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Every run/ride has ended up with soggy wet shoes. If it wasn’t for this device my shoes would be in bits. Don’t think it will be long before I have trench foot
Look up trench foot.
Blouse.
Managed to do all 5 days commuting this week, totting up just over 100 miles. I'm shot now but it's good not to be beaten by the weather.
But year, enough is enough with the wind, felt like I was being shoved sideways by someone this morning..
And you haven't died.
Because you're not a big girls blouse.
A lesson for us all, I think...
Only 3 days for me, but 170km on the bike and 15 running. That’ll be 35km+ Running by Sunday. I’m keeping going, but it’s not pleasant. The headwind this morning was 35kph.
Only 3 days for me, but 170km on the bike and 15 running. That’ll be 35km+ by Sunday. I’m keeping going, but it’s not pleasant.
See!
Learn to live with it or get fat. At our latitude, if we didn't have the jetstream, we'd be whingeing about the freezing cold all the time. Yes, Atlantic fronts are a bunch of see-you-know-whats, but there is no conspiracy behind our weather. IT IS WOT IT IS!
We could do xc skiing then, which would be cool. Axle deep puddles on nsl rural a roads, in gale force crosswinds is not cool.
I have to say, my local trails are almost impassable at the moment, even on the Singlespeed. The trails have been churned to almost a mud butter which clags to everything. I took the fat bike out the other day (mistake) and the wheel and drivetrain were locked solid - I had to carry the thing back and hose it off to free it as the sticks I was using trailside were just snapping off. I’ve had to do far more at Ashton court recently, but even Leigh woods is a bit sketchy at the moment.
My garage has now sprung several leaks, found out my back door lets in water when subject to driving rain, flooded porch, and my car boot now leaks and under the mouldy stinky carpet I had a spare wheel well full of water.
Pissing me off too.
Luckily I’ve only dropped 3 watts on my ftp over winter due to keeping some riding going on the turbo
Not just me struggling for mojo then. Only been averaging one shortish ride per week recently (Cotic demo booked on sunday) Still enjoying it when I'm out though TBH
On the plus side its given me chance to crack on with some DIY, hung and painted new doors upstairs over the last few Sundays
Pretty nice where I am at the moment. Back to the rain tomorrow 🙁
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Nevermind, posting images has gone to shit on here.
Not for riding a bicycle, no.
First dry day this week where an outdoor ride was distinctly possible and I have another bad night's sleep last night and end up back in bed for over four hours from mid morning.
As is often the case for me, I felt just as groggy when I surfaced and barely managed to get myself on Zwift before dinner.
Looks like unless I find energy to head out after work tomorrow afternoon, it's pissing down each day until at least Weds.... FFS!
Grumble grumble.... washed out the front end on some mud on a corner, and near fell off. One leg down hard and ive twisted my lower back again 🙁
When it's been wet, it's been sleet and snow. When it's not been wet, it's been cold enough for said sleet and snow to form ice, so even road riding is out. If we had decent snow, it would be OK, it's just been shit snow. We had wind speeds of 100mph on the mountain today. That' wasn't the gust speed, that was the minimum speed.
I'm normally pretty sanguine and stoical about the weather and will head out despite it all but it's really doing my nut in this winter for some reason.
me too scotroutes - not the whole winter but the last couple of weeks have been vile
When it’s not been wet, it’s been cold enough for said sleet and snow to form ice, so even road riding is out.
EDIT I was going to make a smug remark about spikes then I read about the wind...
At least my Salsa is back together. That's the bike I need for riding some distance whilst staying in the cover of trees and away from traffic.
EDIT I was going to make a smug remark about spikes then I read about the wind
Yeah - I have two bikes ready to go with spikes....
Nevermind, posting images has gone to shit on here.
It's actually pretty easy. We have the best computers we've ever had available to us, doncha know.... 😉
Noone is saying they can't, or won't go out in it, just that it isn't fun
I know that "riding a bike to have fun" is an alien concept to many cyclists, but some people have that attitude.
Says me getting up at half 5 cos my asshole friends are making us start riding a) miles from home and b) really early today.
3c, weather warnings and windy sleet forecast. How pleasant.
Bikes went away early November and haven't been out since. I was uplifting January last year it was so mild and dry.
It's been grim so far this year.
Biking is supposed to be fun. Slipping around in the rain and mud, getting cold and wet plus ruining your bike, isn't fun in my eyes.
Roll on march/April.
Where was that pic taken mate? Looks incredible
It's Gualdalest.
[quote≤] Roll on march/April.
March last year was a complete wash-out too!
Of the seventeen ‘rides’ I’ve done this month, 3 have been outside. Two of those were full day out in the FoD. Both of which were kind of type 2 fun but every week it seemed to be even wetter. The last one was a couple of weeks ago after trail maintenance. The trails were drying out nicely, then….
I’m going out today. It’ll be horrible. But I need to test my not-ridden much this winter FS as we’re off to Spain on Friday 🙂 Forecast for Malaga is cheering me up a bit.
