrastructure. I had more issues with attempted muggings than bad drivers - awesome interval trainingTailWind wrote:Welcome Andre, btw, I spent a bit of time in South Africa as well, commuting by bike in Johannesburg would have been suicidal..
Was off the bike for a year during our move, so not up to full 5day commutes yet - currently on about 300km a week and hoping to do the full commute next year. I occassionally travel for work, so that should give Jason a fair chance...
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Postby gretaboy » Thu Nov 14, 2013 9:10 am
Had an awful ride home yesterday, headwind, legs that didnt want to work..so took things easy this morning. Will give the ride home this arvo a good crack however
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Postby TailWind » Thu Nov 14, 2013 9:12 am
Yeah right. My hopes for a dry ride were dashed when I opened the garage door this morning. Light drizzle, wet roads, increasing to light rain as my commute progressed.
The rain thankfully tapered off about 5km from work, but it wasn't enough to completely dry me out, but I should have dry kit by this afternoon.
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Postby AndreB1972 » Thu Nov 14, 2013 10:09 am
Where was that Jason? I saw two groups fixing punctures on the Boondall Wetlands path...jasonc wrote:2 of my mates had simultaneous punctures this morning. still humid, but dry enough in brissy
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Postby jasonc » Thu Nov 14, 2013 10:12 am
riverloop - gracevilleAndreB1972 wrote:Where was that Jason? I saw two groups fixing punctures on the Boondall Wetlands path...jasonc wrote:2 of my mates had simultaneous punctures this morning. still humid, but dry enough in brissy
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Postby rheicel » Thu Nov 14, 2013 9:45 pm
I am trying to enjoy the afternoon commute and then...
If not for the disc brake, my face would have been stuck in his side windows.
Cyclist and/or pedestrian also down along Anzac Bridge. I did not stop as there are already some crowd helping.
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bike cleaned
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Postby find_bruce » Fri Nov 15, 2013 4:37 am
I was going the other way a bit later - ambulance taking a young lady away.rheicel wrote:Cyclist and/or pedestrian also down along Anzac Bridge. I did not stop as there are already some crowd helping.
Kudos to the cyclist who positioned himself about 25 m up the hill & was making sure, in a polite & friendly way, that riders knew the ambos were there
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Postby TailWind » Fri Nov 15, 2013 11:43 am
Good ride back otherwise.
Drizzle in the outer north this morning, and lots of vehicle traffic. Saw three peds en-route, which is highly unusual for the early hour between 4am-5am, a record for me even.
One of them was the dog walker on the Darebin Creek Trail, whose canine buddy has a blinky on his collar. Another, also on the DCT, was walking in my direction of travel dressed totally in black, not a single reflective patch anywhere. Was quite startled in he suddenly appeared in my lights.
Happy Friday!
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