commute

[Dombo]

Got secure parking at work now so rode in today. 20 miles to canary wharf at ave 17.3 mph excluding stoppage time (red lights, I stopped at every one). Slightly off form as been off bike for 3 weeks - on hols slobbing by pool drinking beer. Only bad bit is last 3 miles directly into the sun.

[Dombo]

Wrong diagram?? What was he doing reading a map? It's a train! They go on rails for God's sake. What was he looking for? A short cut? Jeez! Just watch the pretty lights, press stop or go and open and shut the doors. Oh, and the randomly moving things that get on and off, they're called passengers.

[John the old'un]

Yes, but think about it. They don't ALL stop at ALL the stations so the driver does need to know the stops on that particular service, so he does need a service card, and probably carries several for any particular route.
My son drives a train so I asked him.!!

[Amy]

Does anyone else think there was a complete non sequitur between Dombo's original post and Sean's reply and consequent posts??

[Alex S]

yes

[quote="Sean Hogan - 何祥"][quote="Amy"]Does anyone else think there was a complete non sequitur between Dombo's original post and Sean's reply and consequent posts??

[Dombo]

Sequituring back to my original post, what struck me most of all on my commute was our absolutely appalling roads. Just got back from Tunisia where the roads are glassy smooth, no potholes, cracks, random infills by cable/pipe layers. Main roads, back streets, urban thoroughfares and country lanes; all would be a pleasure to ride on compared to ours.

[Rob Q]

[quote="Dombo"]Sequituring back to my original post, what struck me most of all on my commute was our absolutely appalling roads. Just got back from Tunisia where the roads are glassy smooth, no potholes, cracks, random infills by cable/pipe layers. Main roads, back streets, urban thoroughfares and country lanes; all would be a pleasure to ride on compared to ours.

[quote="Dombo"]Got secure parking at work now so rode in today. 20 miles to canary wharf at ave 17.3 mph excluding stoppage time (red lights, I stopped at every one). Slightly off form as been off bike for 3 weeks - on hols slobbing by pool drinking beer. Only bad bit is last 3 miles directly into the sun.

[Dombo]

It's a false downhill to Thornton Heath along the A23 as far as I can tell, and with a tail wind I was averaging 23-24 by GBs after which the lights and traffic came into play. Only annoying bit was the pedals - Keos aren't meant for in/out clipping - but my track standing is getting better.
Carbon soles and cleats don't mix with marble floors either. Crossing the foyer I sounded like a gaggle of Essex girls clippety-cloppetying across Stansted concourse on their way back from a hen week in Fuengirola.

[Will]

I've got a new commute which has upped my distance from 4.73 miles to someone around 10 (not measured it exactly yet)

It out to the west of London so flows much better (previously I headed in to the centre of town)

I'm working out a few routes and one of them takes me along one side of Richmond Park (up Sawyers Hill) which is quite nice to do first thing in morning.

And then as I drop down to Richmond Bridge there are some good fast corners and I reckon I'll enjoy experimenting with the optimum way to ride them over the coming months (or fall off and hurt myself )

There's also another corner as I swing round past Twickenham Stadium which I'm riding really badly at the moment but in time I should get sorted

I'd guess that my average speed is reasonably decent - I'll measure it next week and report back

[Andrew G]

Most days I just spin in, still got a day's work ahead of me after all and Monday's nearly always a very gentle recovery spin in after a race on Sunday, vary the effort on the way home depending on my mood.