Your ride today.... (part 1)

[Tharg2007]

this is one of the things that annoys me most about riding the geared bike in this muck, it gets in everywhere and the mechs are a bugger to clean quickly, the thing will need stripping cleaning and then regreasing very soon, pain in the arse. With the fixed its dead easy, soapy sponge down for the bike, maybe some degreser on the chain, relube then you're good to go.

I notice a load of rust all over the mech and chain the other day, was mortified, made a closer inspection and wiped it off, seems this muck off the roads contains allot of iron filings.

 

[fossyant]

White Lightening Wet lube extreme....good in this crap !!!!

 

[Tharg2007]

Snap! That's why my chain did not feel quite oiled then! It had that rusty look as well and I was forced to oil it en route.

I wouldnt have thought putting chain lube over road cack would be much use, I hope you made some attempt to clean it first

White Lightening Wet lube extreme....good in this crap !!!!

Is that also your brand of cider

 

[gbb]

Half day today, so 28 miles this afternoon
Started bright and 5 degrees, soon got hot and shed some layers . Half way it got misty, cloudy and noticeably colder. Layers back on
Saw 2 red kite and plenty of birds out there, farmands teeming with em. Countryside roads are very very dirty

 

[Renard]

19 miles for me. Overcast and cold easterly (computer said 2.7 C). Windtex jacket and winter tights etc.

 

[BigonaBianchi]

to foggy & my lights need new batteries so i wimped out on safty grounds.

 

[Will1985]

73km for me. Reasonable weather and not too cold, but there was a bit of a wind halfway round.

 

[pes]

My usual loop from Widnes, over the bridge to Runcorn. Through Runcorn to Sutton Weaver, Preston Brook, Daresbury, Walton, Moore and swing into Warrington. Through Warrington, Sankey, Penketh and then back home to sunny Widnes. 21.5 mile round trip and home in time for tea and medals.
Weather not too bad but a bit cold. Into a headwind going out which blew me home on the back nine.

 

[HLaB]

Half day today, so 28 miles this afternoon
Started bright and 5 degrees, soon got hot and shed some layers . Half way it got misty, cloudy and noticeably colder. Layers back on
Saw 2 red kite and plenty of birds out there, farmands teeming with em.

Sounds nice the only ride other than my commute that I got in was a quick visit to a lbs, only a couple of miles In addition to what I went for I ended a new long sleeve Giordana top reduced in their sale.

 

[Tharg2007]

White Lightening Wet lube extreme....good in this crap !!!!

is this the stuff?
http://www.sjscycles.co.uk/product-...htning-Wet-Ride-Wet-Lube-4-oz-120ml-15359.htm
anywhere else i can get it cheap, cos im a tight arse!!

or is it this?
http://www.discountcyclesdirect.co.uk/product_info.php?products_id=8012

 

[MacB]

22 miles in to work this morning, only took one wrong road, managed it in 1hr 52 mins. Plenty of scope for improvement, I free wheel a lot, too knackered from pedalling up the hills to pedal down as well

Spoke to local guy at my office and one of the roads I'm meant to take is mis labelled on google maps.

20.25 miles coming home, 1hr 48mins, serious energy depletion over last 7 miles, and this is definitely more up than down. So need to sort out my eatng, today no breakfast, light lunch and nothing til I got home. Need to eat in afternoon before cycling home and maybe even a snack en route.

Still enjoyed it overall and took a full 37 mins off my first commute time from last week. Going to try for tomorrow as well so my first 2 days in a row

 

[gbb]

Does everyones bike get so bloomin fithy in this weather ? I'm cleaning it almost every other day
Normal commute today and its too cold to extend it a bit...straight home. Enoughs enough

 

[WindyRob]

Day off today; made my first visit of the year up Old Winchester Hill in Hampshire. Bit blooming chilly on the way back down! Great ride though, 28 miles longest of 2009.

Windy

 

[fossyant]

is this the stuff?
http://www.sjscycles.co.uk/product-...htning-Wet-Ride-Wet-Lube-4-oz-120ml-15359.htm
anywhere else i can get it cheap, cos im a tight arse!!

or is it this?
http://www.discountcyclesdirect.co.uk/product_info.php?products_id=8012

Think it's the second one..... looks like the bottle has changed, but it's very good...not messy, will go black with the road rubbish if very wet, but just wipes clean with a rag...

Drive chain is really quiet...

 

[Tharg2007]

Think it's the second one..... looks like the bottle has changed, but it's very good...not messy, will go black with the road rubbish if very wet, but just wipes clean with a rag...

Drive chain is really quiet...

aha, found a proper list of their products
http://www.whitelightningco.com/products/index.htm

which one is it? seems to be either epic or wet.