16 degC!!!!

hopper1
hopper1 Posts: 4,389
edited March 2010 in The bottom bracket
Wow!... What a start to my leave.
Bright sunshine, dry roads, bit of a breeze :D
Shame I only had 1 1/2 hours to spare :(
No overshoes, no winter jacket, just a sleeveless base below a L/S jersey and tights... I almost went for shorts :shock:
If it's like this tomorrow, I'm going to break out the Cinelli :D:D:D
I can hardly contain my excitement :shock: :oops: :oops:

I might even go for a walk along the beach, after lunch :D
Start with a budget, finish with a mortgage!

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  • Ands
    Ands Posts: 1,437
    It's great, isn't it! I went out yesterday on the new bike - shorts/knee warmers, no overshoes and just mitts. I foolishly wore my winter jacket tho and was boiling (I don't have a nice spring weight jacket so need to go shopping.)

    I rode past a field of newborn lambs, all bleating loudly. Ahhh, things that make you smile on your bike. :D
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    hopper1 wrote:
    Wow!... What a start to my leave.
    Bright sunshine, dry roads, bit of a breeze :D
    Shame I only had 1 1/2 hours to spare :(
    No overshoes, no winter jacket, just a sleeveless base below a L/S jersey and tights... I almost went for shorts :shock:
    If it's like this tomorrow, I'm going to break out the Cinelli :D:D:D
    I can hardly contain my excitement :shock: :oops: :oops:

    I might even go for a walk along the beach, after lunch :D

    The Cinelli can stay under wraps tomorrow - rain due in, should be hitting you at about bike ride o'clock :(
  • Gazzaputt
    Gazzaputt Posts: 3,227
    Ditched the tights and l/s and the leg and arm warmers are out and fingerless mitts.

    Please please let this weather last until Sunday :D
  • freehub
    freehub Posts: 4,257
    Damn, this temp is a shock, I'm boiling alive!

    Still gonna wear my arm warmers and leg warmers today, I have to wear leg warmers to cover the under layer and I need to wear the under layer cause if I don't my arse will be showing as my shorts have holes in them.
  • disgruntledgoat
    disgruntledgoat Posts: 8,957
    Winter kit to be stubbornly warn until the clocks go back... Summer rotation then comes into service. That's when the rainy season ususally begins up here anyway.
    "In many ways, my story was that of a raging, Christ-like figure who hauled himself off the cross, looked up at the Romans with blood in his eyes and said 'My turn, sock cookers'"

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  • the_hundredth_idiot
    the_hundredth_idiot Posts: 813
    This morning I wore: long tights, a merino base layer, a long-sleeved jersey on top, a waterproof jack on top of that. Plus my winter gloves.

    I was so wet when I got to work that I might as well have been out in the rain (I guess my bike was cleaner than it would have been if it had been raining). I'm definitely reducing the number of layers tomorrow.

    Woo-hoo - spring's here!
    Never be tempted to race against a Barclays Cycle Hire bike. If you do, there are only two outcomes. Of these, by far the better is that you now have the scalp of a Boris Bike.
  • freehub
    freehub Posts: 4,257
    Temps will be way down tomoz on today.
  • Stewie Griffin
    Stewie Griffin Posts: 4,330
    It took ages for me to make my mind up as to what to wear on my afternoon ride yesterday. I eventually went out in bib tights, summer jersey, spring/autumn jacket and fingerless mitts.
  • acidstrato
    acidstrato Posts: 945
    went out this morning shorts and tshirt...loved it 30miles of bliss, ideal temps
    Crafted in Italy apparantly
  • crumbschief
    crumbschief Posts: 3,399
    Great day,headwind was on me most of the time but it was mild,it feels so good to just have a jersey on again with no layers.
  • Chrissz
    Chrissz Posts: 727
    I've been in shorts and short-fingered mitts all this week! Just a L/S base layer + L/S jersey & no head warmer! :) Just about warm enough at 06:45hrs this morning but gonna be warm going home tonight :lol:
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    Peeing down here now and heading your way :wink: Wind is picking up too.
  • ScottieP
    ScottieP Posts: 599
    Just done a short 20km (first ride after a stomach bug) - 14 degrees here but a decent wind and a dry road. In my bib-shorts for the first time this year with a short sleeve base and a long sleeve jersey - quite pleasant :)
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  • markos1963
    markos1963 Posts: 3,724
    Club run sunday?
    Norfolk, who nicked all the hills?

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  • hopper1
    hopper1 Posts: 4,389
    markos1963 wrote:
    Club run sunday?

    I'd love to... Just need to sus out a secure parking place, where someone wont note me leaving the car on a bike, then spend the next 4 hours stripping out my ICE, etc... :roll:
    Start with a budget, finish with a mortgage!
  • mrushton
    mrushton Posts: 5,182
    To put things in perspective, it was this warm plus in Majorca when I was there at Christmas. When I flew back on 30/12 it was 14 deg C at 7am
    M.Rushton
  • hopper1
    hopper1 Posts: 4,389
    Still sunny, so I'm going out again, with even less on. :wink:
    Start with a budget, finish with a mortgage!
  • acidstrato
    acidstrato Posts: 945
    shorts and tshirt again today :lol:

    bit colder today tho but still no rain while i was out
    had a cracking week off work for cycling, 225miles in 6 days with a rest day tomo
    Crafted in Italy apparantly
  • Ben6899
    Ben6899 Posts: 9,686
    Bib shorts, S/S jersey and arm/leg warmers with fingerless mitts and no overshoes here. I think it might rain tomorrow so I'll add a gilet to keep some of it off - I don't mind getting my arms and legs wet as long as it isn't cold.
    Ben

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  • Rooner
    Rooner Posts: 109
    Rode to work yesterday and today in shorts, still got winter jacket on though. Plenty warm enough down ere in Devon. Trouble is, its now p@~sing down so I think I might regret the lack ofleg coverage for the ride home
  • crumbschief
    crumbschief Posts: 3,399
    It's still mild tonight,just checked outside and it's light rain with a coal fire smell,pity i'm resting for today otherwise i'd get the MTB out and go for a night ride rip down the road,love doing that.

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