Commuters of Sheffield....

amaferanga

....It's summer now - you don't have to wear your boil-in-the-bag jackets. People can still see you even if you're not clothed in yellow :shock:

Seriously though, I'm a cold cyclist, but these past couple of days even I've been commuting in shorts and a regular long sleeve jersey, yet most cyclists I see are still wearing bulky waterproof/windproof jackets. There's one guy I see quite often who was wearing waterproof trousers a couple of days backs. WTF? :?

iPad

That would be me then :evil:

The past fews days when I have left the house, it has been less that 4 C and as I start off the route with a long decent, it gets f*cking cold, hence the wind proof and waterproof gear (as they are the only cycling trousers I've got).

Since I moved up here from London I have found that the weather here is upridictable and I have been caught out on many occasions, I like to refer to my trousers as 'rain frightening trousers' because when I where them it doesn't rain. But does anyone thank me for that, no they f*cking don't.

Besides, what the f*ck has it got to do with you what I wear, who the f*ck are you, the f*cking fashion police..?

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whyamihere

iPad wrote:

That would be me then :evil:

The past fews days when I have left the house, it has been less that 4 C and as I start off the route with a long decent, it gets f*cking cold, hence the wind proof and waterproof gear (as they are the only cycling trousers I've got).

Since I moved up here from London I have found that the weather here is upridictable and I have been caught out on many occasions, I like to refer to my trousers as 'rain frightening trousers' because when I where them it doesn't rain. But does anyone thank me for that, no they f*cking don't.

Besides, what the f*ck has it got to do with you what I wear, who the f*ck are you, the f*cking fashion police..?

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First and last official warning: Calm down and don't be so aggressive towards other posters.

iPad

:oops: Sorry

Point taken

supersonic

I'll be the one in the Wednesday shirt hehe.

iPad

supersonic wrote:

I'll be the one in the Wednesday shirt hehe.

With Theo the Bear in the front, or an older one?

andyb78

WAWAW?

supersonic

iPad wrote:

supersonic wrote:

I'll be the one in the Wednesday shirt hehe.

With Theo the Bear in the front, or an older one?

A very old one, circa 1998 lol

amaferanga

iPad wrote:

That would be me then :evil:

The past fews days when I have left the house, it has been less that 4 C and as I start off the route with a long decent, it gets f*cking cold, hence the wind proof and waterproof gear (as they are the only cycling trousers I've got).

Since I moved up here from London I have found that the weather here is upridictable and I have been caught out on many occasions, I like to refer to my trousers as 'rain frightening trousers' because when I where them it doesn't rain. But does anyone thank me for that, no they f*cking don't.

Besides, what the f*ck has it got to do with you what I wear, who the f*ck are you, the f*cking fashion police..?

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Ha ha! Got your PM and appology accepted

But I'm definitely not going to reveal who I am now for fear of my life

It might not even be you that I've seen anyway.

iPad

amaferanga wrote:

It might not even be you that I've seen anyway.

So now you're saying that someone could be copying my fashon sense, and therefore I'm not the fashion icon that I think I am.

How very dare you sir..!

woodnut

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It might not even be you that I've seen anyway.[/quote]

Might be me....when I've been setting off its freezing so I always have my waterproof on, Ithough I have a right dab on by the time I get to work.... I've been rolling it up into my rucksack for the journey home though 8)

supersonic

It actually dropped to -3 in places tother night.

iPad

I was shamed into not wearing the boil in the bag jacket on my ride home last night (still wore the rain frightening trousers though), and I was chuffing cold, so there :P

PBo

I just can't get it right at the mo - big temp differences early/late versus middle of day, and the naughty bright sunshine lulling you but then the icy wind cuts through.....

i tell ya, it was easy in london, sheffield is so variable. on the plus side, I've lost a stone in weight due to the hills (and i had it to lose....)

nice to see a couple more sheffielders - i'd only (virtually) clocked super and amaferanga before. mind you, not everyone puts their location in their profile, so there could be others.

sufferingpete

Freezing in the moring with big decent to start off with.

boiling at night. Up hill to start off with. My choise is City Road, followed by Ford hill. Or Stavey, Medow Head, Abbdale Rd, Eccleshall Rd

PBo

sufferingpete wrote:

Freezing in the moring with big decent to start off with.

boiling at night. Up hill to start off with. My choise is City Road, followed by Ford hill. Or Stavey, Medow Head, Abbdale Rd, Eccleshall Rd

city road is a loooong drag.....I try to find routes that are more variable, even if there are steeper short sections

supersonic

Not a commute, but I often used to cycle up Halifax Road to Grenoside from Hilsborough, or up the Jawbone. They are killers lol.

PBo

supersonic wrote:

Not a commute, but I often used to cycle up Halifax Road to Grenoside from Hilsborough, or up the Jawbone. They are killers lol.

where's the jawbone? just so I know where to stay away from, like.....

woodnut

The jawbone is from oughtibridge to grenoside. I'm out of breath just driving up it....have a look at it on GPSies or Gmaps pedometer. It's horrendous

Halifax Rd ain't all that bad though, just a drag (thought I'd best point that out so I don't appear a complete pussy)

supersonic

Aye, go down it, not up it!

Near the top:



Half way down: