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

[GrasB]

While it was cold today on the way home it was almost clear roads, just a few spots with snow on... hard work with studded tyres but the effort meant I was over-dressed at -2.8C with just one layer on!

 

[fossyant]

-2.8....hah...it's been -15 in Manchester for the last two days at commute time - 7-8am................ I was toastie though....

 

[Crankarm]

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I can see it now ........ in years to come Great Grandad Fossyant will be in his shed amongst his bikes and tools happily telling epic stories of endeavour, endurance and struggle to his disbelieving 6 year old great grandson, Fossyant jnr, of the journeys he made to get to work by bicycle during the Great Freeze of 2010, the coldest freeze for years, where the Manchester Ship Canal froze solid and you could skate, ride a bike and even drive a car on it. He did all three and something else with Great Grandma Fossyant in the car which he shouldn't say .......... but which brought the modern Fossyant family into being .[/B]

 

[fossyant]

I can see it now ........ in years to come Great Grandad Fossyant will be in his shed amongst his bikes and tools happily telling epic stories of endeavour, endurance and struggle to his disbelieving 6 year old great grandson, Fossyant jnr, of the journeys he made to get to work by bicycle during the Great Freeze of 2010, the coldest freeze for years, where the Manchester Ship Canal froze solid and you could skate, ride a bike and even drive a car on it. He did all three and something else with Great Grandma Fossyant in the car which he shouldn't say .......... but which brought the modern Fossyant family into being .

Great write up.... but I didn't ride down any frozen canal like the kids on the news just did.............I am not worthy................ other than my ass is feeling like a million jack hammers have had a good go at it..... that compressed snow ain't smooth...............glad for a mile or two on sh!t roads..........

 

[fossyant]

PS you don't want too many of the Fossy clan....... all nuts..........my son is...spotting the kids Decathlon Road bike tonight.."Dad, you have more than one bike"..............arrrghhhhhhhhh

 

[hackbike 666]

Im in today,bet there will just be the usual suspects about.

 

[gazmercer]

Cycled in today, had to walk about quarter of a mile before I got to the main roads then it was like a normal days cycling, just very very cold.

 

[longers]

The nutters stayed at home today and the roads were nice and quiet.
The driving got worse as the week went on. Yesterday I had someone squeeze past at 40 mph when they shouldn't have done and it left them fishtailing up the road. I swore.

 

[ufkacbln]

The nutters stayed at home today and the roads were nice and quiet.
The driving got worse as the week went on. Yesterday I had someone squeeze past at 40 mph when they shouldn't have done and it left them fishtailing up the road. I swore.

.... and the mobile phones are back out

 

[levad]

Cycled in today. This weather has added 5 miles onto my commute, now a 31 mile round trip instead of 26 as the back roads are still covered in snow drifts.

 

[hackbike 666]

Arghh 5th day tommorow and another long job as well as Monday.Im tired.

The driving has been 5h1t.I really don't know what the problem is in this new year.

Thanks Clarks Coaches for not letting me through on Waterloo Bridge when I was in a very vulnerable position and there was a gap in front of you of which you could have let me through to get to the lights.It would have cost you a few seconds but no,instead you decided to make it as difficult for a vulnerable road user as possible.

In getting through I shouted thanks a firkin lot.Yes the firkin was a mistake as when I got the reaction of **** off I realised what I had said.

Unfortunately I shouted bo55ox and up yours afterwards.I was a bit cheesed off with the attitude.

I will give you a plus point here though in that when you overtook me you did not pursue this incident...of what I was expecting but instead turned left towards Euston.

 

[swee'pea99]

I've given it a miss the last couple of days. There's just too much ice and hard-compacted snow about, and it makes me too nervous - both of falling off, and I really can't afford to break an arm right now, and (even more so) of being taken out by a vehicle losing control. Missing it, but even nutters know you have to draw the line somewhere.

 

[Plax]

I got round to clearing outside the front of my house and the driveway/pavement. Thought it was about time as it had got compacted and frozen. When I had nearly finished it started snowing again and the neighbour walked past and told me I was fighting a losing battle.
Well at least I won't have fresh snow covering ice and it'll hopefully be easier to shovel fresh snow away than fresh snow and compacted snow & ice.

I'm still ill, but feeling a lot better which is just as well as I'll be cycling in tomorrow if this keeps up. I think I'll go and put my dual sided pedals on the MTB in preparation.

 

[Downward]

Warmest it's been for about 3 weeks here - a Balmy 0.5C. Drizzled a bit today so the roads are wet but I'll be cycling in tmoz unless we get some crazy snow overnight.

 

[palinurus]

Looking much better for tomorrow, might go back to the regular commute bike.