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i popped into some sketchy sports store and picked up a pair of waterproof trousers for a tenner, thats the upper and lower half covered however its due time i get a new jacket, looking into north face...

I don't know what my plans are for my lower half. I don't mind it on the way home but if I got soaked on the way to uni I'd be a bit pissed-off. I already take a spare pair of shoes and socks in but I think I'm going to start wearing some fast-drying three-quarter length trousers and putting my jeans in my bag.

just get a pair of waterproofs, you can slip them over your jeans and their easy to slip off, worth the ten pound..... well actually my boss is paying for them so i got them for free.

i went to tesco and picked up a kagool for £6 in the back to skool section,hahahha, and i carry it around in my bag incase of rain, keeps me dry.

Kagool is a little jckit that rolls into the pocket in the front .jacket in a packet.

[quote][cite] peogeot.single.speed:[/cite]Kagool is a little jckit that rolls into the pocket in the front .jacket in a packet.
Like a mac-in-a-sac.

I had a kagool when I was a kid and it didn't pack up into a bag.

Anyone get caught in the mad hailstone shower on Sunday morning..? I think it was the worst weather I've ever ridden in...

I was uber-lucky on Sunday - it was horrifically pishing it down when I woke up, but I managed to get a 2 hour ride in and then get out to work in an amazingly dry period. Maybe the world doesn't totally hate me.

that hail on sunday was sore. I was under a bus shelter on my bike for most of the worst of it cause i couldn't stand it.

i was in a car park in town with a friend tanking it round all the different levels that day

ncp carpark you shold go ,has lights aswell so you can have fun when its wet and dark

It's solidly pishing it down today again - my day off, of course!

Sometimes I just despair of Glasgow (and the UK as a whole), as much as I love it.

I'm going to be reduced to going to the gym, and even then getting wet on the way.

I got totally soaked on my way in to uni. Today I used every spare item of clothing I bring iwth me. Trousers, shoes, socks and even pants. I just hope that it's all at least slightly dry by the time I leave to go home. Days like today make me want to get mudguards.

[quote][cite] rusty:[/cite]Days like today make me want to get mudguards.

Seasons like this make me glad I've got mudguards. I'm fortunate that I've got a locker at work a shower and radiators to hang my stuff off. I do highly recommend full length mudguards.

My mudguards went back on the other week after getting a couple of soakings... I hate to admit it but they do make a big difference...

drubnk

I'm a permanent mudguards user since a couple of years ago and the practicality easily trumps any aesthetic concerns. If you want to ride in Glasgow with any regularity, what with its continuously glorious weather, then I think they're a must.
As well as helping to keep you dry(er), there's also big benefits in keeping a large amount of spray and muck off your bike, helping to ease wear etc.

P.S. I went out anyway yesterday, though I'm not sure whether my 3 hour afternoon ride was actually fun or not. But maybe that's beside the point (masochist).

[quote][cite] Cuppa T:[/cite]drubnk

Right-on brother!

drubnk..?

The weather today!
I had the winter winter bike out today.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Gv0tHo8vhKc[/url]

is this your bike or just a random video off youtube?

Whilst out on a club run on Saturday my real wheel's spokes lost all integrity and collapsed. I hit a pothole which was the final straw. It was behind Kilmacolm on the B road to Greenock. The howling gale and snow made me want to cry.

Had to call the cavalry in the shape of the brother in law. Took it to Dooley's bike shop in Paisley who rebuilt it allowing me to make it home, fantastic service from them. Great shop first time I have been in it, they got me out a hole.

Back out today, the back roads of Ayrshire my stomping grounds, snow and wind great stuff. Makes you appreciate the summer more.:)

[quote][cite] Cuppa T:[/cite]is this your bike or just a random video off youtube?

That's my bike and my boy. Should probably say it's my boy and his bike. That vid was up the Campsies this morning. It's an abandoned bike which I adopted and a pair of freecycle skis. It cost £0.00 to build and is great fun to ride.

Here is me on it too.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=VDJLhEP1SYs

It sure was bitterly cold on Saturday, really painful. Didn't feel quite so bad when I was out this morning, even a few nice periods of sunshine. Lovely morning, at least till the rain came through.

Do you know what the problem was with your wheel Merak? What was it that caused it to give in (not meaning the pot hole)? Sounds like excellent service from Dooley's, another potentially classic Glasgow bike shop I've never been to (along with Willy Bain's).

[quote][cite] krakow:[/cite]It sure was bitterly cold on Saturday, really painful. Didn't feel quite so bad when I was out this morning, even a few nice periods of sunshine. Lovely morning, at least till the rain came through.

Do you know what the problem was with your wheel Merak? What was it that caused it to give in (not meaning the pot hole)? Sounds like excellent service from Dooley's, another potentially classic Glasgow bike shop I've never been to (along with Willy Bain's).

