Bad weather...
pinno
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Has driven the forumites all a little bit nuts.
Discuss.
Discuss.
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All will be fine once summer arrives... Oh! As I said way back in April (I think) it is as well to pretend to be a tough Belgian and simply get on with it. Or, I was bored at work.The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
No such thing as bad weather, just inappropriate clothing.
Saying that im currently in the arse end of Spain and its hot as buggery.. Still getting out on the bike and suffering in the heat/hills but its all good fun. Mostly...My winter bike is exactly the same as my summer bike,,, but dirty...0 -
'Tis be weather for cycling heroes out there.Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am
De Sisti wrote:
This is one of the silliest threads I've come across.
Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honoursmithy21 wrote:
He's right you know.0 -
I don't get it. ??
the temp is between 13 - 20 deg. Intermitant cloud/sun/showers. wind 7-19mph
Its like this every day ... whats the strange bit ?0 -
It's not bad cycling weather really. I'm enjoying myself out there anyway. I don't get why a bit of showers and rain means it's bad weather. Avoid the deep puddles have guards on age nd you'll be ok.0
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Where do you live. Round here its forecasting wind up to 25mph with gusts up to 35mph for the next 48 hours.fat daddy wrote:I don't get it. ??
the temp is between 13 - 20 deg. Intermitant cloud/sun/showers. wind 7-19mph
Its like this every day ... whats the strange bit ?
Oh! That is like every day.0 -
So you go slower into the wind and faster downwind. Big deal! Resistance training one way and strava PBs the other. All good.0
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Webboo wrote:
Where do you live. Round here its forecasting wind up to 25mph with gusts up to 35mph for the next 48 hours.fat daddy wrote:I don't get it. ??
the temp is between 13 - 20 deg. Intermitant cloud/sun/showers. wind 7-19mph
Its like this every day ... whats the strange bit ?
Oh! That is like every day.
Bristol ! ...... we have the same weather and climate for 12 months of the year .... I only know its summer due to the clothing the ladies are wearing0 -
The UK has turned into Chicago. Its always bloody windy!I ride a bike. Doesn't make me green or a tree hugger. I drive a car too.0
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But it's too windy to use my unneeded, expensive, posing deep carbon rims.Tangled Metal wrote:So you go slower into the wind and faster downwind. Big deal! Resistance training one way and strava PBs the other. All good.0 -
It's my fault, sorry. I removed my mudguards a while back whilst having a major fettling session and haven't bothered refitting them. I'll put them back on over the weekend.0
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I was already nuts.;)
But I've noticed that it was far easier to lay plans to do a South Downs ride back in the sunshine of early June, often setting off before 0700, rather than trying to similar rides since having the ~6 weeks of almost continual overcast/wet weather.
Bright blue skies are such a psychological boost set off on rides, especially 2+ hour ones, at least for me.
After "having fun" trying to work out how to use the Lezyne Root navigation planner and transfer the route to my Super GPS for the first time yesterday afternoon, I finally set off for my longest ride to date (a mere 53 miles) just before 1600, when I had been contemplating a ride since ~1400!================
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Don't own any, don't care!Webboo wrote:
But it's too windy to use my unneeded, expensive, posing deep carbon rims.Tangled Metal wrote:So you go slower into the wind and faster downwind. Big deal! Resistance training one way and strava PBs the other. All good.
Posing or cycling? What's more important? I have my views.0 -
Webboo wrote:But it's too windy to use my unneeded, expensive, posing deep carbon rims.
At last, a bit of honesty.
On the original point, I actually don't think the weather so far this year has been too bad, at least in my part of Gloucestershire. That said, I'm just coming back from an enforced nearly two month lay off due to a bad crash and am lapping it up at the moment, even with the odd shower (and that's coming from a self-confessed wimp when it comes to wet weather riding!).
