Todays official STORM thread

[Bobby Mhor]

The frame its self is in need of a strip down & repaint but that's it as I deliberately dropped the bike on the non-drive side. Big holes in the side panner so I need a new set of them. Shattered seat edge up to the stiffening ridge but while it's repairable it's not worth it. It'll be lighter & stronger to make a new one, probably cheaper & quicker as well. Finally the forks have been badly dented so I'll be replacing them, I'll see about using the dropout & crown to make a set of carbon forks my self.

Get well..
Bikes can be replaced, we can't..

 

[Rickshaw Phil]

Yep. Pretty bad. We've still got power and are fine. But Toronto has had a major, major ice storm. And, in my Province, there's been 26+ hours of freezing rain across the entire Province..

That's somethng we're lucky with; freezing rain is a bit of a rarity over here. Causes a lot of bother when it does come though.

 

[ComedyPilot]

In a genius move I binned the bike & almost made it through under the trunk but my foot caught a fairly major branch & spun me round into another one. Result it 3 broken toes & a cracked rib. Managed to ride home very slowly.

Ooooofff

GWS


And I already know about the bike, or I would have asked first....I'm not totally insensitive......

 

[Rickshaw Phil]

[QUOTE 2837500, member: 259"]130,000 still without power in the UK - allegedly.[/quote]
Not nice either - for those without power or those having to get out and fix it.

 

[snorri]

This poor weather came just right on cue, best excuse I've ever had for not managing to get out and do the Christmas shopping.

 

[glenn forger]

Severn swans a-swimming:

 

[Andrew_P]

Anyone fancy a quick loop of Boxhill

 

[coffeejo]

Anyone fancy a quick loop of Boxhill

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Photo's wonky. Straighten it out and the water will drain away

 

[Bobby Mhor]

Anyone fancy a quick loop of Boxhill

Wow ! a water taxi

 

[swansonj]

And this was Leatherhead this afternoon, just down the same river from BoxHill:

 

[Speicher]

Severn swans a-swimming:

Is that the back of the College?

 

[glenn forger]

Dunno, ripped it off the Guardian live feed:

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/dec/24/storm-batters-uk-before-christmas-live-blog

And twenty minutes later the mail used it as a headline. Does that mean I could write Daily Mail headlines?

 

[Brandane]

Contrary to the forecast, it is still blowing a gale here! That's almost 24 hours non stop, unusual even for here. I really wish it would GTF now...

 

[sazzaa]

Pretty windy here now. Standard xmas really, just need a bit of snow to make it more normal.

 

[glenn forger]

This taxi overturned on its way to Gatwick Airport after the River Mole in Surrey burst its banks yesterday.

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