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Mustang wrote:

Mustang wrote: Sunshine Coast Wet, wet, wet. Just caught up,now I'm behind, aah well lots of Christchurch people would like my worries.

Its clearing????? Next week is going to be heavy

I just did a riverloop in the rain... hmmmm... 2 hours riding, 1.5 hours cleaning bike... time efficient - NOT

Got it all this morning. Cold gusty wind on Coro drive at 5am , fog going up Cootha at 5:30, then constant rain "til about 10km from home.

Still my Gore jacket, cap & booties worked.

Oh yeah, and the bike started filthy and still is filthy, net change = zero.

Rode this morning in drizzle. The sort that makes you bike filthy, still it was a ride and that's the main thing.
Fitting Crud RoadRacer mk2 mudguards before tomorrow's ride.

Brighton from the track at Nundah...only a few sprinkles and thanks to another riders flat being repaired we missed a big downpour
Gusty headwind for the return leg.

Now to clean up the bikes yet again

fullsteamahead wrote:Thought it was ok this morning, out to Dayboro and back, light drizzle mostly, short wetting shower as i left Dayboro, seemed a bit cooler today which made for a better ride.

Finished off a neat 300km for the week, had to go past my house and come back to make sure it was a neat round figure

Nice Week , considering the weather Thought I was going to get a dry one this morning buuuut down it came again.

Went in the wrong direction this morning and got the headwind for the ride home...but at least it was DRY!!!

Anakist wrote:It is ok temperature wise, but we are in a bowl with mountains surrounding and a river through the middle of town. Doesn't make for a cool dry city!

Not enough breeze and too much humidity! Very nice during winter though.

James

+1
And winter is typically defined as "that cold snap that lasts about 2 weeks"

Cheers
Mick

I did a river loop this afternoon and somehow got a head wind the whole way.

Zynster wrote:I did a river loop this afternoon and somehow got a head wind the whole way.

Same here. But hey, at least it didn't rain

Max

Max wrote:

Zynster wrote:I did a river loop this afternoon and somehow got a head wind the whole way.

Same here. But hey, at least it didn't rain

Max

You mean, people do the river loop in the afternoon? How come no-one ever told me this!

managed to get a ride in yesterday morning. thought it was a good ride until i turned around to head back and it felt like i was towing a car
but got another ride in last night after the rain and lucky no wind

Its back or should I say it hasn't left, Bruce H'way is cut in 3 x places up north,commiserations to Tully residents, we really need that all weather road!!!!!!!!!!!!!Aah well back on the trainer.

I headed out after work this afternoon and got 1k into the ride and the weather was getting worse (read wetter). Turned round and went home. first time I've bailed out of a ride but I'm really getting bored with wet weather.
I guess it gave me time to prep the bike and attach the battery for tomorrow mornings ride, providing it's not raining.

duds2u wrote:I headed out after work this afternoon and got 1k into the ride and the weather was getting worse (read wetter). Turned round and went home. first time I've bailed out of a ride but I'm really getting bored with wet weather.
I guess it gave me time to prep the bike and attach the battery for tomorrow mornings ride, providing it's not raining.

That about sums it up, pi**ing down here at the moment & the next few days will be the same. What was that about "Global Warming"????????????????

Great day again on the Liquid Sunshine Coast. It was either full on rain or full on sunshine.
I had a great dry 50K at first light this morning though.

I hope it's belting down tomorrow morning as my bike is in getting a little TLC and I'm going to have sleep in.

duds2u wrote:Great day again on the Liquid Sunshine Coast. It was either full on rain or full on sunshine.
I had a great dry 50K at first light this morning though.

I hope it's belting down tomorrow morning as my bike is in getting a little TLC and I'm going to have sleep in.

Might do the same & transfer my ride to Sun; my usual day off. Planned to do a new "bikley" route from Caloundra,Maroochy,Nambour,Palmwoods, Glenview,home

It's back to the Melbourne weather in BNE. Fine for an hour. Overcast then rain... probably fine again soon!

nice to see a bit of Rocket Frog drying sunshine breaking through though...

Rode on the Gold Coast this morning, it was looking like rain but it held off...just a very gusty south-easterly blowing all the way to Coolangatta but it may for a quick ride back to Southport

Temperatures have cooled off with the SE wind, which is a bonus!

Brilliant morning ride, into town from Runcorn, brekky at West End, over the Go-Between through the Uni and over the Green Bridge and back to Runcorn along the S-E freeway bikeway. Blue skies and cooler temps.

Comedian wrote:It's back to the Melbourne weather in BNE. Fine for an hour. Overcast then rain... probably fine again soon!

Same on Sunshine Coast & havn't those morning temps come down quickly. Raining here today...again...Iv'e decided its just no fun setting off in the rain..getting caught..now thats different. (no ks for 3 days)

I've resorted to drastic measures...used the mag trainer. Cold drizzle on the Northside, was like that at 0400 when I got up to head out. Better clear up this arvo!!!

after an afternoon and following morning spent cleaning bikes, didn't have any motivation to go through it all again yesterday....

next weekend also seems pretty bleak....