Thursday Night Ride to the Coast - Felpham March 28th

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Davywalnuts

Chief Kebab Taster
Location
Staines!
It's relatively reliable.

Hmmm, well, I shall be wrapping up warm, but not so warm, like that eventful night a few years ago... that was, coincidentally, to Bognor too.. Hmmmm..
 
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dellzeqq

dellzeqq

pre-talced and mighty
Location
SW2
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?
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.

On the plus side the wind is pretty much behind us.
 
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dellzeqq

dellzeqq

pre-talced and mighty
Location
SW2
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's your turn........
 

ianrauk

Tattooed Beat Messiah
Location
Rides Ti2
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.

Blimey, never knew that. Time flies don't it?
 
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dellzeqq

dellzeqq

pre-talced and mighty
Location
SW2
Adrian C
Andrew F
Ben B-M
Simon B
Andrew By
Chris By
Sonia W
Carl P
Cate R
Charlie B
Clarissa C
Claudine C
Dan G
David R
Ejaz R
Eddie C
Els V
Adam B
Greg C
Gordon P
Grahame D
Ian At
Jules H
Bruce R
Jacob W
Jim G
Davy S
Jenny M
John Gi
Kevon R
Kim W
Kristjan K
Lucy J
Michael A
Martin T
Mick D
Lee J
Nick L
Nigel T
Nigel Cro
Olaf S
Paul K
Peter D
Richard G
Rob Hw
Robbie F
Ross C
Rowan
Simon C
Simon I
Steve R
Stan E
Stuart A
Tim O
Paul T
Tony F
Xi C
 

ianrauk

Tattooed Beat Messiah
Location
Rides Ti2
Blimey... that list is a bit shorter then the previous.
 

GrumpyGregry

Here for rides.
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.
I was going to assert drier than a dry thing using a dyson hand-drier in a desert.

No frost last two mornings despite the intense cold, air is very dry. However the Norwegians are suggesting it might rain a bit tomorrow during the day so moisture laden air is coming our way.

I will be dressing for dry though.
 

StuAff

Silencing his legs regularly
Location
Portsmouth
Well 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 ;)
 
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