Rain, rain and more rain :(

cgarossi · July 2009

I'm at work, and while I don't mind it raining while im at work, im getting seriously depressed about the current 'summer'.

I want to do cwmcarn this weekend and i'm hoping and praying for some fair weather. I've not been to carn for ages, does it get too wet to ride?

Roll on UK summers! :roll:

topsey_turvey · July 2009

According to the Met Office this morning, the bad summer is all our fault. When we were told that there was going to be a summer long heatwave that's not what they meant. All they really wanted to say was that it might just be a little bit warmer than usual. Unfortunately the press release, that they sent out, was not meant to give a true indication of the forecast for the summer. We should have known the the Met Office doesn't exist to forecast the weather so it's all our fault that we are not getting the summer that we would like, or thought that we were promised.

Lower your expectations and you'll have a great summer next year.

P-Jay · July 2009

Weathers gonna be bad this weekend, BUT Cwmcarn is never too wet to ride, the ground drains well and it's not even that slippery in the wet.

bomberesque · July 2009

I just got back from 3 weeks in Seden and Norway, road touring an mountin biking. We had exactly 2 days without rain in that period and one of those i'm being kind about as there was a light shower in the evening but it was after we finished biking

now I need a new tent *sigh*

and for a followup? we're off to Scotland for a week in Aug to ride the stains. Talk about glutton for punishment :roll:

papasmurf. · July 2009

I'm turning into a right fair weather rider with all these summers of rain...can't wait for those crisp frosty mornings..its the closest we get to sunbaked trails nowadays. Though I do recall a couple of dusty trails way back in the days of May

Nik_B · July 2009

I am in Saudi Arabia at the moment. It is as hot at 50 degrees.

Would you like a trade?

:P

papasmurf. · July 2009

nah you're alright, don't think me and the vice and virtue police would get on very well..

KnightofCydonia · July 2009

papasmurf. wrote:

I'm turning into a right fair weather rider with all these summers of rain...can't wait for those crisp frosty mornings..its the closest we get to sunbaked trails nowadays. Though I do recall a couple of dusty trails way back in the days of May

aye, I remember feeling the warmth on my legs in april & thinking "we're in for a great year"

WRONG

dot1 · July 2009

i rode a dusty trail once, that was a good year.

Daz555 · July 2009

Off to Whites tomorrow and the area is currently under a server weather warning.....feck.

cgarossi · July 2009

Sod it. Im going out tonight, its what a water proof jackets for right?

Dazzza · July 2009

Im seriously considering nipping out for a ride, haven't been out since monday.

Perfect time for testing the mud x tyres.

Hercule Q · July 2009

dust? sun? what are these words?

rhext · July 2009

I'm fortunate in possessing a fully waterproof skin, which I wear under my clothes. It's not as if it's cold or anything, so just get out and get wet.

PS, I know that this isn't the maintenance page, but is orangy-brown liquid running out of a headset bad?

Dazzza · July 2009

Yes usually means something inside is rusting usually the bearings or steerer tube.

Could be grease escaping but at that colour i doubt it, get it looked at asap.

rhext · July 2009

I think all the grease escaped a long time ago! Back on topic, it seems like every time I poke my nose out of the door these days, someone turns on one of those movie special effects wind machines in my face and starts chucking buckets of water at me and my bike. I dry out afterwards without ill effects, but the bike maintenance is getting wearing!

Stewwmb · July 2009

Just get out, i went out this morning did 20 miles in the pouring rain and it was ace.

I think we are going to have to get used to our new style summers.

One good thing about it though the only people I saw for the whole ride were two horse riders. Cant complain about that one bit

projectsome · July 2009

I bet some of you don't like riding in the rain because you have to clean the bike more often

Get out and enjoy those muddy puddles :roll:

Chaz.Harding · July 2009

projectsome wrote:

I bet some of you LIKE riding in the rain because you have to clean the bike LESS often

Get out and enjoy those muddy puddles :roll:

Corrected

projectsome · July 2009

bigchazrocks wrote:

projectsome wrote:

I bet some of you LIKE riding in the rain because you have to clean the bike LESS often

Get out and enjoy those muddy puddles :roll:

Corrected

AND THE MUD?

solsurf · July 2009

I went for the quick kentmere loop after work last night and the streams are now raging torrents belly button deep, my wife added to it by saying its a bit pointless those goretex shorts, yep I had to agree

Fully · July 2009

I've been out for a dry and dusty ride this afternoon.... in Germany 8) .

