Minus 10 in Laandan taan!

Sewinman

Am considering wimping out? :oops: Fellow commuters?

il_principe

MTFU.

That is all.

Littigator

Sewinman wrote:

Am considering wimping out? :oops: Fellow commuters?

girl!...sorry ladies that's an offence to you isn't it!

Take a big fat sip of the Toughen the F**K UP!

itboffin

Sewinman wrote:

Am considering wimping out? :oops: Fellow commuters?

Perhaps you could share body heat with a fellow commuter, sorry i'll stop now

il_principe

Mmm Beeb says Minus 2, Metcheck says -5 (feels like -10) I find metcheck to be more accurate. Did chose tonight to commute to the GF's (10 miles rather than 3!)

Littigator

Met Office says a balmy -2

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/se/london_forecast_weather.html

cee

meh...weatherbug reckons it wasn't even -1 at BBC HQ at 16.31......

unless it dropped 9degs in an hour....,.

Rich158

-10 :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:

Time to mtfu then and ride harder

prj45

Heard the guy on the beeb say yesterday that it it's -10 on the ground itself then salt stops working...

I really enjoyed my ride home tonight, but didn't really enjoyt he ride in this morning, I was too knacked and achy to ride hard enough to warm up.

itboffin

It's -7 right now here in Marlborough it's a shame it's so icy I'd love to get out on the bike right now.

cjcp

All was fine, then it just seemed to get chilly through Petersham. Certainly makes you pedal harder. I'm certainly drinking just as much during the ride with the sweat I'm working up.

londonlivvy

I hope you didn't do it. It was bloody evil. So cold that my hands and feet hurt so much I cried. Yep, you can go ahead and say MTFU but sod that for a game of soldiers. I'm on the train tomorrow.

*sulks off with burning hands and feet*

PS. I did have two pairs of socks AND overshoes. And two pairs of gloves. So don't give me that "there's no such thing as bad weather, just bad clothing" rubbish.

alien

I used my 'lobster' motorbike gloves today - they were too warm :-)

I rode from SW Londres to St. Pancreas and didn't find it too bad on the way there early PM. Was noticably more interesting on the way back at 7pm. Hands still too warm tho

I was up round Bedford way and the ice/snow on the ground there was nasty - ended up walking the bike rather than ride on it. yeek.

Interesting point:
I worked noticably harder on these 2 rides compared to the same rides last week - HRM data really quite interesting.

jonginge

Yep it was a bit parky.
I seem to be countering it by riding faster on the straights to keep my core temperature up.

Now, I need to find some glasses that don't mist up at RL stops

BBC weather guy just cheerfully said there may be snow during tomorrow morning's commute :shock:

jonginge

alien wrote:

Interesting point:
I worked noticably harder on these 2 rides compared to the same rides last week - HRM data really quite interesting.

Yep, me too. My last 2 homeward commutes have been the fastest I've been since the end of summer and that's with taking any corners very carefully

Rich158

It was a bit parky last night, but London wasn't too bad. When you get out into the middle of nowhere, now that's a diffenrent matter, at least 2-3 degrees colder :shock: My water bottle had turned to a block of ice by the time I got home.

itboffin

JonGinge wrote:

Yep it was a bit parky.
I seem to be countering it by riding faster on the straights to keep my core temperature up.

Now, I need to find some glasses that don't mist up at RL stops

BBC weather guy just cheerfully said there may be snow during tomorrow morning's commute :shock:

Clean the lenses with a blob of neat washing up liquid.

cjcp

londonlivvy wrote:

I hope you didn't do it. It was bloody evil. So cold that my hands and feet hurt so much I cried. Yep, you can go ahead and say MTFU but sod that for a game of soldiers. I'm on the train tomorrow.

*sulks off with burning hands and feet*

PS. I did have two pairs of socks AND overshoes. And two pairs of gloves. So don't give me that "there's no such thing as bad weather, just bad clothing" rubbish.

LL - ironically, you're problem might be that you're restricting the circulation to your hands and feet.

For your feet, try warm socks, then shoes, then cheapy sports socks over your shoes (you'll have to cut a hole for the cleats), then your overshoes. The socks over the shoes will limit the wind chill to the feet, but they won't be tight around your feet.

For your hands, buy one pair of proper winter gloves - Altura do some.

jonginge

londonlivvy wrote:

I hope you didn't do it. It was bloody evil. So cold that my hands and feet hurt so much I cried. Yep, you can go ahead and say MTFU but sod that for a game of soldiers. I'm on the train tomorrow.