PS. It was nice and sunny when I finished typing the above and got changed to go out for a quick ride. Went out to the shed to get the bike and it was peeing down - Ballocks.Cannondale Synapse Carbon Ultegra
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last few years it seems May/June have had the summer weather, July/Aug cr@p, September a bit betterAll lies and jest..still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest....0
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Been another half decent summer in the SE I'd have said, but not spectacular. Been out for a few nice rides after work while the light's available. Must be the non-Londoners who are going stir crazy.0
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It's been lovely up North. We've had a great year so far.0
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bianchimoon wrote:last few years it seems May/June have had the summer weather, July/Aug cr@p, September a bit better
Yes indeed. I hope September weather rolls deep into October to make up for it.
No one's really tackled the subject of the current wave of lunacy though.seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
is it any worse/different than normal? praps i'm immune to it allPinno wrote:bianchimoon wrote:last few years it seems May/June have had the summer weather, July/Aug cr@p, September a bit better
Yes indeed. I hope September weather rolls deep into October to make up for it.
No one's really tackled the subject of the current wave of lunacy though.
All lies and jest..still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest....0 -
cougie wrote:It's been lovely up North. We've had a great year so far.
Liar. I don't know what part of 'North' you live in.
Did you know, North doesn't really start until Cairnryan? It took a Ugandan to make that observation when he travelled North, always seeing signs on the road for this 'North' and never getting there. So he sat down with a map and worked it out.seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
We've always been prats and you've only just noticed? The current political climate here and in the US means the lunatics feel empowered so are coming out of the woodwork? Something in the water? Getting rid of those evil moderators? The weather? It's just silly season?Pinno wrote:No one's really tackled the subject of the current wave of lunacy though.0 -
The Vuelta should provide some relief/compensation.seanoconn - gruagach craic!0
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bianchimoon wrote:last few years it seems May/June have had the summer weather, July/Aug cr@p, September a bit better
Funnily enough, I was going to say similar myself. Glad I'm not the only one thinking it.Cannondale Synapse Carbon Ultegra
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Pinno wrote:bianchimoon wrote:last few years it seems May/June have had the summer weather, July/Aug cr@p, September a bit better
Yes indeed. I hope September weather rolls deep into October to make up for it.
No one's really tackled the subject of the current wave of lunacy though.
Too many people off on holidays in work combined with no decent racing to distract.
And the world generally has gone crazy.0 -
You can pose while your cycling or cycle while you pose. The wind means I end up going out on my old best bike rather than my new best bike.Tangled Metal wrote:
Don't own any, don't care!Webboo wrote:
But it's too windy to use my unneeded, expensive, posing deep carbon rims.Tangled Metal wrote:So you go slower into the wind and faster downwind. Big deal! Resistance training one way and strava PBs the other. All good.
Posing or cycling? What's more important? I have my views.0 -
Aaah! Not a dilemma I'm likely to encounter. I've one working bike and one nostalgic not working bike. That leaves me with one choice of bike to ride.Webboo wrote:
You can pose while your cycling or cycle while you pose. The wind means I end up going out on my old best bike rather than my new best bike.Tangled Metal wrote:
Don't own any, don't care!Webboo wrote:
But it's too windy to use my unneeded, expensive, posing deep carbon rims.Tangled Metal wrote:So you go slower into the wind and faster downwind. Big deal! Resistance training one way and strava PBs the other. All good.
Posing or cycling? What's more important? I have my views.
Quite possibly you'd not be seen dead on my bike even if you wanted a hack bike! If you tried.to pose on my bike you'll look a prat.0 -
It's not all about the bike.Tangled Metal wrote:If you tried.to pose on my bike you'll look a prat.
I am talking about myself here, no need for anyone to take umbrage.0 -
Veronese68 wrote:...no need for anyone to take umbrage.
Tis the season to be umbraged, la la la la la, la la la la...seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
Fark off you ... why I oughta... etc, etc...Pinno wrote:Veronese68 wrote:...no need for anyone to take umbrage.
Tis the season to be umbraged, la la la la la, la la la la...0 -
Veronese68 wrote:
Fark off you ... why I oughta... etc, etc...Pinno wrote:Veronese68 wrote:...no need for anyone to take umbrage.
Tis the season to be umbraged, la la la la la, la la la la...
Go and do some bloody work you damn POET.seanoconn - gruagach craic!0
