Flying Dodo
It'll soon be summer
It's relatively reliable.
It's relatively reliable.
in a general way we experience temperatures that are colder than forecast. So, when I write to people about it being cold I'm sort of taking that in to account. Put it this way - we have a forecast for -2 at Horsham, and it wouldn't surprise me to find that it was -4 at Felpham.In the interests of clothing calibration, how's the forecast temperature looking versus the previous coldest FNRttC I've been lucky enough to experience - Southend in March 2011?
it's your turn........Southend March 2011 was my first FNRttC. Emerging from Stock village hall to see layers of frost on every bike was tempered by the brightness of the full moon. I was hooked. Slightly disappointed that dogging wasn't a feature on every FNRttC though.
It is likely to be dry though, isn't it? Only I have a warm lightweight jacket I'd like to wear, but it's not at all waterproof.
That Southend ride was my first one too and I really enjoyed it (although I didn't know about the dogging, perhaps that was just as well). Somewhere I have a nerdy note of what I wore that night, I must try and find it, because I don't remember being particularly cold apart from when setting off from the halfway stop. The frost and rime on the bikes was startling and very memorable there.
didn't your freewheel freeze up?Blimey, never knew that. Time flies don't it?
I was going to assert drier than a dry thing using a dyson hand-drier in a desert.It is likely to be dry though, isn't it? Only I have a warm lightweight jacket I'd like to wear, but it's not at all waterproof.
Yup, multiple sets of batteries charged here too, tyres checked, other bits & bobs ready to go. Though I'll be starting my ride a little earlier than most. No train for meWell I'm all set. Numerous batteries charged, assorted inner tubes packed, a few CO2 cylinders shoved into pockets along with some latex gloves, electrical tape, clothes ready to go on, tyres plucked, pumped and checked, bike primed and raring to go.
And so the FNRttC season starts, and we just need to wait for the "We're on our way" call.
Yup, multiple sets of batteries charged here too, tyres checked, other bits & bobs ready to go. Though I'll be starting my ride a little earlier than most. No train for me![]()
That's the plan!You cycling up?