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Bad weather always looks worse from indoors.
-I’ll get my (over) coat . . .
So very true, and after you've initially warmed up, you begin to relish being out in the weather.
Bad weather always looks worse from indoors.
-I’ll get my (over) coat . . .
I went through his windscreen. But no bones broken. Bikes was buggered but the driver did the right thing and paid up for the repairs.I hope it wasn't too bad. I was lucky (if you can call it luck) when it happened to me the blinded driver's (muppet's) car clipped my bars and being on the fixed I was unable to hold it and ended up in a ditch. A sore calf was about the limits of my injuries and the bike faired OK.
Shouldn't really get into the wheel bearings should it?I mostly enjoy riding in rain, unless it's really cold. Or at least I do if I'm on a borrowed bike. On my own bike I can't enjoy it for fretting about all the water and filth getting into the bearings and transmission.
Bearings have seals on and get regular periodic maintenance. OK ... occasional maintenance. Well, sometimes anyway.I mostly enjoy riding in rain, unless it's really cold. Or at least I do if I'm on a borrowed bike. On my own bike I can't enjoy it for fretting about all the water and filth getting into the bearings and transmission.
Maybe because for the vast majority of British cyclists it's not our primary method of transport (for a multitude of reasons) so we take the dry option where possible.The dutch get on with their utility cycling whatever the weather so why can't we?
I prefer to frame it that we are simply are a nation of coddled softies and wusses. We need a similar phrase to enter popular discourse to hold a mirror up to our poor excuses for avoiding riding in anything other than clear skies.Maybe because for the vast majority of British cyclists it's not our primary method of transport (for a multitude of reasons) so we take the dry option where possible.
I tried cycling in waterproof trousers but I just couldn't get on with them at all. Now I just let my legs get wet. Even when out walking I find them such a hideous faff that they are a weapon of last resort. That may just be because I am tall and have big feet.I don't mind the rain but I get a bit miffed with stop-start rain. Has it stopped long enough to remove waterproof trousers? Will it start again if I take them off?
If they are off and it starts raining again, do I put them back on?
That may just be because I am tall and have big feet.