My Morning Commute

[KelOnWheels]

@vvill 42453 wrote:

At least you don’t always feel like you’re upside down all the time!

Do your wheels spin in the opposite direction?

[consularrider]

@KelOnWheels 42460 wrote:

Do your wheels spin in the opposite direction?

Only when going down the drain. :p

[mstone]

Took the day off, went hiking and biking with the kids. And the weather–OMG! Now on porch with Fat Tire. Best commute ever.

[Steve]

Work was lame today. So I left early. Because that’s what you do when work is lame and it’s 65 degrees and sunny in January. Problem is I had a little bottom bracket/crank arm problem in the morning that was significantly worse on the way home. It was grinding to the point that I thought a bearing had corroded in the bb. I managed to make it back to VA and up to Revolutions. The mechanic (Mike, I believe) took a good amount of time with my bike, got it diagnosed as loose crank arms, not a bad bearing, fixed me up, and put me on my way. It took him a while and he didn’t have to fix it right then and there, but he did. I think it’s because he could tell it was my commuting rig and wanted me to have it back. It made my day, and since I had left early, it still gave me the time to get in an extra 12 miles and try to help pull Team 2 out of the cellar.

Today was a good day – Ice Cube

[vvill]

Great day for a ride today. I felt really invigorated after my lunchtime cruise today (yes I indulged).

@KelOnWheels 42460 wrote:

Do your wheels spin in the opposite direction?

No, but I am able to ride on the left hand side of the road and not feel like I’m salmoning.

Also my right brake is my front brake on all but one of my bikes.

[DaveK]

@Dickie 42450 wrote:

So now I’m back to being the only one riding in the wrong direction again… it’s the curse of being British isn’t it?

Opposite commuter here, DC to Arlington.

To quote Martha Stewart, it’s a good thing.

[rcannon100]

@Dickie 42450 wrote:

So now I’m back to being the only one riding in the wrong direction again… it’s the curse of being British isn’t it?

So, um, what do you do on the trail when people yell “LEFT”

When we think of British Cyclists:

[KLizotte]

@mstone 42462 wrote:

Took the day off, went hiking and biking with the kids. And the weather–OMG! Now on porch with Fat Tire. Best commute ever.

Lucky you! I was stuck in a windowless, stuffy training room all day. Same again tomorrow. Did go out riding tonight though; wow, was that awesome even with all the ninjas and crazy cyclists.

[OneEighth]

@vvill 42467 wrote:

Also my right brake is my front brake on all but one of my bikes.

As it should be (except when using big, chunky, studded tyres that preclude running a brake at all.)

[americancyclo]

@vvill 42467 wrote:

Also my right brake is my front brake on all but one of my bikes.

Is your drivetrain on the left, too?

[Dickie]

@KelOnWheels 42460 wrote:

Do your wheels spin in the opposite direction?

it has certainly felt like that lately!

[DaveK]

@americancyclo 42486 wrote:

Is your drivetrain on the left, too?

I doubt it, but the toilets all swirl the wrong way where he’s from.

[mstone]

@DaveK 42509 wrote:

I doubt it, but the toilets all swirl the wrong way where he’s from.

Out?

[vvill]

Funny thing is that Australian toilets have less water in them to begin with so it doesn’t really even swirl!

@americancyclo 42486 wrote:

Is your drivetrain on the left, too?

If you look down while riding backwards, yes.

(That’s my brother.)

Unless you have this drivetrain, of course.

[Greenbelt]

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