So is the commute on tomorrow?

craker

Very little snow buts 8 degrees of frost this morning.

I'm not too fussed about the cold per se, but cycling on icy roads and sharing them with numpty cagers.

TheStone

Tube strike tomorrow, so no choice.
It'll be super cold, but hoping no ice. No snow forecast in London till later in the week.

chunkytfg

Well i'm a Tube worker so.........







I start nights tomorrow night so actually yes It is on for me!

Initialised

It's been snowing here since Wednesday, untouched areas are upto 10" in places now. I coped OK so will be keeping it up, should be fine apart from the ungritted local roads.

Stevo_666

Yep - partly.

Unfortunately stupid here didn't look at the news about the tube strike and left the bike at work on Friday as was feeling pretty knackered after a long day at work. So will have to walk across Central London tomorrow am from Victoria, but will cycle home tomorrow evening provided it ain't snowing too much...

thel33ter

Maybe if I can be bothered, it's just so much easier to be driven in.

roger_merriman

since I live in london ish well yes, was a bit of ice about but should be fine.

solsurf

Just got to get down to the post office to get orders out, business is going mad!

We had the first real heavy snow fall this evening took a couple of hours to drive home today. Would have been quicker to cycle

shouldbeinbed

Rest day for me tomoz and no snow yet but early sub zero slippy starts this week. Not so bad as long as you're careful. Waiting for the snow & quite looking forward to it, whilst hoping the numpties in cars don't get me

nich

Yes, but it's so cccccccccccold :oops:

Right, on go the shorts and bike gloves, let's do this 8)

hatbeard

nich wrote:

Right, on go the shorts and bike gloves, let's do this 8)

what he said

SamWise72

It's on, but I'm slightly concerned about conditions. Southampton is ok, if baltic, but I'm off to Bristol today, then tonight on to Nottingham, then on from there to Manchester for Wednesday. I'm glad I can fold my bike up and jump on a bus if necessary! My skinny little Schwalbe Kojaks wouldn't like the snow, I don't think and still less that awful rutted ice you get when it's been slushed, riden and walked through, and the refrozen.

Kieran_Burns

Nottingahm is snowy, but we're just south and it's fairly clear. However the snow did start falling when I cycled in this morning,

doogee

Made it in although I chose the MTB today, doubt my 23c would have coped with the snow! Roads are an improvement on yesterday (not hard) but very slushy. I even managed to come off, not in traffic though thankfully. My own fault, too fast into a patch of snow and the bike dumped me, result is a holed knee and a banged hip but it was still fun! Way better than driving but I'll be a bit more cautious from now on!!
I'm more worried about the forecast with -8 on the cards, if it freezes like last year the compacted snow will be like cast iron and very slippy...

hatbeard

was fine on the way in, I even saw some ice! oddly enough it was a handful of large chunks at the side of the road like someone dropped a big block of ice and it had shattered but no more anywhere else which was fine by me.

Was even toasty warm as I overcompensated a little for the cold with three layers on (merino baselayer, my prized new greenwich tritons jersey and my surface hoody). Am thinking I'll get away with the base layer and jersey tomorrow morning unless it gets drastically colder. maybe keep the hoody in my rack bag just in case.

no problems with the feet either in my tatty basketball trainers, sealskinz and tesco value socks either

Kieran_Burns

Ermmmm....

I'm really hoping they've got this forecast wrong.

-2°C | °F
Current: Fog
Wind: NW at 6 mph
Humidity: 100%
Mon
Mostly Sunny
1°C | -1°C

Tue
Chance of Snow
1°C | -6°C

Wed
Chance of Snow
0°C | -3°C

Thu
Chance of Snow
0°C | -16°C

:shock: :shock: :shock:

jds_1981

London - was actually fairly mild. Also managed to get in early enough that I bypassed most of the 'strike drivers'

SamWise72

On the train to Bristol, and starting to assume I'll be pushing the Brommie at all points North. Was warm enough this morning in my work shirt and trousers, softshell and Dickies padded jacket, except my hands. Aldi neoprene gloves, Sealskinz merino liners, cold fingers anyway. Bah.

The Rookie

Kieran_Burns wrote:

Thu
Chance of Snow
0°C | -16°C

Sounds a bit extreme, Coventry is only forecast a drop to -6 on Thursday, so wonder if its a typo for -6!

Simon

Hot Orange

Seemed to have warmed up a bit this morning. I avoided the most rural route, and the roads were mostly wet rather than icy, so no problems.

There's one bridleway on my route that I usually avoid as it tends to be covered in tractor-deposited mud, but it was covered with a layer of snow this morning, so I went down it - slowly - with a big grin.

UndercoverElephant

Well it was fine once I got to the main roads. However, the snow fairy had been overnight and topped us up to four inches over the compacted ice below, so getting to the main road was a little tricky in places.

Gazzaputt

jds_1981 wrote:

London - was actually fairly mild. Also managed to get in early enough that I bypassed most of the 'strike drivers'

SE London was 0 degrees all the way in.

Wallace1492

Decided against bike today.... got the train and decided I don't like trains!
Will get the MTB ready for tomorrow though, might even venture on the canal path.

Have MTB run on for tonight in the dark and snow.... should be hard going, but fun.... maybe!

dhope

Gazzaputt wrote:

jds_1981 wrote:

London - was actually fairly mild. Also managed to get in early enough that I bypassed most of the 'strike drivers'

SE London was 0 degrees all the way in.

Felt quite mild for me at 7am Greenwich-City

dhope

hatbeard wrote:

...my prized new greenwich tritons jersey...

Sounds like an FCN modifier to me, though team kit + trainers is a strange combination

TheStone

jds_1981 wrote:

London - was actually fairly mild. Also managed to get in early enough that I bypassed most of the 'strike drivers'

Mild !!!!

I was 3 layers and still fairly cold. Although the roads were good. No ice on my route.

russmcp

was icy on some of my back roads today. -3 apparently but not too bad, feet were a little cold

jamesco

jds_1981 wrote:

London - was actually fairly mild. Also managed to get in early enough that I bypassed most of the 'strike drivers'

Yup, wore thermals for the first time & ended up rather too warm, but better than the (feared) ice on the road.

Good idea taking the bike, anyway, the queues at the bus stops outside Paddington Station were insane with police shepherding people on & off.

PresumingEd

I didn't find it too cold this morning - certainly nowhere hear as cold as Friday was, even though it did start to snow as I rode in

hatbeard

dhope wrote:

hatbeard wrote:

...my prized new greenwich tritons jersey...

Sounds like an FCN modifier to me, though team kit + trainers is a strange combination

keeps em guessing

vitesse169

Good day for a commute - no snow, but loads of frost. 13 miles into a stiffening breeze, a layer of frost on me front as I walked into the foyer. Hope the breeze is with me on the way home tonite....