Cycled back from the gym in shorts and T-shirt this evening and wasn't even remotely cold....
Get ready for the weekend!
It's coming back at the weekend.....
Been in shorts 5 of the last 8 days (Hampshire), forecast is for it to get cold next week though
All I know is that it's raining again...
This could be a classic case of 'be careful what you wish for'.
Having said that, I do feel like we've missed out on at least four proper summers recently and we've not had many decent-length cold snaps in the winter either.
I hope we haven't just gone over some climatic tipping-point to be honest. Despite what the enthusiasts / denyers say, no one really has a bloody clue until about 20 years after the event!
I'm really hankering after some good, freeze-dried trails at the moment. Long enough for the edges of foot and tyre marks to get broken off so we're left with sandpaper-like dirt. I absolutely love it when it is like that!
Come on weather, don't leave it to people in 300 years time to deduce from tree-ring studies that it was just a shit time for mountain biking!
Two years ago there were massive icicles on every building whereas this year I may have to mow the lawn at the WE if it stays this warm!
Saying a mere 5C at the WE for East Anglia.... It's currently 11C outside right now.
Two years ago there were massive icicles on every building
Correct, but it still wasn't for an extended period. Maybe I'm mistaken, but I think we used to get (10-20 years ago) more clearly differentiated seasons rather than just a median level of moderate weather all year punctuated by a week of extreme cold or hot.
You only have to look at how much leaf litter is now accumulated in many woodlands to see how the lack of extended frosts means the leaves don't have that initial ripping and resulting faster decomposition at the moment.
That's one of the beauties of mountain biking - you actually get to see nature at work - he says trying to take the positives out of riding through ankle-deep slop!
3/4 length shorts, whatever the weather.
Maybe I'm mistaken, but I think we used to get (10-20 years ago)
You're mistaken. In the last 20 years certainly there's been very few long cold winters, only 2 I can recall of in the last 10 and that 2010 and 2011.
He jinked it. -3 overnight at the weekend here in London. Might have to put the road bike away.....
>3/4 length shorts, whatever the weather.<
Always one...
That's just a stupid statement to be quite frank.
we saw a bee at work today , was about 11'c and sunny .
we tried to explain it was january and to go back to bed
he didnt listen and flew off
Turned up tonight - 2 in the Malverns and freezing fog. Get in 🙂
Lawn growth happens > 14 degrees C.
3/4 length shorts all year ? Hell Yea !
(Roubaix longs under them when 0c)
Sorry. My fault.
It got icy so I splashed out on a set of Schwalbe Winter Marathons.
Been Springlike ever since.
had to scrape ice off the windscreen the last two days, wintery enough for me
it usually comes in jan/feb most years-- its only the odd one that its pre xmas-- and what of it-- i really like it when snow 'stops' the 'country' -always a magical thing !
White over with frost this morning in That London.
>3/4 length shorts, whatever the weather.<
Always one...
That's just a stupid statement to be quite frank.
I agree. Shorts all year round 3/4 are not necessary.
so good , it had to be said thrice !
did the same grahamS
was a balmy 6 degrees on my ride in today. was only -1 yesterday.
in 2009 we got snow and ice(propper dairnt take your car down the drive ice) from november till march in auchenblae/drumtochty glen/foot of the cairn o mount - if thats not extended i dont know what is.
Correct, but it still wasn't for an extended period. Maybe I'm mistaken, but I think we used to get (10-20 years ago) more clearly differentiated seasons rather than just a median level of moderate weather all year punctuated by a week of extreme cold or hot.
you're wrong +1
The last 3 years have been cold and snowwy.
The idea that summers were longer/hotter and winters were always cold and snowy when people were children is mainly the result of the fact that when your a kid a week is a long time, so short periods get amplified in memory and the weather is still a novelty so a bit of snow, or a trip to the beach becomes a big event.
Thinking back to being a kid (late 80's, early 90's) I hardly remember any snow, I do remmeber my parents waking me up at 6am to go play in some before it melted. A couple of years ago I was walking through waist deep snow in Reading!
how ever i have seen photographs of my grandparents where drystane dykes are under snow - near crathies
either the drystane dykes were made bigger or my grandparents were 3 foot tall at the time to make them look full size - walls still there and still looking pretty tall for snow depth to me.
havnt seen it that bad for a while
Drac - Moderator>3/4 length shorts, whatever the weather.<
Always one...
That's just a stupid statement to be quite frank.I agree. Shorts all year round 3/4 are not necessary.
Rocking the Speedo's again, Drac?
Drac, email a mod to tidy up ur posts 😉
Is it safe to take my road bike outside? 😐
Ooops stupid poor phone network.