My Morning Commute
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I am sorry I missed out on that. Sounds dramatic! I am probably not gonna be able to build my cx wheels by weds (waiting on the right size spoke nipples), but I can do cx every day next week!
. Or I could be slow and ride my mtb on weds.My morning commute was by car again today, after 3 whole days of commuting by bike. In those 3 days I learned that 1) I do, in fact, covet y’all’s commutes just as much as I thought I did; and 2) I am slow. Very slow. In 3 days of 26 miles per day during normal commuting hours, I passed a total of one (1)* cyclist. I was passed by many. Weekends may be more crowded, but they are better for my delusions of speed. I actually get to pass people sometimes.
*I am not counting the family of four with two 5-6 year olds on bikes that I passed on the way home yesterday afternoon, or the commuting couple I passed yesterday morning only because they stopped to gawk at nature.
@acl 49532 wrote:
My morning commute was by car again today, after 3 whole days of commuting by bike. In those 3 days I learned that 1) I do, in fact, covet y’all’s commutes just as much as I thought I did; and 2) I am slow. Very slow. In 3 days of 26 miles per day during normal commuting hours, I passed a total of one (1)* cyclist. I was passed by many. Weekends may be more crowded, but they are better for my delusions of speed. I actually get to pass people sometimes.
*I am not counting the family of four with two 5-6 year olds on bikes that I passed on the way home yesterday afternoon, or the commuting couple I passed yesterday morning only because they stopped to gawk at nature.
1) I’m glad you got a chance to commute by bike! Lovely weather for it and a nice route. Kudos! You could have thrown in a Hains Point loop or two for bonus points, maybe next time…
2) Team Ten is not slow. We’re fuel efficient! There are a lot of speedy commuters coming in from VA, but I’m sure there are many going the same speed as you. You don’t see them because they aren’t passing you and you aren’t passing them. Don’t worry about. When I rode with you, I didn’t feel like we were going slow. :confused:OK, if you’re slow, I’m slower. DFL in most of the races I entered, close to last on most of the Strava segments I’ve ridden. You have a bunch of Strava QOMs, my only KOMs are on segments I created myself and no one else has ridden yet!
Haha@acl 49532 wrote:
My morning commute was by car again today, after 3 whole days of commuting by bike. In those 3 days I learned that 1) I do, in fact, covet y’all’s commutes just as much as I thought I did; and 2) I am slow. Very slow. In 3 days of 26 miles per day during normal commuting hours, I passed a total of one (1)* cyclist. I was passed by many. Weekends may be more crowded, but they are better for my delusions of speed. I actually get to pass people sometimes.
*I am not counting the family of four with two 5-6 year olds on bikes that I passed on the way home yesterday afternoon, or the commuting couple I passed yesterday morning only because they stopped to gawk at nature.
I’m slow too. But I blame my bike for my slowness. Always passed by people on those curvy handlebar things. I’m piddling along on my flat bar hybrid. It has to be the bike…right? If only I had one with curly bars I could pass all of them! To make myself feel better, when I get passed I just sit up straight on my upright hybrid and start humming to myself like I’m just out enjoying nature. Nobody needs to know that inside I’m angrily seething that I was just passed by someone twice my age going twice my speed with what looks to be half the effort.
@ebubar 49549 wrote:
Always passed by people on those curvy handlebar things. I’m piddling along on my flat bar hybrid. It has to be the bike…right? If only I had one with curly bars I could pass all of them!
AH-HA. I believe I have detected my mistake. I rode the wrong bike! If only I had ridden the one with the curvy handlebars, I would have been passing everybody!
@Rod Smith 49548 wrote:
1) Team Ten is not slow. We’re fuel efficient!
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