It’s winter.
It’s a bit rainy.
With respect, **** you. For the last three weeks now me and my landlord have been trying to keep water out of my house, the mental strain is quite weirisome after a while. The folks at Hebden and all the way up and down the vally in Mytholmroyd and Todmorden have been trying (mostly successfully thank goodness) to keep their houses dry(ish) and their livelihoods going. Keep your uniformed, tatsteless, and offensive thoughts to yourself.
Lols at crikey , keep it up. 🙂
And for those posting pics of sunnier climes ....worm right off. 😉
My issue is , I always have a bastid head wind home , ffs. Great training aid , but massive fun sponge.
It’s winter.
It’s a bit rainy.
What a fanny.
I’m generally a “no such thing as bad weather” and “make the most of what you’ve got” type, but I think it’s the relentless nature of the weather these days that’s the problem. They used to say that, “if you don’t like the weather in Scotland just wait an hour and it will change” but now it seems that we get stuck in these weather patterns. Whether that is months of hot dry weather (2018) or this pattern of storms.
First week I just rode in the woods and it was fun. Second, the same but now I’m wanting to try something different. Still I dare say there is a Strava section nearby with a stonking tailwind. So, every cloud ...
I'm normally pretty mellow about the weather but this is really starting to get on my tits.
Every February I go to Scotland with a group of cyclists/walkers. Yes, we often get wet, cold etc. but it is largely v. enjoyable. This year was Skye and was definitely not enjoyable due to constant rain very strong winds and horrible ground conditions.
I left early and am feeling very unmotivated to even clean my bike. The good news is that it's not that dirty as the rain washed most of the mud off.
but now it seems that we get stuck in these weather patterns
aye, there's a polar front that extends down over Canada that forces the jet stream to be low (geographically) over mainland USA which then speeds it up and alters it's course which fires it straight over the Atlantic and brings warm and wet weather to us from the South West. It repeats every 7 days or so, which is why we are having (Atlantic) low (pressure) after low after low...there doesn't seem to be an end in sight to the pattern.
Getting seriously fed up with sandbags and mopping up though. It's not until you get a slight breather that you realised how stressful it is and why you have a constant headache and knotted shoulders, and then you just hunker down for the next one.
...which is why I'm poking fun at the softies who won't ride their bikes in the wet and cold and not at people suffering from serious problems...
Most of the stuff i do just now is picking the driest area with DH/jumps/etc and just going and practicing, not much cycling but trying to get the skills up and just doing miles through the commute, will need to get fitness back for the good weather, but the UK through winter does tend to be wet at the best of times.
Have been doing a lot of road riding recently to get the miles in but utterly fed up with that now so embraced the wildness of it all and did four hours on my singlespeed this morning in the wind and mud. Really enjoyed it. Variety is the spice of life.
…which is why I’m poking fun at the softies
I've been on the rollers and while I was on them I thought you'd come back with this sort of half arsed shit. If you want to poke fun, tell better jokes, if you want to be a edgelord, don't apologise afterwards, make you r mind up.
Idiot.
I think it's the ground conditions annoying me most - worried about damaging trails further if I'm off road.
Plus the bike cleaning - even road rides result in a bike and drivetrain in desperate need of a decent clean up. And 40mph gusts are my limit for safe riding, I'll be honest.
Hopefully colder and drier this coming week. Just stuck studded tyres on the spare wheels in case the towpaths turn icy, determined to get back on it this week
Idiot.
Bit harsh fella. He clearly wasn't having a dig at folks who have been flooded..
Tbf I don't mind road riding in the rain, the kit is so good nowadays. but it's the wind that destroys me. Last week I found myself doing 250 watts into the wind, flat road...9mph..
Still I dare say there is a Strava section nearby with a stonking tailwind.
Got a couple of PBs on the uphill track over Barden Moor this morning. The acceleration was like being little again and getting a massive shove from your dad.
There was a downside on the way back, mind you. 🙂
Met Office up to its recent tricks again...
From last Sunday, it reckoned it would be a showers day today.
Then suddenly yesterday it changed to being a dry day, so I got hopes up of a post work outdoor ride.
However, the original forecast was correct, I got wet on delivery and despite the mild temp, there's still plenty of standing water that I dont want over me; my clothes or my bike's drivetrain.
Looks like Weds after work might be the earliest possible dry outdoor ride. 🙁
Just taken a walk into town and it's almost t-shirt weather! 13 degrees, warm wind, I'm sweating away in a hoody and t-shirt whilst people are walking around in big coats, scarves, gloves and hats 😮 going out for a run in a bit, if the trails weren't under 1ft of mud it would be a lovely day for a ride...
In Scotland it's 40 mph winds with a bit of snow for good measure. This morning we even had a bit of thunder at same time..I didn't think snow and thunder at same time was possible!!
In Scotland it’s 40 mph winds
Maybe in Edinburgh, 60mph here gusting to 100.