Forecasting another severe Winter

Kieran_Burns
Kieran_Burns Posts: 9,757
edited October 2010 in Commuting chat
So get prepared. They're saying it's going to be as bad as last year with -20 a possibility

Personally I'm looking forward to the challenge and the bemused expressions on people's faces when I rock up on the bike 8)


On a more immediate note - tights or no tights on the way home tonight? I'm leaving at about 6:15 and sunset is at 6:30 (12 miles to do)
Chunky Cyclists need your love too! :-)
2009 Specialized Tricross Sport
2011 Trek Madone 4.5
2012 Felt F65X
Proud CX Pervert and quiet roadie. 12 mile commuter
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  • Clever Pun
    Clever Pun Posts: 6,778
    shorts will be fine
    Purveyor of sonic doom

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  • jonginge
    jonginge Posts: 5,945
    Saw this in the Metro. Must be true.
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  • dugliss
    dugliss Posts: 235
    Shorts, very mild out today
  • MonkeyMonster
    MonkeyMonster Posts: 4,629
    yeah, who knows I might have to wear... 3 layers!
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  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    Yay!

    :D

    I love snow, me...

    I was in tights this morning, but in my defence, I got up at 5 and it was cold.
    FCN 7/1
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  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,355
    Ha! Told Mrs TWH I needed an MTB! I rock!
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  • Clever Pun
    Clever Pun Posts: 6,778
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    Yay!

    :D

    I love snow, me...

    I was in tights this morning, but in my defence, I got up at 5 and it was cold.

    Didn't you drive?
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  • Gypsum_Fantastic
    Gypsum_Fantastic Posts: 172
    just like "they" predicted a BBQ summer the other year?
  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    Clever Pun wrote:
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    Yay!

    :D

    I love snow, me...

    I was in tights this morning, but in my defence, I got up at 5 and it was cold.

    Didn't you drive?

    Yes, Essex to Ealing, then straight on the bike and in to Mayfair.
    FCN 7/1
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  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    Tights came on today for the first time. They won't come off until March at the earliest now.
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    "It stays down, Daddy."
    "Exactly."
  • SimonAH
    SimonAH Posts: 3,730
    Judging by the tingling in me didgits this morning it may be gloves with fingers tomorrow morning.....
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  • Wallace1492
    Wallace1492 Posts: 3,707
    cjcp wrote:
    Tights came on today for the first time. They won't come off until March at the earliest now.

    Jesus, they will be walking by themselves before then!!
    "Encyclopaedia is a fetish for very small bicycles"
  • solsurf
    solsurf Posts: 489
    edited October 2010
    God I hope so!

    then I'll be able to afford to get another bike

    look at website
    http://www.pogu.co.uk
  • MonkeyMonster
    MonkeyMonster Posts: 4,629
    Wallace1492 wrote:
    cjcp wrote:
    Tights came on today for the first time. They won't come off until March at the earliest now.

    Jesus, they will be walking by themselves before then!!

    It's a rather extreme form of contraception CJ...
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  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    MonkeyMonster wrote:
    Wallace1492 wrote:
    cjcp wrote:
    Tights came on today for the first time. They won't come off until March at the earliest now.

    Jesus, they will be walking by themselves before then!!

    It's a rather extreme form of contraception CJ...

    :twisted:
    FCN 2-4.

    "What happens when the hammer goes down, kids?"
    "It stays down, Daddy."
    "Exactly."
  • daviesee
    daviesee Posts: 6,386
    Gypsum_Fantastic wrote:
    just like "they" predicted a BBQ summer the other year?

    or a mild winter last year :roll:
    None of the above should be taken seriously, and certainly not personally.
  • Kieran_Burns
    Kieran_Burns Posts: 9,757
    I wiah I could find the link again - but the people who forecast it are the people who DID forecast the severe Winter last year
    Chunky Cyclists need your love too! :-)
    2009 Specialized Tricross Sport
    2011 Trek Madone 4.5
    2012 Felt F65X
    Proud CX Pervert and quiet roadie. 12 mile commuter
  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,064
    cjcp wrote:
    Tights came on today for the first time. They won't come off until March at the earliest now.

    Been wearing tights or full legs warmers since pre Alps and intend to continue until there's at least 7 days of 20c plus.

