London Rain

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  • Radioactiveman
    Radioactiveman Posts: 964
    Rain where? keep hearing about this london place
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  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,411
    JonGinge wrote:
    BornAgainRoadie wrote:
    Not sure I will be allowed to post links, but I am a big fan of the website below for almost realtime rain radar. Its useful for spotting the arrival and breaks in the rain.

    www (dot) raintoday (dot) co (dot) uk


    Nick
    Yeah, you can. Use the bbCode buttons... http://www.bikeradar.com/forum/faq.php?mode=bbcode or just type in the full url

    http://raintoday.co.uk
    I've used the site, after _brun_ posted about it, and it can be very handy to hit gaps in the rain :D

    And those gaps would be where?
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  • soundninjauk
    soundninjauk Posts: 333
    Radioactiveman wrote:
    Rain where? keep hearing about this london place

    Haha. As someone who went to uni in Lancaster for 3 years not so long ago, I know you guys know about good'n'proper rain.
    FCN - 10
    Cannondale Bad Boy Solo with baggies.
  • nich
    nich Posts: 888
    It's tipping down, but sadly I can't come out to play as I'm at home on holiday

    Enjoy :twisted: 8)
  • jonginge
    jonginge Posts: 5,945
    rjsterry wrote:
    JonGinge wrote:
    BornAgainRoadie wrote:
    Not sure I will be allowed to post links, but I am a big fan of the website below for almost realtime rain radar. Its useful for spotting the arrival and breaks in the rain.

    www (dot) raintoday (dot) co (dot) uk


    Nick
    Yeah, you can. Use the bbCode buttons... http://www.bikeradar.com/forum/faq.php?mode=bbcode or just type in the full url

    http://raintoday.co.uk
    I've used the site, after _brun_ posted about it, and it can be very handy to hit gaps in the rain :D

    And those gaps would be where?
    Hmm. Now usefully not working. Technology, eh?
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  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,411
    Actually, there's a hint of a gap coming up soonish (maybe around 1700) and then the cloud is more broke, so it might ease up a bit.
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  • SimonAH
    SimonAH Posts: 3,730
    Proper rain? Bah, I'm in South Wales. It's like being underwater with vertical slots out there at the moment.

    Looked at the radar thingy and there aint a hole you could slip a dry gerbil through on the horizon.

    Andy my waterproof top isn't - so today I've got a foul weather roadbuilders jacket with me that has more insulation than my hot water tank. I'm going to be ten pounds lighter when I get home this evening.
    FCN 5 belt driven fixie for city bits
    CAADX 105 beastie for bumpy bits
    Litespeed L3 for Strava bits

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  • dcurzon
    dcurzon Posts: 290
    shorts n t-shirt... soak it up!
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  • Harveytile
    Harveytile Posts: 227
    By and large the English Gentleman is waterproof

    But I'm not English and certainly not a gentleman :shock: Waily Waily!

    And to think I gave up a meal out and free drinks to ride home in this... :roll:

    Can't wait for the refreshing walls of grimy water from the busses, cars with fogged up windows weaving into cycle lanes, and cycle commuters with NO BL00DY guards! :evil:

    Joys of cycling eh?
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  • DonDaddyD
    DonDaddyD Posts: 12,689
    Such is my luck that the rain will be overhead when I leave and will pass when I get home.
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  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    Hmmmmm.

    My earlier optimism was apparently misplaced!

    And I brought the maxima today damn it. And I cleaned it only very recently.

    Grrrr.
    FCN 7/1
    Viner Maxima, Tifosi CK7, Giant Bowery, Old commuter.
  • DonDaddyD
    DonDaddyD Posts: 12,689
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    Hmmmmm.

    My earlier optimism was apparently misplaced!

    And I brought the maxima today damn it. And I cleaned it only very recently.

    Grrrr.

    Tell me you keep that bad boy in the office with you!
    Food Chain number = 4

    A true scalp is not only overtaking someone but leaving them stopped at a set of lights. As you, who have clearly beaten the lights, pummels nothing but the open air ahead. ~ 'DondaddyD'. Player of the Unspoken Game
  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    DonDaddyD wrote:
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    Hmmmmm.

    My earlier optimism was apparently misplaced!

    And I brought the maxima today damn it. And I cleaned it only very recently.

    Grrrr.

