Arjimlad
Tights of Cydonia
- Location
- South Glos
Rub it in why dont ya? "says a very soggy Blue Man"
Soz !! Gotta get out there when you can... & hats off for persisting in the extreme wetness.
Tales from today's commute....
- Thread starter martint235
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Soz !! Gotta get out there when you can... & hats off for persisting in the extreme wetness.
on a Tuesday?! pull the other one, it has got bells on it. not since these latest cutbacks
Supersuperleeds
Legendary Member
- Location
- Leicester
Dry but windy this morning in Leicester. Wet this afternoon but nothing torrential like you southern softies had 
Brandane
Legendary Member
- Location
- Costa Clyde
It's not very often I get the opportunity to get bragging rights on our Scottish weather, v. you poor rain sodden folks in the SE..
It's also not very often that I post in commuting, because I don't do it unless conditions are particularly favourable. For starters, my present job is 21 miles away and starts at 08.00, so if cycling I need to be up at 5.20, and out of the house for about 6.10 to give some time for getting changed at the other end.
Anyway, feast your eyes on this mornings commute; there can't be many better!
It's also not very often that I post in commuting, because I don't do it unless conditions are particularly favourable. For starters, my present job is 21 miles away and starts at 08.00, so if cycling I need to be up at 5.20, and out of the house for about 6.10 to give some time for getting changed at the other end.
Anyway, feast your eyes on this mornings commute; there can't be many better!
Indeed. I did take a spare pair of socks anyway to change into when I got to work. I thought after 8 hours or so the shoes would have dried out. But no such luck.
Gert Lush
Senior Member
- Location
- Weston-super-Mare
Did you cram newspaper down into them?
Gert Lush
Senior Member
- Location
- Weston-super-Mare
Pretty solid technique for drying shoes out. Just making sure you knew about it. Doesn't dry the whole shoe though obviously.
After most of my working life cycle commuting all year round in all weathers I like to think I know most of the tricks...however..with the unusually cold and damp conditions we had today, it meant that nothing was really going to dry out completely in such a short amount of time.
kevin_cambs_uk
Guru
- Location
- Near Cambridge
Well the Falcon explorer has almost had it, the bearings have gone in the rear wheel to such an extent that they made such a loud screeching noise motorists were looking at me!
The bearings have gone so every few yards the wheel goes off alignment and grinds against the frame, and then it rapidly slows down.
But it still made the 30 mile journey, it needs to be in a museum as an example of taking technology to the limit!
The bearings have gone so every few yards the wheel goes off alignment and grinds against the frame, and then it rapidly slows down.
But it still made the 30 mile journey, it needs to be in a museum as an example of taking technology to the limit!
Jenkins
Legendary Member
- Location
- Felixstowe
I had it the other way round - heavy rain but a decent tail wind on the way in with a dry return into a stiff headwind. Northwave boots take care of the damp shoes problem!
It was so wet this morning that for the first time in a very long while, the commute was cut to single figure mileage on the way in (but still not the most direct route).
