FNRttC Friday Night Ride to the Coast - Whitstable 17th June 2011

[theclaud]

I've never been tempted to do that. I hate riding in the rain and I'd be mortified if I'd somehow persuaded somebody out on a wet night against their better judgement.

I'm afraid that Susie is a little prone to exageration. She describes the 'wet' ride to Southend as 'pouring'. It wasn't. November 2009 and February 2010 to Brighton - they were pouring.

Never mind all that. What does the cat say?

 

[Tim Hall]

HMQM is also out. (email sent).

I'll be there. Perhaps on fixed.

 

[StuAff]

StuAff, not sure there's a company that makes breathable waterproof clothing for the amount of sweat I produce.

Take the roadie anyway!

 

[dellzeqq]

down to 76

 

[zigzag]

if it rains heavily it will be an excellent opportunity to test (once again) the raingear and lights. i might even employ my carradice saddle bag which has been neglected for more that a year. i've removed mudguards from my faster bike, but the commuter still has them - i don't enjoy the prospect of tasting the crud off the road. my only slight worry is the tyres as i've "upgraded" from marathon+ to gatorskins/hamsterskins. we'll see.

 

[Dangis]

Just found out about this ride from Izap, I would like to join as well please if it's not too late yet :-)

 

[dellzeqq]

Just found out about this ride from Izap, I would like to join as well please if it's not too late yet :-)

i'm afraid that it is too late, but if you go to the blog (see below) it will tell you about future rides

 

[dellzeqq]

weather forecast changing again. BBC has light rain, with the downpour moving ahead of us. Met Office is still light rain. XCWeather now 1.8mm of rain between 01.00 and 04.00 and a tiny amount thereafter. Metcheck is now out on a limb with the rain clearing at 01.00

down to 68!

 

[Andrij]

Never mind all that. What does the cat say?

At a guess... "meow".

 

[dellzeqq]

and..........66. Which means that we will all be able to squeeze in to Andy's Cafe

 

[mistral]

With this rate of attrition we'll have a table each at Andy's!

For some reason I've not had any weather warning Emails, but my seaweed is drying out and the pine cones closing, so things are looking up.

 

[Davywalnuts]

Am with Mistral, I think were going to have a sunny one,... at some stage...

 

[ianrauk]

Am with Mistral, I think were going to have a sunny one,... at some stage...

It's always a sunny outlook within the realms of Davyland.... don't forget the suncream amigo..

 

[Davywalnuts]

It's always a sunny outlook within the realms of Davyland.... don't forget the suncream amigo..

Oh yes, these happy pills are great! Ah, yes, indeed, however, I wont be cycling back, need to save my leggies for Mondays ride as 420miles in the space of 3 days is not appealing...

 

[zigzag]

btw, is anyone doing london-brighton charity thing? i'll go there early morning before the roads get clogged up with bso's. i've got time this weekend so might just as well use it.