This Is An Outrage

[akb]

MTFU...go sockless.

 

[akb]

in my young days we smeared lard all over our socks. Never, ever got wet feet, and the dog used to lick the socks clean of a night time

I used to do the same; not sock related though...

 

[dellzeqq]

the answer to Jezzers problem is simple. 23mm slick tyres - or even 20mm. Inflated to 125psi they don't throw the water up. And any tyre fatter than 23mm is for jessies.

 

[gaz]

the answer to Jezzers problem is simple. 23mm slick tyres - or even 20mm. Inflated to 125psi they don't throw the water up. And any tyre fatter than 23mm is for jessies.

Really? My 23mm slick tyres pumped to 130psi still throw water up, guess that 5psi makes a difference :O

Jezston, mudguards do make a huge difference, as does a pair of tight fitting pair of overshoes.

 

[Norm]

Serious cyclist! Have you seen his Avatar. It's Fidel.

No, it's the guy from The Joy Of Sex but wearing a helmet.

No overshoes though.

 

[siadwell]

MTFU...go sockless.

Real men wear sandals.

 

[hotfuzzrj]

I blame the benefit dole scrounging immigrant single pregnant mothers, they're the real cause of all this.
That's what the Mail says anyway.
Or the bin men.

 

[Jezston]

Jezston, mudguards do make a huge difference, as does a pair of tight fitting pair of overshoes.

A hard lesson I actually learned some time ago, which I forgot with the mild weather we've had round these parts of late.

Not sure what role the overshoes played (or failed to) in all this. They are Endura Luminites and they've served me pretty well for the last year or so, but they have got pretty tatty - the velcro part up the back has been gradually coming apart for a while now - may be time for some new ones. Saw a chap yesterday with overshoes so tight I expect they may have been specifically designed for his exact shoes, but then he had road shoes on and I'm wearing Touring Shoes.

I think the issue may have been more that I was wearing hiking trousers, with leggings underneath tucked into the overshoes. Once one layer got soaked through, it all just merged down and eventually got into my socks.

 

[Jezston]

I blame the benefit dole scrounging immigrant single pregnant mothers, they're the real cause of all this.
That's what the Mail says anyway.
Or the bin men.

It's political health and correctness safety gone mad.

 

[Jezston]

http://www.cyclechat.net/threads/the-joy-of-cycling.70229/

 

[400bhp]

No, it's the guy from The Joy Of Sex but wearing a helmet.

It looks like he's taking a dump.

 

[Mad at urage]

I think the issue may have been more that I was wearing hiking trousers, with leggings underneath tucked into the overshoes. Once one layer got soaked through, it all just merged down and eventually got into my socks.

The answer right there! Trousers tucked into overshoes, a definite fashion mistake . No wonder you got soaked!

Trouble with all overshoes, is the hole in the top, where your leg goes through. Fit those mudguards!

 

[Dayvo]

Serious cyclist! Have you seen his Avatar. It's Fidel.

Fidel Evans? Wow, that's serious!

 

[BentMikey]

Real men wear sandals.

No, those are for people who sleep in bus shelters.

 

[mickle]

A hard lesson I actually learned some time ago, which I forgot with the mild weather we've had round these parts of late.

Not sure what role the overshoes played (or failed to) in all this. They are Endura Luminites and they've served me pretty well for the last year or so, but they have got pretty tatty - the velcro part up the back has been gradually coming apart for a while now - may be time for some new ones. Saw a chap yesterday with overshoes so tight I expect they may have been specifically designed for his exact shoes, but then he had road shoes on and I'm wearing Touring Shoes.

I think the issue may have been more that I was wearing hiking trousers, with leggings underneath tucked into the overshoes. Once one layer got soaked through, it all just merged down and eventually got into my socks.

O M ****ing G, reading about the minutae of your life has totally destroyed my will to live. I'm just going to wander off into that field and shoot myself.

Bye.