How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
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Postby jasonc » Mon Mar 20, 2017 7:49 pm
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Postby DavidS » Mon Mar 20, 2017 9:01 pm
Very sweaty ride in and out.
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Postby familyguy » Tue Mar 21, 2017 11:40 am
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Postby jasonc » Tue Mar 21, 2017 1:21 pm
humidity takes it out of you. especially when you aren't used to itDavidS wrote:Very humid in Melbourne today - I didn't ask for this, I live in Melbourne.
Very sweaty ride in and out.
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wet roads only this morning
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Postby RobertL » Tue Mar 21, 2017 4:41 pm
Yep - I got caught in it too. Did my best to dry everything for this morning, but my shoes were still damp. Yuk.jasonc wrote:Drenched on the way home
When I got home yesterday I had a mail delivery card letting me know that my new bike shoes are sitting nice and dry at the local post office. I could have really used them today.
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Postby Kalgrm » Tue Mar 21, 2017 8:47 pm
Two weeks ago, I got the 'bent out and started the full commute. Those 'bent legs are finally coming back. I've got another 13kg to lose before I reach my ideal weight so the hills are killing me (lost 7kg so far.)
Gave a bloke a good drag home into a headwind for 8km yesterday.
Cheers,
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Postby ironhanglider » Tue Mar 21, 2017 9:25 pm
I posted the weather forecast so that people would know what a hard-core commuter I am and worship me as a result. The trouble is that I've only suffered light drizzle for a fraction of my 4 rides this week, and the weather is supposed to be getting better now.
At least my garage got flooded.
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Postby jasonc » Wed Mar 22, 2017 8:44 am
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Postby caneye » Wed Mar 22, 2017 10:06 am
was astonished by the number of cycling commuters despite it being a wet, grey and miserable morning. dedicated cycling paths everywhere i could see. i believe the Victorians have it good.
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Postby mp1988 » Wed Mar 22, 2017 12:57 pm
16km, 1hr 1min.
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Postby bychosis » Thu Mar 23, 2017 7:58 am
Minor detours for a change, strong southerly change for a headwind for half of it. At least the predicted showers were not around.
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Postby ironhanglider » Thu Mar 23, 2017 11:13 pm
Veloflex Corsas are what I'd consider for a race/weekend tyre. The weird feel is an interesting description.fat and old wrote:Wet . Nice though. Tried out a new rain jacket, it passed sorta. Then got a puncture half way in. I hate repairing them in the rain. The Veloflex Corsas are a gigantic fail for puncture resistance. Bought them by mistake pre christmas. They puncture easy, are squirelly and just feel weird. They lose air faster than anything else i've had too. Binning them tonight, if I can be arsed
Oh, and the council saw fit to be slashing the grass along the path, in the rain. Spat it out the side straight onto the path, covering the whole thing for about 800m.
The only time i've had a tyre feel anything like that was when I had 28mm tyres on 14mm rims running at less than ideal pressure on a tandem. A few more psi and they felt much better.
I'll take them and try to figure it out if the carcass hasn't been too damaged by the commute.
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Postby warthog1 » Sun Mar 26, 2017 2:41 pm
A couple of kangaroos out and about.
I saw them on the steep uphill rather than downhill luckily.
Dark most of the way in now in the mornings.
I've gone away from the dyno hub and lights and the bike feels so much livelier for it.
Guards are off too, they might go back on.
I need a light with better run time. The saferide 80 is great on high, not so good on low. High has a woeful runtime.
I'm thinking an exposure but bugger they are expensive. Don't like a separate battery.
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Postby fat and old » Mon Mar 27, 2017 3:37 pm
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Postby fat and old » Tue Mar 28, 2017 6:55 pm
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Postby find_bruce » Wed Mar 29, 2017 9:09 am
The funny part was he was stationary in traffic as I gently sailed past, never to see him again.
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Postby fat and old » Wed Mar 29, 2017 9:20 am
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Postby cancan64 » Wed Mar 29, 2017 10:45 am
Flying to Wellington tomorrow so will be lugging computer and crap home tonight and back Friday morning...that will be testing
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Postby bychosis » Wed Mar 29, 2017 4:59 pm
Stop, go back. Point at him "Zero kms per hour". Point at yourself: "25kms per hour"find_bruce wrote:Came across a towering intellect today - gerroff the road. I really should come up with a better stock response than go procreate you richard.
The funny part was he was stationary in traffic as I gently sailed past, never to see him again.
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