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  • Cafewanda
    Cafewanda Posts: 2,788
    Sounds like you're ready for the winter rains :twisted:
  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,548
    With a username like that, you must be Bassjunkieuk's long lost brother.

    Or evil twin?

    Welcome, and on that route, watch your back for a lady on a fixie turning the pedals very slowly, but whizzing along nonetheless.
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  • Greg T
    Greg T Posts: 3,266
    soundninjauk wrote:
    So yeah, I got pretty wet.

    presumably your waterproof membrane "skin" meant you didn't dissolve and were dry with 30 mins of getting to work?

    Well done....
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  • Bassjunkieuk
    Bassjunkieuk Posts: 4,232
    rjsterry wrote:
    With a username like that, you must be Bassjunkieuk's long lost brother.

    Or evil twin?

    :lol:

    I'm having visions of the two of us stalking around London after each other now, in scenes reminiscent of the Jet Li movie "The One" - once I scalp him I will be invincible :evil:

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  • soundninjauk
    soundninjauk Posts: 333
    Greg T wrote:
    soundninjauk wrote:
    So yeah, I got pretty wet.

    presumably your waterproof membrane "skin" meant you didn't dissolve and were dry with 30 mins of getting to work?

    Well done....

    I was indeed dry 30 minutes after arriving. Shame about my shoes. An epic lack of judgement meant I had no spares. Still, I needed a new pair anyway...
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  • asprilla
    asprilla Posts: 8,440
    Greg T wrote:
    soundninjauk wrote:
    So yeah, I got pretty wet.

    presumably your waterproof membrane "skin" meant you didn't dissolve and were dry with 30 mins of getting to work?

    Well done....

    If you think you got wet this morning, this afternoon is shaping up to be a real shock.
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  • notsoblue
    notsoblue Posts: 5,756
    soundninjauk wrote:
    Ok, I've been cycling to work for a couple of months now (from about a mile west of Shepherds Bush to Soho and back)

    Along Goldhawk Road? What do you ride? :twisted:
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  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    soundninjauk wrote:
    Greg T wrote:
    soundninjauk wrote:
    So yeah, I got pretty wet.

    presumably your waterproof membrane "skin" meant you didn't dissolve and were dry with 30 mins of getting to work?

    Well done....

    I was indeed dry 30 minutes after arriving. Shame about my shoes. An epic lack of judgement meant I had no spares. Still, I needed a new pair anyway...

    Fill them with newspaper or hand towels from the bathroom, and put them by your PC fan.

    They may yet dry!
    FCN 7/1
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  • Greg T
    Greg T Posts: 3,266
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    Fill them with newspaper or hand towels from the bathroom, and put them by your PC fan.

    Blowing warm air across my SPDs under my desk will not go down well.....

    It may bleach my hair and leave my colleagues blinded
    Fixed gear for wet weather / hairy roadie for posing in the sun.

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  • soundninjauk
    soundninjauk Posts: 333
    notsoblue wrote:
    soundninjauk wrote:
    Ok, I've been cycling to work for a couple of months now (from about a mile west of Shepherds Bush to Soho and back)

    Along Goldhawk Road? What do you ride? :twisted:

    I go along Goldhawk Road on the way back, but the twists and turns of the Shepherds Bush one way system, along with where I live, means I go along The Vale on the way to work.

    I ride a Cannondale Bad Boy, black, generally (in the dry) wearing shorts, dark blue tshirt, and black backpack with flashing red flare on the back of it. It's pretty distinctive due to the rigid lefty on the front.
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  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    The Vale, you say? On the way to work you say?

    :twisted:
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  • soundninjauk
    soundninjauk Posts: 333
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    soundninjauk wrote:
    Greg T wrote:
    soundninjauk wrote:
    So yeah, I got pretty wet.

    presumably your waterproof membrane "skin" meant you didn't dissolve and were dry with 30 mins of getting to work?

    Well done....

    I was indeed dry 30 minutes after arriving. Shame about my shoes. An epic lack of judgement meant I had no spares. Still, I needed a new pair anyway...

    Fill them with newspaper or hand towels from the bathroom, and put them by your PC fan.

    They may yet dry!

    Done that! They're behind my mac and raid (and those things put out a fair bit of hot air). Fingers crossed.
    FCN - 10
    Cannondale Bad Boy Solo with baggies.
  • Bassjunkieuk
    Bassjunkieuk Posts: 4,232
    soundninjauk wrote:
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    soundninjauk wrote:
    Greg T wrote:
    soundninjauk wrote:
    So yeah, I got pretty wet.

    presumably your waterproof membrane "skin" meant you didn't dissolve and were dry with 30 mins of getting to work?

    Well done....

