Sunday - It's going to chuck it down

pedylan

Forecast up our way is diabolical and I so need miles in my legs.

So what's the best alternative - either as a training replacement or an alternative pastime to cycling in the rain altogether.

And we're not talking rain we're talking deluge.

Crapaud

pedylan wrote:

Forecast up our way is diabolical and I so need miles in my legs.

So what's the best alternative - either as a training replacement or an alternative pastime to cycling in the rain altogether.

And we're not talking rain we're talking deluge.

Carbohydrate loading in front of the telly? It gets my vote.

bobtbuilder

Turbo session?

Gazzaputt

It's only water!!! I don't mind as long as it isn't cold.

northernneil

pedylan wrote:

Forecast up our way is diabolical and I so need miles in my legs.

So what's the best alternative - either as a training replacement or an alternative pastime to cycling in the rain altogether.

And we're not talking rain we're talking deluge.

you sound like me when it comes to weather !

get your yorkshire @ss out in it, should be used to it

keef66

+1 Go out and ride anyway. Just empty your shoes occasionally.

Spot of rain didn't stop Nicole Cooke in Beijing

Then again, she is Welsh.

rml380z

World track cycling championships on the TV and a turbo session.
Perfect.

onlyonearrow

Go out on Saturday instead!

Pross

Thought they bred you lot tough oop t'north?

Bunneh

Yorkshire lot are nancies, us Lancashire guys are 'ard as nails unless it's windy then we stay indoors...brrr

FLEX!

Anonymous

Bunneh wrote:

Yorkshire lot are nancies, us Lancashire guys are 'ard as nails unless it's windy then we stay indoors...brrr

FLEX!

Pansies the lot of you.

Us Cheshire Folk will ride on our turbos in any weather. Particularly if it's dark.

northernneil

NapoleonD wrote:

Bunneh wrote:

Yorkshire lot are nancies, us Lancashire guys are 'ard as nails unless it's windy then we stay indoors...brrr

FLEX!

Pansies the lot of you.

Us Cheshire Folk will ride on our turbos in any weather. Particularly if it's dark.

heh heh heh

anyone from Cheshire ever been known as 'hard' ?

Bunneh

It's flat as flatness itself in Cheshire. Soon as they get out of their county they say 'what the hell is that?!' as they see some slopes

Only joshing

symo

They said it was going to pour down in the SW last sunday and it was glorious. Wait and see, if not TURBO + SUFFERFEST.

Bobbinogs

Going slightly off piste, last weekend was lovely and warm (well, a tropical 11 deg) so I went off for a spin in Wiltshire. So, sun was out but big fat puddles (and squashed frogs) everywhere which made me think of shorts and overshoes (to keep my feet dry)...but it just seemed so wrong (sandals and socks anyone?).

In the end I manned it out with the shorts alone but I did think of the overshoes halfway around when I wanted to stop and empty my shoes out. Am I right in that this is a fashion no-no?

hopper1

Bobbinogs wrote:

Going slightly off piste, last weekend was lovely and warm (well, a tropical 11 deg) so I went off for a spin in Wiltshire. So, sun was out but big fat puddles (and squashed frogs) everywhere which made me think of shorts and overshoes (to keep my feet dry)...but it just seemed so wrong (sandals and socks anyone?).

In the end I manned it out with the shorts alone but I did think of the overshoes halfway around when I wanted to stop and empty my shoes out. Am I right in that this is a fashion no-no?

You can wear overshoes whenever you like... TTer's do

I wear them to protect my white shoes, when the roads look damp! :oops:

Back to topic...
The little rain we had today, which only arrived after my 2 hour spin in the dry, is already on it's way oop North
Sunday should be another nice day, here in Norfolk. 8)

PostieJohn

Grrr not happy I really need to get some miles in.

pedylan

The weather is now irrelevant, at least for me.

Football training session yesterday, all the usual stepping over cones and changing direction. Didn't even get out of breath, just standing there at the end and - POP - calf muscle went.

Can't even walk let alone bike.

I'd do anything for a rain soaked Sunday now - serves me bloody right for being a wimp.

Chip \'oyler

pedylan wrote:

The weather is now irrelevant, at least for me.

Football training session yesterday, all the usual stepping over cones and changing direction. Didn't even get out of breath, just standing there at the end and - POP - calf muscle went.

Can't even walk let alone bike.

I'd do anything for a rain soaked Sunday now - serves me bloody right for being a wimp.

Serves you right for playing football

skyd0g

This is forcast for Monday. :shock:

Bunneh

Lovely and warm today, forecast is wet for tomorrow so gonna bugger off on me bike now. Tata!

redddraggon

No riding for me tomorrow anyway, I don't have a rear wheel

Anonymous

redddraggon wrote:

No riding for me tomorrow anyway, I don't have a rear wheel

Yeah, I've heard you struggle to keep a rear wheel.
Freehub told me.
Honest.

Anonymous

Joke.

Lagavulin

I'd happily swap some rain for this fecking gusting wind.

bill_gates

I've done 20 miles into a head-wind today and I've totally puggled myself. A night with elevated legs and some rehydration ahead for me.

bill_gates

I've done 20 miles into a head-wind today and I've totally puggled myself. A night with elevated legs and some rehydration ahead for me.

Splottboy

4cast cloudy here, some....Sun! Gonna do a quiet cycle track/lanes ride on the Llyn Peninsular.
Did the same last week, but 30k headwind was tuff going out. Nice back, tho.

Buy a Swiss ball, Step or Bosu. All good for Core, strength endurance training.

Better still, buy a Total Gym. Chuck - Kick Arse - Norris can't be wrong...can he?

Lagavulin

Sunny intervals here but gusting to 45mph+. Wasn't much fun today in the wind.
I've ordered a curry, a few bottles of Cumberland and I'll get up to watch the F1 instead. :oops:

hopper1

Gorgeous here, today.
Got up, watched the F1, then swanned out for a good 55 sunny miles.
Outward ride was windy, though :shock:
At about 22 miles our group split, with the faster young bucks opening up there legs a bit. I was sitting near the back eating at the time, but wanted to go with them. So, quickly finished my snack bar, moved out and dug in. As I rounded a bend (route unknown to me) I went staright into the headwind and a long, arduous climb! I was in 'no mans land' for ages, thought I was going to die, but I couldn't ease up and go back to the protection of the group I'd just left. I did eventually make it.
Just waiting for my bath to fill.... What bliss....
Maybe a light spin in tomorrows Sunshine

Bunneh

Up Bolton way it's lovely. Bright, warm sunshine with an annoying strong wind which seems to be in front of me all the time. Forecasters got it wrong again for around here ot seems; brace yourself for Tuesday though, snow in the north of England and Scotland.

Better get my sun cream then