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

[dellzeqq]

the channel swimmers used to cover themselves in lard, Davy.

 

[rb58]

the channel swimmers used to cover themselves in lard, Davy.

I wear my lard on the inside. Find it more effective that way

 

[ianrauk]

bike with mudguards or bike without?
train to victoria or not?
hmmmmm...

 

[PaulRide]

Mudguards and train for me. I'm going to struggle anyway as I have a bad stomach upset and have not eaten any solid food this last 24 hours.

Oof. Greg Lemond all over again?

 

[ianrauk]

Mudguards and train for me. I'm going to struggle anyway as I have a bad stomach upset and have not eaten any solid food this last 24 hours.

Thanks Ade, that's me decided..
Sorry to hear your not well..

 

[ianrauk]

Thanks. I expect to live though.

And after be reminded above of Lemond.. I will make sure I am upwind from you...

 

[srw]

It's shite here at the moment. I was hoping it was a Welsh thang...

After a glorious late evening yesterday (low sun shining underneath lowering black clouds and a glowing rainbow) it was pissing it down all day in Henley. It's now pissing it down in Buckinghamshire. On the drive home my car thermometer was registering 13 degrees.

Despite Simon's reassurance that the route was sheltered we scratched yesterday. We will come out to play on the route to Brighton instead - can someone order clear skies for July, please?

 

[Andrij]

I don't know, these people who expect an English summer to bring summery weather.

1) But this IS traditional English summer weather
2) Wimbledon, aka the monsoon season, is upon us.

 

[Aperitif]

Last night's rainbow. A good one in that it was definitely a picture book arc. Rain Gigs again... and this time we're all in it together!
You need a drink Adrian.

 

[Aperitif]

But MacB isn't going to be there to buy me one, once again.

Rumour has it he's building a 'still' out of all his bike bits... they haven't been seen moving after all!

 

[slowmotion]

I hope that you all have a great ride and that you get lucky with the weather.

 

[theclaud]

To be fair, it usually is.

Hmmmm. I'm just approaching Reading, and it's looking vile out there. Either I'm just witnessing God's judgement on Winnersh (long overdue) or... and here the terrible truth dawns on me... the weather is NO BETTER in the South East! What is the meaning of this?!

 

[srw]

What is the meaning of this?!

You're going to get wet.

 

[GM]

I hope that you all have a great ride and that you get lucky with the weather.

+1 Shame I've got to work, was looking forward to a wet and windy one! someone once told me that cycling in the rain is better than sex... one day!!

 

[theclaud]

You're going to get wet.

You could at least put some kind of spin on it. I was a station premature. I forgot about Didcot, which I used to think of as pointless until I found out that Jonesy gets on there. But God seems to hate it anyway, although probably not as much as Winnersh.