Wet feet - good overshoes people. No such thing as wet feet, poor preparation !
Treated myself to these for winter:
But even then, 2 hours plus in pouring rain I'm expecting wet feet :-) Even GoreTex overshoes fail after a while.
Tales from today's commute....
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Treated myself to these for winter:
But even then, 2 hours plus in pouring rain I'm expecting wet feet :-) Even GoreTex overshoes fail after a while.
MisterStan
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- Out there somewhere
I have the SPD -SL version - love them!Treated myself to these for winter:
But even then, 2 hours plus in pouring rain I'm expecting wet feet :-) Even GoreTex overshoes fail after a while.
HLaB
Marie Attoinette Fan
A slow commute for me via a supermarket, nothing spectacular happened.
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
Wasted my time telling a driver to stop texting whilst driving no handed with a small child in the front. Got given the bird. No point talking to idiots,.
400bhp
Guru
Treated myself to these for winter:
But even then, 2 hours plus in pouring rain I'm expecting wet feet :-) Even GoreTex overshoes fail after a while.
Just fasten the velcro very tight at the top, keep the tops of socks below the top of the shoe and weirdly (If you are wearing longs) tuck the longs in the shoe rather than over the top.
PJ79LIZARD
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- Location
- WEST MIDLANDS
Looks like its going to be wet one tomorrow round ere!
Twelve Spokes
Time to say goodbye again...
- Location
- CS 2
Commute in,ok till Victoria Embankment where a lorry gave me a bit of space over the two lanes he had control off,till he drifted to his left (cutting my space and making it a closer pass),which didn't amuse me much.On catching him near Big Ben he wasn't looking at the road at all making me suspect he was looking at a mobile phone.Diverted away from the road I wanted to use near Big Ben so I went on the diverted route and ended up on the middle entrance for Lambeth Bridge (roundabout),so proceed upto it and then noted a mad bin lorry blockhead driver taking the roundabout like he was in the binmans grand pricks.So I let him go onto Lambeth bridge first,but on doing this almost mounted the pavement and almost fell off and a bit more trick cycling from the fixie got me out of a tricky situation with the pavement.Then getting to the end of Lambeth Bridge I encounter Beemer Man and a set of traffic lights at red.SO im waiting there and the traffic lights change but beemer man doesn't move,when I look in he's fiddling with his phone and then realises the lights have changed because im getting mildly irritated,he then signals left which is a total waste of time anyway and he should have probably done it five minutes earlier.I caught Beemer Man again stuck in traffic near Westminster Bridge.Thumbs up on the Mile End Road on the way back from binmen (ironically) as they liked the 31 LED's on my frame.
Thanks for the tips !
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
Two words. Conkers, Diesel !
Conkers. The kids yesterday were doing a grand job of collecting them on a local road last night. Lots and lots more fell overnight with the rain - let's say, it was tricky riding 23mm tyres through a minefield.
Diesel. Huge spill Westbound A560 from Councillor Lane in Cheadle through to Longley Lane in Wythenshawe. Left turn Lane into Councillor Lane was deadly - no two wheeles were getting round that. Had the back end step out on a straight section. There is nothing worse than the strong smell of diesel and wet roads. Pharp !
Conkers. The kids yesterday were doing a grand job of collecting them on a local road last night. Lots and lots more fell overnight with the rain - let's say, it was tricky riding 23mm tyres through a minefield.
Diesel. Huge spill Westbound A560 from Councillor Lane in Cheadle through to Longley Lane in Wythenshawe. Left turn Lane into Councillor Lane was deadly - no two wheeles were getting round that. Had the back end step out on a straight section. There is nothing worse than the strong smell of diesel and wet roads. Pharp !
HLaB
Marie Attoinette Fan
Saw last nights weather forecast
morning, 
night so I opted to get a ride in early doors pumped the tyres up and headed out just before sunrise expecting to switch the lights off in 5mins, the mist had other ideas however and my lights were on all the way to work. Apart from the cosistent wind and being a bit misty though it was/is a lovely morning, its hard to fathom this evening's forecast, I hope its wrong 
morning, night so I opted to get a ride in early doors pumped the tyres up and headed out just before sunrise expecting to switch the lights off in 5mins, the mist had other ideas however and my lights were on all the way to work. Apart from the cosistent wind and being a bit misty though it was/is a lovely morning, its hard to fathom this evening's forecast, I hope its wrong
MisterStan
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Mild this morning! 
Looking wet this afternoon....
Looking wet this afternoon....
Frood42
I know where my towel is
- Location
- Magrathea, Horsehead Nebula
What a mess the traffic was in last night around Stratford (heading to Central London), I ended up getting off the bike and walking it down the middle of the cars as I couldn't filter on the bike and the traffic was going nowhere. Unusual to be walking down the middle of what is normally a very fast road.
Once I got past all the traffic the ride was ok.
Ride this morning had an Addison Lee twunt bullying his way past me
I had no energy this morning and the legs were being less than helpful to me making decent progress, I still did the 30 miles, but with the chilly headwind and lethargic legs it was a bit... urgh...
Once I got past all the traffic the ride was ok.
Ride this morning had an Addison Lee twunt bullying his way past me
I had no energy this morning and the legs were being less than helpful to me making decent progress, I still did the 30 miles, but with the chilly headwind and lethargic legs it was a bit... urgh...
