Yaaaaay it's raining!

lost_in_thought

I had to tell you lot that here, in Essex, it's raining! Yaaaaaay!

This means the snow is melting! Which means i can go out on my bike! So what if it's also really very foggy, I don't care, I'm taking the tifosi out.

Yaaaaaaaay!

That is all.

Aidy

Yeah it was proper tipping it down when I left this morning (I don't think I'm a million miles away from you...). The snow was rapidly becoming slush, so hopefully it'll be clear by hometime

jonginge

Enjoy.

Possibly the first post ever to combine "it's raining" and "yay" in a non-sarcastic manner

teticio

lost_in_thought wrote:

I had to tell you lot that here, in Essex, it's raining! Yaaaaaay!

This means the snow is melting! Which means i can go out on my bike! So what if it's also really very foggy, I don't care, I'm taking the tifosi out.

Yaaaaaaaay!

That is all.

+1 same in madrid

Wallace1492

Snowing here this morning.... but turning to rain.

Clever Pun

JonGinge wrote:

Enjoy.

Possibly the first post ever to combine "it's raining" and "yay" in a non-sarcastic manner

I thought the same this morning... my tyres were grippy... imagine

jonginge

Clever Pun wrote:

JonGinge wrote:

Enjoy.

Possibly the first post ever to combine "it's raining" and "yay" in a non-sarcastic manner

I thought the same this morning... my tyres were grippy... imagine

I might have , too, if the roads last night hadn't been dry and ice-free. As it was I thought 'b$gger'

Kieran_Burns

The problem is: in my experience the coldest weather tends to hit at the end of January / start of Feb... so let's hope it doesn't soak the streets and then turn to ice even worse than it is now.

Sorry to put a (ahem) dampner on things.... :?

hambones

Back on the road bike for my commute this morning - heavy rain and flooded roads but if felt great!

Into double figures now for wet commutes which isn't bad in 21 months!!!

fossyant

Still on the studded MTB here in Manchester....black ice everywhere !

suzyb

Wallace1492 wrote:

Snowing here this morning.... but turning to rain.

Still snowing here and making the road, which was slowly being cleared of snow by the car tyres slippy again

wyadvd

i was happy cos im trialling several flavours of 'waterproof' overshoes......today it was soaking and it was bbb ultraflex day. Anyone looking for perfect winter overshoes....your search is over ...and i ran 2 miles in them and not a sign of wear on the sole...its thick reinforced rubber! My feet we damp from sweat after the puncture induced run, but outside of shoes bone dry. Destrooyed two pairs of the dhb rubbish in 10 rides! The bbb heavy duty are very good but dont run around in them unless you turn the nose up!

NGale

I was actually happy when I saw it was raining the other day, first thoughts 'Ooooh I can go out on the bike on friday now'

I have a new saddle to wear in, so good oppertunity

tis all good

Porgy

Kieran_Burns wrote:

The problem is: in my experience the coldest weather tends to hit at the end of January / start of Feb... so let's hope it doesn't soak the streets and then turn to ice even worse than it is now.

Sorry to put a (ahem) dampner on things.... :?

I agree. what we've just had was an anomalous event - somehting to do with a kink in the jetstream I understand.

Once normal weather resumes - expect it to get colder through late Jan early Feb.

Christophe3967

Pretty messy with all the meltwater - a few drains blocked around Twickenham, but it was a balmy 4C here. Spring is upon us, the nights are drawing out, I counted seven rabbits running around in the back garden, and completed my first sequence of 3 rides this year without a vist from the PF 8). I was getting worried that I'd stolen ITB's crown...

Rich158

Most of the snow had gone on my way in today There were a few interesting moments in Greenwich park where it hadn't melted all the snow/ice on the bike path which resulted in a wet/slushy slippery as hell mess, or maybe I was just being a big girl :shock: How I managed to recover from at least three, two wheeled slides I'll never know, I must be a bike handling god

ballspondroad

Pigeons have started their spring time hanky-panky routine round here (sarf london), so it must be spring.

itboffin

Are you lot mad?! there's still inches of snow here and a thick blanket of fog, plus it's bloody freezing cold, that said I'm hoping to commute for real tomorrow.

Slowly

Fireblade96

You Londoners and your tropical microclimate ;-)

There's 6 inches of slush in my road. With car tracks right through to the road in places. When it freezes it's going to be highly entertaining !

My snowman's melting too

jimmypippa

hambones wrote:

Back on the road bike for my commute this morning - heavy rain and flooded roads but if felt great!

Into double figures now for wet commutes which isn't bad in 21 months!!!

:twisted:

asprilla

wyadvd wrote:

i was happy cos im trialling several flavours of 'waterproof' overshoes......today it was soaking and it was bbb ultraflex day. Anyone looking for perfect winter overshoes....your search is over ...and i ran 2 miles in them and not a sign of wear on the sole...its thick reinforced rubber! My feet we damp from sweat after the puncture induced run, but outside of shoes bone dry. Destrooyed two pairs of the dhb rubbish in 10 rides! The bbb heavy duty are very good but dont run around in them unless you turn the nose up!

Are those for fitting over Road or MTB shoes?

Look like just what I need.

suzyb

It's finally warm enough for it to rain an not snow. The snow is going away

And I can't believe I'm happy at seeing rain.

itboffin

-null- wrote:

It's finally warm enough for it to rain an not snow. The snow is going away

And I can't believe I'm happy at seeing rain.

+1 although the slush can be tricky, just hope it doesn't freeze tonight.

suzyb

itboffin wrote:

-null- wrote:

It's finally warm enough for it to rain an not snow. The snow is going away

And I can't believe I'm happy at seeing rain.

+1 although the slush can be tricky, just hope it doesn't freeze tonight.

I'm just back from walking to the shops to get lunch and it seems to be more ice than slush

lost_in_thought

Well on my ride just now I rode down a lane that's often a bit wet and muddy. It was like a river. My feet were underwater for the entire bottom half of the pedal stroke.

:shock:

That's quite wet.

prawny

I haven't had a good ride in ages.

itboffin

lost_in_thought wrote:

Well on my ride just now I rode down a lane that's often a bit wet and muddy. It was like a river. My feet were underwater for the entire bottom half of the pedal stroke.

:shock:

That's quite wet.

Must be time for the sandals

Edit: to make sense :oops:

Fireblade96

I've just been managed to make it into town, on my slick-tyred MTB commuter, for the first time since before Christmas ! Yayy ! I made it to the pub - and home - and only had to walk a a little bit because of snow.



( I did take the prudent approach and slope off home early in case the slush froze or something...)

White Line

Wallace1492 wrote:

Snowing here this morning.... but turning to rain.

It was snowing again? I just woke up and looked out the window. Pretty much jizzed in my pants when I could see the grass and road! :twisted: Let's just hope it doesn't turn to ice like it had last week.

Porgy

My LBS will have fixed my back wheel by mid-day tomorrow - I reckon a thirty mile ride is on the cards after that. Right now I'm a bit pi55ed though, might be false confidence.