    I was indeed dry 30 minutes after arriving. Shame about my shoes. An epic lack of judgement meant I had no spares. Still, I needed a new pair anyway...

    Fill them with newspaper or hand towels from the bathroom, and put them by your PC fan.

    They may yet dry!

    Done that! They're behind my mac and raid (and those things put out a fair bit of hot air). Fingers crossed.

    Working in IT = best way to dry clothes. At one place I was working one of the support guys said I should stick em in server room as the air-con does a fantastic job of de-humidifying the air it literally leaches the water from clothing despite it only being about 19-20C :-) Of course you then end up with stiff clothing......
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  • soundninjauk
    soundninjauk Posts: 333
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    The Vale, you say? On the way to work you say?

    :twisted:

    Somehow I get the impression that I'm setting myself up as a target.
    FCN - 10
    Cannondale Bad Boy Solo with baggies.
  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,548
    soundninjauk wrote:
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    The Vale, you say? On the way to work you say?

    :twisted:

    Somehow I get the impression that I'm setting myself up as a target.

    I warned you.
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  • notsoblue
    notsoblue Posts: 5,756
    soundninjauk wrote:
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    The Vale, you say? On the way to work you say?

    :twisted:

    Somehow I get the impression that I'm setting myself up as a target.

    lol, be afraid...

    Holland Park Avenue -> Marble Arch or do you go south of Hyde Park? :twisted:
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  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    rjsterry wrote:
    soundninjauk wrote:
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    The Vale, you say? On the way to work you say?

    :twisted:

    Somehow I get the impression that I'm setting myself up as a target.

    I warned you.

    Well, you're not really fair game if you're on an MTB.

    If you see a girl with very long blonde hair on an orange fixie, say hi!
    FCN 7/1
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  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    Greg T wrote:
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    Fill them with newspaper or hand towels from the bathroom, and put them by your PC fan.

    Blowing warm air across my SPDs under my desk will not go down well.....

    It may bleach my hair and leave my colleagues blinded

    :lol:

    Chemical warfare.
    FCN 7/1
    Viner Maxima, Tifosi CK7, Giant Bowery, Old commuter.
  • Pufftmw
    Pufftmw Posts: 1,941
    Bassjunkieuk wrote:
    Working in IT = best way to dry clothes. At one place I was working one of the support guys said I should stick em in server room as the air-con does a fantastic job of de-humidifying the air it literally leaches the water from clothing despite it only being about 19-20C :-) Of course you then end up with stiff clothing......

    That's where mine are now :D

    You don't end up with stiff clothing though, you end up with cold clammy clothing :?

    At least my SPDs are dry :)
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  • soundninjauk
    soundninjauk Posts: 333
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    rjsterry wrote:
    soundninjauk wrote:
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    The Vale, you say? On the way to work you say?

    :twisted:

    Somehow I get the impression that I'm setting myself up as a target.

    I warned you.

    Well, you're not really fair game if you're on an MTB.

    If you see a girl with very long blonde hair on an orange fixie, say hi!

    Heh, it's definitely not an MTB. I got that stashed in the cupboard for when it snows again (mmm, Orange P7...). It's got thin tyres and everything. No lycra going on though. And if you see a guy on a funny looking black bike with half its front fork missing and a green and silver helmet, say hi back.
    FCN - 10
    Cannondale Bad Boy Solo with baggies.
  • ketsbaia
    ketsbaia Posts: 1,718
    Pufftmw wrote:
    Bassjunkieuk wrote:
    Working in IT = best way to dry clothes. At one place I was working one of the support guys said I should stick em in server room as the air-con does a fantastic job of de-humidifying the air it literally leaches the water from clothing despite it only being about 19-20C :-) Of course you then end up with stiff clothing......

    That's where mine are now :D

    You don't end up with stiff clothing though, you end up with cold clammy clothing :?

    At least my SPDs are dry :)

    Stiff clothing caused by 'air con', eh?

    Right, right...
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  • Norky
    Norky Posts: 276
    soundninjauk wrote:
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    soundninjauk wrote:
    I was indeed dry 30 minutes after arriving. Shame about my shoes. An epic lack of judgement meant I had no spares. Still, I needed a new pair anyway...
    Fill them with newspaper or hand towels from the bathroom, and put them by your PC fan.

    They may yet dry!
    Done that! They're behind my mac and raid (and those things put out a fair bit of hot air). Fingers crossed.
    As a qualified computer herder I can say that soggy shoes/socks/draws inside the PC/Mac is the way to go (only thing they're good for).
    The above is a post in a forum on the Intertubes, and should be taken with the appropriate amount of seriousness.
  • soundninjauk
    soundninjauk Posts: 333
    notsoblue wrote:
    soundninjauk wrote:
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    The Vale, you say? On the way to work you say?

