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Title: this ride'll be fun
Post by: Stig / Major Tom on February 10, 2024, 07:58:33 PM
stopped to wipe my visor...inside!
(https://i.postimg.cc/3R4cqkHd/20240210-061359.jpg)

rain like Cheerios clicking on your helmet :)
(https://i.postimg.cc/cCPj1tV8/20240210-062445.jpg)

(https://i.postimg.cc/DZT0zFWC/20240210-062512b.jpg)

(https://i.postimg.cc/MZs32mrL/20240210-063901cope.jpg)

glad I've somewhere to sit out of the rain

(https://i.postimg.cc/vBH2SfK7/20240210-062948.jpg)

(https://i.postimg.cc/tTZWTgnQ/20240210-064924.jpg)

a wash and a dry when i get home..

Stig

Title: Re: this ride'll be fun
Post by: Iahawk on February 11, 2024, 02:27:44 PM
me: waiting until the temp hit 40 F (4.4 C) with full sun and blue skies, yesterday afternoon, before going out for a ride.

Stig: cold, dark, rain, wind? Perfect!

Keep it up Stig, you're a legend!
Title: Re: this ride'll be fun
Post by: Stig / Major Tom on February 11, 2024, 09:15:42 PM
Quote from: Iahawk on February 11, 2024, 02:27:44 PM
me: waiting until the temp hit 40 F (4.4 C) with full sun and blue skies, yesterday afternoon, before going out for a ride.

Stig: cold, dark, rain, wind? Perfect!

Keep it up Stig, you're a legend!

You give me too much credit, Hawk.

I'd checked the weather earlier in the week - saw the overnight temp was predicted to be 54°F (!! - fully 20°F better than future nights)....and that rain was expected. Rain was coming in from the SW, so I would enjoy a nice strong headwind to help clear the drops on my helmet!

Radar prediction at 5AM...as I geared up.
(https://i.postimg.cc/y6kP5MYr/Screenshot-20240210-051146-Chrome.jpg)

At 5:20AM I share the road with only the odd deer; and in the village - the homeless street people, a couple of elderly exercisers and Kristine - the cute girl walking her Huskies,  Dino's opens at 6:45AM, the UnderDog and Tom's at 7:00.

Rainy streets at night are color filled!
(https://i.postimg.cc/VNb2BJ0m/20240210-062426.jpg)

Stig
Title: Re: this ride'll be fun
Post by: Viper254 on February 13, 2024, 01:49:22 PM
I've had a few blastings from the rain this year, most notably a week ago on the Tuesday.

There's little in life worse than when the cold water begins to ingress to your a) feet or b) crotch :(
Title: Re: this ride'll be fun
Post by: Stig / Major Tom on February 14, 2024, 03:20:00 PM
Quote from: Viper254 on February 13, 2024, 01:49:22 PM
I've had a few blastings from the rain this year, most notably a week ago on the Tuesday.

There's little in life worse than when the cold water begins to ingress to your a) feet or b) crotch :(

"absolut! es ist nicht viel lustig, wenn der Rhein in Ihre Shortens fließt!"

My German might be a little spotty - as my mother said we left Germany when I was 7 months old - but that I could cry in German.....and hum a few marching songs.

Stig

Title: Re: this ride'll be fun
Post by: Neil955i on February 15, 2024, 03:35:46 PM
Quote from: Stig / Major Tom on February 14, 2024, 03:20:00 PM
"absolut! es ist nicht viel lustig, wenn der Rhein in Ihre Shortens fließt!"

My German might be a little spotty - as my mother said we left Germany when I was 7 months old - but that I could cry in German.....and hum a few marching songs.

Stig
Translation:  Absolutely! It's not much fun when the Rhine flows into your Shortens!  I think Google means "Shorts"? 

Had my own outing in torrential rain earlier, about an hour after labouriously cleaning all the winter mud & salt off the DTX.  It looked great for that hour, now it's as bad as ever again. :(  Can't be arsed to do it again today but maybe the enthusiasm will have returned by next week.