Very, very soggy.

HUMBUG said:

Damn soggy today - both ways. And for some reason I really enjoyed it...:-)

This morning I must've had a brain fart or something and decided to ride the
Moulton thereby teaching myself _again_ why I use the Old Grey Bike for
commuting when it's wet. Even though it's got good mudguards, the Moulton
gives me cold and BLOODY wet feet.

A good commuting day for me - actually most days are pretty good, today was
a blast...:-)

Rain brings me insanity, insanity brings me happiness..

hippy :-)

HUMBUG said:

Damn soggy today - both ways. And for some reason I really enjoyed it...:-)

This morning I must've had a brain fart or something and decided to ride the
Moulton thereby teaching myself _again_ why I use the Old Grey Bike for
commuting when it's wet. Even though it's got good mudguards, the Moulton
gives me cold and BLOODY wet feet.

A good commuting day for me - actually most days are pretty good, today was
a blast...:-)

How's this for insanity, I commuted today and could have just worked
from home but felt like a ride. Pouring rain, howling winds, floods,
coldest Feb day on record and brake failure on the way home. Summertime
commuting in Melbourne, IIIIIIIII LUV IT!!!!!

DaveB "brain slightly waterlogged"

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Quoted message said:

Damn soggy today - both ways. And for some reason I really enjoyed

it...:-)

Quoted message said:

This morning I must've had a brain fart or something and decided to ride

the

Quoted message said:

Moulton thereby teaching myself _again_ why I use the Old Grey Bike for
commuting when it's wet. Even though it's got good mudguards, the Moulton
gives me cold and BLOODY wet feet.

A good commuting day for me - actually most days are pretty good, today

was

Quoted message said:

a blast...:-)

--

Humbug

Soggy insanity does have a certain something. I think there's the element of
watching everyone else scurry about while you don't give a toss.

"Haha...*I* don't melt in the rain, puny mortals. Witness how I sneer at the
elements!"

That sort of thing. Much better than the heat and howling wind yesterday,
anyway.

glad to know i'm not the only one... 😄

it is great to be out there and realise that, yes, it is only water and that doesn't hurt you, blasting through puddles and having a great old time while everyone else huddles in their cages.

the only catch being that driver behaviour goes from bad to worse...

On Wed, 2 Feb 2005 18:17:02 +1100, Resound <[email hidden]> Wrote :

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Soggy insanity does have a certain something. I think there's the element of
watching everyone else scurry about while you don't give a toss.

"Haha...*I* don't melt in the rain, puny mortals. Witness how I sneer at the
elements!"

I like the number of people who ask "didn't you get wet?" I just tell 'em
it's only water and that it washes off in the shower...:-)

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That sort of thing. Much better than the heat and howling wind yesterday,
anyway.

Yesterday, after battling a howling headwind on the way out I was rather
looking forward to "Battling(tm)" a TAILWIND on the way home. Oh well,
such is the lot of the commuting cyclist. I've had a couple of TAILWINDS
home this summer...:-)

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Humbug

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Damn soggy today - both ways. And for some reason I really enjoyed

it...:-)

Quoted message said:

This morning I must've had a brain fart or something and decided to ride

the

Quoted message said:

Moulton thereby teaching myself _again_ why I use the Old Grey Bike for
commuting when it's wet. Even though it's got good mudguards, the Moulton
gives me cold and BLOODY wet feet.

A good commuting day for me - actually most days are pretty good, today

was

Quoted message said:

a blast...:-)

Humbug

I rode the road bike today hoping that it might fine up so that I could ride
the Kew Crit tonight. Of course it poured all day and I got saturated
riding home with no mudguards. I hosed the bike down when I got home and
then after a shower I went and dried it all off and oiled the chain. I took
my underseat tool bag off and it was full of water up to the line of the
zip!! My two tubes, levers, alan keys, and spoke key are now drying on the
workbench.

