This morning's commute and other commuting stories

Short bibs
Short sleeve jersey
No gloves

Bit of water never hurt anyone, HTFU

Not the best week to rediscover my mojo and start commuting by bike again. Could cope with the rain but the constant headwind with occasional gusts trying to whip your wheels out from under you were grim. At least I had dry stuff at the end

Carradice/10

It was a rainy and stormish morning...

Didn't get too wet (yay) and the new Shimano CX70 rear canti is great, and the Thorn had a service, so smooth/10 :)

ffs people it's only a little rain. no such thing as wrong weather, just the wrong clothes/bike

cycling jersey
randonee shorts
shoes
mitts
pro team race cape
MUDGUARDS

arrived at work smug as a bug in a rug, plus i had spare socks and a top just in case i had got soaked but I hadn't

colleagues not so much

bibs
jersey
no mitts
no mudguards
50mm carbon clinchers

sketchy/10

bibs

jersey
no mitts - fail
no mudguards - fail
50mm carbon clinchers - fail

60% fail

I wore a train compartment, arrived dry and warm.

That must have been heavy

You sound like me.
No gloves or jacket required in June. No mudguards required ever. 28mm tyres and deep section rims at one point crossing the Essex Road the wind hit me from the East and I was literally blown 2 feet across the road and I'm fairly heavy. Then a tree came down not far from me on St John Street.

Was great fun though

It's summer. Init.

Exactly

Yep, my view was that it was summer so was bound to be warm rain so shorts and t-shirt it is.

Screwed it up big time today, only had the brkless at home so decided to train/walk it. Ditched waterproof for light jacket thinking it would brighten up (not sure why, pessimist by nature) and instead got drenched on the walk from Liverpool St to Bankside.

Pockets still wet/10

People without mudguards: why you'd want to go out in the rain and marinade your arse in road spray I don't know, but have you not figured out that it is rather antisocial to be spraying anyone who has the misfortune to be behind you? C'mon, it's not hard to put on some friggin clip-ons.

@PhilDAS

Get off my wheel. This isn't a club run.

It is now.

(Welcome to the club.)

Overtake or drop back, nobody's making you eat my road shit

No one is ever behind me for long enough to receive spray as I overtake and am gone in a flash tbh

It's not your personal fiefdom either...

Today it was.

witnessed said tree in road whilst wrangling an umbrella against the wind. Tree was heavy, would hate to have been reading a different story of 'rider down' related to that bad boy.

This. If its raining why would I want anyone that close to my wheel. Its only a commute not tdf, don't need to draft

My guard is long enough to cover my arse but also sprays anyone behind me, best of both worlds

If I don't know you, I don't want you on my wheel.

I have a bike with guards but I'll pay my monies and take my choice.