[Closed] Anyone looking at tomorrow's weather and thinking...

No. I'm thinking tomorrow I have to prepare the base for a new shed in horrible weather otherwise no bike ride on Sunday (in horrible weather). 😆

Rule 9 applies.

well it was quite horrendous here earlier (and again, recently). Thunder and lightning, proper grim dark when it should have been light. Very changeable..

I have heavy snow forecast from 2100 tonight until 2100 tomorrow. I'm thinking stock up on logs for the fire, and wine.

Looks quite shortlived though, one forecast is showing 25knts gusting 40 on Sunday. The other is showing 8 gusting 13 (with the mental stuff overnight). Could be good, could be bead.

I recommend Aberfoyle, on your own, in the snow and wind and slush and mud and water. Didn't do that last year, nope, that would've been stupid 😳

Here in the East Midlands I'm looking at tomorrows forecast and thinking "That looks the better of the two days to go out and ride"

Weather looks good here on the sunny Isle of Wight for tomorrow, not too bad Sunday either! Time to take the crosser I finished building last night out I think!

nope, thinking sufferfest and turbo and about to buy into smart turbo and media for crap winters he he

bit windy and wild sat here in Glasgow. sore legs from velodrome session at 9 last night tho 🙂 Lunchtime swim in 20 mins to ease it off...

Maybe a trail centre Sunday, as natural stuff is a soggy mess.

we went out on top of the South Downs on Tuesday night, it was amazing. The tail wind up the hill was something else. Not being able to breathe properly facing the wind was somewhat disconcerting.

Sometimes it's good to get out in it just to marvel.

I'm thinking "Thank God the rain is coming through early tomorrow before my Audax ride!!!"

Yup, I'm going out on my CXer..

New wheels (Zipp 303 firecrests, and yeah what a day to try them out eh) complete with Challenge Limus tyres means I'm prepared to get very muddy, wet, hot, snotty, sore forearms, grit in my teeth, and blown all over the place.

It will be hilarious 😆

Picton how are the S Downs riding after recent weather? I'm at the Hampshire end and am imagining it's pretty claggy and nasty at the moment but not been out for two weeks?

Forecast looks ok down south.

10 mph winds and sunny spells forecast here in the Midlands. Not to bad at all.

We're heading up to the lakes for the weekend, this afternoon. Whether it'll be above water by the time we get there is anybodies guess. Tomorrows walk up Cat Bells might not be happening. Still..... As long as the pubs are open, I'm happy 😀

4? and sunny tomorrow, why wouldn't u ride?

Forecast looks really decent in Leicestershire

I just cancelled tomorrows work - a day outdoors on the West Coast with a bunch of non-outdoory, newbie teachers. 18m/s wind and snow was not going to be conducive to the learning environment....

4? and sunny tomorrow, why wouldn't u ride?

I will be, but I also recognise that the weather may be different in other parts of the country.

Picton how are the S Downs riding after recent weather? I'm at the Hampshire end and am imagining it's pretty claggy and nasty at the moment but not been out for two weeks?

Anything remotely mud like is an absolute disaster if you want to get anywhere, if you want to slide around and laugh then it's spot on.

I wouldn't ride the good trails now, it's too damaging, we stick to the stuff that gets wrecked by horses and logging anyway, it's axle deep in places.

The SDW is mostly fine.

10 mph winds and sunny spells forecast here in the Midlands. Not to bad at all.

For once I'm glad to be in the midlands! Tomorrow morning doesn't look too shabby at all. It's forecast to feel cold, but I can deal with that.

dantsw13 - Hills and Mills starting at Hailsham? Interested to know what good events are on down there as I visit that part of the world quite a bit [s]and I need ideas to escape from my in laws in Heathfield[/s]

I've just checked the weather for t'moz, at my end of Hampshires Downs and it's looking fantastic, 10mph wind, sunny and 12C..

It's like a cold summers day !

Ace.

8)

I have some walls to plaster and some skirting boards to fit.

So it's a lunchtime trail run today, and a turbo session this evening.

The rest of the weekend will be spent indoors doing the DIY.

With a good streaming cold, and a smashed up hand thanks to a slide hammer accident, I'm going to be pleased to be in my armchair watching the world champ cyclocross.

I'm in two minds. The weather doesn't look too bad in Manchester other than slightly chilly and breezy but I'll have a hangover so might just do a turbo session in my garage instead...but then again a cold windy day might just be what a hangover needs.

Looks pretty wild indeed, I can't decide whether I want to be killed by falling trees at Innerleithen (if the road is passable with the snow forecast) or do 3mph into a blizzard in the Pentlands.

I'm thinking...I don't give a stuff, cos I'm having a hernia op tomorrow, followed by 6 (ish) weeks off life 🙁

ransos - Member
4? and sunny tomorrow, why wouldn't u ride?
I will be, but I also recognise that the weather may be different in other parts of the country.

You're right, I shouldn't ride if it's raining 500 miles away

bigjim - Member

I can't decide whether I want to be killed by falling trees at Innerleithen (if the road is passable with the snow forecast) or do 3mph into a blizzard in the Pentlands.

