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Rain here for as far as the forecast shows. No chance for the ground to dry out.
Garden is a swamp now too.
Has an awesome few weeks of dry/hot days. looking forward to June next year now.
Time to invest in a good fan for the turbo trainer.
Tonight's jobs are mudguards on my electrical bicycle and take my summer bike back to Mrs zips mums garage and get my winter one back.
In reality there's no difference between too hot to ride and too wet to ride.
Yep, I think I'll be refitting my mudguard for tomorrow's ride.
IT'S MOTHERFLIPPING JULY!
Don't mind the heat. Just hate riding in the wet during warm weather. Oddly, don't mind the mud in winter.
Fittng some Nano's to the gravel bike later. The ground is so wet
I don't recall summer ever starting.
At the beginning of the summer I bought a Zwift subscription and smart bike ready for the winter. I've used it most days.
Buying an other Schwalbe Big Betty before everyone else has the same idea for mud riding
Can we all petition Bontrager to fire up the Mud X tyre moulds again.
Just hate riding in the wet during warm weather.
I don't mind it but hate riding in rain in the winter.
I don’t recall summer ever starting.
Isle of Wight two weeks ago - that was it!... 🙂
Yesterdays ride was on the singlespeed CX winter bike. Not what I was expecting to be doing in July.
Looking at the forecast, it’ll be seeing more action over the next few weeks.
It is depressing, although the forecast I watched the other night was somewhat optimistic that warmer drier and sunnier weather is on the way back. July has been shitty, no doubt, but summer's not over yet, and late May/June was lovely.
Yep, I think I’ll be refitting my mudguard for tomorrow’s ride.
Same here, I got a wet bum yesterday.
It is depressing, although the forecast I watched the other night was somewhat optimistic that warmer drier and sunnier weather is on the way back. July has been shitty, no doubt, but summer’s not over yet, and late May/June was lovely.
agreed, I was trying to think of an equally rubbish July, 1980? the weather is weird as Scotland seems to have done much better (in parts) for sunny weather compared to south of the border?
here's hoping for an Indian Summer...
The jetstream doesn't show any signs of moving, so yes, basically that seems to be 'it'.
Maybe hope for some kind of Indian Summer in Sep-Oct. 🤬
I don’t recall summer ever starting
First week of June was clear blue skies and baking hot sunshine and somewhat unbelievably it was when we were in the lakes for the week 😃
I've never seen the trails up there so dry. It literally hasn’t stopped raining since we got home. We're riding our usual winter routes to stay on the hardpack as the moors are a quagmire
It's less than ideal, but I've just kept riding and the upside is I won't have to re-learn my slop-riding skills come autumn.
Fork mudguard stays on year round anyway.
Yeah my summer was at the start of June as well, sunny today though!
I've been almost entirely on the road, I just can't face having to do winter levels of cleaning in July! Even contemplating taking the commuter Plug back to an SSCX build.
'Possibly'....'less wet' in mid August...
Dry spring and wet summer is hardly news for the UK is it?
Everyone complains about the British summer, but I think it's the best day of the year.
Even contemplating taking the commuter Plug back to an SSCX build.
Funny, I'm eyeing mine up again, had converted it to single-cross racing duties but I don't think CX racing is for me, so now I'm thinking a winter singlespeed gravel build with full length PDWs and 40mm tyres. Such an awesome versatile wee frame.
Dry spring and wet summer is hardly news for the UK is it?
July averages pretty wet, historically it rains 19 days on average, and August averages worse with 20 days of rain. March April May are historically the least rainy.
Really can’t complain about our part of Shropshire, the trails are spot on. I did put my rear mudguard on for a few days then took it off yesterday! Looking out to Wales, you can often see a wall of rain in the distance, although saying that, Llandegla was bizarrely dry the other night 🙂
To be honest, quite enjoyed damp July, not been too cold and our lawn has pretty much recovered after last summer. Looking very lush at the moment....
What a difference a year makes, this time last year an insane heatwave had not long ended, where on the hottest day it was approx 37C by 1100 in Southampton.
Might be my bad memory, but I can't recall such a wet July in the 30-odd years I've been here, only comparable summer that springs to mind is from my youth in Wirral around '86.
July averages pretty wet, historically it rains 19 days on average, and August averages worse with 20 days of rain. March April May are historically the least rainy.
Yeah, my birthday is in August and I can confirm, having organised outdoor activities around my birthday many times, that hypothermia, soaked clothes, high winds, flattened tents, and the extensive use of waterproofs while eating outside in Wales' laughable cafe culture are all features in late summer.
wet July in the 30-odd years
Not quite July but late June 2012 was extremely grim. It had rained since about Feb of that year. I spent 24 hours carrying my bike through the knee deep (in places) mud at Mountain Mayhem at Eastnor. After which I retired from 'racing'. That was a rubbish summer. 2007 when we moved her was also pretty horrible from memory.
Trails here (FoD) vary from sloppy for high traffic areas and surprisingly okay. Off out again later, so I reserve teh right to update this description.
Oh I went looking for a 2012 photo and found this: https://www.pickled-hedgehog.com/just-a-walk-in-the-park/
I saw a good comment on Friendface yesterday…
Do you think Spanish daytime telly has a programme called ‘A Place in the Pissing Rain’?
I haven't ridden loads this year, admittedly, but can only remember one ride where the bike didn't come home with some mud on it. Even in relatively balmy May/June my spaniel face planted what resembled a wallow in the local woods whilst on traildog duty.
I took the front mudguards off both bikes rather hopefully in the spring, but looked at them yesterday and thought I needn't have bothered! My favourite riding conditions are those slightly damp, mist autumn days with a few leaves on the ground and proper grippy loam. You can keep hot, dry and dusty.
Well I love it. Keeps everything nice and green. The air is warm and the ground is only damp really in the big scheme of things. It's not like true winter slop.
Hate it when it's too hot. Last year was awful. Everything went brown and dead until it finally started raining in September.
And they’re playing the final test at the Oval. Mind you, “in the old days” that could have meant it was September
Do you think Spanish daytime telly has a programme called ‘A Place in the Pissing Rain’?
You jest, but in a few years they'll be fed up with harvests failing and the landscape burning down every summer....
You can keep hot, dry and dusty.
+1, I'll take a rainy day over glaring sun at 21c+ any day. Although will admit the trail conditions are not ideal here at the moment.
Why does anyone take their front mudguards off? It's not like they weigh much and don't get in the way when they're on.
just heard it's looking like this past month is our fifth wettest July on record...
Few puddles but still plenty of fun. Sunday tho I think is going to be bigger mudguards, rain jacket and hopefully mud skills 😉
Ach it’s not all bad - we’ve just had 3 weeks in NW Scotland. The weather has been absolutely superb - best weather in a good few years. For once I’ve worn shorts more than I have waterproofs!
Nights are drawing in...
Soon be christmas
Nights are drawing in…
<span style="font-size: 0.8rem;">Soon be christmas</span>
Don't!
Longridge was a bogfest last night. Axle deep in mud a few times.
