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3rd worst commute of my life this evening (the worse two were when I got hit by car/van). Firstly grim rain. Secondly, my 1x10 drivetrain is fucked and so is effectively a 1x6 (50x12/17) anything lower than that my chain tries desperately to jump ship.
Had an "oh shit" moment half way home when riding behind a coach in a bus lane. I had thought that there was plenty of space behind the coach and in front of me but when it slammed on the brakes, I reacted quickly and dropped the anchors but had a sudden moment of confusion as to why the bus was stopping and I wasn't but then realised my rear wheel was locked and nearly so too the front. It was raining and I'd seen a lot of petrol/oil or something patches on the road. Anyway, after a few seconds of coming to terms with the fact I was going to have a very slow and embarrassing impact with the back of a coach, I managed to stop about 3 inches away from it. Conti Hardshells are not good in the wet, especially very worn ones.
Then I got a puncture 2 miles from home so started walking in the cold and rain, desperately needed the loo so ran in Asda and on the brink of wetting myself, tore my bib shorts trying to get my arm out in the toilets.
Thought I'd get some dinner while I was there. £2 bank balance.
Sore ankles from walking in cycling shoes
#csb TLDR: rained, nearly crashed, got a flat, nearly wet myself, I'm poor and sore