Short leg and sleeves, light wind permeable base layer with long sleeves. I'll admit to toe covers though .fat and old wrote:2 this morning. No way I'm wearing short gloves It's getting so I look forward to the section of path home along the Ring Road. It bumps up at least 5 degrees.
And a tip for those looking at Shimano S-Phyre shoes......they're well ventilated. Really well. Really, really well.
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Postby fat and old » Fri May 12, 2017 1:34 pm
Base layers don't really work for us Sturdy build types. Especially under a green l/s top. I already look like kermit.
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Lack of wind made for a nice average speed.
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whoopsie. too many zeroes
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Uh huhjasonc wrote:For those trying to catch me I did 1000kms today. I wore arm warmers today
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I even took my mudguard off.......
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Postby Lizzy » Wed May 17, 2017 11:41 am
Remembered to take my towel to the shower but left my pants in the office. Option 1: Fight my way back into sweaty bike shorts for the trip back to the office, blerg; Option 2: Scuttle across the campus in a camping towel that doesn't go quiiiite all the way around my waist. Came down reluctantly in favour of option 1.
My local shower is one of the type that has been installed to comply with access legislation but not for actual use, ergo there are no gear hooks. Brought some in and stuck them up this morning, will be interesting to see how long they stay there.
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Is it wrong to be smug this morning as I rode past so many parked cars as Sydney bus strike causes city chaos ?
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Postby RobertL » Thu May 18, 2017 4:47 pm
No - the smugness of commuting by bike is one of the great attractions, I find. Personally, I emit enormous clouds of smug wherever I go.find_bruce wrote:Is it wrong to be smug this morning as I rode past so many parked cars...
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Postby Lizzy » Thu May 18, 2017 10:34 pm
Tail light started meeping at me just after Ossy park - then yelled for a bit at Gwelup before finally quitting. Backup tail-light made it home fine. Meanwhile the headlight really became totally ineffective by Karrinyup Rd, just in time for the darkest sections of my ride and I got home basically in stealth mode. Not good. Very not happy with the battery life of the old headlight. It's onto its second battery too, I think it's going to go into semi retirement as a backup.
Off to see what the gold standard is among you lot these days $$ ....
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We have had some bad weather this week... easy enough to ride the 10km direct route if requiredjasonc wrote:Was raining when I got up. Lost motivation. So for the second time this year, I didn't ride to work.
Yesterday my wet weather gear turned up... looking forward to testing it this morning and the rain has gone... should have bought wet weather gear earlier
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Postby RobertL » Fri May 19, 2017 10:58 am
Luckily, I have magic pannier rain covers. Whenever the weather is a bit dodgy, and I put the covers on my panniers, the rain stops! So I had a fairly pleasant ride in a bit of misty drizzle.jasonc wrote:Was raining when I got up. Lost motivation. So for the second time this year, I didn't ride to work.
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At least it will still be over 10c on the way home...going by the forecast
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And a bonus of not too many orb spiders out yet
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Postby MacMan » Tue May 23, 2017 6:19 pm
Of course, the flip side means I am coming back against the outbound commuters in the evening. Seriously, what is the go with the folks who seem to think I am the enemy? If their upward-angled, blindingly bright, seizure-inducing lights are anything to go by, they want to burn my soul out the back of my head. I can understand them wanting to be seen, but it's nigh on impossible for me to see where I'm going other than straight to the scene of the accident.
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Postby caneye » Wed May 24, 2017 10:26 am
all quiet until i came across 2 coppers (on MTBs mind you) inspecting a late-model Renault parked on the side of the road with no occupants, but lights turned on and engine running, 2 kms from St Leonards station. there was a time when you just feel bemused and confused by the sight. but given the tragic events in Manchester, one can't help but feel suspicious and guarded ..
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