FNRttC Friday Night Ride to the Coast - Felpham October 10th

[Nigel182]

Get's out the special pot of 'stick with Nigel' glue..

Apologies now if I slows ya down Ian

 

[ianrauk]

Apologies now if I slows ya down Ian

Hey bud... I'm always at the back anyway.. company most welcome.

 

[Nigel182]

Sounds like a plan

 

[hatler]

Am I really booked to do this ride twice? I hope that doesn't cause any problems at the roll-call at HPC...

View attachment 58532

I'm looking forward to it but reckon once will be enough!

No worries, I'm the other Rob H, but I'm joining you all at Faygate, so there'll be no chance of confusion at HPC.

 

[Nigel182]

Is it going to be one of those nights when everyone is at the back?

Bit like school sit and the back away from teacher not get picked on.....May have changed it was years and years ago when I was at school

 

[rb58]

Is it going to be one of those nights when everyone is at the back?

I have a cold. I shall be riding at the back and drinking rum purely for medicinal purposes.

 

[Sketchley]

I'll be there... just need some last minute essentials like whiskey (or rum) for the hip flask....

 

[rb58]

I'm out I'm afraid. What I thought was a light cold has degenerated today into full-on man flu, so a night ride is not a sensible thing to be doing (says Mrs rb58). Simon - you have mail. Sorry. Enjoy the ride y'all.

 

[Sketchley]

Shiny bike can stay at home, might need mudguards for this

 

[Sketchley]

True but, if we take the Gurkha bridge route, lighter is better for all the gates.

If it's really raining, will we still take the Gurkha bridge? Even if we do much more sensible cleat / shoes on the winter bike for a bit of cross country......

 

[Flying Dodo]

I'd kind of assumed that the bridge route will be too muddy to contemplate now.

Possibly not. Bearing in mind how dry September has been generally in the south, the area around Bognor has had even less rain than normal. And they don't get much to start with.

 

[StuAff]

Possibly not. Bearing in mind how dry September has been generally in the south, the area around Bognor has had even less rain than normal. And they don't get much to start with.

Not been dry the last few days though, more rain tomorrow....

 

[Sketchley]

XCWeather says we might just get away with it until a bit before Arundel, then we are getting wet

 

[Wobblers]

But the Met Office is saying a 30% chance of showers at 7 am, so enough of this doom mongering Thank You. Though if it does rain I shall know who I'll be blaming.

Anyway, batteries are being charged, dodgy worn rear tyre swapped for new one, bike fettled and even cleaned (well, wiped over with a damp rag). All I need to do now is look out my hip flask - I'm not sure which cardboard box it ended up in after my house move...

 

[StuAff]

But the Met Office is saying a 30% chance of showers at 7 am, so enough of this doom mongering Thank You. Though if it does rain I shall know who I'll be blaming.

Anyway, batteries are being charged, dodgy worn rear tyre swapped for new one, bike fettled and even cleaned (well, wiped over with a damp rag). All I need to do now is look out my hip flask - I'm not sure which cardboard box it ended up in after my house move...

Ahem. I meant tomorrow afternoon....heavy showers forecast all afternoon. Cross-country might be out.

I won't be riding up. 75 miles solo in the rain does not appeal very much.