    Tell me you keep that bad boy in the office with you!

    Yes indeedy.
    FCN 7/1
    Viner Maxima, Tifosi CK7, Giant Bowery, Old commuter.
  • Cafewanda
    Cafewanda Posts: 2,788
    I'm actually looking forward to cycling home in the rain via a detour to the other office building at Embankment. . Hi-viz Altura boil-in-the-bag at the ready 8)
  • DonDaddyD
    DonDaddyD Posts: 12,689
    It's not a gentle rain and its not a thousand bullets of water type rain, which means its that endless consistent rain that gets you impossibly wet and makes the road greasy. I hate that rain!
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    A true scalp is not only overtaking someone but leaving them stopped at a set of lights. As you, who have clearly beaten the lights, pummels nothing but the open air ahead. ~ 'DondaddyD'. Player of the Unspoken Game
  • asprilla
    asprilla Posts: 8,440
    Looks like my first day in France is going to be spent cleaning the bike.

    Grrr.
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    Race - Fuji Norcom Straight
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  • roger_merriman
    roger_merriman Posts: 6,165
    Come on it's just rain! Use good lights, decent brakes and mudguards and it's quite fun!
  • soundninjauk
    soundninjauk Posts: 333
    It's possible, that as autumn and more rain seems to be approaching, that I should buy some mudguards.
    FCN - 10
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  • Wallace1492
    Wallace1492 Posts: 3,707
    Plus, get your wet gear dried for tomorrow, for thou will get wet again!!

    Full sun in Glasgow for commute tomorrow morning! 8)
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  • Clever Pun
    Clever Pun Posts: 6,778
    It's really not that bad out, sort it out, I may still even cycle the long way home



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  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    Oh it's OK, I'm still cycling. I do, however, reserve the right to grumble.
    FCN 7/1
    Viner Maxima, Tifosi CK7, Giant Bowery, Old commuter.
  • SimonAH
    SimonAH Posts: 3,730
    Smeg, Just about to shut down the machine and head off and the volume knob from the rain hitting the office roof has just been turned up to 11 from about 4. :roll:
    FCN 5 belt driven fixie for city bits
    CAADX 105 beastie for bumpy bits
    Litespeed L3 for Strava bits

    Smoke me a kipper, I'll be back for breakfast.
  • soundninjauk
    soundninjauk Posts: 333
    I leave my Oyster card at home on purpose, so I have to cycle.

    Besides, I saw this coming in the morning so brought my bright yellow sweatjacket.
    FCN - 10
    Cannondale Bad Boy Solo with baggies.
  • Wallace1492
    Wallace1492 Posts: 3,707
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    Oh it's OK, I'm still cycling. I do, however, reserve the right to grumble.

    Them's the rules..... If you cycle in, you cycle home.... no matter the weather.

    Down Clydeside and Erskine Bridge for me, if I can stand the boiling hot glare of the sun dipping towards the west, in the perfectly clear sky here.
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  • essex-commuter
    essex-commuter Posts: 2,188
    I'm home, 16.5 miles in the pouring rain. Lights on, loved EVERY minute of it! Glad the wind has changed direction though :wink:
  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    Hmmm. I don't have my lights.

    That was silly.
    FCN 7/1
    Viner Maxima, Tifosi CK7, Giant Bowery, Old commuter.
  • soundninjauk
    soundninjauk Posts: 333
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    Hmmm. I don't have my lights.

    That was silly.

    This time yesterday it was glorious blue skies and plenty of light everywhere.

    Right now I practically need a torch to find my way around the office.
    FCN - 10
    Cannondale Bad Boy Solo with baggies.
  • iPete
    iPete Posts: 6,076
    16 miles of wet fun!



    And a mile and a half trundle with a flat, typical! :lol:
  • notsoblue
    notsoblue Posts: 5,756
    24 miles of pouring rain and I loved every minute of it :)

    Might bring my waterproofs to work next time though...
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  • rolf_f
    rolf_f Posts: 16,015
    Radioactiveman wrote:
    Rain where? keep hearing about this london place

    They keep going on about that London. Folk there are big girlies blouses I believe. Either that or they are made of sponge cake and don't take well to water. I wouldn't worry about them.

    Lovely weather for my ride to Scarborough today. Tail wind and everything.
    Faster than a tent.......

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