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The "Excuses" Thread

Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2012 8:04 am
by Max
The heat is killing me. No riding of any kind the last few days :(

Max


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Re: The

Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2012 8:17 am
by jasonc
Max wrote:The heat is killing me. No riding of any kind the last few days :(
am contemplating having tomorrow off the bike - am doing coot-tha for the first time on saturday. and it was hard work last night

Re: The "Excuses" Thread

Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2012 10:45 am
by KonaCommuter
My excuse is that Ive already done 5 commute this week and that I had to start earlier today than usual but didn't get up any earlier. Feel a bit slack to be honest. Especially after my bad(ish) results yesterday at the company health fair (poor resting heart rate, bmi in the obese category and 112 cm waist)

Re: The "Excuses" Thread

Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2012 10:10 pm
by bosvit
KonaCommuter wrote:My excuse is that Ive already done 5 commute this week and that I had to start earlier today than usual but didn't get up any earlier. Feel a bit slack to be honest. Especially after my bad(ish) results yesterday at the company health fair (poor resting heart rate, bmi in the obese category and 112 cm waist)
If you keep commuting 5 times a week you won't have to worry about the company health fair next year. You will be a star performer :D

Re: The "Excuses" Thread

Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2012 6:16 am
by KonaCommuter
Raining this morning and I still have my car so.........

Re: The "Excuses" Thread

Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2012 1:24 pm
by wizardhat
KonaCommuter wrote:Raining this morning and I still have my car so.........
And now it's not raining. Wish I'd just ridden through the light rain now.

Re: The "Excuses" Thread

Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2012 2:51 pm
by AndrewBurns
I braved the light rain this morning and now it's looking like being an OK afternoon to ride home in and a good day for riding tomorrow.

Re: The "Excuses" Thread

Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2012 3:12 pm
by jasonc
KonaCommuter wrote:Raining this morning and I still have my car so.........
no car, but i took the bus

Re: The "Excuses" Thread

Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2012 2:12 pm
by Max
It's been pissing down rain all day today. But that's not why I didn't ride today. I didn't ride because I'm lazy. :cry:

Max

Re: The "Excuses" Thread

Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2012 2:25 pm
by jasonc
Max wrote:It's been pissing down rain all day today. But that's not why I didn't ride today. I didn't ride because I'm lazy. :cry:

Max
I didn't ride because it was wet. simple.

Re: The "Excuses" Thread

Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2012 4:31 pm
by KonaCommuter
+1 to the rain being my excuse.

Re: The "Excuses" Thread

Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2012 4:33 pm
by Abby
I'm a fairweather commuter (feel free to heap scorn upon me...). And the weather is far from fair in BrisVegas at the moment... Hopefully tomorrow tho'... :roll:

Cheers,
Abby

Re: The "Excuses" Thread

Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2012 9:08 pm
by Mulger bill
I'm just glad there's a company supplied bottle of sunscreen at work, mine was empty after the weekend 57kms on the MTB. :oops: Todays sun in Melbs coulda been put on sharks for Dr Evil.

Re: The "Excuses" Thread

Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2012 9:30 pm
by AndrewBurns
Not going to commute tomorrow or the next day, I'm telling myself it's because rain is predicted and I'm having a rest after riding today and yesterday (still supposed to be recovering from a bad knee). Definitely be back on for Friday commute though.

Re: The "Excuses" Thread

Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2012 10:58 am
by ave a go
I didn't ride today - Wife is picking me up this arvo to go to her OB appt :) so I got her to drop me off this morning and took the opportunity to bring a heap of gear into the office.

No riding tomorrow either as I'm working from the City :(

Back into it Friday though :D

Re: The "Excuses" Thread

Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2012 6:05 pm
by KonaCommuter
I was going to ride this morning but caught a “Severe Weather Warning for SEQ” on the telly. So I drove and no storm, no rain, no riding :(

Re: The "Excuses" Thread

Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2012 8:24 am
by bychosis
The stop button doesn't work the same as the snooze button on my alarm. extra 45min sleep but too late to ride.

Re: The "Excuses" Thread

Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2012 7:49 pm
by KonaCommuter
I didn’t ride today because I genuinely feared I’d bare the brunt from a Warnie inspired bogan.


Seriously - Warnie should be charged but Victorian Police clearly give sportsman preferential treatment. That’s messed up

Re: The "Excuses" Thread

Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2012 7:32 pm
by KonaCommuter
Was crook Sunday night and my sleep was atrocious. Didn’t have the energy to ride so I drove. Felt bad about it all day until it was home time and the heavens opened up.

Re: The "Excuses" Thread

Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2012 9:08 pm
by jasonc
KonaCommuter wrote:Was crook Sunday night and my sleep was atrocious. Didn’t have the energy to ride so I drove. Felt bad about it all day until it was home time and the heavens opened up.
it's going to be wet all week. not going to cry about it. just happy I got in lots of riding the first few weeks of the month.

The "Excuses" Thread

Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2012 8:07 am
by Max
It's pissing down. My missus has told me I'd be crazy to ride. Who am I to argue? :lol:

Max


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Re: The "Excuses" Thread

Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2012 2:21 pm
by deekrockingbeat
i stacked yesterday and got road rash all over my shins and my knee is still bleeding a little, but still commuted in today. :)

Re: The "Excuses" Thread

Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2012 2:52 pm
by beauyboy
Max wrote:It's pissing down. My missus has told me I'd be crazy to ride. Who am I to argue? Max
I got told the same by my otherhalf,
I road anyway. I just stuck a teatowel down my pants to dry them out when I got to work.
Mind you I do smell a bit musty now

Donald

Re: The "Excuses" Thread

Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2012 9:30 am
by Dropbear20
Max wrote:It's pissing down. My missus has told me I'd be crazy to ride. Who am I to argue? :lol:
It was raining heavy this morning and I didn't have to be told...SWMBO was stalking the lounge room waiting for the opportunity to tell me what I fool I would be if rode in the rain. So I went back to bed.

Re: The "Excuses" Thread

Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2012 11:32 pm
by Xplora
Bike got serviced last week, didn't want to undo that by riding through the downpour. I have decided that if I'll soak through within 5 minutes, it's raining too hard. The concern is definitely more protecting the bike than me though.