Thursday Night Ride to the Coast - Felpham March 28th

[Dogtrousers]

Forecasts seem to be cloudy, not raining/snowing but an overnight low of below freezing and a brisk tailwind. So with the wind chill that's pretty darn cold. And possibly icy?

Here are a couple of forecasts for Horsham (roughly half way)
Partly cloudy. Low of -3C. Winds from the NE at 10 to 15 km/h. (Weather underground)
Cloudy low -4C Wind from NE 7kmh (BBC)
Cloudy low -2C WInd NNE 14km/h (Yahoo)

 

[ianrauk]

Forecasts seem to be cloudy, not raining/snowing but an overnight low of below freezing and a brisk tailwind. So with the wind chill that's pretty darn cold. And possibly icy?

Here are a couple of forecasts for Horsham (roughly half way)
Partly cloudy. Low of -3C. Winds from the NE at 10 to 15 km/h. (Weather underground)
Cloudy low -4C Wind from NE 7kmh (BBC)
Cloudy low -2C WInd NNE 14km/h (Yahoo)

That's not too bad. We've had worse on a FNR.

 

[Recycle]

We are heading SSW so perhaps we will get a net tailwind out of that forecast.

 

[Dogtrousers]

I figured we were going SW; whatever at least it's not a headwind (ha ha, as if it ever works out like that!)

 

[Davywalnuts]

Ahhh, one week to go and one is very excited!

Hope everyone checks their tyres..

 

[Davywalnuts]

On which bike?

All of them, surely, to counter every possibility?

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Some of my tyres aren't on my bikes.

 

[Davywalnuts]

Some of my tyres aren't on my bikes.

Aye, I carry a spare tyre, too..

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Aye, I carry a spare tyre, too..

Mine's not spare. It is there so I outlive the racing snakes come the famine.

 

[Aperitif]

Aye, I carry a spare tyre, too..

Is pneumismatics the collecting of rubber stamps I wonder, Davy? I just coined that term.

Mine's not spare. It is there so I outlive the racing snakes come the famine.

It's relaxed muscle, Greg.

 

[Davywalnuts]

The question is me dear 'teef.. can you actually pronounce that word?

 

[Aperitif]

Of course he can. He made it up so he gets to choose how it is pronounced. The tricky bit is pronouncing it the same way twice.

See Davy, 'old school' wisdom in the face of 'pneu school' inexperience, Q.E.D. (No, that's not a disease that clever cows catch...)

 

[Flying Dodo]

All of them, surely, to counter every possibility?

No chance - there are 12 bikes in my garage. That's a lot of pumping.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

^this. Some of the bikes in my shed have more than one wheelset too

 

[Davywalnuts]

No chance - there are 12 bikes in my garage. That's a lot of pumping.

But think how big the 'guns' will be?