will I ride again this year ????

northernneil
northernneil Posts: 1,549
edited December 2009 in The bottom bracket
minus 3 in leeds and the long term weather forecast is not for it to go above freezing till after new years day - nearly lost my fingers when I last went out a week ago and it was plus 2 then ........ grrrrrr

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  • Frank the tank
    Frank the tank Posts: 6,553
    Turbo trainer beckons me thinks.
    Tail end Charlie

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  • Scrumple
    Scrumple Posts: 2,665
    Mine is in the pitts for the next 2weeks minimum... Goodbye 2009.
  • Red Rock
    Red Rock Posts: 517
    I'm only 30 miles off my target for this year and it's not looking good :(
  • downfader
    downfader Posts: 3,686
    Apparently -4 here last night. When I walked to the shop at 10.30 this morning the paths were all iced up.. came back over them an hour later and still trecherous. Feel sorry for the old dears.
  • fossyant
    fossyant Posts: 2,549
    Just did 4 miles towing kids on a sledge in the snow on my MTB - round and round the field..... good training...like doing a 4 mile climb....low ratio, with sprints built in as the other kids tried to catch us....

    No more commutes for me - finished for Christmas, but looks like road rides are out...just had a stack of snow in Manchester, and it's set to freeze. Looks very pretty though.
  • Matt the Tester
    Matt the Tester Posts: 1,261
    i would actually love to ride in -4 but i don't want to come across ice lol
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    north west of england.
  • redddraggon
    redddraggon Posts: 10,862
    It's sunny in North Wales, hopefully I'll be riding tomorrow.
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  • suffolk rider
    suffolk rider Posts: 103
    Thought I would be fine going out yesterday on a bike with knobbly tyres. It was fine to begin with...until I hit some ice, and came off three times within the space of a few hundred yards. Well, I suppose there are some things you just have to try once in your life (or not at all, if you're sensible...)
  • downfader
    downfader Posts: 3,686
    suffolk rider wrote:
    Thought I would be fine going out yesterday on a bike with knobbly tyres. It was fine to begin with...until I hit some ice, and came off three times within the space of a few hundred yards. Well, I suppose there are some things you just have to try once in your life (or not at all, if you're sensible...)

    If the road surface is very smooth not even knobblies will grip. They need something to stick into.
  • snakehips
    snakehips Posts: 2,272
    Good question.
    As if the weather isn't bad enough I've got a puncture or otherwise underinflated tyre on three (out of three) bikes !

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  • Pokerface
    Pokerface Posts: 7,960
    I was counting on two weeks of holidays to get some decent training in. And then the weather came. Grrrrrrrrr


    It's not the cold - it's the snow and ice and drivers on the roads that can't drive in snow.

    Turbo will be getting the brunt of the work the next little while.
  • shouldbeinbed
    shouldbeinbed Posts: 2,660
    North Manchetser is as bad as south. 4 inches lying in Oldham and bitterly cold. I'm working solidly through christmas and I've no idea how I'll be geting to a major road I can use. Gritting has been an utter joke this year, I think they've been taken completely by surprise :roll:

    10 mile walks beckon - great for a 7am start
  • rake
    rake Posts: 3,204
    i was pushing my luck for 40 miles in notts yesterday. i forgot about the steel rails on the train crossing but luckily managed to wrench the bars up hard enough to find some grip the other side, slipped an inch to the side but kept her wheelside up(or down). i was well clenched afterwards. i think thats it for me this year. i could have ripped my new tights and jacket. :oops:
  • downfader
    downfader Posts: 3,686
    Wonder how easy it is to fashion skies?
  • on the road
    on the road Posts: 5,631
    I'm hoping to get at least one ride in, but it depends on weather conditions, it hailed all day today. I was out walking the dog in that and I was having to shield me face from the hail.
  • Homer J
    Homer J Posts: 920
    :cry:
  • andy162
    andy162 Posts: 634
    Managed a 70miler today. All A-roads tho, except thru Clumber Park & that was Torvill & Dean territory. It snowed pretty hard a few times but within 2 mins of getting home it came down properly & the roads would've been a total no-go area.

    It was -2.5 when we set off & I christened some new gloves, toasty fingers all the way round.

    Gonna have a day at Dalby a week tommorow all being well.

    Here's to 2010!
  • tlw1
    tlw1 Posts: 22,157
    got a new bike, so had to go out yesterday. Managed 1 mile yesterday morning before I realised what a knob I was being.

    Went for a run followed by a family work (all in a sulk)!

    Then managed 10 mile on major roads later, not pleasant, but enough to realise I love the new bike!
  • Steve_b77
    Steve_b77 Posts: 1,680
    It's mountain bike weather :D

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