Anyone get wet last night?

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  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    Il Principe wrote:
    BR 1979 wrote:
    Yes, sodden.

    Freedom of choice and all that, but I find it a bit irritating when fellow commuters choose not to fit mudguards to their bikes. In the mornings you can just overtake, but in the evenings along congested areas like Lower Thames St and the Embankment you just get sprayed with crap. A bit selfish, in my opinion.

    Oh I dunno - keeps the drafting fairies at bay. I'm not besmirching my frame with 'guards, back off or MTFU and get a grubby face. :lol:

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  • plumpy
    plumpy Posts: 124
    Rolf F wrote:
    Not you that passed me at the end of the runway whilst I was foolishly watching a plane land overhead instead of heading back to home as any sensible person who has just seen pitch black sky heading his way would do?


    I passed a guy on a hybrid or mtb about 200m after the end of the tunnel but he was cycling not ogling? about 7.10pm.

    I was brutally scalped climbing the Chevin out of Otley by a guy in a white gilet?...all legal and decent and he said hello, but VERY depressing.
  • rolf_f
    rolf_f Posts: 16,015
    plumpy wrote:
    I passed a guy on a hybrid or mtb about 200m after the end of the tunnel but he was cycling not ogling? about 7.10pm.

    I was brutally scalped climbing the Chevin out of Otley by a guy in a white gilet?...all legal and decent and he said hello, but VERY depressing.

    I was around there a bit earlier - I think it was about 6:30 when I got in to Calverley. I find the tunnel a bit depressing anyway so I go via the West end of the runway and past Yeadon Tarn.

    Have you tried Old Pool Bank as a way out of Wharfedale? It has a certain painfully direct charm to it :lol:
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  • plumpy
    plumpy Posts: 124
    Rolf F wrote:
    Have you tried Old Pool Bank as a way out of Wharfedale? It has a certain painfully direct charm to it

    Certainly agree, although personally I find Old East Chevin almost harder because although it's less steep, it's longer and a bit tedious - 15% for what feels like ages. On OPB, after you've honked up the short 20% bits, the 15% bits almost feel like a rest!

    I'm sure you've tried all the other little killers out of Wharfedale, like Ardsley...if you're ever down in Shipley, try Wrose Road up from Windhill. 20% and more...but with the significant performance incentive that if you stop, the local kids will stone you and nick your bike.
  • holybinch
    holybinch Posts: 417
    Oh boy.
    It feels like it's already night outside.
    Of course, just when I'm about to leave work....
    Who's going to get nicely soaked? :roll:
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  • coopster_the_1st
    coopster_the_1st Posts: 5,158
    holybinch wrote:
    Oh boy.
    It feels like it's already night outside.
    Of course, just when I'm about to leave work....
    Who's going to get nicely soaked? :roll:

    Working out West, I have just seen what is coming your way. :shock:

    Personally, I would get the train home tonight :twisted:
  • holybinch
    holybinch Posts: 417
    You wish!
    Plus I need the training for all those wet miles I'm going to do in Wales this weekend :P
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  • HamishD
    HamishD Posts: 538
    holybinch wrote:
    Oh boy.
    It feels like it's already night outside.
    Of course, just when I'm about to leave work....
    Who's going to get nicely soaked? :roll:

    Me. The sky in Park ROyal looks as if the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse are on their way.
  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 27,663
    Am offering up a little prayer for the wind to blow this one through by 6, but it's looking like a long shot at the moment.
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  • Kieran_Burns
    Kieran_Burns Posts: 9,757
    HamishD wrote:
    holybinch wrote:
    Oh boy.
    It feels like it's already night outside.
    Of course, just when I'm about to leave work....
    Who's going to get nicely soaked? :roll:

    Me. The sky in Park ROyal looks as if the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse are on their way.


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  • Clever Pun
    Clever Pun Posts: 6,778
    Nice pic

    there has just been a ridiculous thunder clap... oh here we go again... might nip to the pub before going home
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  • _Brun_
    _Brun_ Posts: 1,740
    rjsterry wrote:
    Am offering up a little prayer for the wind to blow this one through by 6, but it's looking like a long shot at the moment.
    Quit praying, you Luddite...

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    I haven't got wet once this week.
  • Clever Pun
    Clever Pun Posts: 6,778
    _Brun_ wrote:
    rjsterry wrote:
    Am offering up a little prayer for the wind to blow this one through by 6, but it's looking like a long shot at the moment.
    Quit praying, you Luddite...

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    I haven't got wet once this week.

    is that cause you walk home in a hissy fit?
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  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 27,663
    _Brun_ wrote:
    rjsterry wrote:
    Am offering up a little prayer for the wind to blow this one through by 6, but it's looking like a long shot at the moment.
    Quit praying, you Luddite...

    www.raintoday.co.uk

    I haven't got wet once this week.

    Surely that shows what has happened, rather than what will happen, or is this a special kind of website?
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  • Clever Pun
    Clever Pun Posts: 6,778
    even a numpty could see it'll be clear by just after 6
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  • amnezia
    amnezia Posts: 590
    Thunder, lightening and hail passed over Wandsworth about 20 mins ago, it was heading northish
  • Kieran_Burns
    Kieran_Burns Posts: 9,757
    ... awaits inevitable "I got soaked on the way home last night" posts from certain regulars :wink:
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  • _Brun_
    _Brun_ Posts: 1,740
    Clever Pun wrote:
    even a numpty could see it'll be clear by just after 6
    My only window looks east.
  • _Brun_
    _Brun_ Posts: 1,740
    rjsterry wrote:
    _Brun_ wrote:
    rjsterry wrote:
    Am offering up a little prayer for the wind to blow this one through by 6, but it's looking like a long shot at the moment.
    Quit praying, you Luddite...

    www.raintoday.co.uk

    I haven't got wet once this week.

    Surely that shows what has happened, rather than what will happen, or is this a special kind of website?
    It does show what's been and gone, but at least lets you make a decent guess at what else is on the way.
  • _Brun_
    _Brun_ Posts: 1,740
    Clever Pun wrote:
    _Brun_ wrote:
    rjsterry wrote:
    Am offering up a little prayer for the wind to blow this one through by 6, but it's looking like a long shot at the moment.
    Quit praying, you Luddite...

    www.raintoday.co.uk

    I haven't got wet once this week.
    is that cause you walk home in a hissy fit?
    I haven't walked home in a hissy fit once this week.
  • Paul E
    Paul E Posts: 2,052
    I see blue sky and the sun out of my window on st martins lane, it did go very dark and loud earlier...
  • holybinch
    holybinch Posts: 417
    Got out of work, drizzle.
    Half a mile, heavy rain.
    A mile, hail.
    Then heavy rain again.
    Then drizzle.
    By the time I reached SheBu, blue sky.

    Still, can't put me in a bad mood, it's WEEKEND, YAY!
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  • rolf_f
    rolf_f Posts: 16,015
    Kieran_Burns wrote:
    ... awaits inevitable "I got soaked on the way home last night" posts from certain regulars :wink:

    Don't look at me - was nice and sunny in Leeds. Besides, rain is yesterdays news. Didn't anyone tell you? Today it's all about the wind - hellish I tells you..........
    Faster than a tent.......
  • Retch
    Retch Posts: 78
    Guys - sorry this was all my fault. On Monday I took my overshoes out of my kit bag as I wouldn't need them for the summer. I also considered removing my raceblades.

    Oh how I've paid for angering the weather Gods. Looked like I'd been in the bath when I got home on Tuesday, and Wednesday's headwind was "interesting"...
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