Worst week to be on a bike

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summerdays

Cycling in the sun
Yesterday was one of my worst journeys in four years. Hail, sleet, torrential rain and all in howling almost zero degree wind. It's winter and to be honest it's not been too bad so one bad day is just that.
Yep that's the sort I mean, I made it home in time to avoid it!
 

BigAl68

Über Member
Yep that's the sort I mean, I made it home in time to avoid it!
You were lucky. I left early planning to avoid it and unfortunately met it as I crossed the ring road and had it the remaining ten odd miles. It was horrible.
 

die_aufopferung

Active Member
I only moved to Derbyshire last September having lived in the sunny(er), flat(ish) lands of the south coast most of my life and tbh cold, wet, rain, snow, or ice doesn't bother me. But the crosswinds on the tops of these hills are a nightmare!
 

mjr

Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
Got long coat, will ride through anything except black ice. One day I'll get ice spikes. For now I just slide...
 

mcshroom

Bionic Subsonic
This could be interesting on the way home tomorrow: -

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J.Primus

Senior Member
You can wrap up against rain. You can wrap up against cold. You can try and wrap up against wind but it won't work. It still sucks!
 

mjr

Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
I don't mind rain and wind, but hail is very sore on the face :B)
Big goggles and a snood that leaves nothing else exposed... but it's slow going. I have hidden in trees for hail before. It's as bad as torrential rain IMO but thankfully rare.
 
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