[Closed] cycle commuters

I didn't bottle it I am just not going in today. 😀

Ridden in, only 4 miles and wasn't snowing at 07:10. Different story going home though I think 🙂

i bottled it wednesday/thrusday and friday this week

went over a car bonnet on tuesday 🙁

lesson learnt - go in the ambulance.

Zummerset represent!
'boarding goggles were a boon, but a mere 6 mile journey.
Amazement of colleagues would have a spectator believe I had come from the moon...

u OK trailrat?

What happened?

Bone dry, slight headwind and a bit chilly, if the wind gets up I'll get a cracking tailwind home 🙂

6 mile of canal/riverside pootling.......was awesome. 😀

the old delayed stiff neck and heavy delayed bruising across the backs of my shoulders.

its easing off now though.

adrenaline is amaizing stuff.

how ever ive been worse after mtb offs.

got a km down the road. too treacherous even on ice spikers. turned back. 🙁

10 miles of canal/old train track from Chesterfield. Only had one instance of the front wheel sliding out from under me. May be more interesting this afternoon.

Not in today. Quality shed time. Huzzah 🙂

Brompton, couple of miles either end of the train journey. No snow on the way in, going back later will be somewhat different

Scheduled car day today. Daughter had an exam which needed a guaranteed arrival at, picked up colleague so have diluted the guilt of not riding slightly.
4/5 by bike this week, 80 miles or so in the [url= http://www.endomondo.com/challenges/7385038 ]Oath of the Winter Warrior[/url] account.

Yep no problem. 11 miles, almost all off-road on hardpack snow and ice.

Schwalbe Winter Marathons FTW. 😀

After some close shaves this year already I have been only commuting on the dry days.

Nice last night on the way home with pixelmix.

4/5 by bike this week, 80 miles or so in the Oath of the Winter Warrior account.

Good work Warrior!

Could only do 3/5 this week (missus on call) so I'll have logged ~66 miles.

Walked in, does that count?

10 miles on mostly clear roads, just a bit wet with ice at the sides. Snow has started here now though, can't see out the office windows, are 23mm tyres good for snow riding?

Please say yes....
🙁

Rode yesterday, the towpath/off-road-cyclepath route in on the CX. Was lovely, frozen solid and bone dry.
Annoyingly, on the way home last night, bits of the cyclepath had thawed to the point where there was a 2mm thick layer of very cold mud which got sprayed everywhere. 🙁

I was running late this morning, got the train in. Hoping for a bit more snow, it's at that annoying point of enough to make it wet and cold, not enough to stick around for long.

Best commute ever! Oxfordshire mud frozen solid for a change. You can call me SS icebreaker after the frozen puddles I ploughed through 🙂

i've ridden in...like as if a bit of snow would ever stop me!! 😆
its just started to snow again.....and now i'm wondering if it was wise to leave the semi-slicks on the bike....should be an interesting ride home... 😯

12 miles on my fixed road bike. Took five miles before I could feel my fingers, then fine. Struggled to keep the average speed over 14 mph, but there was a headwind (and snow).

That clothing in full:
Sidi winter road boots
Sealskinz thin socks
Pearl Izumi Elite thermal and windproof biblongs
Icebreaker merino 200 baselayer
Pearl Izumi long sleeved fleece jersey
Club windshell - comments on the other thread please 😉
Polaris Cranium skullcap
Btwin neoprene winter gloves

And yes, 23 mm tyres are fine for snow, just make sure you ride fixed to feel the traction.

5 miles through Brizzle - snowy lushness!

Rode in today, first day this week. Niggly neck kept me off the bike.

The cold wind hurt my face, but not as much as the Northern Line hurt my soul.

That clothing in full:

Pffft.. I had a short sleeve top on.

(Local by-law makes it illegal to wear a jacket within Newcastle city limits)

Ridden in, only 4 miles and wasn't snowing at 07:10. Different story going home though I think

+1 and quite looking forward to it...........going home, that is.

10 miles commute in the 'Red zone' in South Wales. Didnt even have any spikes, just very soft knobblies - loved every second 😀 😀

The thought of NOT having to rely on public transport later on brings me a little bit of warmth and happiness.

The thought of NOT having to rely on public transport later on brings me a little bit of warmth and happiness.

Yup! Nice feeling, isn't it?

I'm thinking I might regret not replacing my slicks with the race kings this morning...

Only 8 miles but I'll be going home the long way.
Usually ride the winter road bike but the SS has been drafted in as a commuter this week, a set of worn Racing Ralphs coping surprisingly well.
Total so far this year: 790 miles ridden, 58 miles driven. Not a bad ratio. (not all commuting! There's 5 road rides over 100m in that)

Already been told I'm [i]"mad"[/i] by several people who will probably spend most of tonight stuck in their cars while I'm at home in front of the fire with a smug smile on my face 😀

Seems that the worse the weather gets the worse the road manners of drivers get - lots of fist waving/horn blaring/ stupid pulling out maneuvers, this morning. The fist waving/horn blaring was at each other not at me, btw.

bottled it and got the ferry, wish I road now 🙁

8 mile commute down the Taff Trail/thro Cardiff, including cheeky singletrack in Bute park 😀

Alas I managed to rip my helmet-mounted joystick clean off on a particularly low snow-bound branch! And then couldn't find where the flipping thing had landed! No great loss as it was about 7 years old - someone will find it in the thaw and think themselves lucky, until they find out the battery only lasts about 20 minutes these days...

