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I used SaxonRider as a tool to persuade both of us out yesterday evening in ridiculous lashing rain and wind. Was fun, the mud was so wet there was plenty of traction on the stones below. Conversation was tricky though.
Rode in the rain & fog on Friday, and in the wind today. Appropriate clothing and everything is good.
Yup, took the Pompino with CX tyres on around Haldon trail centre. Very slippy, and gloopy in places. In hindsight it was probably not a good idea to go off-piste and try a rooty drop on it 😉 luckly I'd packed a spare tube!
Was hoping a bit of fresh air would clear the passages of all the gunk I've got in my lungs and sinuses from a recent cold.
I did a couple of hours yesterday and an hour today - both before it started raining. But bloody hell - the wind was making it all feel like an uphill struggle.
Yesterday it was like the bloody Somme, today the main problem was no glasses when the snow was blowing.
Out Saturday, only my gloves let me down
Yes, I rebuilt the winter road bike mid week, and went out for a rather emotional 60kms yesterday.
Pretty spank weather out there if I'm honest.
Roll on cold dry.
Or just summer..
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A couple of hours round the roads near the North Devon coast. Blustery!
I timed it perfectly earlier, nipped out for a few hours between the howling wind in the morning and the sleet and sudden apocalyptic darkness in the afternoon. Squelchy as anything though, felt kind of like hard work. (it is quite interesting learning how fatbikes work in slobbery mud though, lots of wheelspinning and drifting and floating)
'Walking' the dog in the woods on the single speed. Loving the 2mph drifting on wet clay!
Big respect to the guy on the On One Fatty I saw fighting the wind & rain along A58 this afternoon just down from Drighlington - your mate was in front, but he was on a normal bike, so less impressive 😉
Nope, binned the dark and white buxton ride today, it's a fair drive anyway and there's no point going all that way for a grim day battling gales and rain. Can't imagine the riding would have been that great.
Nope,if ever there was a weekend to stay in & catch up on the DIY it was this one.
I'll get the turbo trainer out later..
45-50 mph winds round here today & lashing down. So no, I didn't go out!
yesterday in blustery and wet conditions
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Thursday, 75k's around the Western side North Yorkshires finest Moor top lanes.. Windy, bloody horizontal rain on the way up with the wind behind me, then turned around at Pickering and faced the wind all the way home, stopped raining though.
Friday, 90k's around the Eastern edge of the North Yorkshire Moors.. Wet, windy, reasonably warm though, got drenched 15k's from the Farm..
Yesterday, 55k's of "Hell of the Wath" (roadie route I made) Bloody freezing and windy.. wish I hadn't chosen such a long route TBH.
Today, well back in Town and went for coffee and custard slice at my favourite Brewer St cafe'
Wind 😯
went out yesterday, good fun in the mud but got wet and cold after 90mins so went home a bit earlier than intended 🙁
Avoided the worst of the wind with an early start, but blimey there's been some water down the last day or two: paths that were rivers, stream crossings so high the water shot up my sleeves, everywhere squelchy, muddy, slippery carnage. Absolutely brilliant fun, if a bit of a job cleaning up afterwards (me and bike).
Then enjoyed looking at, and listening to, the worst of it this afternoon through the luxury of double glazing..
I would have chickened out if it hadn't have been for molgrips' harassment. But having gone for it, I can declare it was worth it, even if my shoes are sitting in front of the fire for a second day trying to dry out. 8)
I am now looking forward to tomorrow's commute.
EDIT: Where did you go, taxi25? I thought you were pretty much sticking to the road now.
40-50mph wind here, horizontal rain and hail, ended up flat on my back in a puddle....best laugh we've had on a ride in ages.
Yes thecaptain I bottled that event too. I actually got the bike on the car and was ready for the off thinking it was just a bit windy when the heavens opened and I retreated to the warmth of the house which was running at Mrs FOG's temperature - tropical. Nothing I saw later in the day has persuaded me I made the wrong decision.