The boy at Dooley's said the nipples weren't tight enough when it was built.He said wheels should have loctite on the nipples, they have now! I had thought they were a bit slack tbh. They gradually loosened off during the ride.
It started with a light rub on the rim from the brake block. By the end the wheel was clattering of the chain stay and eventually un-ridable.

I fancy going to the wheel building course at Edinburgh bicycle co. Maybe other folk on here would like to do it too?

A wee bit chilly of late. Shorts = bracing.

Jeans tucked into socks for me.

The cold doesn't bother me to much. I'm quite liking it.

as long as you're dressed for it, it's fine. i actually quite like it.

The only thing I really need is some full finger gloves. Everything else is kept warm enough, especially once off the bike and out of the cool moving air.

the saying that is: "there is no such thing as bad weather, just inappropriately dressed"

euan - i've got of the DHB Amberly gloves from wiggle and no matter how cold it is, my hands are sweating. They're seriously good for the money.

[quote][cite] Merak:[/cite]


I fancy going to the wheel building course at Edinburgh bicycle co. Maybe other folk on here would like to do it too?

+1 i'd like to have a go.

No ice trouble this morning thankfully, but it was so cold that the water froze in my bottles as I rode! It made for a teeth-achingly testing drink & piss stop halfway round. Impressive.

I've got one of those wireless temperature gauge things, and I've finally got round to putting one of its sensors outside. Now watching the readings plummet. Currently at -2.2 in my back close and falling.

Yeah my Google weather page says -2 as well. I was out last night on the bike and my front light died in that dreadful fog.

Baltic.

Scary out there the now. Very foggy and I was incredibly wary of slipping on even the short hop back home from work, it felt like it could be all to easy to take a tumble at the moment.

Ha Ha! I was out today early morning country roads = disaster, three of us, black ice we all went down! Really treacherous biking conditions the now. Im sure I had the onset of frostbite as well, the fluid in my eyes was icing up as well. Its all fun and games.

too bloody cold to ride today, i need to invest in some gloves!

[quote][cite] Cuppa T:[/cite]too bloody cold to ride today, i need to invest in some gloves!

I'm using some £3 Thinsulate gloves at the moment. Seem to be doing the job quite well. A bit too thick for using my digits on anything but the breaks but as long as it is dry they do the job.

[quote][cite] Cuppa T:[/cite]too bloody cold to ride today, i need to invest in some gloves!
What you need, my friend, is a pair of these

id like a pair of those.
im not flourishing with money right now sadly though.

You'll not get cheaper than these



Think they're 2 pairs for £1 from Bill's Tool Store. They're obviously not the best gloves you can get, but I wore them through at least 1 winter.

They're the ones they give you at the go-karts.

[quote][cite] rusty:[/cite][quote][cite] Cuppa T:[/cite]too bloody cold to ride today, i need to invest in some gloves!
What you need, my friend, is a pair of these



I don't think my jeans are tight enough for me to wear those.

jeans? oh no. what you need is something like this:

Well after I managed to split my winter gloves at the palm when I came off on ice on Tuesday morning, I've been riding in an old pair of leather winter motorbike gloves the last two days. Seem to be doing ok, even in the torrential rain AND freezing temperatures of the ride in today.

This morning I thought the ice had thawed due to the rain so I had the audacity to try a cycle track shortcut again (all roads normally when it's icey). Two bike lengths and I was off again. Two offs in three days!

And as if that wasn't enough, I got a puncture going home on Tuesday night. Not happy. As soon as the kids have fucked off we're moving to somewhere on the mediterranean!

Girona. That's where you want to go. Excellent climbing on your doorstep.

[quote][cite] rusty:[/cite]Girona. That's where you want to go. Excellent climbing on your doorstep.
As long as it doesn't rain 300 days a year and has more than 3 hours of daylight per day in winter then it's fine by me! Not too bothered about climbing any more (been a few years) but somewhere with good hillwalking and sailing are a must. Oh and good cheap wine would help too!

On reflection, Scotland would be perfect if it wasn't for the bloody weather. I can even put up with the midgies!

It felt treacherous tonight coming along the Edinburgh road back into Dennistoun from out in the sticks - the inside lane was totally unrideable due to the ice and wet. Where the gritters be at?!

It was quite fun I thought. I was doing skids with my arse firmly on the seat.

I had no real problems in the snow yesterday. Good test for the GP4000 I've got on the rear now as well.

[quote][cite] euan:[/cite]I had no real problems in the show yesterday. Good test for the GP4000 I've got on the rear now as well.

I only had confidence problems really. I was cycling out to my parents house which is a bit further out than I usually go. Their road had only one set of tyre marks on it when I got there.