[Closed] Crap weather tomorrow - who's braving it?

Leaving the bike at home and going for a walk up Ingleborough (Yorkshire 3 Peaks) instead. Should be fun!

I think me and jnr might have an airfix day...

Devash - weird you suggest that as I watched Julia Bradbury programme this morning about Pen y Ghent and thought about doing it! A walk is def an option though it's a bit of a trek up there just for a day.

Trails where a total bogfest today and screw another day of clean up.

Nice snow in the hills though, even if the trails are sloppy as hell.

I'm going swimming. It should be drier than riding.

You'll soon dry off, stop being pussies.

I hereby declare tomorrow shall be Lego Technic Day.

The preferred option was a training road ride but that will be dull dull dull in the pishing rain.

@ Rascal - Pen-y-Ghent is a lovely walk. You can do it from the other side (Littondale) rather than Horton-in-Ribblesdale and its a fantastic day out. The pub at the finish (The Falcon) used to be the original "Woolpack" from Emmerdale.

I rode Area 51 - dry and loamy. Dont need to clean the bike. Sunday is FoD, so that may well be wet.

I'm out tommorow, couple of the lads went out today and binned in on ice / slush. It'll be warmer tomorrow though... I hope.

Come for a local ride tomorrow morning? I'm not now starting from where I usually do, though.

Yep, riding Wharncliffe. Expecting to spend more time on the ground than on two wheels.

Deadkenny, where were you riding today? Punchbowl area yesterday was pretty damp and sloppy. Was wondering about tomorrow.

Road for me...all about maxing out miles when it's that wet and cold in my mind...

I went over Cannock for half an hour this morning, it was sopping. Ok if you like that sort of thing but not my cup of tea. Didn't help that I didn't put my overshorts on and I had a clammy arse after 30 seconds

danny - you're going too early - I have to drop the wife off at the train station at 9 - plus generally I bit bored of the Charnwood mud. You do realise you'll get mud on your new frame don't you? 😉 Who else has signed up?

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Deadkenny, where were you riding today? Punchbowl area yesterday was pretty damp and sloppy. Was wondering about tomorrow.

Pitch and Winterfold.

Trails have just had so much rain and ridden so much it's so sloppy and big deep puddles about. That said it's still fun sliding about. Just it's so much hassle cleaning bike, self and clothes after.

80k around Essex planned, I decided I didn't buy the winter kit for nothing.

I might change my mind when I lookout the window at 7:00am.

Got 55 miles in the New Forest planned but that might get cut short if I get bored of being wet and miserable.

Walking somewhere in the Surrey Hills tomo with jnr, the missus and one of her friends. Will probably involve cheese straws 🙂

Feeling a little virtuous as I did a 2hr run yest in the snow.

DK thx, might give it a miss over there then. mrs THM still nagging about my dirty kit from yesterday. I was filthy from head to toe!!

Maybe just a simple XC ride Hankley way where it is drier

Was hoping to be doing a social ride with a local Facebook group I've stumbled across, but saw the forecast and opted for an icy 31 miles on the Sustrans routes around Nottingham and Derby this morning instead. The social ride has been cancelled as well now.

So tomorrow will be housework and supervising homework.....

Took my wife for a walk in the Yorkshire Dales today.
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Tomorrow looks like a wet and sloppy local ride.

Had Manflu for just over a week.
No chance i am going out in the bad weather..
Another weekend on the couch

Will go for a run in the morning, do a little bit of bike maintenance, the sort the storage room out for the incoming n+1.

Went up to the moors above Bowes today, lots of ice and slush on the roads but snow on the moors themselves. Bit sketchy now and again but off road was fine. Went and had lunch by the side of hory reservoir in the sunshine, ruddy freezing though

just checked the weather report for tomorrow...... it says heavy rain for 24hrs solid.... 😯

Uplift in Shropshire. Will be wet muddy and amusing

Tomorrow's forecast is one of those classic cases for Southampton where BBC and Metcheck disagree, the former says heavy rain ~0700-1400, the latter says dry but cloudy all day.

If it's dry, I might venture down to and around Woolston, causing some Strava mayhem, including tackling Itchen Bridge for the first time with the app. Might have to revert back to the FatNotFat wheelset to neutralise a little of the roadies' advantage, after I've replaced the PX innertubes with a pair of super light SV19As! 😈

Rain clearing by midday here. Got my big rode on today. All winter rides so far have been pretry cold and sloppy. One more isn't going to change anything.

Chucking it down all day tomorrow here. Might go for a run.