It's a quandry, isn't it. I was thinking maybe north, where the wind'll be spent earlier... though they're a wee bit faster to turn to cannibalism when it snows.

Crap weather in Oxfordshire tomorrow, but I had 4 hrs at Swinley yesterday in the sun. And I'm spend I g the weekend home in Weymouth where it doesn't look too bad.

Crap weather in Oxfordshire tomorrow

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Doesn't look that bad.

Ruddy southerners moaning about summer heatwaves!

24% chance of heavy rain during Saturday on Dartmoor.
Looks like good odds to me.

dry day on the moors then...

Try being on Shetland at the moment... 😯

http://www.shetland.org/60n/webcams/cliff-cam

Here in the sub-tropical south west its not so bad, but it doesn't matter anyway, since tomorrow is 'flush heating and replace TRVs day' for me.

Not looking good tomorrow here on the Isle of Man, but Sunday morning is looking good.

Down in the sub-tropical south, they're lovely and smug....such a shame they don't have the fantastic riding we have up here 😉

...that looks horrendous.

Do you mean horrendously normal?

I love a bit of bad weather as much as the next person, but after 3 months of it the appeal is starting to wear thin.

Tomorrow looks better than Sun (East Mids).
Wind strong though - 52 road miles planned looked like half of it could be very hard work!

Hawick's micro climate has proven to be a touch damp and breezy of late. Looks like it's set to continue in the inclement vein for a couple of day.

Rollers for me.

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legend - Member
I recommend Aberfoyle, on your own, in the snow and wind and slush and mud and water. Didn't do that last year, nope, that would've been stupid

Hitting Callander and Stank on Sunday 🙂

Depends which part of the country you are in

We arrived in Afan just after 13:00 on Friday, and set out for a loop of blue scar at 14:30. It absolutely tipped it down and we were soaked by the time we got to the trail.(was good fun, though)
Today was sunny, no rain, but with a chilly wind. Had a great (but knackering) loop of the Blade trail, including a gentle sugary snow storm, at the highest point of the trail.

Now sitting in the bar with a pint, contentedly knackered (apart from the rider whose left hand crank fell off before the last descent - he was still quicker to the bottom than me)

Sometimes you just have to get out, and see if your luck holds out.

Afan was indeed lovely today

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Rode W2, wetter than it was when I did it exactly a month ago but holding up well and the sun actually warmed you for a while. Until the wind got involved. And I got to have my first beer for thirty days. Happy days 🙂

spent half the ride today like this, 21 miles into a headwind in the highest gear just to move. 2nd half was 13.5 mph without pedalling on the flat bits. 41 miles and then walked to the pub, shattered now
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.....bollocks to it! I'm going out anyway (probably road biking)

Well still full of this sodding cold and very goo blocked chest I simply had to go out. Wasn't full on sunshine and it was a little colder than I thought, also didn't manage a full "winter" loop and also took off the Zipp 303's I was going to try out and stuck back on the Assult's.. But in full Gravel Grinder mode heres my TCX Adv1 sheltering under a tree..

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Nice colour frame, not sure on the bar tape

That's bloody lovely, bikebouy, bar tape and all.

been hunting for some orange bar tape for my Singular Puffin!

Was windy with snow showers in the wilds of NE Cumberland. Wind is drying the trails though.

Ikea and Argos today, doesn't get any grimmer than that, I win.

Did a short ride investigating some local woods (we don't have many) and avoiding the worst of the snow/hail showers. Got back home just as the dale disappeared in a big shower.

Tapes from ZIPP it's the 3mm stuff and you can get it pretty much anywhere (I get mine from Condor) I've gone for the "Dutch" look, as the orange matches the TCX logos on the head tube and inner seat stay. Normally it's sporting Challenge Grifos or Limus or Almanzos (Tan Walls) in full race mode, but I'm in Winter training for the Gravel Reviver 200k thing in April and I'm using both these wheels and tyres for it. Have to say it's a great combination as the tyres can be run at upto 80psi, but I've got them on 60psi for both grip and roll. The Assults are excellent wheels, light, strong and stiff and thats how I like them.

Thanks for the comments Lads. 8)

Just [s]engineered[/s] [s]constructed[/s] [s]stuck[/s] bodged a milkbottle mudguard on the hardtail. Gonna be a soggy one in south Cumbria. Glad I didn't go out today in the sunshine :/

Do you use that as a road bike too bikebouy?

I've got an R5ca for road, but I use this for CX racing, CX Sportives, Winter training when it's really grotty and long distance off road (NCN, SDW, Ridgeway and that Gravel Reviver 200k thing and such) It's an excellent bike, everyone says CX'ers are "do it all" but it's a racing geometry thoroughbred at heart and light. I like the racing nature of it, hard angles and tight, fits me like a glove and I love riding it. I've used it a [i]lot[/i] but I look after it, and it's of me..

Did my 52 mile roadie - the headwind was a bastard.
Got knocked off bike by car in the final half mile - which was also a bastard (see other thread).