    :twisted:

    Somehow I get the impression that I'm setting myself up as a target.

    lol, be afraid...

    Holland Park Avenue -> Marble Arch or do you go south of Hyde Park? :twisted:

    I go through Mayfair, cross Park Lane then along the north side of Hyde Park up to Lancaster Gate, then road through Bayswater and beyond...
    FCN - 10
    Cannondale Bad Boy Solo with baggies.
  • redvee
    redvee Posts: 11,922
    Managed to avoid the downpours on the way to/from work apart from a few drops as I get close to work. Thought my luck had expired much earlier on the ride but that was because I was passing under some trees. The same can't be said for when I was at work, every time I got out of the van it was raining :(
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  • zanes
    zanes Posts: 563
    soundninjauk wrote:

    Heh, it's definitely not an MTB. I got that stashed in the cupboard for when it snows again (mmm, Orange P7...). It's got thin tyres and everything. No lycra going on though. And if you see a guy on a funny looking black bike with half its front fork missing and a green and silver helmet, say hi back.

    You see, this bit seems a little alarming to me.... :wink:
  • asprilla
    asprilla Posts: 8,440
    zanes wrote:
    soundninjauk wrote:

    Heh, it's definitely not an MTB. I got that stashed in the cupboard for when it snows again (mmm, Orange P7...). It's got thin tyres and everything. No lycra going on though. And if you see a guy on a funny looking black bike with half its front fork missing and a green and silver helmet, say hi back.

    You see, this bit seems a little alarming to me.... :wink:

    Lefty forks are an abomination against nature. I sometimes see a chap using on in a morning and I just have to stare.
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  • jds_1981
    jds_1981 Posts: 1,858
    Now been commuting via bike since last Tuesday & haven't had too much competition. Thornhill road down to Margery street was a nice stretch this morning. Managed to pip past quite a few people and with me on a mountain bike I hope I'm embarrassing a few.
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  • soundninjauk
    soundninjauk Posts: 333
    Asprilla wrote:
    zanes wrote:
    soundninjauk wrote:

    Heh, it's definitely not an MTB. I got that stashed in the cupboard for when it snows again (mmm, Orange P7...). It's got thin tyres and everything. No lycra going on though. And if you see a guy on a funny looking black bike with half its front fork missing and a green and silver helmet, say hi back.

    You see, this bit seems a little alarming to me.... :wink:

    Lefty forks are an abomination against nature. I sometimes see a chap using on in a morning and I just have to stare.

    Apparently they're lighter and stiffer. Apparently. I first saw one on a mate's mtb, and the suspension version looks even weirder than the rigid one.

    The other good thing is that you don't need to take the wheel off to change the tube/tyre, and if you did want to take it off you need an allen key. So less opportunity for thieving little gits to have off with it.

    In SCR news, while I overtook the standard array of slow people today, someone in Hyde Park on what looked like a carbon road machine rather caught me napping. Sad times :(
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  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    With the exception of the first four miles, a quiet ride in. Before I'd even reached the Park, 100 yards or so ahead, I spotted a chap on what looked like a full tri bike giving it some beans, with a roadie behind him. They turned up Dark Hill and I couldn't resist.

    However, two became three when they swallowed up a roadie on the hill, and I then proceeded to chase them through the Park and down Priory Lane. The odds are not good when it's three on one, and I only managed to reel them in to about 40 yards ahead. Lost the tri bike chap in the knotty traffic down the LRR after the other two had turned off.

    I could easily have sat down on Putney Bridge for a cup of tea and a rest.
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  • Bassjunkieuk
    Bassjunkieuk Posts: 4,232
    Good work CJ! It must have been the morning for quiet starts tho as I didn't get any proper competition until I was right into town! Not even a sniff through Camberwell which usually gives me at least one plaything to stretch the legs!

    It wasn't until I hit E&C that I picked up a couple of tasty looking riders, first was on a BMC who I spotted as we came round second RB and was willing to head down bus lane with me! He did and we where then joined by someone on a alu Pinarello :-)
    The chap on a Pina was certainly enthusiastic but all I needed was a bit of clear road.....which I got shortly after the traffic lights and dropped them both like hot potatoes :evil:

    Got caught napping somewhat over WB when a chap on a hybrid went past me :shock: As there are roadworks now it's single lane ahead so I knew I had limited time to re-claim my scalp. A quick shoulder check and there where no cars on my ar$e so I stomped on the pedals and came past. Followed a bus over the narrow section closely following a chap on a road bike (could have been a tourer, was a dark green Condor) - don't think he was expecting my acceleration once the bus moved out the way!

    Also witness a near left hook after an a$$hat in a small white van took off from the north side of WB behind all the cyclist, went racing off then took a rather sharp left after cutting up a couple of riders!
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