Which Nutters cycled in then......?

[potsy]

BSO......you are dead...........!!

That's a 17 year old MTB that is pre suspension.....(i.e. not invented) decked out in Deore XT and LX with a Tange Cro-mo frame.....all period components.... that's been up Snowdon, smashed into a few times by cars...it's ace..........

Looks BSO, but it kicks ass ..... proper old Skool............ it's seriously good, at XC and climbs, suffers on downhill, but that's me who won't push it....

Grrrrr

Ok let you off-anyway hope you cleaned it when you got home,those antiques are prone to rust

 

[fossyant]

Nope..snow is clean.............

Wet lube again tonight............

I'm not violent..........

Nah...I'd love a new MTB, but this thing does what I need it to - I'm a roadie, this does all silly off road stuff - it's set up like my road bikes though....., and might be just quick enough if Dan can get me into cross next season......

Hee hee...........

 

[John the Monkey]

Ahem.



Edit: And after all that, the buggers sent us home at 12 noon!

 

[dan_bo]

Nope..snow is clean.............

Wet lube again tonight............

I'm not violent..........

Nah...I'd love a new MTB, but this thing does what I need it to - I'm a roadie, this does all silly off road stuff - it's set up like my road bikes though....., and might be just quick enough if Dan can get me into cross next season......

Hee hee...........

you'd piss it.

 

[fossyant]

you'd piss it.

You are on...........

Done a few of Stew's in the old days......

 

[dan_bo]

You are on...........

Done a few of Stew's in the old days......

Get in! Canned!

 

[fossyant]

Ahem.



Edit: And after all that, the buggers sent us home at 12 noon!

Awesome pic there JTM - we got kicked out a bit earlier..... silly car/train/bus passengers...eh.........

 

[Sheffield_Tiger]

...silly car/train/bus passengers...eh.........

That's what I was going to say when they said "go home" but I managed to bite my lip and accept the decision...

Especially since it meant I would be in a warm pub at the time of my normal ride home

 

[fossyant]

That's what I was going to say when they said "go home" but I managed to bite my lip and accept the decision...

Especially since it meant I would be in a warm pub at the time of my normal ride home

Same here - spent a great 2 hours getting home.... (shortest road route is 25 mins on the road bikes)...shocking...............

The Dean of the Faculty popped his head in this morning and said... "Oh you are here...tell me you didn't ride......." ........1 dripping MTB sat there, and a huge grin on my face.......

"You only did this for a great bike ride".......... "Oh yes I said".........

 

[skudupnorth]

The Dean of the Faculty popped his head in this morning and said... "Oh you are here...tell me you didn't ride......." ........1 dripping MTB sat there, and a huge grin on my face.......

"You only did this for a great bike ride".......... "Oh yes I said".........[/QUOTE]

I go all smug when i get asked if i rode in when it's so bad out,major "you must be mad" points !!!

 

[fossyant]

It's good when your colleagues think you are mad, and you have actually had the most pleasant ride in (not going in to how beautiful it was..grrr hard roadie) but it was ace.....

It was that bad the MTB was better than putting a foot down....not even got spikes on my tyres yet..............

 

[shouldbeinbed]

cycled yesterday Oldham - Manchester - theres no such thing as cold, just wrong clothes. double socks, layers of clothes, windstopper balaclava and a buff over the rest of my face, 3 layers on my hands: wooly liners, latex surgeon type gloves and usual sealskinz outers and I was warm as toast.

today the heavens opened overnight and the roads were lethal with inches of snow lying on them, no grit and too many big bits of metal going sideways for my liking.

the road is just about clear now so I'm hoping to be mobile again tomorrow.

 

[skudupnorth]

I want spikey tyres but knowing my luck by the time they arrive the white stuff would be long gone
The mad tag is great for some strange reason...lets see what tomorrow brings

 

[lady_rider]

Woo Hoo!!! I did, and it was AWESOME!!! On my road bike I was making it up the small hills (well, lumps, really here in York) faster than cars were. I arrived at work taking an hour for 6 miles, but with a massive grin on my face! I've commandered my mountain bike for tomorrow though; the compacted snow on the roads is likely to be much more slippy than just the slush this morning

 

[Pompey Princess]

I did! -6 in Pompey but was wrapped up and warm as toast!! Beautiful morning cycling into work.

Got train home though and through my door as it started sleeting.

At least 5" of snow now and been told by my boss not to come in tomorrow! Happy Days!!!

Although just a little bit gutted not to be cycling tomorrow...am I turning into a bike geek???

Nicky