It's Almost Over

[Brandane]

I have been doing a bit on an exercise bike but it is so boring I can't do more than 10 minutes.

I bought a set of rollers 2 winters ago, and used them twice. Sitting on a bike and going nowhere just isn't my thing. Must get round to selling them.

 

[cyberknight]

I have been doing a bit on an exercise bike but it is so boring I can't do more than 10 minutes.

I had one and flogged it , seat was way to low even on max height.I used to watch you tube clips of cycling i had downloaded.

I bought a set of rollers 2 winters ago, and used them twice. Sitting on a bike and going nowhere just isn't my thing. Must get round to selling them.

When we move i am going to try and convince swmbo i should get a turbo, would be cheap off ebay though so i couldnt afford yours

 

[SomethingLikeThat]

I bought a set of rollers 2 winters ago, and used them twice. Sitting on a bike and going nowhere just isn't my thing. Must get round to selling them.

Riding my own bike I think would appeal more but still I agree. When you're outside it doesn't really feel like you are exercising to me, you're just moving. Of course you get out of breath etc but you're actually accomplishing something.

 

[HovR]

Supposed to go above freezing for the first time in a while around here tomorrow. I've been back on the commuter road bike for a few days as most roads are thawed from traffic and gritting, although there are a few places on the cycle paths where I have to get off and walk for a a couple of hundred feet due to random patches of snow.

 

[markharry66]

It aint over till the fat man sings

 

[Hip Priest]

I've been commuting, but I haven't been out training on the road bike since January 5th. Been playing lots of football instread to keep in some sort of shape, and hopefully the lanes will be clear of snow and ice by the first weekend in Feb.

 

[jarlrmai]

hmm snow and sleet and 20-30mph winds here tomorrow evening..

 

[al78]

As the Great Michael Fish said in 1987 "To the woman who called in from Portsmouth I can assure you that no hurricane is imminent".

*sigh* How may times is this going to be trotted out.

1. The "hurricane" reference was actually referring to Florida.
2. The storm that hit the UK was not a hurricane.
3. There are a number of reasons for the poor forecast, namely a lack of surface observations due to a strike by the French Met agency, and a ship observer misreading the barometer thus resulting in an underestimate of the developing storm's intensity.
4. That was 25 years ago, numerical weather prediction has advanced somewhat since then.

Honestly, it is like the meteorological equivalent of "road tax pays for the roads so cyclists are sponging freeloaders" argument.

 

[Crankarm]

*sigh* How may times is this going to be trotted out.

1. The "hurricane" reference was actually referring to Florida.
2. The storm that hit the UK was not a hurricane.
3. There are a number of reasons for the poor forecast, namely a lack of surface observations due to a strike by the French Met agency, and a ship observer misreading the barometer thus resulting in an underestimate of the developing storm's intensity.
4. That was 25 years ago, numerical weather prediction has advanced somewhat since then.

Honestly, it is like the meteorological equivalent of "road tax pays for the roads so cyclists are sponging freeloaders" argument.

These sound like pretty thin excuses to me especially blaming the French, but anything to pin one of the Fr..... ench. Do you or have you worked for the Met Office at any time during or since the hurricane of '87? Were you on or near the south coast at the time? I was.

 

[Brandane]

*sigh* How may times is this going to be trotted out.

1. The "hurricane" reference was actually referring to Florida.
2. The storm that hit the UK was not a hurricane.
3. There are a number of reasons for the poor forecast, namely a lack of surface observations due to a strike by the French Met agency, and a ship observer misreading the barometer thus resulting in an underestimate of the developing storm's intensity.
4. That was 25 years ago, numerical weather prediction has advanced somewhat since then.

Honestly, it is like the meteorological equivalent of "road tax pays for the roads so cyclists are sponging freeloaders" argument.

1. So why the reference to the woman from Portsmouth? I, and most others who saw that forecast, were under the impression he was referring to the UK. Even Mr. Fish makes no mention of Florida in this interview last year.
2. Splitting hairs a bit here are you not? The wind strength was enough to make it a hurricane, but by definition a hurricane is a TROPICAL cyclone and therefore cannot occur outwith the tropics.
3. Then they should let us know the full facts and tell us that they are in effect, guessing.
4. Weather prediction has advanced in the last 25 years? . So; what about the predicted long hot summer of 2012.........? They get it so wrong, so often, that it is no longer worth paying any attention to.

 

[Cyclopathic]

This cold snap that is, Met Office, XCWeather and MetCheck all predicting this weekend will see a return to warmer temperatures.

I could have sworn the radio said more snow coming to the north east and midlands. I hope I'm wrong because I've got to go out in a bit and I dislike riding in the snow.

 

[cloggsy]

According to BBC R2, we were supposed to be getting snow at 11:00-ish...

Not snowing yet!

 

[jarlrmai]

4-5 inches here, but the temp is supposed to go right up overnight, so it will be melted/melting.

Next week the temps go up but the wind and rain start, be careful what you wish for

 

[Alan Frame]

Liquid snow here....it's peeing down near Brum.

 

[400bhp]

Owned