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  • HamishD
    HamishD Posts: 538
    I love Tailwinds.

    ALMOST (but not quite) hit the mythical 20mph average this morning and if it hadn't been for that horse and carriage peleton with the police escort by PS/Birdcage Walk I reckon I would have made it . . .
  • MonkeyMonster
    MonkeyMonster Posts: 4,629
    Chapeau to anyone out there today. Those gusts + wet road look lethal.
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  • W1
    W1 Posts: 2,636
    MonkeyMonster wrote:
    Chapeau to anyone out there today. Those gusts + wet road look lethal.

    Wasn't much fun this morning - still more fun than PT though....
  • notsoblue
    notsoblue Posts: 5,756
    Well that was no fun at all, weather was appalling! All wet and gusty. After four days off the bike I was expecting big things. But I guess if all four days involved very little sleep, best man duties and, occasionally, heavy drinking, perhaps I was too optimistic. Legs felt like lead and while I kept up a decent pace, I just couldn't get my HR up enough to care about SCR. :(
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  • hatbeard
    hatbeard Posts: 1,087
    MonkeyMonster wrote:
    Chapeau to anyone out there today. Those gusts + wet road look lethal.

    managed to only suffer a light misting of rain which turned into a downpour about 3 minutes after I got to the office. :lol:

    the guy who walked 2 streets away from the station was more soaked than I was after 6 miles :lol:
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  • dhope
    dhope Posts: 6,699
    Slow and steady, and wet and windy. I may need new [read working] brake pads.
    Which ones work in rain again, Kool Stop Salmons?
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  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,555
    MTFD for me today - the combination of heavy rain and strong winds sounded like a recipe for an off, or at least mild hypothermia. PT was fine - got a seat as far as London Bridge.
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  • jds_1981
    jds_1981 Posts: 1,858
    It wasn't that bad out there this morning. :) Bike rack was nearly empty though?
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  • pitchshifter
    pitchshifter Posts: 1,476
    I still cant feel my feet. Anyone know of any West End retailers who sell Seal Skin socks?
  • UndercoverElephant
    UndercoverElephant Posts: 5,796
    Great trip in, despite the rain. Almost no perceivable wind at all*. Strange that I didn't see more cyclists.


    *However, had I been going in the other direction it would have been more than perceivable. Here's looking forwards to tonight. ;)
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  • notsoblue
    notsoblue Posts: 5,756
    pitchshifter wrote:
    I still cant feel my feet. Anyone know of any West End retailers who sell Seal Skin socks?

    Evans usually stock them, the one just off of Oxford Street might be worth a look if its West End enough; http://goo.gl/maps/fWJs
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  • redvee
    redvee Posts: 11,922
    Quite sunny in Bristol now, not that I've rode to work today as I was waiting for a sparky to do his magic which turned out to be something I could have done myself.
    I've added a signature to prove it is still possible.
  • pitchshifter
    pitchshifter Posts: 1,476
    notsoblue wrote:
    pitchshifter wrote:
    I still cant feel my feet. Anyone know of any West End retailers who sell Seal Skin socks?

    Evans usually stock them, the one just off of Oxford Street might be worth a look if its West End enough; http://goo.gl/maps/fWJs

    Thankyou sir.
  • MonkeyMonster
    MonkeyMonster Posts: 4,629
    notsoblue wrote:
    pitchshifter wrote:
    I still cant feel my feet.

    Evans usually stock them, the one just off of Oxford Street might be worth a look if its West End enough; http://goo.gl/maps/fWJs

    FTFY :D

    Debenhams sell em too btw
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  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    dhope wrote:
    Slow and steady, and wet and windy. I may need new [read working] brake pads.
    Which ones work in rain again, Kool Stop Salmons?

    I'm running Salmons at the back, normal on the front (the pair ear-marked for the front are somewhere in the shed). No noticeable difference, tbh - it still feels like I have the stopping distance of a super-tanker.

    Be sure to clean the rims and pads before setting off this evening.
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  • jonginge
    jonginge Posts: 5,945
    'Bridge to engine room: more power', I called. There was no answer, the engine room had been totally blown away.
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  • Greg T
    Greg T Posts: 3,266
    JonGinge wrote:
    'Bridge to engine room: more power', I called. There was no answer, the engine room had been totally blown away.

    das-boot-movie.gif


    Aaaaallllarm.....


    Dive Dive Dive


    Which way was the wind blowing? I've no idea - I had my eyes shut....
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  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,064
    WFH today, have remediation reports and network diagrams to complete, kind of glad really
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  • ketsbaia
    ketsbaia Posts: 1,718
    Couldn't cycle in this morning due to commuter hack being in bits. Would have taken the winter trainer, but I left my cycling shoes in Yorkshire. And I'm just not taking the best bike out in this crap.
    One more gear

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  • Mr Plum
    Mr Plum Posts: 1,097
    Epic tail wind. Cruising @ 25mph and easily hitting 30mph when putting a bit of effort in - even scalped a couple of scooters who were napping (this is on a slicked MTB by the way :P). Kind of felt sorry for the people I saw coming the other way struggling to do 10mph though... :lol:

    Not looking forward to going home...
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  • the other me
    the other me Posts: 114
    I really don't mind this weather at all (not now that I've got my toasty overshoes anyway!), but I had absolutely NO idea which direction the wind was coming from this morning.

    Seemed to be all directions at once....
    So presumably will be just the same on the way back!
  • jonginge
    jonginge Posts: 5,945
    ketsbaia wrote:
    Couldn't cycle in this morning due to commuter hack being in bits. Would have taken the winter trainer, but I left my cycling shoes in Yorkshire. And I'm just not taking the best bike out in this crap.
    Look how that happened. Take a sneaky peek at the weather forecast did you? ;)
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    Planet-x Scott
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  • il_principe
    il_principe Posts: 9,155
    I kinda enjoyed the ride in, wet and windy it may be, but I was warm and partly dry. PBK's own brand pads FAIL in the wet though. Time to get some SwissStop ordered.
  • asprilla
    asprilla Posts: 8,440
    eVent jacket - check
    Goretex trousers - check
    eVent boots - check
    Waterproof gloves - check
    Windstopper buff and hat - check
    Disc brakes - check

    Feet got a little damp, but that will change when my mudguards arrive.

    I thought it was supposed to be a tail wind in this morning, dunno what happened there....
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  • jonginge
    jonginge Posts: 5,945
    Il Principe wrote:
    I kinda enjoyed the ride in, wet and windy it may be, but I was warm and partly dry. PBK's own brand pads FAIL in the wet though. Time to get some SwissStop ordered.
    I may need to upgrade the pads on my planet-x, too. There was one "whoa, pleeze don't brake that sharply, mr car in front" moment.

    Was regretting wearing mitts for the first few miles but other than that nice and toasty :)
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  • ketsbaia
    ketsbaia Posts: 1,718
    JonGinge wrote:
    ketsbaia wrote:
    Couldn't cycle in this morning due to commuter hack being in bits. Would have taken the winter trainer, but I left my cycling shoes in Yorkshire. And I'm just not taking the best bike out in this crap.
    Look how that happened. Take a sneaky peek at the weather forecast did you? ;)

    Somewhat implausibly, I didn't. :D

    I quite like cycling in the rain, tbh. Did it on Friday night and really enjoyed it. But there's no shower at my office, so cycling in when the weather's this bad is a no-no.
    One more gear

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  • il_principe
    il_principe Posts: 9,155
    JonGinge wrote:

    Was regretting wearing mitts for the first few miles

    Mitts? Good god man, have you lost your mind? I saw one bloke in mitts, he didn't look happy.
  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,064
    Mmmm just looked at XC weather and metoffice sites, they actually have large red arrows pointing east & west, that can't be good.

    Who knew trees could bend that much :shock:
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    Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
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  • bigmat
    bigmat Posts: 5,134
    Il Principe wrote:
    JonGinge wrote:

    Was regretting wearing mitts for the first few miles

    Mitts? Good god man, have you lost your mind? I saw one bloke in mitts, he didn't look happy.

    +1 - I was cursing only wearing the one pair of full finger gloves today. On the plus side, crud guards played a stormer, wet feet and hands but otherwise I was pretty much dry by the time I got to work. I reckon that with a pair of overshoes I'll be all set for rainy days.

    Caliper brakes in the wet, on the other hand - more than a bit worrying. I probably need to get some Kool Stop / Swiss Stop pads but even with those on the Viner it still feels like suicide hitting any sort of speed in traffic. I actually got overtaken down College Road this morning - the shame!
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  • jonginge
    jonginge Posts: 5,945
    Il Principe wrote:
    JonGinge wrote:

    Was regretting wearing mitts for the first few miles

    Mitts? Good god man, have you lost your mind? I saw one bloke in mitts, he didn't look happy.
    I was lulled into a false sense of security by the recent balmy weather. What made it worse was I had long-fingered gloves in the bag. My fingers stopped complaining once I reached fulham, though
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