HardCore Nutters

[Deleted member 1258]

I've no idea what temperature it was this morning in Holbrooks, but my neighbour was busy scraping ice off her windscreen when I left for Nuneaton, my road and the next one were slippery but once on the main roads everything was clear, -2 is a tad chilly but not as chilly as the -11 it was one morning commute a couple of years ago.

 

[Chris Swift]

Carnt wait for comute in the morning! Been and got a jacket to go over baselayer and under my yellow windproof jacket... Got flashing front light to add to light collection... Got head warmer n overshoes. Roll on 5am get up!

 

[Chris Swift]

I've no idea what temperature it was this morning in Holbrooks, but my neighbour was busy scraping ice off her windscreen when I left for Nuneaton, my road and the next one were slippery but once on the main roads everything was clear, -2 is a tad chilly but not as chilly as the -11 it was one morning commute a couple of years ago.

Really! Yeh i was scraping my car at 6:30 in bell green. Got sum more stuff from decathlon tonight.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Really! Yeh i was scraping my car at 6:30 in bell green. Got sum more stuff from decathlon tonight.

I've just got one of these http://www.planetx.co.uk/i/q/LIPHBPDRL/phaart-bleep-dual-05-watt-led-rear-light
to replace my old smart rear light, switch on the smart finally quit after being dodgy for a few years, I'm impressed with it, very bright and seems very solid, I wasn't very impressed with the postage charge but even with the postage a cheap effective light.

 

[Kies]

Really! Yeh i was scraping my car at 6:30 in bell green. Got sum more stuff from decathlon tonight.

Bell green, blimey that takes me back to pints in The Green Man pub with the father in law!!

 

[slowmotion]

Nutter maybe, but not at all hardcore. Two pairs of thermal long-johns under my jeans.
I still have to crack the problem of cold hands though.

 

[asterix]

Gaz - do you have a link to anything that confirms it? Someone was asking me about it and I couldn't find anything, apart from some stuff about not being warmed up and the possible damage.

There seems to be some logic, something along these lines: cold restricts the blood supply since the body tries to keep as much as possible in warmer parts to avoid heat loss. Your knee is doing a lot of work; if you run a mechanism starved of lubrication then you damage it.

 

[Shut Up Legs]

There seems to be some logic, something along these lines: cold restricts the blood supply since the body tries to keep as much as possible in warmer parts to avoid heat loss. Your knee is doing a lot of work; if you run a mechanism starved of lubrication then you damage it.

Nice reasoning, I'll have to remember that one . It won't stop me commuting to work when it's close to 0 (or just below), though, because I enjoy the commutes too much.

 

[cyberknight]

Nutter maybe, but not at all hardcore. Two pairs of thermal long-johns under my jeans.
I still have to crack the problem of cold hands though.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Bar-Mitts...e-pogies-/331086440042?_trksid=p2054897.l4275

 

[Keith Oates]

-2 Deg C for me today and with bar mitts and Giant Longs was warm everywhere except for the feet. At the moment I can't find any overshoes out here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[cyberknight]

-2 Deg C for me today and with bar mitts and Giant Longs was warm everywhere except for the feet. At the moment I can't find any overshoes out here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Plastic food bags in your shoes ?
Wiggo has been known to wrap his feet in clingfilm .

 

[lip03]

I did a little over 40 miles yesterday, and I wasn't even going to work!!

 

[Keith Oates]

Thanks 'cyberknight' I'll try that tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Chris Swift]

Bell green, blimey that takes me back to pints in The Green Man pub with the father in law!!

I am on the outskirts of bell green / courthouse green, near the weavers pub.

 

[Chris Swift]

Well did 6 miles in 25 mins this morning from the m40 j15 through warwick to leamington, was pleasant and no idiot car drivers. doing same tomorrow too.