Ride On,

Gags

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glad to know i'm not the only one... 😄

it is great to be out there and realise that, yes, it is only water and
that doesn't hurt you, blasting through puddles and having a great old
time while everyone else huddles in their cages.

the only catch being that driver behaviour goes from bad to worse...

you can say that again. I wimped out big time (slept in, running late,
slight sniffle, all the usual excuses) and drove. It took twenty minutes
just to get out of town. People were blocking intersections, lots of horn
playing, traffic lights not working. And cyclists just rode on past. No
excuses for me tomorrow.

wussed out & train-ed it for me.
Serves me right s'pose, 1x train cancelled in & 1x delayed big time back home.

I don't mind riding in the wet conditions as such, but the dramas in getting stuff dry [clean] for the next day is too much.
Last time I cleaned (and properly lubed) the commuter was way before daylight savings for me.

I've got dodgy theory regarding the weather- it's raining that hard the raindrops are bouncing off the ground, back up, then down again, back up, then down again....

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>> "humbug" == humbug <[email hidden]> writes:

humbug> Damn soggy today - both ways. And for some reason I really
humbug> enjoyed it...:-)

I'm with you. There's something about cycling in the rain that reminds
you that you're alive. Without getting all woo woo, it's good to
experience stuff instead of viewing it through a window.

About the only part I don't like is putting wet gear on for the return
ride. That's just yucky.
--
Cheers
Euan

Gags said:

I rode the road bike today hoping that it might fine up so that I could ride
the Kew Crit tonight. Of course it poured all day and I got saturated
riding home with no mudguards. I hosed the bike down when I got home and
then after a shower I went and dried it all off and oiled the chain. I took
my underseat tool bag off and it was full of water up to the line of the
zip!! My two tubes, levers, alan keys, and spoke key are now drying on the
workbench.

What about some clip-on guards?

<sits back and waits for the tourers to pipe up about how anything less
than FULL guards is a waste of time>

I occasionally use a rat-tail rear guard on the roadie just to keep the
spray off my seat/[censored].

hippy

On Wed, 02 Feb 2005 at 07:08 GMT, DaveB (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:

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How's this for insanity, I commuted today and could have just worked
from home but felt like a ride. Pouring rain, howling winds, floods,
coldest Feb day on record and brake failure on the way home. Summertime
commuting in Melbourne, IIIIIIIII LUV IT!!!!!

I took the train yesterday morning (but still had to get to the
station, naturally), because I don't like being wet and cold at
work. But I decided to ride home. That wind wasn't so nice. But the
ride was cool. It was only 12 degrees.

Gardiner's Ck sure was flowing this morning.

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DaveB "brain slightly waterlogged"

And my computer too.

On a related note, my panniers sure are waterproof. To the extent,
that when I put a full bidon in it a couple of days ago, the innards
got entirely soaked for a second time, and there was no way for the
water to get out. You'd think I'd learn? Well, this time, my paperwork
didn't survive. The Shiny! catalogue I was looking through was a solid
block of paper this morning, after it all dried. And I have lost a
whole bunch of phone numbers of really good looking bike riders. 🙂 Or
not.

--
TimC -- http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/staff/tconnors/
Look - a diversion! It's shiny! -- Daniel Stone

On Wed, 02 Feb 2005 at 07:51 GMT, eddiec (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:

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glad to know i'm not the only one... 😄

it is great to be out there and realise that, yes, it is only water and
that doesn't hurt you, blasting through puddles and having a great old
time while everyone else huddles in their cages.

Oh no! It's a drop of rain! I must park right in front of the shop
door, or else I might melt!!!!!11!11111111!

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the only catch being that driver behaviour goes from bad to worse...

It's not just my imagination, that they speed up, isn't it?

--
TimC -- http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/staff/tconnors/
"32-bit patch for a 16-bit GUI shell running on top of an
8-bit operating system written for a 4-bit processor by a
2-bit company who cannot stand 1 bit of competition." --unk

On Wed, 02 Feb 2005 at 13:15 GMT, hippy (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:

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Gags said:

I rode the road bike today hoping that it might fine up so that I could ride
the Kew Crit tonight. Of course it poured all day and I got saturated
riding home with no mudguards. I hosed the bike down when I got home and
then after a shower I went and dried it all off and oiled the chain. I took
my underseat tool bag off and it was full of water up to the line of the
zip!! My two tubes, levers, alan keys, and spoke key are now drying on the
workbench.

