Did anyone brave it today?

smidsy

Bobbinogs wrote:

smidsy wrote:

Bobbinogs wrote:

xchudy_1325 wrote:

I went out today only 8.5miles... I even hit a PB on a strava segment, currently tied 4th

Strava bagging at its finest

Hardly. Anyone can ride fast when the distance is so short.

That was my point, I forgot to add the ironic tone though

Luck for you I have that covered in spades then

CYCLESPORT1

Normal Club Run at 9.00am this morning cold but dry, this afternoon the sun came out, took the dog out in the sun / wind, she loved it (if only it was 15 degrees warmer though).

xchudy_1325

smidsy wrote:

Bobbinogs wrote:

smidsy wrote:

Bobbinogs wrote:

xchudy_1325 wrote:

I went out today only 8.5miles... I even hit a PB on a strava segment, currently tied 4th

Strava bagging at its finest

Hardly. Anyone can ride fast when the distance is so short.

That was my point, I forgot to add the ironic tone though

Luck for you I have that covered in spades then

apologies, only got my bike on thursday and today was the second time ive been out on it, was just pleased is all,

Skeets

daviegb wrote:

Managed to do some hill climbing around Cheddar Gorge - 4,500 feet in 33 miles. Was bitterly cold with a biting wind, but well worth getting out!

Was out today ,rode up past chew Valley lakes , some back roads, then on top of Burrington .-3.6 ! Decided to ride down Burrington then back up cheddar gorge, bad move as I went down hard on ice heading down Burrington , slid for ages, road rash, damaged bar tape , holed the saddle , bent the rear hanger in , so that was the end of my ride . Kind folk in the house opposite took me in for a warm cuppa while I waited for a lift. Seen a few guys walking there bikes up the hill because of the ice . Bad move/cost on my day out . Roll on majorca in a few weeks !

Loretta Damage

I fought bravely through the snow, clearing a path to my shed so I could sit on the turbo and do "The Blender" from Sufferfest. I found it most invigorating and certainly warmed me up. Planning to get out tomorrow though as no more snow forecast up this way tonight.

smidsy

Skeets wrote:

daviegb wrote:

Managed to do some hill climbing around Cheddar Gorge - 4,500 feet in 33 miles. Was bitterly cold with a biting wind, but well worth getting out!

Was out today ,rode up past chew Valley lakes , some back roads, then on top of Burrington .-3.6 ! Decided to ride down Burrington then back up cheddar gorge, bad move as I went down hard on ice heading down Burrington , slid for ages, road rash, damaged bar tape , holed the saddle , bent the rear hanger in , so that was the end of my ride . Kind folk in the house opposite took me in for a warm cuppa while I waited for a lift. Seen a few guys walking there bikes up the hill because of the ice . Bad move/cost on my day out . Roll on majorca in a few weeks !

And that is the only answer anyone needs to see to prove that all this 'bigger balls' stuff is just tripe.

Snow and Ice are a recipe for disaster so STFAH!.

marylogic

No snow or ice here so I had to get out to try my new cassette. Only managed a few miles as raw easterly made for serious wind chill. I had fleece gloves on under my winter cycling gloves but even still I had to come back before I ended up with fewer digits than Ranulph Fiennes.

Any one got any tips on how to keep hands warm?

Mikey23

I bagged three PBs with strong tailwind..

You guys are all crazy like moose

sloppyschleckonds

Noone can say they haven't got value out of their turbo trainer this winter!!!!!@!!!!

john1967

smidsy wrote:

Skeets wrote:

daviegb wrote:

Managed to do some hill climbing around Cheddar Gorge - 4,500 feet in 33 miles. Was bitterly cold with a biting wind, but well worth getting out!

Was out today ,rode up past chew Valley lakes , some back roads, then on top of Burrington .-3.6 ! Decided to ride down Burrington then back up cheddar gorge, bad move as I went down hard on ice heading down Burrington , slid for ages, road rash, damaged bar tape , holed the saddle , bent the rear hanger in , so that was the end of my ride . Kind folk in the house opposite took me in for a warm cuppa while I waited for a lift. Seen a few guys walking there bikes up the hill because of the ice . Bad move/cost on my day out . Roll on majorca in a few weeks !

And that is the only answer anyone needs to see to prove that all this 'bigger balls' stuff is just tripe.

Snow and Ice are a recipe for disaster so STFAH!.

I have an anti ice device on my bike its called the MK1 eyeball.

vmaxphil

went out and did 15miles feet were freezing! 33f averidge 15mph so quite pleased
phil

letap73

john1967 wrote:

smidsy wrote:

Skeets wrote:

daviegb wrote:

Managed to do some hill climbing around Cheddar Gorge - 4,500 feet in 33 miles. Was bitterly cold with a biting wind, but well worth getting out!

Was out today ,rode up past chew Valley lakes , some back roads, then on top of Burrington .-3.6 ! Decided to ride down Burrington then back up cheddar gorge, bad move as I went down hard on ice heading down Burrington , slid for ages, road rash, damaged bar tape , holed the saddle , bent the rear hanger in , so that was the end of my ride . Kind folk in the house opposite took me in for a warm cuppa while I waited for a lift. Seen a few guys walking there bikes up the hill because of the ice . Bad move/cost on my day out . Roll on majorca in a few weeks !

And that is the only answer anyone needs to see to prove that all this 'bigger balls' stuff is just tripe.

Snow and Ice are a recipe for disaster so STFAH!.

I have an anti ice device on my bike its called the MK1 eyeball.

So you can see black ice?

By the way sensible post Smidsy.

smidsy

letap73 wrote:

By the way sensible post Smidsy.

