so who's commuting in the snow?
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Day 14 and the snow still hasn't stopped meI used to just ride my bike to work but now I find myself going out looking for bigger and bigger hills.0
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Me, Im doing it and LOVING it, tho I have ordered some studded tyres as the canal bank has gonr from compacted snow (great to ride on) to sheet ice, feels like bambi to ride on.On a Mission to lose 20 stone..Get My Life Back
December 2007 - 39 Stone 05 Lbs
July 2011 - 13 Stone 12 Lbs - Cycled 17851 Miles
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Now the hard work starts.0 -
Took the long way home last night, the snow is still significant out near biggin hill. Might have been a bit scary in full snow fall with the hills etc. All the cycle lanes are still covered and it's significantly colderPurveyor of sonic doom
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gb155 wrote:Me, Im doing it and LOVING it, tho I have ordered some studded tyres as the canal bank has gonr from compacted snow (great to ride on) to sheet ice, feels like bambi to ride on.
Gaz - just had a look at your sig / blog and blown away! Awesome effort!FCN 4 - BMC CX020 -
hfidgen wrote:gb155 wrote:Me, Im doing it and LOVING it, tho I have ordered some studded tyres as the canal bank has gonr from compacted snow (great to ride on) to sheet ice, feels like bambi to ride on.
Gaz - just had a look at your sig / blog and blown away! Awesome effort!
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You've lost over twice what I weigh :shock:0 -
Ah, the sun the sun!
It's summertime in the city of London, well it looks like it, it doesn't feel like it 8) 8)0 -
Cheers guys
Your comments are always I appreciated
I am LOV'in the new life.....:DOn a Mission to lose 20 stone..Get My Life Back
December 2007 - 39 Stone 05 Lbs
July 2011 - 13 Stone 12 Lbs - Cycled 17851 Miles
http://39stonecyclist.com
Now the hard work starts.0 -
Oh for Gods' sake, stop encouraging the guy.
He gave birth to triplets and had a big dump. I don't know what all the fuss is about. :roll:Chunky Cyclists need your love too! :-)
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Kieran_Burns wrote:Oh for Gods' sake, stop encouraging the guy.
He gave birth to triplets and had a big dump. I don't know what all the fuss is about. :roll:
Big Dump ????????
How dare you !!!!!!
It was HUGE !!!!!!On a Mission to lose 20 stone..Get My Life Back
December 2007 - 39 Stone 05 Lbs
July 2011 - 13 Stone 12 Lbs - Cycled 17851 Miles
http://39stonecyclist.com
Now the hard work starts.0 -
Spent a couple of hours digging out the unmelted snow from the road, it felt like a revenge attack after it knocked me off yesterday.I used to just ride my bike to work but now I find myself going out looking for bigger and bigger hills.0
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Right.
Latest news on the weather front...
Please note how confident the temperatures are for the 17th....
aaaand a nice picture to scare the Scots:
Chunky Cyclists need your love too! :-)
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Kieran_Burns wrote:aaaand a nice picture to scare the Scots:
And the English in Scotland.
The snow still hasn't gone from my commute yet - but then I guess I have one of the highest and most northerly commutes.
I'm soooo glad I bought winter tyres for the cars this yearROAD < Scott Foil HMX Di2, Volagi Liscio Di2, Jamis Renegade Elite Di2, Cube Reaction Race > ROUGH0 -
Kieran_Burns wrote:Right.
Latest news on the weather front...
Please note how confident the temperatures are for the 17th....
aaaand a nice picture to scare the Scots:
Cool* pic Kieren, where did you get it ?
Somewhere on the Met office I guess?
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It's a guy on Scoobynet who is supplying them. I figure with our greater reliance on the weather for safe commutes it would be of use over here.
Latest chart:
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I was more than a little surprised this morning to see snow still in some of the fields.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.0 -
Here it is I think:
http://www.netweather.tv/index.cgi?action=ensviewer;sess=
And wiki about it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Forecast_System0 -
Not going anywhere yet, not until this fog clears there's no way i'm being taken out by a SMIDSY.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.0 -
meanredspider wrote:
I'm soooo glad I bought winter tyres for the cars this year
Same here. They were on offer at Kwikfit: £400 for a set of 4 x Conti WinterContact TS830 (205/55R16) which normally retail at just under £600.
The handling, even at just above freezing temperatures, is way better then the set of summer tyres we had.0 -
fnegroni wrote:meanredspider wrote:
I'm soooo glad I bought winter tyres for the cars this year
Same here. They were on offer at Kwikfit: £400 for a set of 4 x Conti WinterContact TS830 (205/55R16) which normally retail at just under £600.
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As with Ice Spikers on the bike, winter bike cloting etc, they've enabled me to "engineer" my way through the elements. After fitting a set of very expensive Michelin Pilot Alpins to the old E Class Merc (which had been utterly useless in last winter's snow) in order to make sure I can get my son backwards and forwards to Glasgow (180 miles each way through the Highlands) for chemo, I was so impressed, I'm fitting a set of the Contis like yours to the Alfa 156. Ironically, the tyres were stuck in Glasgow because of the snow as were the old alloys I bought to fit them to!
I've been really impressed with my Assos Airjack Ltd too - at -1C the fronts of my arms (with nothing but the jacket protecting them) stay warm whilst I can feel the cooling effect at the rear. My body, with my summer ShuttVR SS jersey underlayer, is actually too warm at this temperature.
I love to be able to "ignore" the weather and just be able to get on with what I need to do.ROAD < Scott Foil HMX Di2, Volagi Liscio Di2, Jamis Renegade Elite Di2, Cube Reaction Race > ROUGH0 -
meanredspider wrote:I love to be able to "ignore" the weather and just be able to get on with what I need to do.
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I predict the sales of Marathon Winter/Ice Spiker/Snow Stud to go up next year...0
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It was daft because you couldn't get enough this spring. The Strathpuffer folk were scouring Europe for sets.ROAD < Scott Foil HMX Di2, Volagi Liscio Di2, Jamis Renegade Elite Di2, Cube Reaction Race > ROUGH0
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Wiggle has Ice Spikers in stock and 20% off for 24hrs
http://www.wiggle.co.uk/schwalbe-ice-sp ... -mtb-tyre/0 -
fnegroni wrote:Wiggle has Ice Spikers in stock and 20% off for 24hrs
http://www.wiggle.co.uk/schwalbe-ice-sp ... -mtb-tyre/
Yup - though for whatever reason, Wiggle stuff is taking forever to get to me at the moment (Ice Spiker Pros were dispatched 10 days ago & I haven't seen them yet), Colleague in Ediburgh was saying the same.ROAD < Scott Foil HMX Di2, Volagi Liscio Di2, Jamis Renegade Elite Di2, Cube Reaction Race > ROUGH0 -
fnegroni wrote:Wiggle has Ice Spikers in stock and 20% off for 24hrs
http://www.wiggle.co.uk/schwalbe-ice-sp ... -mtb-tyre/
Yup unsurprisingly out of stock till mid january now0 -
Well they let me down on my Ice Spiker Pros. Ordered early Nov. Were meant to have stock mid-Dec - checked early Dec and was told that's when they were still due. Just been told early Jan! Ordered them from Action Sports in Germany - saved 7 quid and they'll be here next week.ROAD < Scott Foil HMX Di2, Volagi Liscio Di2, Jamis Renegade Elite Di2, Cube Reaction Race > ROUGH0
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I'm not going to say I told you so, but I did.
Not that I'm saying that of course.
but I did.
On Monday.
Check if you like.
about that thing I'm not telling I told you so aboutChunky Cyclists need your love too! :-)
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