What about some clip-on guards?

<sits back and waits for the tourers to pipe up about how anything less
than FULL guards is a waste of time>

Anything less than FULL mudguards is a waste of time.

Also, when the tent is over the top of the rack, it blocks the
side-spray. I think the front and rear panniers block some too. Make
sure you go for the heavy waterproof panniers so your replacement
clothes don't get wet!

--
TimC -- http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/staff/tconnors/
Chairman: I'm glad to see so many bright-eyed and bushy-tailed people
here at this time of the morning.
From the audience: Actually, most of us are rabid. -- From an astro talk

On Wed, 02 Feb 2005 at 11:17 GMT, [email hidden] (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:

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Quoted message said:

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>>> "humbug" == humbug <[email hidden]> writes:

humbug> Damn soggy today - both ways. And for some reason I really
humbug> enjoyed it...:-)

I'm with you. There's something about cycling in the rain that reminds
you that you're alive. Without getting all woo woo, it's good to
experience stuff instead of viewing it through a window.

I saw a lot more of my ex gf when it was raining - I just didn't
bother going home. That and the fact that our first walk together was
in typical Katoomba weather (at midnight, mind you) -- I guess I've
been conditioned to loving the rain. And we get entirely too little of
it.

When was the last time it actually rained on my way to work? The rain
stopped coming in about November, but it seems a lot longer than that
since I was riding wet.

--
TimC -- http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/staff/tconnors/

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Bugger you guys.
The babelfish is idempotent on the set above.

I'm afraid that isn't a very good pickup line either, Tim. - MaryG

HUMBUG said:

Damn soggy today - both ways. And for some reason I really enjoyed it...:-)

This morning I must've had a brain fart or something and decided to ride the
Moulton thereby teaching myself _again_ why I use the Old Grey Bike for
commuting when it's wet. Even though it's got good mudguards, the Moulton
gives me cold and BLOODY wet feet.

A good commuting day for me - actually most days are pretty good, today was
a blast...:-)

--

Humbug

At least it makes a change from being wet with sweat - particularly if you're downwind...

On Thu, 03 Feb 2005 at 02:52 GMT, Johnny O-R (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:

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HUMBUG said:

A good commuting day for me - actually most days are pretty good, today
was
a blast...:-)

HumbugAt least it makes a change from being wet with sweat - particularly if
you're downwind...

Bloody people who don't use mudguards, and who splash me as I ride
behind. 🙂

--
TimC -- http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/staff/tconnors/
An engineer is someone who does list processing in FORTRAN.

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glad to know i'm not the only one... 😄

it is great to be out there and realise that, yes, it is only water and
that doesn't hurt you, blasting through puddles and having a great old
time while everyone else huddles in their cages.

the only catch being that driver behaviour goes from bad to worse...

--
eddiec

Yesterday traffic along St. Kilda Rd at 9am was gridlock most of the way.
Despite the carpet of leaves, twigs, branches and fallen trees on the side
of the road under my wheels it was nice cruising past thousands of 'parked'
cars which wouldn't get to where they were going (only a couple or so km
away) for another hour at least.

Henry.

hemyd said:

"eddiec" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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glad to know i'm not the only one... 😄

it is great to be out there and realise that, yes, it is only water and
that doesn't hurt you, blasting through puddles and having a great old
time while everyone else huddles in their cages.

the only catch being that driver behaviour goes from bad to worse...

--
eddiec

Yesterday traffic along St. Kilda Rd at 9am was gridlock most of the way.
Despite the carpet of leaves, twigs, branches and fallen trees on the side
of the road under my wheels it was nice cruising past thousands of 'parked'
cars which wouldn't get to where they were going (only a couple or so km
away) for another hour at least.

Henry.

Got up to 39.7 degrees here. Went for a swim instead.

Ozcar