I'm using recent sugery as an excuse currently
... maybe in late April/May
It wasn't too bad apart from the wind. Mainly because it's not cold.
60km in the Peak on CX bikes for us. Tried to keep to the sheltered areas, although it proved impossible.
At least we've all got good clothing these days!
Gotten a few rides in this week although only on tarmac (on a mtb, alas). The strong wind has turned otherwise short and flattish rides into hard workouts.
Horizontal sleet here in south Lanarkshire. Went for a 3k swim and booked a velodrome session 😀
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Out for a couple of hours on the roadie on Friday trying to get used to a radically different bike fit. Slogging up Long Hill out of Buxton leaning sideways into the crosswind was going well until the wind dropped for a second.....
Yesterday was a piece of brilliant timing, just ahead of the filthy weather in the afternoon. That was this winter's first use of the bike as an icebreaker on the 25 m long, hub deep puddles, which led to the unique feeling of freezing water percolating slowly through your socks.
Nowt wrong with the weather up here 🙂
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Yep but feel it now.
8.30am start on exmoor.
High winds, horizontal rain. Made it round but on the last slog up towards Dunkery beacon began to think that if either of us had a bad accident it could go very wrong very quickly.
Makes you realise why people carry emergency cloak things etc.
Quite possibly the worst and hardest conditions I've ever ridden in.
Met about 20 other club members and did 38km single track exploring and hooning about in the woods, one of the senior guys met us half way with beer and crisps on a table out the back of his car, all foc. Clear blue skies all day if a bit nippy in the woods, did I mention I was in Cataluna 😉
Met about 20 other club members and did 38km single track exploring and hooning about in the woods, one of the senior guys met us half way with beer and crisps on a table out the back of his car, all foc. Clear blue skies all day if a bit nippy in the woods, did I mention I was in Cataluna 😉
Ventured out for a few hours on the road with all my lights on (which was probably overkill).
Nearly did this afternoon, then it started blowing a gale and pissing with rain.
Got tomorrow booked off, planning solo trail centre trip, FoD or NyA, would rather trail surface at NyA, but it's a lot more exposed........ Decisions.......
CX bike arrives Tuesday too
Rode 80 km on a fixed wheel yesterday for the Saturday club ride. Always in the wrong gear. Just off for our club social on the trike because the trains aren't running tonight (20 km each way). Three wheels so should stay upright at least!
Dam skippy, rode through the snow at BPW last weekend and through the hale, wind and rain yesterday - what did Peaty say about British Winters 😉
I feel sorry for fair weather riders, it's NEVER as bad as you think it will be once you get going.
I feel sorry for fair weather riders, it's NEVER as bad as you think it will be once you get going.
I actually agree with you, P-Jay. And in any case, there is something exhilarating about overcoming the elements. I mean, I hate the combination of wind and rain, but where we live it's just a fact of life, so I might as well see it as a challenge.
30 local lakeland miles in very wet and gusty conditions twas grand
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Had a really fun and surprisingly dry blast around the on-piste Haldon trails on Friday afternoon. The new trans am felt really good and nice to get the chance to see what she could do with a predictable amount of grip to play with.
Had a mate down from the me dips yesterday so felt obliged to show him around. Slippery and muddy fun but very wet and SO windy once we reached the coast, rounding the final corner into woolacombe a gust virtually brought us to a stop. We headed back inland quickly and at least the gale force westerlies blew us back up the climb where the pic was taken.
I feel like I wimped out but I built a bedroom's worth of ikea furniture instead so the weekend was not entirely wasted
A couple of hours this afternoon in the NW Alps, rather breezy on the exposed sections. Lots of fun exploring the limits of the fatty in the gloop...
I took my CX bike up on the Quantocks for a quick spin, it was wet & windy but warmer than I expected, 12 degrees
I've been out every day so far since October 30th! Been a shocking month of weather up here in the lakes
I'm doing Ashmei clothings "govember" challenge where you get out every day in November.
