Am I the first on here this year

Ron Stuart

verylonglegs wrote:

Ron Stuart wrote:

verylonglegs wrote:

Fantastic sunny and warm day here today, well done with this thread Frank, it's sods law that there would be good weather as soon as you posted it

Where is here :?:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/weather/forecast/24

Better weather than anything we had in July and August :?

Yep, mentioned it in an earlier post.

Better than Norfolk for cyling here but not as warm.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/weather/forecast/22?

“Into my heart on air that kills
From yon far country blows
What are those blue remembered hills
What spires, what farms are those?

That is the land of lost content
I see it shining plain
The happy highways where I went
And cannot come again”
A.E. Housman “A Shropshire Lad”
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Gizmodo

kettrinboy wrote:

Ron Stuart wrote:

fish156 wrote:

I'm in complete denial about the diminishing daylight hours, approaching bad weather, salted roads and the need for a winter hack.

I might even ride the race bike (including Zipps) to work tomorrow for the first time this year

Yep Zip Ties can be useful, I used one once when a front mech cable broke :shock:

I think he meant his Zipp wheels

I thought he meant Zip Ties for his trouser legs cause he has no bike clips! Doh!

Gizmodo

Did I just hear right - BBC lunch time weather forecast said possible 27 degrees next week!

fish156

Ron Stuart wrote:

kettrinboy wrote:

Ron Stuart wrote:

fish156 wrote:

I'm in complete denial about the diminishing daylight hours, approaching bad weather, salted roads and the need for a winter hack.

I might even ride the race bike (including Zipps) to work tomorrow for the first time this year

Yep Zip Ties can be useful, I used one once when a front mech cable broke :shock:

I think he meant his Zipp wheels

Yah spoilt it now :roll:

Great ride home from work. Nice bike, nice wheels, shorts, t-shirt, shades, light tailwind. Winter's not here yet. Heck the race season's not yet complete.

P.S. Ron, the bike does have one or two zip-ties in addition to Zipp wheels.

willowthewhite

Well I've only just built the best bike today, so it certainly won't be getting packed away yet

verylonglegs

OK this is nuts, the forecast for Norwich on thursday is 28deg. wtf! Booking a day off work is now under serious consideration.

Frank the tank

verylonglegs wrote:

Fantastic sunny and warm day here today, well done with this thread Frank, it's sods law that there would be good weather as soon as you posted it

If only I really was so inffluential.

prawny

My best bike should be delivered tomorrow, so I'll definitely be having a ride or two on that before it gets too rough. I've had to sell the old bike to fund the new one, but luckily a kindly forumite has lent me his old one for the winter! Yay!

Gizmodo

prawny wrote:

My best bike should be delivered tomorrow, so I'll definitely be having a ride or two on that before it gets too rough. I've had to sell the old bike to fund the new one, but luckily a kindly forumite has lent me his old one for the winter! Yay!

his OLD ONE! It's only 7 weeks old you ....... !

prawny

Gizmodo wrote:

prawny wrote:

My best bike should be delivered tomorrow, so I'll definitely be having a ride or two on that before it gets too rough. I've had to sell the old bike to fund the new one, but luckily a kindly forumite has lent me his old one for the winter! Yay!

his OLD ONE! It's only 7 weeks old you ....... !

:oops:

Funnily enough I was posting from my phone, the screen isn't wide enough to get posts and user names on, I thought you'd never find out. So sorry darling, how can I ever make it up to you, it'll never happen again :P

greasedscotsman

verylonglegs wrote:

OK this is nuts, the forecast for Norwich on thursday is 28deg. wtf! Booking a day off work is now under serious consideration.

I'd booked Friday off with the idea of going to the Cycle Show in Birmingham. Decided not to go for one reason and another, could cancel the day off. Err, don't think so!

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prawny

I can't have any more days off this month, but I will be commuting by bike this thursday and friday if my new bike turns up today or tomorrow and my cold fecks off

verylonglegs

Saturday has the same forecast now anyway so if that turns out to be true then its a win. My boss has got friday off and said I can't have it too...the bounder.

LeicesterLad

Smokin Joe wrote:

Neither my best bike or my winter hack are ever "put away".

You get some gloriously sunny and dry days in the winter when it would be a crime not to use the best bike, and some horrible shite days in summer when you need guards.

That is one of the most sensible things i ever heard anyone say on bikeradar.

prawny

LeicesterLad wrote:

Smokin Joe wrote:

Neither my best bike or my winter hack are ever "put away".

You get some gloriously sunny and dry days in the winter when it would be a crime not to use the best bike, and some horrible shite days in summer when you need guards.

That is one of the most sensible things i ever heard anyone say on bikeradar.

Don't worry I've already reported it to the mods.

APIII

Go on then. Who went and retrieved their bessie bike from the loft/garage/wherever this weekend? Winter, my a#rse.

t.m.h.n.e.t

Got the Allez at the start of August and have rode it twice. Opted to hit the gym for the remainder of the year and for as much of 2012 as needed.

cougie

Frank should clearly put his summer bike away in June next year and give us all the summer we've been waiting for for years.