I Just Can't Help It

Wallace1492
Wallace1492 Posts: 3,707
edited August 2009 in Commuting chat
Why every morning when I set out just to amble into work and arrive refreshed but not in a sweaty dripping mess, I somehow, have to, just have to, step on the gas, try and beat the 7am bus down Maryhill Road, get to the green light before it changes, hit a new top speed under the canal bridge, catch up on every cyclist i see (or try to!)..... then I arrive at work in a sweaty dripping mess......
"Encyclopaedia is a fetish for very small bicycles"

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  • CiB
    CiB Posts: 6,098
    No point fighting it. Every day is an opportunity for a new PB, esp if it's blowing a howling gale up the back of your shirt. Go it it, and sweat.
  • Cafewanda
    Cafewanda Posts: 2,788
    Wallace1492 wrote:
    Why every morning when I set out just to amble into work and arrive refreshed but not in a sweaty dripping mess, I somehow, have to, just have to, step on the gas, try and beat the 7am bus down Maryhill Road, get to the green light before it changes, hit a new top speed under the canal bridge, catch up on every cyclist i see (or try to!)..... then I arrive at work in a sweaty dripping mess......

    So glad it's not just me :D
  • spen666
    spen666 Posts: 17,709
    set off 5 minutes earlier to avoid the bus chase?

    blinkers to stop you seeing other cyclists?

    Remove computer to stop attempting to beat top speed?

    To avoid arriving @ work "in a sweaty dripping mess" - take the day off and go for a decent length ride during what should be your work hours?
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  • Wallace1492
    Wallace1492 Posts: 3,707
    Cafewanda wrote:
    Wallace1492 wrote:
    Why every morning when I set out just to amble into work and arrive refreshed but not in a sweaty dripping mess, I somehow, have to, just have to, step on the gas, try and beat the 7am bus down Maryhill Road, get to the green light before it changes, hit a new top speed under the canal bridge, catch up on every cyclist i see (or try to!)..... then I arrive at work in a sweaty dripping mess......

    So glad it's not just me :D

    You try and beat the 7am bus down Maryhill Road too? :o

    But I do find that I take it easier on the way home, well to begin with... then... no matter what I try..... it just ..... just .... comes over me again.... :twisted:
    "Encyclopaedia is a fetish for very small bicycles"
  • Cafewanda
    Cafewanda Posts: 2,788
    :lol: No to Maryhill Road, but I try to beat the lights on my route. I do pootle on the way home as my legs are tired by then, although i reckon toeclips (= more power) would help negate that feeling :roll:

    not ready for SPDs just yet
  • R_T_A
    R_T_A Posts: 488
    Yeah, I've tried pootling near the end of the week as I'm beginning to feel bushed. But then it all goes to pot 30 seconds into the ride.

    As CiB said - no point fighting it :wink:
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  • Wallace1492
    Wallace1492 Posts: 3,707
    spen666 wrote:
    set off 5 minutes earlier to avoid the bus chase?

    There is always another bus, earlier or later....
    spen666 wrote:
    blinkers to stop you seeing other cyclists?

    Need to see traffic and traffic lights....
    spen666 wrote:
    Remove computer to stop attempting to beat top speed?

    I still wear a watch.... can still get door to door time....

    To avoid arriving @ work "in a sweaty dripping mess" - take the day off and go for a decent length ride during what should be your work hours?[/quote]

    Now that sounds a good idea... Might take Saturday off!!
    "Encyclopaedia is a fetish for very small bicycles"
  • Kiblams
    Kiblams Posts: 2,423
    Cafewanda wrote:
    So glad it's not just me :D

    +1 :lol:
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  • Jay dubbleU
    Jay dubbleU Posts: 3,159
    Wallace1492 wrote:
    spen666 wrote:
    set off 5 minutes earlier to avoid the bus chase?

    There is always another bus, earlier or later....
    spen666 wrote:
    blinkers to stop you seeing other cyclists?

    Need to see traffic and traffic lights....
    spen666 wrote:
    Remove computer to stop attempting to beat top speed?

    I still wear a watch.... can still get door to door time....

    To avoid arriving @ work "in a sweaty dripping mess" - take the day off and go for a decent length ride during what should be your work hours?
    Now that sounds a good idea... Might take Saturday off!!

    Alas I have the same problem - feeling a bit rough this am so I thought I'd just pootle - by the time I got to Station Road I'm in top gear trying to beat the lights and passing a hybrid so fast that he disappeared into a black hole - result sweaty dripping mess - I've been doing this for a year now and still haven't learnt my lesson :roll:
  • Wallace1492
    Wallace1492 Posts: 3,707
    Jay dubbleU wrote:
    Alas I have the same problem - feeling a bit rough this am so I thought I'd just pootle - by the time I got to Station Road I'm in top gear trying to beat the lights and passing a hybrid so fast that he disappeared into a black hole - result sweaty dripping mess - I've been doing this for a year now and still haven't learnt my lesson :roll:

    Station Road in Milngavie by any chance?
    "Encyclopaedia is a fetish for very small bicycles"
  • Jay dubbleU
    Jay dubbleU Posts: 3,159
    Alas Swindon - or couldn't you guess from my location :)
  • Wallace1492
    Wallace1492 Posts: 3,707
    Jay dubbleU wrote:
    Alas Swindon - or couldn't you guess from my location :)

    Hey! Could be round here!! Just I have a Station Road with a nice downhill appoach with Traffic lights.... But I guess a lot os Staion Road's do...
    "Encyclopaedia is a fetish for very small bicycles"

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