Silly Commuter Excuses

Subaqua

I'm off today. After 2 months of injury, hols then snow I'm working my way in gradually. 3 days this week - 4 next.

That's proper lame that is. Easing back in :roll:

Kieran_Burns

Chris - bunch reduced tyres and tubes available at Probikekit

CiB

Sends me to a Windows Live Login page...

I'm off to support the nearest LBS in town to sort some tyres out. Spread the wealth & all that. Thx tho.

Kieran_Burns

Edited... sorry, took the full link and didn't notice the 'campaign' bit

The Rookie

On the bike today (not yesterday as I had an appointment 45 miles away 45 mins after I finished work!), nice ride but it was chuffin cold......

Nasty thick heavy tyres, 2 punctures in 3k miles now.....

MisterMuncher

During the last dump of snow, my bike was frozen to the ground for a week. Obviously, it could have been defrosted with a kettle of water, but I considered it an omen.

CiB

rubertoe wrote:

Have a a look at the rubino's £36 a pair and get good reviews. When the roads stop being so crap, tis what I plan on getting to replace the marathon plus.

Got a pair of Pro 3s in red to match the wheels & the bike colour scheme, knocked down to £60. I'd rather have something good that I know works all year round, rather than wait for good weather to put on decent boots.

LBS

UndercoverElephant

What a bunch of girlies. I was mountain biking last night around Glentress through several inches of snow and ice, admittedly there were some sections where we slowed down a little, but not much.

Always wondered why I was so high in the stats board during the winter.

timmyflash

I'm going snowboarding next week, need to take it easy before i head off.
Was snowboarding last week, so just having a week off to relax.

^ both were deployed to great effect

anthdci

excuses this morning were:
slightly hungover,
BBC weather said there is a 19mph headwind the whole way there
missed top gear so can watch that on iPad on the train
longer lie in bed
bike needs brake pads replacing and chain oiling

and i was punished by a fault on the line, which meant I had to walk 2 miles between two stations in the freezing cold with a thin coat on. Safe to say bike will get some TLC tonight and will be used tomorrow!

Fireblade96

Spent the weekend in bed with acute man flu.
It was snowing.
It's half-term so the traffic isn't bad.
The car was lovely and warm :-)

andy9964

Discovering a flat front at departure time, extended my week long layoff from man flu.
This afternoon, I removed both tyres to fit new ones, and a new inner tube to the front (couldn't find a hole anywhere, so decided to play safe)
Good to go for tomorrow

rubertoe

Just about to start out for the Tube home, it sucks. I have no bike until wednesday due to a serious drive train failure and the fact that I sold the n+1.

I am depressed beyond what is reasonable.