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Community => Muppets Threads! (And Anything Else) => Topic started by: jags on August 16, 2017, 12:28:37 pm
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What an absolutely miserable day,rain rain and more bloody rain even the ferrell cats are running for cover under the flower pots i have out the back yard poor feckers :'(
lying in me bed last night i was planning a nice 40 mile spin out into the sticks the forecast was promising, hah i should have know better to listen to those feckin eigits .
anyhoo im stuck here doing nothing totally fed up, ah well roll on a few nice days .
Moan over :'( :'(
Anto
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anto,
I am looking forward to summer next year now.
I seemed to have missed it this year.
We have a bird bath in the back garden and I have only had to fill it a couple of times this year, it has been overflowing for a while now…
Julian.
ps I was lucky and cycle camped to the KM rally at the end of May - 6 sunny days out of 7.
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Terrible weather Julian if i win the lottery im moving.
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Jags.
.......Are you saying that you don't/won't ride in the rain ?????......
You are (I think) Irish....Like my Mam, and She is as tough as ++++.....Man up and get on with it.....What on earth do you think will happen to you if you ride in the rain ??
Pathetic (really)....... What a WIMP !!!!!...... ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Just had four days in Skegness visiting my mum.
Shorts T shirt and 21°+.
Quite a shock from 14° and Scottish cloud.
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Instead of Brompton plus train, took my Raven Sport Tour for the 60 km round trip to the office and back today.
Not too hot, cloudy, dry, not too much wind, so good cycling weather. But rain forecast for tomorrow and part of Friday here in South Brittany.
In June and early July it was often a bit too hot and sunny for comfort - if I ride for more than a few kms in temperatures of 30° C or so I end up as wet as if I had ridden in a rainstorm.
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Despite being 32.7°C/91°F today, the nights here (Eugene, Oregon) have gotten cold. When I awakened at 04:15 yesterday, it was only 5°C/41°F with a soaking dewfall and when I rode through the city park yesterday, brown leaves were beginning to drop.
Although we still have some hot days ahead, I get the feeling we've turned the corner toward Fall.
Still, running around in shorts and a t-shirt so can't complain. Good riding weather. If you send me your coordinates, I'll put the big exhaust fan in the driveway, aimed your way to bring better weather. Can't hurt... :D
Best,
Dan.
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Jags.
.......Are you saying that you don't/won't ride in the rain ?????......
You are (I think) Irish....Like my Mam, and She is as tough as ++++.....Man up and get on with it.....What on earth do you think will happen to you if you ride in the rain ??
Pathetic (really)....... What a WIMP !!!!!...... ;D ;D ;D ;D
if i get caugh in the rain i don't really mind to be honest, but i certainly wont go out in it ,i had plans to go out later put the lights on get out for an hour around town but its lashing rain again , so yip a wimp is probably right ;D ;D ;D.
man it's not much to ask couple months of nice sunny weather :'(
anto.
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Instead of Brompton plus train, took my Raven Sport Tour for the 60 km round trip to the office and back today.
Not too hot, cloudy, dry, not too much wind, so good cycling weather. But rain forecast for tomorrow and part of Friday here in South Brittany.
In June and early July it was often a bit too hot and sunny for comfort - if I ride for more than a few kms in temperatures of 30° C or so I end up as wet as if I had ridden in a rainstorm.
i remember getting off the ferry in roscoff to fantastic sunshine ,but on the third day the rain starting down ,man i never seen anything like it 3 solid days of monsoon like rain tour abandoned headed back to ferry and home to ireland..pity tho i was enjoying france beautiful country .
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Next ride, planned with open phones linked to the weather forecast each of us trusts most (that's not a lot!) at the end of our Tuesday ride, is for Saturday because everything in between is messed up with rain and/or high winds.
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The problem with riding in foul weather in summer wearing wet weather gear is that the expression "Boil in the bag" becomes apparent.
Don't try and convince me that Gore-Tex works.
;)
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The problem with riding in foul weather in summer wearing wet weather gear is that the expression "Boil in the bag" becomes apparent.
Don't try and convince me that Gore-Tex works.
In those conditions, in my experience, +1 on that, e-man!
If it is warm and raining, I usually prefer to ride in jersey and shorts, using a wind shell to prevent chilling. I end up soaked, but not cold unless I fail to change to dry clothes promptly afterward.
Best,
Dan.
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there's some rain after falling here tonight serious stuff.
i just ware a light shower proof jacket if i get caught out most of my routes are only 12 to 15 miles from home so no big deal getting wet.
but on tour is another matter seek shelter is my way of thinking. ;)
anto.
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Proof Anto rides in the rain...
[posted on his behalf by Dan]
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got soaked but only 6 miles to comfort .
only 22 miles today the sky turned black again i made the right choice, head for home anto as quick as your little legs will take ya. ;)
anto.
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anto,
that was not rain, it was condensed sunshine :)
Julian.
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;D ;D
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If it's any consolation, Anto, you're not alone. Here in Ottawa (& Eastern Ontario/Québec more generally), we've had a very wet late spring & early summer, and only now are we beginning to see our standard-issue summer weather. In the West, though, it's been hot and dry -- BC has had more than a thousand forest fires, for example, and a record area burned. The fire season isn't over. We'd happily send a few weeks of rain to the Prairies and the Mountains.
The weather forecasters have a barely disguised note of glee in their voices, as they say, "It's gonna get worse, too!"
The trees especially are loving this wet weather, though, and the wildflowers along the roads have been plentiful and beautiful.
I have a wee there-and-back to Toronto planned in early September, about 5 days in each direction, maybe 1000 kms round trip. I'm expecting that we'll have standard-issue early fall weather, just for me'n'my Raven--sunny, fresh, no bugs, etc. Have to say that I'm not 100% sure that'll happen, though ;)
Hope your back is feeling better,
John
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Hi john only blessing I suppose is we don't get the crazy weather u guys get.but man this summer has been terrible only weather we didn't get was snow :'(
I had yet another nice spin planned for today but again not a great day for peddling.
Ah well not to worry the vuelta is live on TV.
Hope u get that tour in John stay safe buddy.
Anto.
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Today.....North East coast of England.
Misty/Drizzly start....Warm.....AND CRUCIALLY low winds !! (under ten MPH....dead dead rare this time of year on this coast).
Just about perfect cycling weather....A lovely 52 miles ride out....... :)
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happy days don't know when i cycled in calm conditions but i do live on the northeast coast so always windy. ::)