Do I ride today?
Secteur
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Cool with intermittent heavy showers...
Had planned to ride to Blackpool (circa 45 miles)
It's soooo cold for August - whilst having breakfast I was watching the cows in the back field and there were huge clouds of condensation from their breath!
I need motivation!
Had planned to ride to Blackpool (circa 45 miles)
It's soooo cold for August - whilst having breakfast I was watching the cows in the back field and there were huge clouds of condensation from their breath!
I need motivation!
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blo*dy weather - pouring down up here in sunny (not) Newcastle.
that's my planned ride tonight in the bin!0 -
Secteur wrote:Cool with intermittent heavy showers...
Had planned to ride to Blackpool (circa 45 miles)
It's soooo cold for August - whilst having breakfast I was watching the cows in the back field and there were huge clouds of condensation from their breath!
I need motivation!
MTFU :roll:0 -
i dont mind the cold - its getting the bike wet and dirty :shock:0
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Well, I dont shy away from getting wet - if the weather looks changeable I will happily ride, but if it's pouring down before I even leave the house, then it's a different matter!
For me cycling is more for pleasure than "training", but my Wednesday half day is a rare opportnity to put some decent miles on the clock, and cold / heavy rain make it somewhat un-pleasurable!0 -
BobbyTrigger wrote:i dont mind the cold - its getting the bike wet and dirty :shock:
Crudracers are your solution! I am pretty much leaving them on my Ribble Gran Fondo permanently. Even today, the bike got in tolerably clean aside from head tube etc. I clean my bike everytime it gets dirty which can be a fair bit of work on a commuter (though if you do keep a clean bike, cleaning it when it does get dirty doesn't tend to take long) but since I put the guards back on I've hardly had to do anything!Faster than a tent.......0 -
Secteur wrote:Well, I dont shy away from getting wet - if the weather looks changeable I will happily ride, but if it's pouring down before I even leave the house, then it's a different matter!
For me cycling is more for pleasure than "training", but my Wednesday half day is a rare opportnity to put some decent miles on the clock, and cold / heavy rain make it somewhat un-pleasurable!
I don't get it, either ride or don't, you are there, you know what you like, and don't like, you know what your conditions are like.
The only condition that stops me riding is ice, and then its got to be bad, riding is pleasurable whatever the weather, aslong as you have the right mindset, and the correct kit.0 -
Get out and ride ffs.
Nothings going to happen, apart from your bike and bra may get a bit wet0 -
well i dont know what the weathers like in sunny Bristol mate but its pouring down here.
suppose i could always swim with the bike on my back?0 -
Some of us are not in the position to be off for half a day.
Man up and get on the bike - wait till the winter when its cold and wet and dark...."If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always got."
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If you only want to ride in decent weather, then you are living in the wrong country!!!0
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yeah - get out and ride man yer soft southern pansy etc etc etc
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yea all us northerners are tough :P
wrap up well and go for a little ride
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haha ok, ok well I knew deep down I will end up riding - I just wished it was sunny! The roads are dangerous enough without water on them (potholes / cars etc).
I have a waterproof bra, Zoomer, but thanks for the concern ;-) ;-) :P0 -
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BobbyTrigger wrote:well i dont know what the weathers like in sunny Bristol mate but its pouring down here.
suppose i could always swim with the bike on my back?
Tell me about it - I was on the bike in it on the morning commute. Damn good fun. It's only rain, skin's waterproof.
OP -MTFU! Go out and have a laugh and smile at all the drivers who look at you as if you're mad...0 -
Not raining in sunny Wales!
Been busy this morning, but now gonna load up the MTB's, the kids
and the dog into the T4 and take 'em all up to Afan for a pootle around
and a spot of lunch.
Have a nice day in work, y'all If Wales was flattened out, it'd be bigger than England!
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I'd avoid Blackpool it's absolutely howling over here. I'd be heading in land a bit.2011 Specialized Camber Pro
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as Dan has said - don't come this way - the winds are at (IMO) "dangerous" level - and certainly way past any sort of "fun" level!0
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i think i can speak for all of us when i say "shut up" :Pprb007 wrote:Not raining in sunny Wales!
Been busy this morning, but now gonna load up the MTB's, the kids
and the dog into the T4 and take 'em all up to Afan for a pootle around
and a spot of lunch.
Have a nice day in work, y'allCoveryourcar.co.uk RT Tester
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According to met check there is a sever warning for later in north west with possible flash flooding.....so yep get out n ride n pack you water wings! :shock:Felt AR4
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oh jee thanks fludey, im defo staying in now :P
got a TT tomorrow anyway, hope the weather is decent...Coveryourcar.co.uk RT Tester
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as just about to check the met office.
The rain is sheeting across the road and it seems pretty windy so I think it's a no-go this afternoon, which is a shame as I stayed in yesterday when it was sunny to save my legs for today :-(
It might settle later on...0
