I Just Can't Help It
Wallace1492
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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......
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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.0
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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 me0 -
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?Want to know the Spen666 behind the posts?
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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
You try and beat the 7am bus down Maryhill Road too?
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"0 -
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:
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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 itGiant Escape R1
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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"0 -
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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:0 -
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"0 -
Alas Swindon - or couldn't you guess from my location0
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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"0