ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
Weather warning for cyclists!
- Thread starter ColinJ
- Start date
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Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
Ooh, a blindingly obvious public information page from someone who's likely not ridden a bike in decades. They should stick to divining the weather and leave the rest of it to those that do.
DCLane
Found in the Yorkshire hills ...
- Location
- Dewsbury, West Yorkshire
No mention of studded tyres in the winter ... hmm.
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
I'm saying nothing - fell off my studded tyres, and look where it's got me !
Marchrider
Über Member
mustn't matter about the ones coming from behind - I have been wasting my time dismounting for those ones
https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/your-ride-today.173254/post-7355757
Alex321
Guru
- Location
- South Wales
What on earth are you on about?
"oncoming" doesn't mean "coming from the front", it means just "approaching you".
Marchrider
Über Member
No - oncoming is coming towards you - I don't know what they call the ones about to overtake but they're not 'on coming' ? over taking car / passing car
Andy in Germany
Guru
- Location
- Rottenburg am Neckar
"Consider using alternatve forms of transport in thick fog"
Because a one tonne metal object moving at high speed is so much safer when you can't see where you're going.
Alex321
Guru
- Location
- South Wales
"Coming towards you". Indeed.
That can be from any direction. It does NOT mean only "coming from your front". Anything overtaking you is "oncoming", as is anything coming from the side towards you. It is the coming towards you that defines it, not the direction of travel. If they are behind you maintaining a reasonably fixed distance, then they are not oncoming (though you still should be aware of them and act appropriately), but if they are traveling significantly faster than you, they are.
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
"Hey, Love, it's foggy this morning. We'll have to drive. You neck a bottle of gin while I nip out and fit the bald tyres."
Jody
Stubborn git
I'm glad they are recognising and warning against freezing rain or whatever it's known as.
Doesn't happen often but it's pretty dangerous when it does.
- Location
- Shrewsbury, Shropshire
I don't like their emphasis on wearing hi-viz in fog.
They obviously haven't had the experience I've had on a foggy ride, where just a pair of legs riding a bike loomed out of the mist ahead of me.
The rider had a yellow fluorescent jacket on and it was perfect camouflage against the foggy background, while his black trousers stood out really well.
They obviously haven't had the experience I've had on a foggy ride, where just a pair of legs riding a bike loomed out of the mist ahead of me. The rider had a yellow fluorescent jacket on and it was perfect camouflage against the foggy background, while his black trousers stood out really well.
Supersuperleeds
Legendary Member
- Location
- Leicester
Baltic in Leicester today, though no ice, got a bit of a drenching on the way home, though did have the pleasure of seeing a double rainbow.
biggs682
Itching to get back on my bike's
- Location
- Northamptonshire
I am far more cautious these days re the weather it ain't worth the agro
Gwylan
Veteran
- Location
- All at sea⛵
