Strange ideas you have whilst cycling in the rain

downfader

There I was, getting wet on the way into work the other morning and began to wonder if I could fit a plate on each side of my rear lever to fit 4 brake blocks instead of two. And if that would increase braking ability in the wet.

...then 5 minutes later thinking to myself "I fancy a donut" (I had 2 when I got in :oops: )

Does anyone else get these little foibles pop into their head, or is it just me?

GoLance

Yes just this morning I was on the way to my local bike shop (www.terryscycles.moonfruit.com) in the heavy rain and I thought to myself: 'Can I powerslide my bike round a corner?'. So I tried and promptly fell off, and slid along the road into a pavement. I'm okay though, but when I got back on the bike, I thought: 'Falling off that time was real fun! Let's do it again!' I didn't though.

So if you were near Yate, S. Glos at 10:10 am and you saw a tall guy in Astana kit jumping up and down shouting and swearing, it was me.

prawny

I think to myself this is great fun and ride along grinning like a loon.

Then the next time I'm due to go out and it's spitting a bit I go eurgh! and get back in bed.

Strange that :?

SpinningJenny

I think odd things all the time - not just restricted to wet cycling!

downfader

prawny wrote:

I think to myself this is great fun and ride along grinning like a loon.

Then the next time I'm due to go out and it's spitting a bit I go eurgh! and get back in bed.

Strange that :?

I agree, once your out and it starts its very nice. But if you've just got up and town is drenched.. :oops:

prawny

Yeah or if it starts when I'm at work and I've got to ride home. I s'pose it all depends on the proximity of a bed

fatandwheezing

Last time I rode in the rain I was thinking how clever I was to wear a waterproof even though it was sunny at the time.

Then the hail came and started filling up the holes in my helmet and I started thinking different thoughts.

JGS

downfader wrote:

Does anyone else get these little foibles pop into their head, or is it just me?

The brakes thing? No

The donuts thing? Yes!

craker

man, I did well this morning then. Got up, got into my cycling gear, saw the rain, went back to bed. Lay in bed and weighed up driving to work :evil: or cycling :P

I cycled in, rain was light, got drenched but glad I made the effort

I remember thinking about how warm dry socks were one of the defining improvments of western civilisation.

simon johnson

I'm usually deciding upon 'the point of saturation'; where one cannot possibly be any wetter; clothes seem pointless and should I, I wonder, take them off....similiarly with my spectacles, although the latter is considerably more dangerous.

Though not as dangerous as no specs+no clothes (for me at least).

downfader

simon johnson wrote:

I'm usually deciding upon 'the point of saturation'; where one cannot possibly be any wetter; clothes seem pointless and should I, I wonder, take them off....similiarly with my spectacles, although the latter is considerably more dangerous.

Though not as dangerous as no specs+no clothes (for me at least).

.and why does it NEVER rain on those naked bike rides? They've had one once a year here in Southampton for a few years now iirc. Never been though. :oops:

redddraggon

GoLance wrote:

Yes just this morning I was on the way to my local bike shop (www.terryscycles.moonfruit.com) in the heavy rain and I thought to myself: 'Can I powerslide my bike round a corner?'. So I tried and promptly fell off, and slid along the road into a pavement. I'm okay though, but when I got back on the bike, I thought: 'Falling off that time was real fun! Let's do it again!' I didn't though.

So if you were near Yate, S. Glos at 10:10 am and you saw a tall guy in Astana kit jumping up and down shouting and swearing, it was me.

I've got to say that it'd be more embarrassing to wear Astana kit than to actually fall off :roll: