This morning's commute and other commuting stories

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPwrodxghrw

Same here. Sooaked when I got into work!

first commute on a foldy bike this morning (taking it on a train up to manchester tonight). felt like a proper daftpot getting to grips with whizzy gearing etc at first but after a while got used to the slower pace and enjoyed sitting more upright. arrived at work loads less stressy and sweaty with very little time difference overall really. lovely stuff.

I saw 'weatherpersons' but my brain said 'weatherspoons'.
Spent a moment wondering "how could it all be their fault?"

My first thought was 'it's "Wetherspoon's"', then I read it properly.

As was mine and I had to get down here and go back again to realise there wasn't a funny tale about a mamil in a villa shirt being turned away from a pub in the rain.

Another one for the "is that wetherspoons?" pile.

Really nice heading home. Sunny. Tailwind.
Hello'd a guy touring (on a Genesis I think, properly fully paniered) who was bound for Gatwick!

Just test-rode a Pilen Lyx (technically Swedish, but same idea...)

Ohmigod I need one of those in my life. Comfortable as fuck.

(n+1)ing so hard right now.

Edit: screw it, I'm buying one. Riding it made me smile, and life's too short. Hello, new commuting bike!

This morning... just beautiful. That's all. Sorry for the distraction.

a mamil in a villa shirt

a mamil in a villa shirt

a mamiliavs

During yesterday's 10 minute downpour, big smiles raised by the lady who held a little umbrella over me while I was waiting at the lights of Edgware Rd and George St. Of course she was far too late, as I was soaked. But it amused me (and probably her too) no end.

Rode motorbike to work because fuckyobicycles. Cue 3 dickheads behind me aggressively overtaking around Regents past zoo. Tut disapprovingly, get round bend to find police with speed gun pointed right in our direction.
They stop all 3 that overtook me, I cruise right past giving them the smug eyeball.
Coffee at work tastes smugoliscious.

Isn't that a scene in a Richard Curtis film,
or,
was it a Match.com ad?

1st puncture of the year. LBS fitting Michelin Proteks for winter.

No idea. Sounds contrived/sickly-sweet enough though, I admit. However, as I wasn't Hugh Grant last time I checked, we can probably rule it out.

Sorry, was it the Black Sabbath T-Shirt?

I read that as Wetherspoons. I mean I hate the pubs and the cnut that owns them as much as the next man but I thought it harsh blaming the rain on them.

And, gulp, Clarkson...
*shudder

So I leave work today, go to unlock my bike and realise some prick has pinched the saddle, seatpost and clamp. (Anyone selling a 27.2 Thomson post?)
Having to ride home standing up was less than ideal

Totally sucks. Sorry to hear that.

Cheers mate.
Anyone know any methods to prevent this happening again?

A chain of some sort round the saddle rails from the top of your seat stays. A shortened length of actual bike chain, wrapped in old inner tube is popular.

Glue a ball bearing in the Allen bolt hole?