Put a CX tyre on the front, roads were deserted. 😀

Seems that the worse the weather gets the worse the road manners of drivers get

11 miles each way, but was clear as you like on the way in. Starting to lay now, will see how it goes.

Got a spiked slick for the front and a balloon slick for the rear. Have copius amounts of zip ties to make effective snow chains if it gets deep.

Normal 6 miles from West London to Soho for me today, but I swapped the road/commuter bike for the P7. It felt like overkill on the way in, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed for some snow related fun on the way home.

the bad drive around peering out of a letter-box size hole in the snow ont he windscreen, big lumps of snow flying off the roof at me as they go.

Ooooh don't get me started. Saw someone doing that the other day. All windows covered, peering through a windscreen that had been cleared by wipers, but was obviously still frosty. They hadn't even cleared their headlights which were two faintly glowing snow cones.

8 mile commute down the Taff Trail/thro Cardiff, including cheeky singletrack in Bute park

We must follow a very similar route. Got knocked by many a branch too, luckily the lumenator was on the bars today!

My route to work is 2 miles so I go the wrong way for 6.5 miles along disused railway, turn around and go to work.

I did that today too, in heavy snow. Took a little longer than usual!

12 mile each way for me. Have done 4/5 this week and has been a little chilly both in the mornings and on the way home, think Wed night was the coldest one...

Mrs thought I was nuts this morning especially after making 1/2 mile then turning back to collect my helmet which I had forgotten, doughnut!

Roads were in pretty good nick, apart from the cars overtaking and driving through the slush in the middle, horrible!

Seemed to be proper hard work this morning though, pi$$ poor average..

Have just spent a quick 20mins cleaning the $hit off the bike in readiness for the return trip...

Have to say I bottled it and got a bus, not just because of the snow but mainly because the spell of food poisoning from Sunday. But will be riding at 05.30 tomorrow morning.

Singular Kite and Marathon Winters saw me through the 11 miles through the North Wiltshire countryside this morning. Despite a few minor slides, the tyres always regained traction before it became too scary! Might have to drop a few PSI out of them for the return trip though.

Back lanes all the way and 2-3 inches of snow so not another vehicle in sight for most of the ride. Lovely!

Office is almost empty for some reason...

Bottled it, ran instead. trains surprisingly quiet given reduced service. got 3-4 inches at home apparently, getting home might be a lottery!

Weather doesn't really decide if I ride in, I always do. This winter has been easy. Snowpocalypse of 2011 was byt far the worst year I've cycle commuted**. Temperatures lower than minus ten and snow over a foot deep* for months.

If I can't get in 6 miles on a mtb then it really is the apocalypse.

*compacted to ice, drifting on the toon moor to comedy 4+ feet.

**I say cycle commuted but I did a lot of jogging with a bike that year. Had a good cx season.

Couldn't be bothered, walked a couple of miles instead. I used to take pride in riding whatever the conditions but now I don't think it's worth it. Good fun in the park bits but just risky and no fun on the road bits, so no thanks.

"road bits" - that's your problem right there 😀

No way I'd be doing my commute in this weather if I had to do a significant amount by road.

yup; every day is bike. Car exists for longer journeys out of town only or where vast load capacity is actually useful.

My commute is about 6 miles of varied terrain including a bit of most things.

Only issues I've had this week:

1. My current gloves don't block enough wind and shifting with thumbs I can't feel is awkward. Gripshift suddenly makes sense...

2. The battery pack on my lights dies in one hour not 1½ hours at full blast (temperature again)

3. A painful reminder that high crossing bridges over roundabouts will be extremely icy. Altered route to avoid as even walking across it pushing bike (in SPD shoes) was lethal...

Now [i]this[/i] is an icy commute!

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Great pic that^

My short journey was fun just now. Schwalbe city jet 1.5 slicks. Let some air out.
Just kept in a straight line in fresh snow and wizzed past all the stationary traffic

I'm only in that London but it's snowing quite a lot. Ride in was very nice, ride home will be interesting!

Ended up being the only one left out of 30 of us. I can walk home in 5 mins though. Still rode in this morning though. 🙂
Well you have to, don't you...

My cargobike handles great in snow.

I've commuted every day this year bar one and ridden every Sunday, decided to give the singlespeed mtb a go today (instead of the road bike). Wasn't as horrible as I thought.

Yep, 6 out of last 10 workdays, 180 miles logged on Winter Warrior challenge

im on 7 of 10 with 220miles logged. New camera should be here tonight so back on the bike on monday 😀

Yes but it's only 4 miles. High winds and snowing on the way in, wasn't very pleasant in places. Mix of roads and trails. Dropped the pressure on the rear and had no issues.

well got sent home early and definitely the right decision to use the MTB this morning, took the slightly scenic route back home

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I still cycled, only a few miles for me though.

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Rode home 11 miles first thing this morning, 2 miles off road.
Wheels kept jamming with snow.