Although the weather was stunning, the roads were minging today.

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I really need to sort some mudguards out..

Not sure I can face a ride outdoors as it predicts rain literally all day. I might go for a longer distance workout/ride on zwift indoors instead.

Braving the local soft play.

Cleverly got my riding done today. Go me!

Uplift day Forest of Dean.

Watching U12 football in morning - oh joy...

Long back lanes lumpy S Wales 100k plus ride as I need to build up miles for Dirty Riever.

Got a cross country race tomorrow so that should be fun!

I really need to sort some mudguards out.

Please do, that picture made me sad.

Minging weather here in País Vasco too, but a touch of gastroenteritis put paid to any riding today. An early night will hopefully see me right for tomorrow.

Going to the gym instead.

Plus last weeks rain is disagreeing with my bottom bracket.

40 miler round the Alps.

On BKOOL.

Grizedale for me.

Decision made.
A walk over The Roaches in the Peaks.
Nothing too strenuous and somewhere new...maybe a cheeky Sunday lunch out too...and found a willing accomplice. Now gotta pack on the shit I need 😯

Where was that photo taken, Pennine?

danny - you're going too early - I have to drop the wife off at the train station at 9 - plus generally I bit bored of the Charnwood mud. You do realise you'll get mud on your new frame don't you? Who else has signed up?

My brother in law is up for a muddy ride tomorrow and he's roped in a bloke on his street as well who rides quite a lot, so should be good. Although we crap on a lot about the winter weather, you don't actually ride in pissing rain all that often when you think about it. I'll treat it as a novelty, it'll be a laugh sliding around all over the place, and there's always a hot shower and a bowl of soup at the end.

The rain should also keep the miserable bastards inside despite it being a Sunday morning.

I've ridden my bike once this year. 🙁 A commute to/from work.
Since New Year, it's been a combination of me being ill, the weather being shit and other weekend commitments. I'm going insane from not riding!

Wanted to commute last week, I was ill and then it snowed and was really icy. Not been out today as it's still icy.
Tomorrow looks minging but I need to ride so I'm doing Gisburn with richpips and minipips. I figure that off road will be muddy and gritty but at least it won't be icy or have insane drivers. And I can just jetwash the MTB on the way back. Got enough old kit that I don't mind wrecking some of it just to get out on the bike for a bit.

What the heck happened to the Metcheck forecast overnight, or did I imagine a completely dry Southampton forecast? Now predicted to rainy until lunch, bugger! So it's either do a ride in light rain before sunrise, which doesn't help alleviate my SAD wooly feeling so much (main reason I've not cycle commuted in winter since my crash), or wait another ~8 hours. 😕

Not too bad at the moment - some tennis (outdoors) to fit in first. Hope it lasts.. Happy riding everyone

A damp soggy morning in south Lanarkshire. Local trails were snowy and icy yesterday and rain and rapid overnight thaw will have left them a mess. Roads salty and wet. Think I'll take the kids for a swim....

was going to go ride this morning but cannot face the clean up... climbing later this afternoon...think I'll just go make some pancakes now

Take it back - its crap. Tennis off, watching Marr instead with nice hot coffee

I'm on bike cleaning duties after a very very sloppy afternoon at Stile Cop yesterday.

The dog doesn't even look enthusiastic about going outside!

never one for an early start, todays ride was planned for 1300

road or mtb?

zero motivation.

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Out the door at 5.30am, quick few hours then back home for bacon butties.

Clear trails and the bike washed itself. Great ride.

Going to have a gentle bimble over Hergest Ridge and surrounding, including a few bridleways with a mate about lunch time. Old 'rough ride' territory for anyone who did it in years gone by.

Did a quick 5 miles in Mortimer forest yesterday morning as we were all on a curfew. Nicely snowy on top, good dusting, loads of grip.

Raining hard here in Kent so thought I would try the rollers I bought 2 years ago and only used once. I'm normally good for a 3 hour road ride but was absolutely knackered after 25 minutes ( and I've discovered that rollers are scary things )...

A few laps of Cathkin with the kids - blew away the cobwebs 😀

Local Black Forest trundle, properly Blizzard like. The snow depth is a fair but greater than that snow blower.

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Great picture.

Any chance you could send some snow our way?

Much better than I expected in Yorkshire, so I got out for 70k on the road bike. Wet roads but nothing more than light drizzle coming from the skies and at one point I even spotted blue sky.