Send them your strava and if you've done it they give you a 35% discount code.
Good training for the upcoming strathpuffer!!
Shocking month of weather!!! Really ? 😯
I've tried to maintain my regular amount of riding so have had quite a few wet and wild ones lately. Looks like the Jetstream is with us for another week at least.
2 hrs road ride with a mate today. I should have planned better, because just as the wind picked up, we turned for home straight into it 😯
The wind and rain have arrived in the Mystic East about 30 minutes ago. Our ride around Thetford at a sociable pace was dry and enjoyable. First MTB ride for several months and it was great. We left as clean as after a normal summer ride at High Lodge.
(Gloating, me? Certainly not).
Shocking month of weather!!! Really ?
At least half my rides have been wet, almost all have been windy(I'm on the coast) and 2 have seen me having to lean my bike into hailstones.
I went out for a couple of hours on my own today, the wind was howling and nearly had me off my bike a few times, and the trails were like streams, but glad I went out, and I was home before the torrential rain started.
Wet squelchy windy (blown over type windy) couple of house around the Swansea Valley and Mynydd y Gwair on the CXer.
Jonty the coast explains it 🙂
Did an hour on the turbo. The wind whipping under the garage door was hellish 😀
Did a few hours of CX misery fest this morning. Lashing rain, hail stones and high winds. Absolutely freezing but good to be out. Suffering for it now, it has totally knackered me. The low point was an exposed bit of hill with hail stones being driven in at 90deg.
Met about 20 club members at 9am and did 38km of single track and hooning around the woods. One of the older guys met us at half way with beer and crisps on a table out the back of his car, all foc! Clear blue skies all day and a little chilly in the woods otherwise 16-18degrees. Did I mention I was in Catalunya 😉
Went out this morning - was blustery but sunny. Had a puncture-fest that meant the planned 2 hour pootle, turned into 5 hour faff with a 6 mile walk home
Did I mention I was in Catalunya
Yes, 3 times already!
Chopwell this morning which turned out to be quite sheltered. Its wet in summer though so knee deep bog fest was the order of the day. Brilliant ride, especially watching my mate place utmost faith in a dirty dan & absolutely flying down a sheer face of mud. Twas a sight to behold 😯
Shoes may never dry again, front mechs bent somehow ( 😳 ) and brakes are howling like banshees. Bloody mint ride. Aint bikes great 😆
11 miles in the local slop this morning, before the wind and rain really set in. I had to take my outer layers off on the doorstep. The neighbours hate that!
Only managed an hour and a half. Challenging conditions you might say; howling wind and snow storm. Fun though. Slippery as all heck and squelchy squelchy squelchy.
Short, very wet, hail infested, mud fest of a ride yesterday, slightly longer wind driven mud fest ride today, stopped pedalling on top of the downs and maintained 23 mph! My ears hurt.
Had planned to go to the Peaks, but ended up at Cannock Chase. Was wet cold and windy. Had a blast! 😀
EDIT: Where did you go, taxi25? I thought you were pretty much sticking to the road now.
Castle Coch woods, road rides are horrible in wind and rain, it's a lot more sheltered in the trees.
Went out first thing in order to ensure I didn't find something else to do. Pishing it down. The chain snapped 100m onto the beach, it was a slow crawl along the coast, but I was warm enough. Only out for an hour, but glad I went. 🙂
Came home, showered and back out into the workshop to bleed the brakes. Sleet and snow plastered the windows and door, glad I missed that. Boots now drying in front of the stove.
Riding in the rain with mud & water sloshing at you from underneath is very dispiriting. All the good tracks are trashed with mud. Winter sucks balls!!
I can't see me doing many more minus temp rides this season. Still, you have to get out don't you.
Managed about 40 miles yesterday and 20 today around the flats near Magor.
