What is outside your window right now?

DonDaddyD
DonDaddyD Posts: 12,689
edited January 2011 in Commuting chat
I've got a massive thunder storm outside mine.

I'm talking drainpipes overflowing and windscreen wipers to the highest setting.

(Still gonna ride though, I got SCR STATS to think about... It would just be nice to know that Central London/South London is fine dry even).
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

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  • ketsbaia
    ketsbaia Posts: 1,718
    Monsoon.

    PT home tonight as I've nothing remotely waterproof/showerproof.
    One more gear

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  • Jay dubbleU
    Jay dubbleU Posts: 3,159
    Sunshine, blue sky and a tail wind home 8)
  • R_T_A
    R_T_A Posts: 488
    Monsoon has passed. The lakes that will remain on the roads will make for an interesting journey home...
    Giant Escape R1
    FCN 8
    "Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life."
    - Terry Pratchett.
  • Greg T
    Greg T Posts: 3,266
    Fish
    Fixed gear for wet weather / hairy roadie for posing in the sun.

    What would Thora Hurd do?
  • Jimmy The Car
    Jimmy The Car Posts: 29
    Traffic jam and the Dublin mountains in the distance...and a Friday evening drink is somewhere out there... :D
  • Fireblade96
    Fireblade96 Posts: 1,123
    Had the storm about an hour ago - just about 5 mins after I got home :-)
    It's passed now, so if you wait it out you should be OK.
    Misguided Idealist
  • SimonAH
    SimonAH Posts: 3,730
    Freedom! And the clock is ticking.....
    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.
  • DonDaddyD
    DonDaddyD Posts: 12,689
    Wow, its passed. And everything seems so still. Please tell me it's not the eye of the storm.
    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
  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,404
    DonDaddyD wrote:
    Wow, its passed. And everything seems so still. Please tell me it's not the eye of the storm.

    Yup, moved on from here too (Old Street, N1). Would have needed a snorkel if I was out in that.
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  • nich
    nich Posts: 888
    Dark murky clouds and lots of rain drops on the window, so I can't see whether its tipping it down or not.

    I think it's gonna pass..I might just go for to the pub after work 'n sit it out, but if not, my mudguard will protect me 8)
  • Clever Pun
    Clever Pun Posts: 6,778
    that was horrible... gone now and looking at cloud movement (weather app) it's done with
    Purveyor of sonic doom

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  • CiB
    CiB Posts: 6,098
    Here it's a blue tint in the sky with a wisp of light cloud and a forecast of clear skies. Could be a nice ride home.
  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,404
    rjsterry wrote:
    DonDaddyD wrote:
    Wow, its passed. And everything seems so still. Please tell me it's not the eye of the storm.

    Yup, moved on from here too (Old Street, N1). Would have needed a snorkel if I was out in that.

    Looks like there's maybe one more small batch to come here.
    1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
    Pinnacle Monzonite

    Part of the anti-growth coalition
  • DonDaddyD
    DonDaddyD Posts: 12,689
    Well judging from your positions it appears to be heading North East and I'm heading South West.

    Tis a good thing ya!? Unless there is another 'nega-cloud of watery doom'l behind the one that just went past me.

    Edit: And now I've just read the post above.
    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
  • EKE_38BPM
    EKE_38BPM Posts: 5,821
    Half an hour ago it was absolutely chucking it down on one side of the building and bright sunshine on the other.

    Now its not raining, but the clouds make it look like it could any second.
    FCN 3: Raleigh Record Ace fixie-to be resurrected sometime in the future
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    FCN 9: B Twin Vitamin - winter commuter/loan bike for trainees

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  • Butterd2
    Butterd2 Posts: 937
    ketsbaia wrote:
    Monsoon.

    PT home tonight as I've nothing remotely waterproof/showerproof.

    MTFU, I'm in my Assos Millie jersey tonight as it was pretty warm and I couldn't find my light weight waterproof. Wet is fine for a short time so long as it's warm.
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  • nich
    nich Posts: 888
    Butterd2 wrote:
    ketsbaia wrote:
    Monsoon.

    PT home tonight as I've nothing remotely waterproof/showerproof.

    MTFU, I'm in my Assos Millie jersey tonight as it was pretty warm and I couldn't find my light weight waterproof. Wet is fine for a short time so long as it's warm.

    Plus it saves on water, you can avoid a shower when you get home 8)
  • hambones
    hambones Posts: 407
    We have bars on our windows!! Beyond the bars is a 10-foot hedge!!

    Beyond the hedge is 'Tottenham' - enough said..... :D
    Still breathing.....
  • Hoopdriver
    Hoopdriver Posts: 2,023
    Not much outside my window - just a quiet leafy backyard, with lots of shrubbery, and a man wearing a hockey mask standing there staring up at my window. He's been there quite a while. just standing and staring. Oh wait - he's gone now. i wonder where.........
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  • jeremyrundle
    jeremyrundle Posts: 1,014
    About 1000 dead people
    Peds with ipods, natures little speed humps

    Banish unwanted fur - immac a squirrel
    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... heads.html
  • Clever Pun
    Clever Pun Posts: 6,778
    Black
    Purveyor of sonic doom

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    Fixed Pista- FCN 5
    Beared Bromptonite - FCN 14
  • jeremyrundle
    jeremyrundle Posts: 1,014
    Clever Pun wrote:
    Black

    If you mean the 1000 dead people, I live in Tavistock Cemetery, great Haloween, no one bothers me :twisted:
    Peds with ipods, natures little speed humps

    Banish unwanted fur - immac a squirrel
    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... heads.html
  • roger_merriman
    roger_merriman Posts: 6,165
    at that time I was stuck in kingston one way system on route to twickenham, so the rear of the car ahead and enviously looking at bikes filtering past!
  • SimonAH
    SimonAH Posts: 3,730
    Black, black, it's all gone black
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    CAADX 105 beastie for bumpy bits
    Litespeed L3 for Strava bits

    Smoke me a kipper, I'll be back for breakfast.

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