How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
Postby Lizzy » Wed Apr 10, 2013 7:36 pm
So slow & tired heading in it wasn't even funny.
Forgot reading glasses, of course it's national "pull figures all day" day, ow
Spray leave-in conditioner stored too close to a similarly sized bottle of whiteboard cleaner, no good comes of this
Forgot wallet, ergo emergency tuna for lunch, at least now I smell a bit less like whiteboard cleaner
Finally I escape and get changed to go home, I feel strangely out of sorts walking to the bike cage but I can't put my finger on it. I reach for my pocket to get D-lock key out and realise shorts are backwards.
Forgot sunglasses, can't face going back to the office.
Uuuyy
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
Postby rheicel » Wed Apr 10, 2013 7:47 pm
That suck but hey, you are not the only one...Lizzy wrote:Today in my life as a cycle commuter:
So slow & tired heading in it wasn't even funny.
Forgot reading glasses, of course it's national "pull figures all day" day, ow
Spray leave-in conditioner stored too close to a similarly sized bottle of whiteboard cleaner, no good comes of this
Forgot wallet, ergo emergency tuna for lunch, at least now I smell a bit less like whiteboard cleaner
Finally I escape and get changed to go home, I feel strangely out of sorts walking to the bike cage but I can't put my finger on it. I reach for my pocket to get D-lock key out and realise shorts are backwards.
Forgot sunglasses, can't face going back to the office.
Uuuyy
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
Postby jasonc » Wed Apr 10, 2013 8:04 pm
lizzy - your posts are always gold. thankyouLizzy wrote:Today in my life as a cycle commuter:
Uuuyy
legs had nothing tonight. was happy to make it home
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
Postby TailWind » Thu Apr 11, 2013 7:56 am
A few drops of rain for the ride into the Melb CBD this morning, looks like there's some wet stuff on the way today.
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Postby gretaboy » Thu Apr 11, 2013 8:48 am
Your one sick man/woman/person VRE....cold I can understand BUT wet mmmmmmmmmmmVRE wrote:I'm looking forward to some cold and wet weather. .
Think my long fingered gloves and jacket are going to come out soon...brass monkeys got a working over this morning. Fog was pea soup thick. I do get a little concerned when the fog is around as on some long sections of road I have less than half a metre to work with and B-doubles/cars flying past at 80+ k's. A split second lapse of concentration from one of these drivers and I am history. In saying that however..if it is my time then it is my time
After Monday being a wet day this week, the riding week has had glorious weather..am loving it
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Postby jasonc » Thu Apr 11, 2013 9:30 am
then again, in brissy, it's one or the other
dry when i rolled on the door then drizzle for about 20 minutes. so now I have a dirty bike. and the blinky on the front of the roadie is crapola. new front light is on "the list"
fast riverloop this morning with the gang in perfect weather (as the drizzle has cleared)
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
Postby Marto » Thu Apr 11, 2013 11:20 am
I have more than a few days like those.Lizzy wrote:Today in my life as a cycle commuter:
So slow & tired heading in it wasn't even funny.
Forgot reading glasses, of course it's national "pull figures all day" day, ow
Spray leave-in conditioner stored too close to a similarly sized bottle of whiteboard cleaner, no good comes of this
Forgot wallet, ergo emergency tuna for lunch, at least now I smell a bit less like whiteboard cleaner
Finally I escape and get changed to go home, I feel strangely out of sorts walking to the bike cage but I can't put my finger on it. I reach for my pocket to get D-lock key out and realise shorts are backwards.
Forgot sunglasses, can't face going back to the office.
Uuuyy
One morning I cleaned my teeth with Bepanthen (nappy rash and nipple care cream). It tastes how it smells.
I've been creeping forward on my saddle the last few days (unintentionally), which resulted in a saddle sore as I was on the narrow forward part of the saddle. You can get some bad habits, I guess. This morning I was concentrating on sitting further back, especially when sitting back down after higher cadence out of saddle efforts. I was checking this by observing where my handlebars intersected the front axle.
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
Postby Summernight » Thu Apr 11, 2013 11:49 am
This morning, as posted in the Video thread, the GoPro froze twice in a row on startup. So no camera for the trip. I felt naked without it. But the trip was actually refreshingly uneventful. Got rained on, but not pouring so it wasn't too bad.
Oh and I won a Yarra Trams mini rhino in a giveaway - it even goes 'ding ding' like the trams. I'm thinking about mounting it to my handlebars. Might give the peds food for thought if they hear a tram noise instead of the usual bike bell.
(That image is from the Yarra Tram's facebook page so I hope it shows for everyone)
My rhino has half his front horn mangled - I think a poacher got to him.
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
Postby find_bruce » Thu Apr 11, 2013 1:34 pm
Turned out a screw had fallen out of the cleat & so it was rotating. Took the cleat off & had the very weird experience of one foot clipped in & one not.
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Postby VRE » Thu Apr 11, 2013 5:25 pm
I yelled at the cyclist to give me more room, but I'm not sure he even heard the words properly, because he had earphones on, and quite possibly his music was just too loud. The next time a cyclist does that to me, I won't be anywhere near as polite, because I've had a gutful.