Sorry, normal service will resume shortly

john1967

Of course I can see black ice its black not invisible.

nedmoran

Went to Keswick for a weekend of cycling(should've took skis). Managed to do a couple of laps of derwent water on friday and today as these were the only roads i could find that weren't closed or caked in snow. Still a bit hairy on slicks and ended up riding with some mountaineering gloves on.

smidsy

john1967 wrote:

Of course I can see black ice its black not invisible.

As in the same colour as wet tarmac....hmmm, good luck with that one.

Besides at 3 to 5 meters and 18mph you will do very well to spot any ice. And what if you are unable to change course or otherwise avoid it (traffic, lack of braking efficiency etc)?

Basically your patented 'ice detection device' is simply a ticking timb bomb of over confidence....let us hope it never explodes.

Edit: Damn typo's

letap73

john1967 wrote:

Of course I can see black ice its black not invisible.

:roll:

Probably lost on you but black ice is a thin layer of ice which is transparent, hence light will reflect off the road surface and not the ice - which you are not likely to see.

robbo2011

john1967 wrote:

Of course I can see black ice its black not invisible.

Trouble is, if you are going at a half decent speed, even if you do see it you'll likely be unable to stop in time to avoid it.

Cycling in sub-zero temperatures is a lottery that I for one would rather not partake in.

wavefront

Judging by everyone's posts it's not the worst weekend to have been struck down by the dreaded manflu!

Grill

Raffles wrote:

Toe knee wrote:

Hey grill, do you get up extra early to practice been a top knob, or does it come natural ?

dude, where snooker came naturally to ronnie o sullivan and driving f1 cars comes to seb vettel ...........being a total and utter unlikeable cnut comes just as naturally to grill and shut up legs as its possible to imagine and ill wager that those 950 miles for Grill were all done all by himself with nobody to validate them or nobody who could bear cycling with him :roll:

Actually I wake up extra early to go cycling

You're right, only 938 miles so far this month :P
http://app.strava.com/athletes/963993

diy

Though I didn't ride Sunday, it certainly looked the better day to do it. I prefer colder than wetter, but the weather was still awful with the wind chill. We should be getting temps in the mid teens. All the hard work over winter is going to get wasted if I slack during march and April. Though I haven't got my first biggy until July.

Ozzysbeard

Managed 37 miles yesterday. Cold but dry on the West coast of Scotland so significantly better conditions than some places, but the wind sheesh!! 3/4 of the ride felt uphill and route was mostly flat!!

seanoconn

Managed 3 miles to work this morning 8)

goonz

seanoconn wrote:

Managed 3 miles to work this morning 8)

Managed 10 miles into work. Doing 100 miles a week somewhat softens the blow of not being able to get out on the weekend...

Mikey1976

Skeets wrote:

daviegb wrote:

Managed to do some hill climbing around Cheddar Gorge - 4,500 feet in 33 miles. Was bitterly cold with a biting wind, but well worth getting out!

Was out today ,rode up past chew Valley lakes , some back roads, then on top of Burrington .-3.6 ! Decided to ride down Burrington then back up cheddar gorge, bad move as I went down hard on ice heading down Burrington , slid for ages, road rash, damaged bar tape , holed the saddle , bent the rear hanger in , so that was the end of my ride . Kind folk in the house opposite took me in for a warm cuppa while I waited for a lift. Seen a few guys walking there bikes up the hill because of the ice . Bad move/cost on my day out . Roll on majorca in a few weeks !

^^^^^ THIS

For the sake of a week or so of not cycling its not worth wrecking the bike and/or you!

hmm

Went out yesterday morning and did ~18 miles, Saw one other guy whilst I was stopped trying to remove condensation from my glasses.
I had several layers and I fear looked rather like Bibendum. However when I got home I was overheating and needed 10 minutes pre cup-of-tea to cool down, stripped to my base layer. My daughter thought, rightly, I looked ridiculous.
Enjoyed it immensely though, physically obviously, but also mentally. I had told myself I was going out and could have used the weather as a justifiable reason not too, but was glad I didn't. I read somewhere on here we never regret going out, just not going. Any ride is pleasurable and preferable to staying at home looking out and thinking "I should be out there".
Good mental training.

I did have to tip-toe around the corners though as there was plenty of ice to catch the unwary.

In the grand scheme of things, if year on year the average temperature fluctuates minimally, and this year has been so God-foresakenly cold thus far, surely we are due that long hot summer in recompense. No?

Hmm

VTech

Hmm wrote:

In the grand scheme of things, if year on year the average temperature fluctuates minimally, and this year has been so God-foresakenly cold thus far, surely we are due that long hot summer in recompense. No?

Hmm

I dont think so, last year was crap, we had only a handful of days above 20 degrees last year and 42 days of rain !!!!

I have been doing some work at home and since 2010 its been a write-off.

seanoconn

VTech wrote:

Hmm wrote:

In the grand scheme of things, if year on year the average temperature fluctuates minimally, and this year has been so God-foresakenly cold thus far, surely we are due that long hot summer in recompense. No?

Hmm

I dont think so, last year was crap, we had only a handful of days above 20 degrees last year and 42 days of rain !!!!

I have been doing some work at home and since 2010 its been a write-off.

Agreed. I've spent the last 3 summers thinking the bad weather can't last and we're 'due' some warm sunshine soon. But every week was worse than the next until the summer was over

Can't help but think we're heading for the next ice age.

rob21

40 mile ride on Sunday -3 wind chill had a good ride.
Looks like it will the same tomorrow when i go out again,o the joy's of winter....

VTech

Im off to Aberdeen friday and am dreading it, lord only knows how the scots brave the weather they get.
Its not often I return home glad of the increase in temps