Andy in Germany
Guru
- Location
- Rottenburg am Neckar
Wern't me.
It was all boring anyway...
That is, if I'd stolen it, it would have been boring. Which I haven't.
Glad we sorted that out.
How long have we got before the Euro blizzards hit?
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Wern't me.
It was all boring anyway...
That is, if I'd stolen it, it would have been boring. Which I haven't.
Glad we sorted that out.
I like Skol
A Minging Manc...
- Location
- Sunny Ashton-under-Lyne
You may joke but this is actually not far from the truth!
I did an Evan's Cycles 'Ride It' event from Rochdale in February a couple of winters ago. It was brassic, temperatures peaked around 0˚C during the day. Driving the 10 miles to the start in the morning with my bike on the roofrack and arrived to find the bike had grown a thick crust of fog ice during the trip. Attendance was much reduced due to the weather and road conditions with many roads being iced or frosted for the entire day. Regardless, I set off on the longest route option (had already done the long MTB 'Ride It' route the day before in a heroic back-to-back double ride attempt) and out in the Pennine hills, on the borders between Lancashire and Yorkshire, I passed a solitary farm and hung out on the washing line in the garden, gently creaking in the cold breeze, was the frozen laundry of the family that lived there. God only knows how they thought it would dry?
classic33
Leg End Member
Which side of the border?
I like Skol
A Minging Manc...
- Location
- Sunny Ashton-under-Lyne
The Yorkshire side, obvs.
subaqua
What’s the point
- Location
- Leytonstone
Maybe they thought along lines of instant coffee...
In reality
Take it off the line when solid give it a good “whipcrack” shake and the frost falls off and it’s pretty dry . Certainly drier than sticking on a clothes horse in front room all day with no heating.
Worked when I was a kid
Andy in Germany
Guru
- Location
- Rottenburg am Neckar
The thing is, they hung out the washing despite it being freezing, whereas you went out on an uncessary bike ride despite it being freezing.
Mind you, I'd probably have done the same, so I suppose I can't be cheeky.
I like Skol
A Minging Manc...
- Location
- Sunny Ashton-under-Lyne
Define unnecessary.
IMO my ride was essential (especially as I had paid for it)
Andy in Germany
Guru
- Location
- Rottenburg am Neckar
Define unnecessary.
(especially as I had paid for it)
I'll have to spell it properly first...
classic33
Leg End Member
That's the warning system at work.
Archie_tect
De Skieven Architek... aka Penfold + Horace
- Location
- Northumberland
It could be argued that we have approx 10000 years before the next Ice Age which may or may not depend on shifting of the NAD or the risk of 7 more years of hot air from Trump.
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
Reminds me of a picture one of my MTB mates sent last March - we'd had loads of drifting snow round here, and at the end of his road, the snow had come off the fields onto the road to a good 6 feet. There was a perfect imprint of the front of a van/4x4 in the snow bank (lights, grill, bumper). The message was 'don't try and drive through.
steveindenmark
Legendary Member
I had a 2 minute flurry of sleet on the ride home today here in Denmark.
I have developed a hacking cough and so I will have a week off the bike and have a rest I think.
I have developed a hacking cough and so I will have a week off the bike and have a rest I think.
