What's with this weather?

moonio

I hope you are right.. I wanted to do a london canal ride today.... Fingers crossed..will wait till 2pm at the latest

SimonAH

Raging storm outside. Wife working overtime in the study (insurance industry) so I've got daddy duties and there is nothing at the cinema lower than 12A.

Grumpy.

optimisticbiker

moonio wrote:

I hope you are right.. I wanted to do a london canal ride today.... Fingers crossed..will wait till 2pm at the latest

London canal ride sounds interesting ... where from and to?

Latest radar shows a definite clear area coming... but its going to be 3pm at least I guess..

Kieran_Burns

One of my cycling mates (and the nutter that did the CX commute with me) sometimes does these joke weather reports (a la "Good Morning Vietnam style) for his team mates.

He did this one at the start of the month that just epitmosises just how it feels now.

moonio

Was gonna try a meandering ride from london bridge, brick lane, then canal to islington, may still go as i need to be in hackney at 7pm..

optimisticbiker

moonio wrote:

Was gonna try a meandering ride from london bridge, brick lane, then canal to islington, may still go as i need to be in hackney at 7pm..

I've ridden that section of the Regents Canal, though I didnt know you could get to it anywhere near Brick Lane (used to work in Aldgate). Its quite nice apart from the peds, dogs and fishermen Far too slow for a commute, but nice for a pootle in the sun, esp the Islington/Camden end.

Just go back from a 42 miler out to Hatfield, St Albans, Hemel Hempstead and back via the Langleys. Windy but not cold and dry all the way Feel better now

Off to watch the Tour of Romandie final stage (watched last stage of Tour of Turkey before I went out)

Kieran_Burns

I hugely over-heated this morning.

Can we have the rain back please?

il_principe

What a lovely morning! Headed out to RP for 3 laps pre work. Had to stop and remove leg/arm warmers as soon as I got there. So nice to ride in the sun again.

meanredspider

Schoolboy error this morning. Arrived at work with cold, wet feet and muddy pink legs. That would be OK if it weren't for having my leg warmers & overshoes stashed in my jersey pockets :roll: :oops:

Doing another 55-mile commute today. I actually think it would be manageable 3x a week though the time it takes is the killer.

suzyb

meanredspider wrote:

Schoolboy error this morning. Arrived at work with cold, wet feet and muddy pink legs. That would be OK if it weren't for having my leg warmers & overshoes stashed in my jersey pockets :roll: :oops:

Doing another 55-mile commute today. I actually think it would be manageable 3x a week though the time it takes is the killer.

That's 5 miles shorter than my driving commute (both ways) :shock:

mudcow007

bleeding lovely here today, everywhere is flooded though, in most places the track i use was underwater

mucho fun times

walkingbootweather

Dry but misty on the way in this morning. Biggest problem was the amount of standng water and bl00dy great puddles. Had to use my spidey sense to avoid the worst pot holes. Glad I had full mudguards - bloke I saw on a MTB looked wetter than a lobster's armpit.

meanredspider

At least my original observation is now official

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17897982

8) :roll:

itboffin

After a brutal ride this morning into a mega headwind I had hoped for a tailwind on the way home, how very silly of me. Still I did have a nice moment when my chain snapped whilst on the steepest section of the climb home :?

Fireblade96

I actually experienced the mythical tail wind home last night, which made up for the morning's mash-fest into it.

Tried to wait out the deluge this morning, finally left home after 9 and had a perversely fun ride in. I love my full mudguards - I can ride straight through puddles without getting splashed - and my Montane Velo jacket kept the light rain at bay without melting me.

Kieran_Burns

I did the run in with just my shorts this morning 11 degrees when I left meant it was too warm for tights and it actually worked. Bloody HARD work into that wind though and the rain was just at the 'annoying' level - still it means less to dry off for the run home tonight which is meant to be dry

optimisticbiker

Despite the torrential rain, bibshorts and short sleeves for me today, was warm enough (i.e. >10degC) not to wear tights Did the commute in on my road bike (I'm riding down to Tonbridge this evening and back again tomorrow)... I rarely ride that bike in the torrential rain so no mudguards... so cue strange wet feeling at the base of my spine... hmmm must get some mudguards before London Revolution, in case it rains. Doing it for an hour is bareable, for 8h won't be much fun. Still, will be dry tonight and tomorrow morning

gbsahne001

How are people riding in waterproof gear this morning? saw a few people with NightVision tops & bottoms on, when it wasn't raining, just wet on the ground.

I'm in a long sleeve shirt and wishing I'd put the short sleeve on this morning.

dhope

LS jersey and knee warmers. Northwave waterproof boots incase it's pissing down this evening though

rubertoe

I see alot in Full waterproofs as well today,

I was roasting in my Baselayer, Jacket and 3/4 bibs,

Although my feet were dry (overshoes), i'll be ditching the baselayer on the homeward leg.

DrLex

gbsahne wrote:

How are people riding in waterproof gear this morning? [...]

Probably slowly.

Overshoes on, but full gear stashed in the rack bag. Tomorrow is apparently a return to Ark weather here.

Kieran_Burns

I was in my eVent jacket and bib shorts this morning - slightly over-heated but nothing terrible. Definitely NOT wearing the jacket on the way home this evening though. Meant to be 17C by the time I leave.

MonkeyMonster

gbsahne wrote:

How are people riding in waterproof gear this morning? saw a few people with NightVision tops & bottoms on, when it wasn't raining, just wet on the ground.

I'm in a long sleeve shirt and wishing I'd put the short sleeve on this morning.

ss skeleton jersey and shorts with mitts - sweaty...