How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
Postby DavidS » Thu Oct 19, 2017 9:43 pm
Still, better to be riding than stuck in traffic.
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
Postby HenryCharlie » Fri Oct 20, 2017 9:42 am
Looking forward to the Southerly after work...make a very nice change not to pedal into a headwind on my way home.
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
Postby andrewjcw » Mon Oct 23, 2017 6:43 pm
I got a new cross bike 4 weeks ago and it's perfect. My lights are pretty good. I've been using a backpack but the sweat was just ridiculous and have ordered some panniers and a rack and am keen to try that out. I think I will also have to buy a decent bell for the bike path. I have one but it's so quiet it's pretty useless.
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Postby Mububban » Tue Oct 24, 2017 12:53 pm
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Postby Lizzy » Tue Oct 24, 2017 1:39 pm
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
Postby Mububban » Tue Oct 24, 2017 11:52 pm
My first thought was "Credence Clearwater Revival?" and I got confused before I figured it outLizzy wrote:T-shirt weather, hazaa ... Nice ride in this morning, my energy levels must finally be on the improve because I found myself with an appetite for CCR all of a sudden - two scalps today
I spied another commuter off in the distance as soon as I hit the PSP. It took me all the 5-6kms of PSP riding to catch him but I overhauled him in the last 150m (uphill) before turning off I've got no power on the flats but I seem to slowly catch a lot of people on the uphill sections.
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Postby bychosis » Wed Oct 25, 2017 11:28 am
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Postby find_bruce » Fri Oct 27, 2017 10:46 am
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
Postby bychosis » Fri Oct 27, 2017 3:11 pm
Waited out the hailstorm and the office watching the near golf ball size hail from indoors. Then nearly left it too late before the next storm rolled in. Only got a few drops on the ride, but it hammered down not long after getting home.
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
Postby andrewjcw » Fri Oct 27, 2017 6:50 pm
Well with today I've done 1 week of proper commuting. Totals for the week are 154km, 1390m and 5h45m. Looking forward to getting some panniers, my backpack gets pretty uncomfortable after 20 mins being so hot and sweaty.
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
Postby Mububban » Tue Oct 31, 2017 10:44 pm
jasonc wrote:Then my fly 6 wouldn't turn on. Joy
Update: Fully charged fly6 using original cable. It now turns on
My Fly6(v) worked on my way to work, but not on the way home (I discovered it hadn't recorded when I went to turn it off). I had to back up the folders and files on it (minus the footage, didn't need any of it). Formatted the card, copied the data back onto it, and all good, for now.
I like having these cameras on my bike for peace of mind, but they do seem a bit buggy.
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
Postby jasonc » Wed Nov 01, 2017 1:13 pm
mine has now failed to the point that it won't turn on so it currently in transit on the way back to Cycliq.Mububban wrote:jasonc wrote:Then my fly 6 wouldn't turn on. Joy
Update: Fully charged fly6 using original cable. It now turns on
My Fly6(v) worked on my way to work, but not on the way home (I discovered it hadn't recorded when I went to turn it off). I had to back up the folders and files on it (minus the footage, didn't need any of it). Formatted the card, copied the data back onto it, and all good, for now.
I like having these cameras on my bike for peace of mind, but they do seem a bit buggy.
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
Postby Cyclophiliac » Thu Nov 02, 2017 6:48 am
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
Postby g-boaf » Thu Nov 02, 2017 10:21 pm
I don't see too many other riders at the time I leave, and certainly not in my area going the way I do so I don't get much of a chance. But it's a commute though, try not to get sweaty. I'm still not too slow.Mububban wrote:CCR fail this morning, just couldn't catch that guy in the red jersey...
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
Postby Mububban » Fri Nov 03, 2017 12:31 pm
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
Postby bychosis » Fri Nov 03, 2017 1:25 pm
Left it a little late this morning, and so made fairly good time 'up and over', but not enough time to cool down before showering. Raced into the shower, washed, dried, dressed in record time ... and entered the office to looks of concern/amusement at my condition and to need drying again. Fortunately I made the meeting and it was 15min drive away so I had time to compose myself.
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
Postby HausFinch » Mon Nov 06, 2017 6:26 pm
My question is- would you ever be so annoyed with a person behind you that you would intentionally try to cause an accident? Was I being a jerk? I know if I wanted someone to get off my tail I'd simply slow down my cadence and give them a hand signal to pass me. I've been riding seriously for over four decades and I've never experienced anything like what that guy did. I wonder what people think is a reasonable response?
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
Postby DavidS » Mon Nov 06, 2017 9:38 pm
Call him a D***head and keep riding. I wouldn't worry too much, clearly the cyclist on the expensive bike was upset you could keep up on a slower bike. You hurt his ego, and let's face it, that's his problem.HausFinch wrote:I have a question about passing or following another. On my commute one day a rider on a $6000 time trial bike passed me at the halfway mark on the bike path home. I was riding my rigid steel MTB with 2" tyres, fenders, dynamo hub, panniers, etc. As he passed I accelerated to draft behind him, staying within about a foot distance behind for about two kilometres. Suddenly he slammed on the brakes and I swerved smoothly round him and kept going. At the next climb he waited til I was slow toward the top and passed me with gusto so i couldn't jump back on his tail.
My question is- would you ever be so annoyed with a person behind you that you would intentionally try to cause an accident? Was I being a jerk? I know if I wanted someone to get off my tail I'd simply slow down my cadence and give them a hand signal to pass me. I've been riding seriously for over four decades and I've never experienced anything like what that guy did. I wonder what people think is a reasonable response?
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
Postby boneyfish » Mon Nov 06, 2017 10:40 pm
So yeah, my last commute to work s*cked.
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
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