Having second thoughts about tomorrow, having just endured apocalypse now this afternoon.
32 miles @ 15 in some of the worst conditions I've cycled in for a long time. Wind, rain, cold... Hitchin (drizzle) Codicote (light rain) Kimpton (steady rain), Whitwell (heavy rain) Lilley (deluge, Garmin altimeter stopped working),Hexton (where's Noah? brakes on all the way down the hill as rain/sleet hurt too much), Pirton (apocalypse now), Holwell (hell-hole), Ickleford (Bedford Rd resembling a river), Hitchin (rain stopped as rode up driveway).
Cue hysterics from Flailing Dutchwoman when she saw my bedraggled form staggering into the garden...
Didn't see any other loonies out this afternoon....wonder why?
I say, apocalypse now, boy. Time to get wet on the inside now as well....
Oh, where did the blue skies go? Why is it raining so cold? So cold Why does it always rain on me? Is it because I lied when I was seventeen? Why does it always rain on me? Even when the sun is shining I can't avoid the lightning Why does it always rain on me? Why does it always rain on... Ohh
If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a bada*ss. Period.
Fair-weather riding is a luxury reserved for Sunday afternoons and wide boulevards. Those who ride in foul weather be it cold, wet, or inordinately hot are members of a special club of riders who, on the morning of a big ride, pull back the curtain to check the weather and, upon seeing rain falling from the skies, allow a wry smile to spread across their face. This is a rider who loves the work.
Alternatively, Rule Number 5 is equally appropriate.
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New image, new ways?!
...might try some different routes though.
Fun and banter on these rides guaranteed, but not so much small talk on thresholds, lactic acid, fasted rides, intervals or watts...
.....although we do sometimes ask why? and indulge in sessions, grog, curries....
Always a good work out with laughs aplenty and welcome to all.
FL
Good looney tune weather tomorrow
Go for long out and back,
Newish ways, not done for a while
Cromer, Rush green,Dane end, Bennington, walkern
New year resolution needed
You know you said you would
RR
It was nice and muddy, I say muddy, boy, when I rode through Dane End recently.
Real loonie conditions indeed, so fit proper length guards.
Listen to me boy, when I'm a talkin' to ya.
FL
32 miles @ 15 in some of the worst conditions I've cycled in for a long time. Wind, rain, cold...
Hitchin (drizzle) Codicote (light rain) Kimpton (steady rain), Whitwell (heavy rain) Lilley (deluge, Garmin altimeter stopped working),Hexton (where's Noah? brakes on all the way down the hill as rain/sleet hurt too much), Pirton (apocalypse now), Holwell (hell-hole), Ickleford (Bedford Rd resembling a river), Hitchin (rain stopped as rode up driveway).
Cue hysterics from Flailing Dutchwoman when she saw my bedraggled form staggering into the garden...
Didn't see any other loonies out this afternoon....wonder why?
I say, apocalypse now, boy. Time to get wet on the inside now as well....
Oh, where did the blue skies go?
Why is it raining so cold?
So cold
Why does it always rain on me?
Is it because I lied when I was seventeen?
Why does it always rain on me?
Even when the sun is shining
I can't avoid the lightning
Why does it always rain on me?
Why does it always rain on...
Ohh
Frogman Travis Leghorn
South easterly wind and gets wet about 11am
Could stay local and stop when had enough
Jan ice cometh, so need to get out while can
So on your bikes
Looney tune time 09.30 prompt
RR
Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks! Rage, blow!
You cataracts and hurricanoes, spout
Till you have drenched our steeples, drowned the cocks!
I say, drenched, boy
Foghorn Lear
Leave your worries on the doorstep,
Life can be so sweet,
On the sunny side of the street.'
Louis Armstrong
If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a bada*ss. Period.
Fair-weather riding is a luxury reserved for Sunday afternoons and wide boulevards. Those who ride in foul weather be it cold, wet, or inordinately hot are members of a special club of riders who, on the morning of a big ride, pull back the curtain to check the weather and, upon seeing rain falling from the skies, allow a wry smile to spread across their face. This is a rider who loves the work.
Alternatively, Rule Number 5 is equally appropriate.
Look it up, I say, harden up boy.
FL
I will be
Stay local and be a bad ass
RR
I intend to ride local...
...on the turbo.
I say, turbo, boy.
Foghorn Stayhome
But totally wrong, it was a reasonable day
30 miles at 15 mph
Only light shower until Ashwell in sight
Inside before the wolf tried to blow it all down
Out again next week.
Getting a mountain bike ready for when the ice comes
Dust yours down so ready when it comes
Beep beep
RR
Walked the dogs earlier around Wymondly - got a good soaking.
Weather different for the Ashwell righteous.
Look out the window - apocalypse again. That's what I rode in yesterday, I say, yesterday boy.
Foghorn Leggedit