*sulks off with burning hands and feet*

PS. I did have two pairs of socks AND overshoes. And two pairs of gloves. So don't give me that "there's no such thing as bad weather, just bad clothing" rubbish.

Livvy, you are not alone:
http://www.bikeradar.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=12600980

jonginge

itboffin wrote:

JonGinge wrote:

Yep it was a bit parky.
I seem to be countering it by riding faster on the straights to keep my core temperature up.

Now, I need to find some glasses that don't mist up at RL stops

BBC weather guy just cheerfully said there may be snow during tomorrow morning's commute :shock:

Clean the lenses with a blob of neat washing up liquid.

Cheers ITB. I've seen that tip before and tried it. It worked to a certain extent so I'll do it a bit more often from now on :oops:

Anyone out there tried Oakley Radars with their fancy dan hydrophobic lenses?

cjcp

JonGinge wrote:

Now, I need to find some glasses that don't mist up at RL stops

This is a problem I've never solved. I've given up. :roll:

mattybain

There is some great sprays / cloths from Kleeneze that do a superb job of stopping your glasses misting up. I have used them for years and they always worked for me.

Recently I bought one of their magic cloths for my shaving mirror, always used to drive me potty, now after one application it has been mist free for months!!!

cjcp

mattybain wrote:

There is some great sprays / clothes from Kleeneze that do a superb job of stopping your glasses misting up. I have used them for years and they always worked for me.

Cheers. My other problem though is that I sweat like a man on the run in the forests of Borneo. So sweat tends to drip onto the lenses. Do you know if this reduces the effect of the spray?

il_principe

cjcp wrote:

mattybain wrote:

There is some great sprays / clothes from Kleeneze that do a superb job of stopping your glasses misting up. I have used them for years and they always worked for me.

Cheers. My other problem though is that I sweat like a man on the run in the forests of Borneo. So sweat tends to drip onto the lenses. Do you know if this reduces the effect of the spray?

Wear a little cap mate! Cap will soak up sweat and if it gets saturated then it'll drip off the peak, missing your glasses entirely. They have their uses these little caps.

always_tyred

It was about +5 here this morning. I had heat stroke by the time I got to work. :P

itboffin

cjcp wrote:

JonGinge wrote:

Now, I need to find some glasses that don't mist up at RL stops

This is a problem I've never solved. I've given up. :roll:

In this really cold weather wear the glasses over the top of you beanie or other such hat it lets the air flow a tiny bit better which makes the difference for me between seeing the hill as I climb or not wearing glasses whilst climbing.

il_principe

itboffin wrote:

cjcp wrote:

JonGinge wrote:

Now, I need to find some glasses that don't mist up at RL stops

This is a problem I've never solved. I've given up. :roll:

In this really cold weather wear the glasses over the top of you beanie or other such hat it lets the air flow a tiny bit better which makes the difference for me between seeing the hill as I climb or not wearing glasses whilst climbing.

+1 even if it did make me look like Dame Edna in half jackets this am.

cjcp

jashburnham wrote:

cjcp wrote:

mattybain wrote:

There is some great sprays / clothes from Kleeneze that do a superb job of stopping your glasses misting up. I have used them for years and they always worked for me.

Cheers. My other problem though is that I sweat like a man on the run in the forests of Borneo. So sweat tends to drip onto the lenses. Do you know if this reduces the effect of the spray?

Wear a little cap mate! Cap will soak up sweat and if it gets saturated then it'll drip off the peak, missing your glasses entirely. They have their uses these little caps.

I do! A cap and then a hat with ear covers over the top. (All Assos too )

cjcp

jashburnham wrote:

itboffin wrote:

cjcp wrote:

JonGinge wrote:

Now, I need to find some glasses that don't mist up at RL stops

This is a problem I've never solved. I've given up. :roll:

In this really cold weather wear the glasses over the top of you beanie or other such hat it lets the air flow a tiny bit better which makes the difference for me between seeing the hill as I climb or not wearing glasses whilst climbing.

+1 even if it did make me look like Dame Edna in half jackets this am.

Good. God.

il_principe

I use yellow lenses in this weather though, not the amusingly named "rose" tinted ones as pictured!

Clever Pun

jashburnham wrote:

I use yellow lenses in this weather though, not the amusingly named "rose" tinted ones as pictured!

Isn't that burnt orange?

no cycling for me today...gutted, round to a friends tonight as they're cooking for us. I would have cycled but leaving the missus alone at night to travel back from finsbury park is harsh and I didn't have time to get home first then come out... damn.

as a result of not cycling in I lost the will to get out of bed