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Pleasant ride back yesterday afternoon.
This morning I made it to within 5km of the office in the Melbourne CBD when it starting pouring down. Caught just about every red light along Brunswick St in Fitzroy North, getting thoroughly soaked in the extra time it took to get in while waiting at the intersections. Hopefully the kit dries out by this afternoon.

slow and frustrating.

was a good ride this morning....left home at 6, was very pleasant...by the time I got to the office just after 8 it was steaming and I was sweating buckets

yesterday the storm clouds rolled in and the BOM radar wasnt looking too good. Luckily got home dry and no incidents. Had a good storm early evening and into the night

The humidity in Sydney yesterday was a bit on the nasty side. I managed to miss the downpour in the late afternoon but it didn't seem to make much of a difference in terms of clearing the air. I was dripping on both commutes!

Man it was hot today... And the headwind.

Comedian wrote:Man it was hot today... And the headwind.

Headwind. Am assuming you live on the north side of brisbane. Must be 80% of the year those of us on the Southside ride home in that same headwind.

schurms wrote:

Comedian wrote:Man it was hot today... And the headwind.

Headwind. Am assuming you live on the north side of brisbane. Must be 80% of the year those of us on the Southside ride home in that same headwind.

Looks like us south siders will have a tailwind for the commute home for the rest of this week...time to go out and get some more QOM action happening on the commute home...or at least increase my lead on the ones that I have

Comedian wrote:Man it was hot today... And the headwind.

hot, yes. but interestingly if you commute out of prime commute times, the ride home is leisurely and below critical headwind speed.

Good ride back via MYT, Banyule Trail and the Ring Road Trail.
Warm and calm commute into the Melbourne CBD this morning.

Beauty of a ride in this morning. Was a bit concerned that I could die at any time so I was taking it easy, first time I'd ever built a wheel and it was the first ride... and I didn't die, so I call that a success!

It settled in after the first 500m - 1km and after that it was good as gold, still haven't given it a hard flogging, will start subjecting it to some harder braking on the way home.

marinmomma wrote:

schurms wrote:

Comedian wrote:Man it was hot today... And the headwind.

Headwind. Am assuming you live on the north side of brisbane. Must be 80% of the year those of us on the Southside ride home in that same headwind.

Looks like us south siders will have a tailwind for the commute home for the rest of this week...time to go out and get some more QOM action happening on the commute home...or at least increase my lead on the ones that I have

Yes - I see your name against some of the segments I ride... nice work!

The hot ride yesterday arvo was tempered nicely by the splash into the pool with the kids when I got home... and by a few PRs and a top 10 on some segments.

Perth:

Not long after leaving home I came across a lot of shredded bark from tasmanian blue gums, ghost gums etc. Must have been a few early squalls to start the day off. Though I didn't notice any fences down.

Looking out the window now I can see that the smart people are indeed those that left the bike home today. Roland passed me but there weren't too many others out there.

Certainly gonna be the train for me tonight.

landscapecadmonkey wrote:

Comedian wrote:Man it was hot today... And the headwind.

hot, yes. but interestingly if you commute out of prime commute times, the ride home is leisurely and below critical headwind speed.

While I'm with you in spirit there my early marks are to pick up kids. It's a balance between getting more done at work and getting there in time so often I have to go faster than I'd like.

Those in BNE should check the radar. People leaving later could get rained on.

Comedian wrote:Those in BNE should check the radar. People leaving later could get rained on.

I'll swap, you catch the bus and I'll ride in the rain, and clean your bike.

schurms wrote:

Comedian wrote:Man it was hot today... And the headwind.

Headwind. Am assuming you live on the north side of brisbane. Must be 80% of the year those of us on the Southside ride home in that same headwind.

correct.
Parkinson I see - I saw a pic of your ride and I HAVE seen the black Surly with racks on Algester Rd when I occasionally catch the bus, I too have a black Surly Crosscheck, I ride it to the city most days.

warm morning with the fog this morning. this afternoon is going to be a stinker

clouds threatened to rain all morning, got the faintest spray at some points but rain held off. Was very muggy. Legs are pretty stuffed and I took it easy. Thought about and even started an attempt at a Strava segment...but realised my body had nothing to give so sat back down and wussed out. Didnt help that the day prior I consumed a copious amount of alcohol and not that much food.

Steamy ride back yesterday afternoon. Couple of stops for refreshments made it quite tolerable though.
Warm commute in this morning as well, and Melbourne will hit 38C today, according to the forecast...will be pretty hot work...

Except for two segments - I took it easy today.. e.g. cruising up a climb (just a slight incline really) at around 22km/h instead of the usual pushing for 30+.

Actually found myself feeling a little skittish on some leaf littered corners - for some reason my confidence left me in the middle section of my ride.

It came back though... all good again.

Commuted via Redcliffe this morning.

Problem is the drool has been running down my chin and dripping on the keyboard.

It's stopped working and I can't find the energy to go and find a new one.

My commute wasn't the best today.



I got out of the car to get my bike and dropped the garmin. Skipped across the road and a car ran over it. Very short end to a rather useful life

Perth:

Windy. Stuff all over the path. Not much company. Somehow I never had to bring out the pancho though I did get some spray from the river in places.

Brrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

Today? Bloody hot. Riding home in about 38C I got about half way and ditched the helmet, those things are way too hot when it is a hot day. I carry extra water on the way home on days like today so I can throw some over myself, still hard to lose all the heat though.

DS

DavidS wrote:Today? Bloody hot.

Unbelievably hot in Melbourne for the ride home yesterday..the thermometer showed 41C when I got home. Rode at about 60% effort over 30km, took a bit longer, but there was no way to push any harder.
Hot and humid on the way in this morning as well, few drops of rain, but not enough to cool things down.
Happy Friday!

The famous Sydney humidity has arrived this week, got home last night and collapsed on the floor for a while with a nice cool bottle of water.

This morning's ride in was steamy too, I think I'll have to start leaving earlier to get more of the 'night air'.

Regards