    Bleeding hate the cold, hrumph! :evil:
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    Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
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  • roger_merriman
    roger_merriman Posts: 6,165
    didn't have a problem last year, the big green hybrid was fine. if its gets a lot worse than last year I have the MTB with it's mud spike tires that really is almost unstoppable.

    so bring it on! ;-)
  • Mr Plum
    Mr Plum Posts: 1,097
    I had a big off last year on some black ice - didn't break anything but I couldn't ride for 2 weeks. Got some nice scars to show for it including a beauty where a tooth on my big ring embedded itself into my ankle and gashed open a large hole, and this was on a MTB with shallow nobbies (thought I was being safe!). Kind of made me very wary of cold days now...
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  • Kieran_Burns
    Kieran_Burns Posts: 9,757
    I'm just waiting for one of the Northern Celtic breathren to tell us how much worse the Winter is north of the border and how we're all a bunch of soft Southern jessies :)
    Chunky Cyclists need your love too! :-)
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    2011 Trek Madone 4.5
    2012 Felt F65X
    Proud CX Pervert and quiet roadie. 12 mile commuter
  • singlespeedexplosif
    singlespeedexplosif Posts: 1,564
    Last winter rocked. Fewer people on the trails and an even bigger sense of satisfaction for the 3hr Sunday morning turbo if you have to dig through a snowdrift to get at the garage door. Another winter like that would be ace.

    (The irony of it all was that I got through a heavy winter's riding and training despite all the snow and ice, then broke my femur when I hit a patch of diesel on a ride in early March. )
  • sc999cs
    sc999cs Posts: 596
    Recommendations for riding through slush? The snow last winter wasn't a problem (used a MTB) but the slush was a right menace.
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  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,064
    Mr Plum wrote:
    I had a big off last year on some black ice - didn't break anything but I couldn't ride for 2 weeks. Got some nice scars to show for it including a beauty where a tooth on my big ring embedded itself into my ankle and gashed open a large hole, and this was on a MTB with shallow nobbies (thought I was being safe!). Kind of made me very wary of cold days now...

    I had two off's last year in black ice luckily it was on quiet country lanes and I was wearing so many clothes I didn't hurt myself, I did however stop commuting on 23c slicks and switched to 32c 240 stud MTB tyres, then spent the rest of the winter trying to get used to being able to ride fast over ice, slip / grip is just weird.
    Rule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
    Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
    Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
    Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.
  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,064
    Kieran_Burns wrote:
    I'm just waiting for one of the Northern Celtic breathren to tell us how much worse the Winter is north of the border and how we're all a bunch of soft Southern jessies :)

    Sorry to bust your bubble pal but anything north of Euston road is quite frankly a no go zone, there be beasties and many uncharted dangers.
    Rule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
    Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
    Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
    Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.
  • UndercoverElephant
    UndercoverElephant Posts: 5,796
    itboffin wrote:
    Kieran_Burns wrote:
    I'm just waiting for one of the Northern Celtic breathren to tell us how much worse the Winter is north of the border and how we're all a bunch of soft Southern jessies :)

    Sorry to bust your bubble pal but anything north of Euston road is quite frankly a no go zone, there be beasties and many uncharted dangers.

    Meh, it's not too bad up here, but then I live by the coast. Also, every time we do wind you up about it, we get someone from Norway or Canada telling us to MTFU.
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  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    sc999cs wrote:
    Recommendations for riding through slush? The snow last winter wasn't a problem (used a MTB) but the slush was a right menace.

    I used my 30mm cross tyres at around 40psi. And took it very steadily.
    FCN 2-4.

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    "It stays down, Daddy."
    "Exactly."
  • Jay dubbleU
    Jay dubbleU Posts: 3,159
    itboffin wrote:
    Kieran_Burns wrote:
    I'm just waiting for one of the Northern Celtic breathren to tell us how much worse the Winter is north of the border and how we're all a bunch of soft Southern jessies :)

    Sorry to bust your bubble pal but anything north of Euston road is quite frankly a no go zone, there be beasties and many uncharted dangers.

    Cue for another Silly Commuter Expetition to the North Pole ?
  • Wrath Rob
    Wrath Rob Posts: 2,918
    WTF is up with tights in these temperatures? MTFU people!
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  • Zombie_donkey
    Zombie_donkey Posts: 359
    Would these fit a bike that currently has 26 x 1.6 tyres fitted?

    http://www.winstanleysbikes.co.uk/product/24475/Schwalbe_Snow_Stud_Wire_Tyre
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