Things I've learnt from commuting

[Fat Boab]

the ducts in my office are around 2.6m above ground level

 

Or use a small pedestal fan to blow air on your clothes - also dries quite quickly.

[Flemish Lion]

Sadly my clothes can only hang below my desk and I'm not looking forward to put wet clothes and shoes for the commute home.

[Bateleur1]

Maybe it is an idea to have a spare set of cycling clothes at work.  Should you get wet on your commute then you can just put the wet clothes in a plastic bag and take it home and wear dry clothes.  That is what I am planning on doing after the winter again.  Then not have rain stop me from commuting to work as well.

[Lurch the stalker]

Definitely think some spare kit in the office is a good idea.

[Flemish Lion]

Definitely think some spare kit in the office is a good idea.

 

But it looks like it will be a wet commute home so the wet kit will only be uncomfortable for a few minutes

 

Then we leave spare cycling shoes... last year I got wet about 8 x on 400 commutes so I'm willing to live with some infrequent discomfort.

[Lurch the stalker]

But it looks like it will be a wet commute home so the wet kit will only be uncomfortable for a few minutes

 

Then we leave spare cycling shoes... last year I got wet about 8 x on 400 commutes so I'm willing to live with some infrequent discomfort.

I hear you, but some dry kit for the ride home would be really nice today.

[CMK]

Gautran bike parking seems to be save. I left my bike at the station multiple times for longer than 2 weeks.

All still good

Edited December 13, 2017 by CMK

[bj horn]

After a stressful day at work there is nothing like the singing knobblies to make you relax and be chilled when you get home.

[Lurch the stalker]

Gautran bike parking seems to be save. I left my bike at the station multiple times for longer than 2 weeks.

All still good

You need to ride more often if your bike sits for 2 weeks...

[J∆kk∆ls]

It snowed some this week which is not too bad to cycle, though I would have liked a fat bike. When the snow melts and leaves a thin layer of ice on the road and especially the bridges then walking and public transport is the way to go. 

 

The amount of wipe outs I saw in one day was staggering. 

[CMK]

You need to ride more often if your bike sits for 2 weeks...

wel I can not ride more than one bike at the same time

[Bateleur1]

It snowed some this week which is not too bad to cycle, though I would have liked a fat bike. When the snow melts and leaves a thin layer of ice on the road and especially the bridges then walking and public transport is the way to go. 

 

The amount of wipe outs I saw in one day was staggering. 

 

Jip.  Was paying quite a bit of attention to my surroundings the last couple of weeks.  I pretty much stopped commuting about 3 weeks ago when the snow started.  As you say the snow itself is not the problem.  It is the ice that forms that causes the wipeout.  And then just wiping out is not so much of a problem, it is what you can hit in the process that can cause major damage (polse, dustbins, walls, etc)

[Halfdoesyn]

Some things I have learnt in my short stint commuting:

1. It only takes a little more time with a bike than with a car for me when I commute.
2. I don't have to make as much time to specifically go and ride to get my miles in.
3. Not all car drivers are bad.
4. Not all cyclists are good.
5. Skip a few days when they mow the verges - Duwweltjies et al get thrown on the tarmac.
6. Watch out for glass - really annoys me to see the amount of broken bottles on the road.
7. Watch out for the millipedes and snails.
8. Smile and wave!

[ChrisF]

 

Some things I have learnt in my short stint commuting:

1. It only takes a little more time with a bike than with a car for me when I commute.
2. I don't have to make as much time to specifically go and ride to get my miles in.
3. Not all car drivers are bad.
4. Not all cyclists are good.
5. Skip a few days when they mow the verges - Duwweltjies et al get thrown on the tarmac.
6. Watch out for glass - really annoys me to see the amount of broken bottles on the road.
7. Watch out for the millipedes and snails.
8. Smile and wave!

 

 

which is why I will only commute with tubeless tires ....

 

MORE duwweltjies along my commute than at Bloemendal !!

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Stoopid scummersmet-wess people who cant understand it or think they are above the law! also took me the larger part of 6 years to "understand" it. EVERYWHERE else in the country people know how to drive around a traffic circle the correct way but no these okes just go, they dont even pretend to slow down if they know they are on the other driver's right! in fact a 4 way stop will be a million times more efficient!

 

 

The way circles work in Somerset West is all traffic must yield to the right (which is what the law says). However, we've added our own interpretation. Instead of yielding to the traffic ON the circle coming from the right, we yield to traffic approaching the circle from the right. And if you happen to be on someone's right you just drive straight into the circle without slowing down, knowing that the suckers on your left "have" to yield.

 

So, in essence, a circle in Somerset West is just a glorified 2 way stop, with the cars approaching from the less busy roads always yielding to the cars from the busier roads.

 

It's taken me 15 years to figure this out and adjust my routes accordingly so that I don't approach circles from the quieter sides!

[J∆kk∆ls]

Jip.  Was paying quite a bit of attention to my surroundings the last couple of weeks.  I pretty much stopped commuting about 3 weeks ago when the snow started.  As you say the snow itself is not the problem.  It is the ice that forms that causes the wipeout.  And then just wiping out is not so much of a problem, it is what you can hit in the process that can cause major damage (polse, dustbins, walls, etc)

I would also hate to wipe into that dirty sludge that forms on the roads, YUK!