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Postby oxonabike » Fri Apr 12, 2013 7:32 am
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Postby gretaboy » Fri Apr 12, 2013 8:46 am
Was a lot warmer this morning due to some cloud cover, the best part was that the roads were wet from a down pour...which I missed..yeeeeha lol
Had another rider slip onto my tail at the 35k mark this morning and I think I have had him on my wheel another morning this week. What gives me the poops is that he dosesnt/didnt bother saying hi and/or taking a turn, instead he is happy to just sit on my tail. He certainly had the "legs" in him to get past and I wasnt going that fast. From his jersey he belongs to the Maitland Triathlon club. The video footage has him comfortably taking it easy behind me.
Think next week if it happens again I will slow right down.
The injustice of it all .......hahahahaha
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Postby rheicel » Fri Apr 12, 2013 8:51 am
Lol, you are doing him a favour, you should be happy mate.gretaboy wrote: Had another rider slip onto my tail at the 35k mark this morning and I think I have had him on my wheel another morning this week. What gives me the poops is that he dosesnt/didnt bother saying hi and/or taking a turn, instead he is happy to just sit on my tail. He certainly had the "legs" in him to get past and I wasnt going that fast. From his jersey he belongs to the Maitland Triathlon club. The video footage has him comfortably taking it easy behind me.
Think next week if it happens again I will slow right down.
The injustice of it all .......hahahahaha
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Postby Sparx » Fri Apr 12, 2013 9:08 am
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Postby bychosis » Fri Apr 12, 2013 9:20 am
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Postby TailWind » Fri Apr 12, 2013 9:37 am
Had a close call with a mutt on the Darebin Creek Trail at Alphington.
A dog had just crossed the path to the left and I was keeping and eye on it and the owners, when another shot out from behind a bush on the right of the path. Saw it at the last moment - the video show that less than a second had elapsed between the dog coming into sight and me being on top of it.
I'm focused on the left and have just caught the movement from the right:
The dog and I put on the brakes, but it ends up being very close at the end (less than 1/2m)
I'll put up a video later - it shows the suddeness of the whole event better than the pix do.
Good ride into the Melbourne CBD this morning, although I had a couple of motorists desperate to squeeze me at the top of Collins St, where the bike lane at the tram stop is abominably narrow. Wasn't going to let that happen and stuck to the car lane, was going close to the 40km/h limit for the CBD anyway.
Happy Friday!
Edit: Here's a linky to the clip
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Postby Summernight » Fri Apr 12, 2013 12:32 pm
I do that part of Collins Street too - the right hand curve is what makes the cars panic and take over the gutter bike lane. To make matters worse for that section there's a lip in the middle of the bike lane that is the change between gutter and road and sometimes this lip guides a wheel where you don't want it. I usually take the car lane or don't go beside a moving car in that area as I don't want to be squeezed. Fortunately for me the cars there usually aren't moving as they're stuck in traffic.TailWind wrote:Good ride into the Melbourne CBD this morning, although I had a couple of motorists desperate to squeeze me at the top of Collins St, where the bike lane at the tram stop is abominably narrow. Wasn't going to let that happen and stuck to the car lane, was going close to the 40km/h limit for the CBD anyway.
Happy Friday!
Lovely commute in this morning although the legs were tired. I also had a pleasant morning jog prior to that and had a group of 5 male road cyclists all pass me on the Gipps St bridge going towards the Yarra Boulevard and the 3 front ones all said a friendly 'Good morning' as they went past! It was lovely!
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Postby KonaCommuter » Mon Apr 15, 2013 8:39 am
I'm embarrassed to say that the chain on my road bike had some rust that's what I get for commuting in the rain and adopting the "I'll do it tomorrow" school of thought to basic maintenance.
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Postby rheicel » Mon Apr 15, 2013 8:57 am
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Postby TailWind » Mon Apr 15, 2013 9:01 am
Yep, the cars tend to drift wide in the turn and into the sorry excuse for a bike lane. What never fails to amaze me is the speed with which they hit this narrow section, given that there's a good chance of peds stepping out from the tram stop.Summernight wrote: I do that part of Collins Street too - the right hand curve is what makes the cars panic and take over the gutter bike lane. To make matters worse for that section there's a lip in the middle of the bike lane that is the change between gutter and road and sometimes this lip guides a wheel where you don't want it. I usually take the car lane or don't go beside a moving car in that area as I don't want to be squeezed. Fortunately for me the cars there usually aren't moving as they're stuck in traffic.
Light rain and drizzle for most of the way into the Melb CBD this morning, had dressed for it, so no issues.
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Postby gretaboy » Mon Apr 15, 2013 9:10 am
The roads I ride have now claimed two steel drink cages and one mudguard. Just watch the rain pour down this week
Cold morning commute, put the jacket on and as usual it was welcome at the start but around the half way mark and some minor hills, it got a bit too much, but then luckily for me the low lands that came up next were cool so didnt make the jacket too much of a sauna.
There was a steam day on the weekend in Maitland. I didnt attend but riding home friday I saw some of the old girls they had and then this morning I rode past two beautiful old steam locomotives. Hopefully the gopro recorded them as I rode past. Simply majestic were these two old locomotives.
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Postby bychosis » Mon Apr 15, 2013 9:17 am
This morning's commute: 31.2km, 40% off road, mostly in Glenrock, perfect weather and no traffic or pedestrian troubles for the on-rd bits + cycling target thingy back in the green.
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