Severe weather warning issued for London

kelsen

meanredspider wrote:

kelsen wrote:

We have individual shower rooms at my office. 10 minutes with the hairdryer nozzle stuck into each shoe/sock and I'm sorted for the ride home

8)

I used to put them on the radiator in my office - but my team complained about the smell in meetings...

Do you have those Dyson air blade handdryers at work? They are great for drying wet gear. I shoved my sports towel in one and it took less than a minute to dry out!

optimisticbiker

Wasnt that bad this morning apart from the wind, started raining halfway to office so I got damp on top but had put overshoes on just in case so shoes are dry and rest of kit hung in shower room and dries out in an hour or so...

Still raining tho...

il_principe

Got another p*ncture this morning. Rear wheel this time. That's 3 in 2 days. F8cking Gatorskins my arse.

notsoblue

Il Principe wrote:

Got another p*ncture this morning. Rear wheel this time. That's 3 in 2 days. F8cking Gatorskins my ars*.

Me too, wtf?! Didn't have my pump with me so had to walk from Cheyne Walk to Clapham Junction to get the train back. Where was the support car?!

iPete

Gave up on Gatorskins a while back. Very very few issues with Duranos so far, have a plus on the back and S on the front.

asprilla

Worn out a Durano S with an emergency stop yesterday. Nowhere nearby does Duranos so I've bought a 4 Seasons to put on at lunch time. I expect to be unimpressed so I've ordered some new Duranos as well.

pangolin

Are gatorskins that bad? I got some to put on my alfine bike so I wouldn't have to take the rear wheel off often. Mistake? They're not on it yet...

notsoblue

pangolin wrote:

Are gatorskins that bad? I got some to put on my alfine bike so I wouldn't have to take the rear wheel off often. Mistake? They're not on it yet...

Well this is the first "proper" puncture I've had on gatorskins, and its my third set (the first two having been used until they were worn out). The only other puncture I've had with them was a pinch flat from hitting a pothole with low tyre pressure. I'm probably going to keep using them.

rubertoe

I'm off the bike at the mo - gutted - i love the rain - hopefully shouldnt be too long and i am sure it will still be raining.

DonDaddyD

Asprilla wrote:

Worn out a Durano S with an emergency stop yesterday. Nowhere nearby does Duranos so I've bought a 4 Seasons to put on at lunch time. I expect to be unimpressed so I've ordered some new Duranos as well.

4seasons are my preferred choice for 23mm commuting tyres.

Using GatorSkins at the moment as I wanted to try out an extra safe cheaper thicker rubber. Personally done me proud so far but 4seasons are feather lite by comparison and offer more grip and reassurance in the wet.

bails87

DonDaddyD wrote:

Using GatorSkins at the moment as I wanted to try out an extra safe cheaper thicker rubber.

Would have saved you a lot of upcoming trouble

Personally done me proud so far but 4seasons are feather lite by comparison and offer more grip and reassurance in the wet.

meanredspider

I love Gatorskins - there's obviously summink Darn Sarf left over from the riots that Gatorskins can't cope with.

pangolin

I'll go ahead and fit them in that case. What can go wrong.

Kieran_Burns

pangolin wrote:

I'll go ahead and fit them in that case. What can go wrong.

Well - according to Don, you won't get pregnant.