I think our weather has only been slightly better than the UK this Summer though. We generally get what you have, albeit a day or two later. It has been very warm and sunny though since Saturday here, and has dried the trails out a treat after last weekends thunderstorms. I think the forecast for this weekend is a bit iffy though, not that i'm overly fussed, i'm off to Greece for 2 weeks on Saturday......

Biggus86 · July 2009

Stewwmb wrote:

Just get out, i went out this morning did 20 miles in the pouring rain and it was ace.

I think we are going to have to get used to our new style summers.

One good thing about it though the only people I saw for the whole ride were two horse riders. Cant complain about that one bit

Yeah I was thinking today at work about all the people manning it out haha. But yeah, when i go out in the rain, theres generally no one, not even dog walkers

mikey0303 · July 2009

I went out yesterday afternoon between showers but got it wrong and ended up drenched. The bike ended up getting a good clean when I got back :roll:

capoz77 · July 2009

I'm a "water ingress freak" and the option of cleaning my bike in the rain isn't going to happen, and the thought of chucking it in the shed full of water and gunk in every nook and cranny isn't a pleasant one.

Because i've done this for most of winter ...

I can deal with the mud and cleaning in winter as I get rewarded in the summer with no maintenance whatsoever. , in the knowledge i've got some nice clear blue sky days, trail dust, i FRIGGIN LOVE TRAIL DUST, its so much kinder to the bike and rider, give the frame a light brush with your finger and it sweeps away like a moth. LOL

nice sweet singletrack, nice breeze, nice hot weather, clear skies, few whispy clouds, not a care in the world. just nice.

But then this knowledge is ruined, when it rains EVERY FRIGGIN DAY. That just ain't right in July.A few days I can accept, but every day grey grey grey, rain rain rain.

Spring are nice as of last few years, and September we normally get an Indian summer, but July and August is now officially monsoon season! WTF!

dot1 · July 2009

nothing we can do about it! until someone gets hold of mother nature and asks her for a bit of sun it looks like rain for the forseeable future. learn to love the mud, the rain and getting soaked! man up, saddle up and get riding!

Stewwmb · July 2009

Just out of interest, has anyone else managed to get their other halfs to allow them to clean their bike in the bath?

I have

Makes life a lot easier lol

maloo · July 2009

Stewwmb wrote:

Just out of interest, has anyone else managed to get their other halfs to allow them to clean their bike in the bath?

I have Makes life a lot easier lol

lol no but a mate takes his into the shower

Biggus86 · July 2009

capoz77 wrote:

I'm a "water ingress freak" and the option of cleaning my bike in the rain isn't going to happen, and the thought of chucking it in the shed full of water and gunk in every nook and cranny isn't a pleasant one.

Because i've done this for most of winter ...

I can deal with the mud and cleaning in winter as I get rewarded in the summer with no maintenance whatsoever. , in the knowledge i've got some nice clear blue sky days, trail dust, i FRIGGIN LOVE TRAIL DUST, its so much kinder to the bike and rider, give the frame a light brush with your finger and it sweeps away like a moth. LOL nice sweet singletrack, nice breeze, nice hot weather, clear skies, few whispy clouds, not a care in the world. just nice.

But then this knowledge is ruined, when it rains EVERY FRIGGIN DAY. That just ain't right in July.A few days I can accept, but every day grey grey grey, rain rain rain.

Spring are nice as of last few years, and September we normally get an Indian summer, but July and August is now officially monsoon season! WTF!

Stop moaning haha jk.

Yeah, i know what you mean, but bikes are meant to be ridden whatever the weather, or 'can' be ridden, might wear parts a lot more than in the dry but oh well. I like getting blathered every now and then

MrChuck · July 2009

projectsome wrote:

bigchazrocks wrote:

projectsome wrote:

I bet some of you LIKE riding in the rain because you have to clean the bike LESS often

Get out and enjoy those muddy puddles :roll:

Corrected

AND THE MUD?

I ride from the train pretty frequenlty, with 4-5 miles home on the road from the station. Sometimes my bike's been as clean as it's ever been by the time I get home!

Max A · July 2009

There's not a hope in hell's chance i'd let my OH clean his bike in the bath! that said he doesn't clean the bath out after he's been in so there's no chance he'd do it after washing the bike. :shock:

i'm fed up with the rain too...it's not exactly motivating to go out for a ride when it's freezing and chucking it down. :?

Rain, rain and more rain :(

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