You know it is winter when..............

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  • iain_j
    iain_j Posts: 1,941
    I tried to stop the hot aches once (only once) by rinsing my hands under the hot tap. Christ. I'm not doing that again.
  • Feltup
    Feltup Posts: 1,340
    I am laughing so much at the pain you must have inflicted on yourself.

    When the batteries in your Fenix runs out in a day because you have had to use it on the way into work and on the way back.
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  • bluesacs
    bluesacs Posts: 95
    In the toilets it's hunt the chipolata.
    I just hope to god I don't get knocked off my bike by Angelina Jolie and she takes me back to her place to recover and the awful effect of the cold is laid bare, as it were.
    That worries me.
  • Underscore
    Underscore Posts: 730
    bluesacs wrote:
    In the toilets it's hunt the chipolata.
    I just hope to god I don't get knocked off my bike by Angelina Jolie and she takes me back to her place to recover and the awful effect of the cold is laid bare, as it were.
    That worries me.

    Is your user name inspired by this scenario too?
  • pigeon42
    pigeon42 Posts: 98
    ...you'd rather spend 20 minutes dropping and struggling with your bike lock keys rather than take your gloves off

    ...and then you spend a further 20 minutes dropping and struggling with your bike lock keys because you have taken your gloves off and your fingers have ceased to be part of your person.

    Oh and your bike lock is actually frozen. So it really makes no difference whether you have fingers or no-fingers or tentacles 'cos you ain't ever going to get it unlocked (at least not until about May next year when the sun finally makes a reappearance).
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  • rb1956
    rb1956 Posts: 134
    It's winter?
  • flybywire
    flybywire Posts: 575
    the snooze button takes a proper hammering :shock:
  • attica
    attica Posts: 2,362
    Am I weird? I don't actually see the need for long fingered gloves, I wear regular track mits all year, lately my fingers are really cold for about 5 minutes, then warm up and I'm fine.

    Thick socks, shoes and neoprene overshoes still don't stop my toes going numb though, what's wrong with me?
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  • gert_lush
    gert_lush Posts: 634
    Attica wrote:
    Am I weird? I don't actually see the need for long fingered gloves, I wear regular track mits all year, lately my fingers are really cold for about 5 minutes, then warm up and I'm fine.

    Thick socks, shoes and neoprene overshoes still don't stop my toes going numb though, what's wrong with me?

    quite simpley..yes you are :shock:

    I am currently wearing 2 pairs of gloves (not currently as in now, but when riding) and I still get nippy fingers, but then I am the extreme opposte I get really cold hands and feet but boiling body.
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  • ansbaradigeidfran
    ansbaradigeidfran Posts: 526
    Attica wrote:
    Am I weird? I don't actually see the need for long fingered gloves, I wear regular track mits all year, lately my fingers are really cold for about 5 minutes, then warm up and I'm fine.

    Thick socks, shoes and neoprene overshoes still don't stop my toes going numb though, what's wrong with me?
    Don't forget that you move and use your fingers while riding, which encourages blood flow. Your tootsies don't get as much exercise.
  • linsen
    linsen Posts: 1,959
    Thick socks, shoes and neoprene overshoes still don't stop my toes going numb though, what's wrong with me?

    Poor circulation. Old age is creeping up on you. They'll drop off soon :wink:
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  • prj45
    prj45 Posts: 2,208
    ...you think about buying a weather centre so you can see what the temp is like outside without having to go out first...
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  • jonginge
    jonginge Posts: 5,945
    Attica wrote:
    Thick socks, shoes and neoprene overshoes still don't stop my toes going numb though, what's wrong with me?
    Thick socks making your shoes too tight and restricting blood flow?
    I've been using either castelli winter socks or assos early winter ones with overshoes. Both socks are pretty thin but are working for me.
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  • topcat33
    topcat33 Posts: 57
    It's -29 outside and the snow is too thick to bike in..........
  • attica
    attica Posts: 2,362
    linsen wrote:
    Poor circulation. Old age is creeping up on you. They'll drop off soon :wink:

    OI! Who are you calling old?

    At least my back still works :wink:

    Ah well, toes I can live without, as long as it's not any other appendages, ,gladly the important ones don't get as cold.
    "Impressive break"

    "Thanks...

    ...I can taste blood"
  • attica
    attica Posts: 2,362
    JonGinge wrote:
    Thick socks making your shoes too tight and restricting blood flow?

    Not at all, I commute in a cheap pair of Pearl Izumi shoes (they've been on offer on Wiggle for months now) They're actually so wide that I can feel the crank arms passing the inside of my toes if I move my feet about, my Sidis on the other hand are really narrow and do make my feet colder as a result.
    "Impressive break"

    "Thanks...

    ...I can taste blood"
  • vorsprung
    vorsprung Posts: 1,953
    You hope it will be a cloudy rainy day

    Because that's easier than skating on ice
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