Today was worse than yesterday, wind gusts coming up the Severn Estuary were pretty powerful. Got shot blasted with rain on several occasions.
2 hours in the driving rain on Friday, surveying signs for sustrans, not a massive amount of fun - but better than work. A surprisingly dry if ver blustery hour this avo the sun even came out, for about a nanosecond.
A full week of training this week, although I did wuss out and do some of it on the turbo. Yesterday I rode to the CX national course in Ipswich and did a few laps - riding back over the [url= 
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Raced my first CX national today - started from the back of the grid (behind 70 riders), had to switch bikes because of a puncture, and ended up on my own in the wind for the last 3 laps. Came 3rd in under 23!!! 😀 /smug
After much procrastination I dragged my ass up to RivI - all the way there I was thinking "should've gone the gym" - but once there and kitted up it took all of ten seconds of riding for the thought of the gym to be a distant memory. It took even less time for me to think that "mountain biking is ace, I love bikes me"
A blat round Macc Forest/3 shires head today. Surprisingly good - we had about a minutes worth of actual rain, although the ground was sopping. Bit breezy in places, although only really caused issues coming down Cumberland Brook where it was like trying to pedal through a brick wall.
There were a bunch of very miserable looking trailquesty types grinding glumly about the place. Having just looked at the route they were on - I'm not surprised!
4 sessions this week, dodging the rain to get out where possible
Yesterday and today were on the mtb (cx bike earlier in the week) - howling winds, wet feet within a few minutes from the start thanks to deep puddles.
Highlight of the day was one club rider telling the club chairman ( who resorts to the turbo over the winter) to grow a set and get outside more.
No snow on this part of ayrshire yet...
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Lovely ride today. Very windy with minimal rain, also rather mild. Trails drained well so it wasn't too muddy.
15 miles or so and a (southern soft) 1000 ft of climbing.
After two months with only one proper ride and too many hours travelling for work I was suffering in the legs but really really happy to be out.
Back is complaining a bit after an off on the last proper descent. Will ride the route again this week but in the dark and with company with usual night ride group.
A couple of laps of Verderers and done DH yesterday morning showing a mate who's new to biking around and then a full day at BPW today with GF and her brother.
Awesome weekend.
Tom KP
Went for a Sunday night ride as I couldn't get out earlier. Not bad conditions for this time of year. Windy and muddy, but very rideable.
Out every Wed eve and Sunday whatever the weather really, it's got to be awful for me not to go!
went windsurfing instead, was very , very windy.
Rigged a 3.7m sail and my 78L wave board.
Sailed in Langstone harbour in 40 - 50 knot gusts , not really sailing , more like surving. Made quite a few dry gybes and got some airtime as well.
3hrs/50 miles in some liquid sunshine this morning. Planned the route so out into the wind in the lea of hills then back with a tailwind. Disappointingly the Lake mx145s let water in through the fronts. I know this as the ankles up of the socks were dry, and the toes and forefoot were wringing wet. Only out as the cx race was cancelled. T'waife went for a 10 mile trail run.
Ask me tomorrow. Am planning to commute on the bike after a 2-week lay-off, but I really hate riding in the wind, and the forecast is for a 50mph straight headwind in the morning. Could be a very long 14 miles (or I may just fold and take the car)...
The ride home should be good though!
taxi25 - Member
Castle Coch woods, road rides are horrible in wind and rain, it's a lot more sheltered in the trees.
I figured as much. We were probably there later than you, then; but I have to say, yesterday I don't know that the trees even provided much shelter!
What weather??
Took the g/f out for a pootle yesterday morning in the Cotswolds. Took my sons round Swinley Forest this afternoon. Should imagine I'll get out every day this week hopefully.
Did think of singletrackmind's option but not practical for me today. Nice work!
Bazza n I did walna scar on Saturday.
It was a bit breezy
Got half way up Scafell.
Stopped for a sandwich...wind blew me over
I think the Sandwich landed in Keswick