Had a filthy, nadgery, sloppy local ride with the wheels hardly ever pointing in the same direction or in the direction of travel. Brilliant fun, despite a lengthy clean up session post-ride.

Now watching the rugby with a pint. Roast lamb in the oven.

Went out at 06:30 for 125km loop. Rained for four and a half hours. Mudguards are great. Mavic H20 jacket is absolutely waterproof. Sealskinz gloves with silk liners managed three hours. Velotoze and overshoes with merino socks about the same. Not eating before leaving, and not eating during the ride left me a little weary, but not bonked.

Then the Garmin crashed when I pushed stop back outside the house 🙁 . Manual upload just isn't the same.

the sort of weather my spingleseed excels at, and 5 mins max with the dirtworker has it shiny and new.

And even if the swinley slop was to kill my drivetrain, I can buy a whole new one for about £20. Ha! my £6 rustproof BMX chain laughs at your fancy chamfers, Mr Shimano XT.

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Not quite as dreadful as forecast so a quick hour sliding around Greenham. Took nearly as long to clean the bikes afterwards but a victory over the weather.

Weather was not too bad here, did an easy 2hr social ride.
Legs were getting tired by the end after 2hrs singlespeeding in the snow yesterday.

For some reason Formby beach was quiet... 😆
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No rain in the FoD, the sun even came out for a bit.

In January last year I did a 75k mountain bike ride in similar conditions to today. Never again. Even with 3X mudguards.

Nice afternoon after about 2pm. By which time I'd settled in for an afternoon recovering from yesterdays ride. I did text round to see if anyone fancied going out for a ride but no one was willing to provide me with the moral backbone I so clearly lack.

Been out round Marple, Hayfield, Kinder and back today. It was proper wet, sloppy, misty and you could just hear your bike wearing with that amazing 'it'll ruin anything' Dark Peak paste.

Rode back from The Shooting Cabins with just a front brake, I took the rear pads out as they were noisy and there was nowt on them. Decided it was best to just leave them out. Made descending into Rowarth and the Golf Course/ Strines Station fun at times

Still finished with a smile dispite being soaked through, caked in wet gritty paste and cold footed,

I hate washing the bike at this time of year. It requires the full 17 litres in a Mobi Jet Washer and takes 10 minutes, when all I want to do at the at point is get my shitty wet clothes changed, have something to eat and have a shower. I hate getting an energy bar out of my pocket when my gloves and clothes are covered in mud. I hate drinking from a flask or camelbak pipe thats covered in mud and my gloves are covered in mud. I really really hate it.

I hate having to lift a filthy shitty bike over a fence or gate.

I'm even turning down some of the off-road descents in favor of tarmac, if I know they're going to be really shitty.

I'm disappointed with my 3X Mud Guards.

I've not cleaned my bike since before Christmas 😳 just chuck in in the garage, knock enough off so the drivetrain turns and head out again. I know I'll end up having to replace everything in hte drivetrain in spring but riding every other day I can't face it!

Good ride here today though, mild, calm, even if hte trails are like a cx course with hub deep mud in places

^^^There's a lot of hate going on up there^^^ 😆
I must admit,after last Sundays quagmire I've no intention of going back to Rivi until the mud freezes or dries out..

No rain in S Wales in the end. 122k lumpy ride - quiet back roads and sustrans tracks/NCRs.

Well Gisburn Forest was very very wet as expected but it was so wet that it more or less cleaned the bike - just that fine gritty spray. My rear brake seemed to be going towards the end of it though so once I find some motivation I'll go and inspect it.

Great to get out though and even funnier watching minipips fall in the river crossing. (he was fine)

Brrr, bit chilly for falling in rivers at this time of year!

I'm with @ferrals, no danger i'm cleaning bike 4x a week so it stays dirty.

Been through 4 sets of brake pads this weekend 😯 .
The hub-deep ice puddles on the trails around Peaslake took the ones on the mountain bike right down the the backing,resulting in what is, in my opinion, the worst sound in the world. Gritty metal on metal. *shudder*
Then a set of new Dura ace pads have nearly gone from the muddy lanes today. Orrible.

Bustaspoke

^^^There's a lot of hate going on up there^^^
I must admit,after last Sundays quagmire I've no intention of going back to Rivi until the mud freezes or dries out..

It was just one big river this morning, no mud just water.

20 km round woburn today, some bits were fine, some bits were bad, especially where the big felling machines have been turning fireroads into 1 metre deep trenches of mud and filthy water, does make it hard going, .
10 mins with the hose bike and kit fine, gravity dropper will need a clean out and regrease though.