Showers.

[Brandane]

Not the type you have in your bathroom, but the ones of which weather forecasters often speak. Isn't there supposed to be a gap in between them? I see no gaps today. I have abandoned any hope of getting out for a bike ride.

 

[classic33]

Get out there! Skin is waterproof.

 

[Brandane]

Get out there! Skin is waterproof.

No! It turns an otherwise pleasurable pastime into a miserable, annoying, depressing, stressful chore.
Your kit WILL get wet eventually - there is no such thing as waterproof clothing (I know this from 30+ years of motorbikes and damp crotch syndrome - it ALWAYS finds a way in there!).
It is not good for your bike - the drivetrain will wear more quickly; brakes will generate black sludge; bearings will rust away instantly! You WILL get more punctures and have to stand in the pi55ing rain while you replace the tube, as hypothermia sets in.
My bikes live inside the house (flat), so bringing them in after a wet ride is a PITA..

I'll wait for something approaching dry weather, thanks .

 

[Ian H]

Showers, technically, are just precipitation not associated with weather fronts.

 

[speccy1]

No! It turns an otherwise pleasurable pastime into a miserable, annoying, depressing, stressful chore.
Your kit WILL get wet eventually - there is no such thing as waterproof clothing (I know this from 30+ years of motorbikes!).
It is not good for your bike - the drivetrain will wear more quickly; brakes will generate black sludge; bearings will rust away instantly! You WILL get more punctures and have to stand in the pi55ing rain while you replace the tube, as hypothermia sets in.
My bikes live inside the house (flat), so bringing them in after a wet ride is a PITA..

I'll wait for something approaching dry weather, thanks .

That`s an excellent description!

I ride to work all through the week in the rain, I ain`t doing it on weekends too!!

 

[sarahale]

Nothing better than having a blast on my mtb when it's raining, nice and quiet out. And I can scare everyone in the shop on my way back with the amount of mud on my face

 

[JtB]

I managed to get back dry from a sunny 34 mile ride, now it's throwing it down.

 

[Markymark]

As always, the weather is beautiful in London.

 

[arch684]

No! It turns an otherwise pleasurable pastime into a miserable, annoying, depressing, stressful chore.
Your kit WILL get wet eventually - there is no such thing as waterproof clothing (I know this from 30+ years of motorbikes and damp crotch syndrome - it ALWAYS finds a way in there!).
It is not good for your bike - the drivetrain will wear more quickly; brakes will generate black sludge; bearings will rust away instantly! You WILL get more punctures and have to stand in the pi55ing rain while you replace the tube, as hypothermia sets in.
My bikes live inside the house (flat), so bringing them in after a wet ride is a PITA..

I'll wait for something approaching dry weather, thanks .

I was about to go out in the rain but for some reason i have changed my mind.I wonder why

 

[Stephenite]

People round these parts love to bathe outdoors. I've just been looking out the window at it chucking down and put it to my five-year-old 'Come on. Let's go out and shower!' Not so keen.

 

[Brandane]

As always, the weather is beautiful in London.

Yeh, of course. I was down there last week (well, Henley on Thames) and ended up leaving my admittedly leaky tent in a skip after torrential rain on the Wednesday night. Had to cut my stay short by 24 hours to return to the comparatively calm weather of the west of Scotland. Sadly your crap weather seems to have followed me!

 

[Brandane]

I was about to go out in the rain but for some reason i have changed my mind.I wonder why

Thank me later. Think of the bearings!

 

[jonny jeez]

Get out there! Skin is waterproof.

Now, I usually agree with this but after a week of commuting and getting wet...no, soaked on every ride, I'm pretty fed up. It's mad, I've never seen it rain this much during the working week...its unusual

 

[Markymark]

Yeh, of course. I was down there last week (well, Henley on Thames) and ended up leaving my admittedly leaky tent in a skip after torrential rain on the Wednesday night. Had to cut my stay short by 24 hours to return to the comparatively calm weather of the west of Scotland. Sadly your crap weather seems to have followed me!

Henley, that's pretty much Wales.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

As always, the weather is beautiful in London.

Maybe if Scotland goes its own way, the top bit of Ireland follows and then Londinium thinks "we'll have some of that" then I could finally go abroad for some much needed sun without having to suffer the tedium of airport security ever again.

I'm quite chuffed that I have spotted a potential upside to Brexit.

Back on track - hissing down here...again!