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Postby elantra » Thu Apr 28, 2011 10:26 am

Comedian wrote:Dodged the rain this morning... yaaay. Thought I dodged it tonight... got to within 500m of home and hammered :(
Surprisingly :mrgreen: the weather this morning was extremely bleak and wet looking.
Again.
Because i have not been on the bike for a week i insisted on riding to work, fortunately that is only 8 km.
MSO accused me of being a SB to contemplate bike riding in this weather

But i got to work relatively dry and comfy and minimal rear wheel lock-up. :shock:
Just gotta get home again though.

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Postby Comedian » Thu Apr 28, 2011 11:37 am

elantra wrote:
Comedian wrote:Dodged the rain this morning... yaaay. Thought I dodged it tonight... got to within 500m of home and hammered :(
Surprisingly :mrgreen: the weather this morning was extremely bleak and wet looking.
Again.
Because i have not been on the bike for a week i insisted on riding to work, fortunately that is only 8 km.
MSO accused me of being a SB to contemplate bike riding in this weather

But i got to work relatively dry and comfy and minimal rear wheel lock-up. :shock:
Just gotta get home again though.
Well I didn't get as wet as I was expecting. Mental note to self - when going through deep puddles on Kedron brook slow down a little so the bow-wave off the front wheel doesn't fill your shoes :shock: :mrgreen:

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Postby Comedian » Wed May 04, 2011 3:09 pm

fullsteamahead wrote:Great early morning start today - coolish with a nice autumn crispness in the air - next couple of months are the best in Brisbane imho - love what is known as 'winter' here :D
You don't ride very early do you? 13 forecast for tomorrow and 12 the next day :o

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Postby marinmomma » Wed May 04, 2011 5:57 pm

Comedian wrote:
fullsteamahead wrote:Great early morning start today - coolish with a nice autumn crispness in the air - next couple of months are the best in Brisbane imho - love what is known as 'winter' here :D
You don't ride very early do you? 13 forecast for tomorrow and 12 the next day :o

The leg warmers will be on soon...brrrr.
Gotta be better than the rain and humidity!
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Postby duds2u » Fri May 06, 2011 8:28 pm

[quote="fullsteamahead" Big snip
Haha, not quite, I tend to be out the door by 4.30/4.40 . I like to think I'm getting a superior return on my Ayup investment :D[/quote]

I also like riding early in the morning before sunrise. First up I think with blinking tail lights and a a good headlight that I'm more visible. Second is that the roads are quieter and those tradies that are out seem to be more polite and give me at least a half a roads worth of space when they pass.

Besides that, I have this superior glib smile on my face knowing that I'm on my way home when all the other riders are just staring to head out to face the madding hordes. :D

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Postby Comedian » Sat May 07, 2011 10:17 am

duds2u wrote: I also like riding early in the morning before sunrise. First up I think with blinking tail lights and a a good headlight that I'm more visible. Second is that the roads are quieter and those tradies that are out seem to be more polite and give me at least a half a roads worth of space when they pass.
Interestingly between 5 and 6 it's known as tradie hour here. That's when I find there on their worst behaviour. The bogan/tradie doesn't like to be caught doing anti social stuff so the more people around the better they behave imho. Of course that small % of them are careless and inconsiderate at any time. :evil:

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Postby brades68 » Wed May 11, 2011 1:20 pm

Wake up to a lovely morning of 8 degrees :shock:
in Rockhampton! too cold for this softy to ride, maybe this afternoon. Better get to the bike shop to see what cold weather gear there is!

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Postby Anakist » Wed May 11, 2011 3:48 pm

When are you riding? I am keen for a ride this arvy!

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Postby marinmomma » Wed May 11, 2011 6:23 pm

brades68 wrote:Wake up to a lovely morning of 8 degrees :shock:
in Rockhampton! too cold for this softy to ride, maybe this afternoon. Better get to the bike shop to see what cold weather gear there is!

Cheers
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Yup, I did the same thing this afternoon...bought some full fingered gloves and I have a winter jacket coming in the post :roll: winter is here!
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Postby marinmomma » Wed May 11, 2011 7:57 pm

It's meant to be 8 degrees tonight.... :shock: :shock: , glad I bought some winter gloves
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Postby brades68 » Wed May 11, 2011 8:32 pm

Anakist wrote:When are you riding? I am keen for a ride this arvy!

James
James, see my PM

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Postby brades68 » Wed May 11, 2011 8:36 pm

marinmomma wrote:It's meant to be 8 degrees tonight.... :shock: :shock: , glad I bought some winter gloves
7 degrees here tonight. i'll need to get some gloves, some longs and a huge bucket of HTFU!

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Postby Comedian » Wed May 11, 2011 9:49 pm

brades68 wrote:
marinmomma wrote:It's meant to be 8 degrees tonight.... :shock: :shock: , glad I bought some winter gloves
7 degrees here tonight. i'll need to get some gloves, some longs and a huge bucket of HTFU!

Cheers
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HTFU!! Forecast of 8 deg here in the morning and I'm leaving for Cootha at 5.

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Postby brades68 » Thu May 12, 2011 9:11 pm

Comedian wrote:
brades68 wrote:
marinmomma wrote:It's meant to be 8 degrees tonight.... :shock: :shock: , glad I bought some winter gloves
7 degrees here tonight. i'll need to get some gloves, some longs and a huge bucket of HTFU!

Cheers
Mick
HTFU!! Forecast of 8 deg here in the morning and I'm leaving for Cootha at 5.
Isn't it dark then? :P
went for ride this arvo - garmin said average temp was 20 degrees. i think it was lying!
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Postby Max » Fri May 13, 2011 7:32 am

Far out, it is cold today. :( I'm sitting in my office wearing shirt, shorts, tracky dacks, jacket, beanie and socks and I'm STILL cold. I'm really looking forward to an early morning ride tomorrow :lol:

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Postby Max » Mon May 16, 2011 2:06 pm

Ahhhhhh, Brisbane. Beautiful one minute, lightning, thunder, piss-pouring rain and hail the next! :shock: :lol:

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Postby brades68 » Mon May 16, 2011 2:46 pm

Rocky - temp is good, 24 degrees, blue skies

with 43km/hr wind gusts!

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Postby Comedian » Mon May 16, 2011 5:19 pm

Max wrote:Ahhhhhh, Brisbane. Beautiful one minute, lightning, thunder, piss-pouring rain and hail the next! :shock: :lol:

Max
Hey! No venting unless you are riding :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

I left work at 2 and was surprised to go out to wet road and threatening skies. I powered to Alderley, picked up off spring and was putting the bike on the back when it started raining again. It stopped by the time I got to school. Say What?

It's still trying to rain out there and I'm debating whether to do my early Tuesday ride and get the bike covered in mud :(

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Postby myforwik » Mon May 30, 2011 9:33 pm

I blame BOM for being useless more than anything. Showers. Shower or Two. Possible Showers. Morning showers. I mean geez if there is a going to be cloud in the sky they will just say something with showers, which probably ends up being a blue sky clear day.

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Postby Comedian » Thu Jun 09, 2011 4:47 pm

I'm waiting for the venting to begin. :mrgreen: I'll check back after I've ridden home ;)

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Postby ZepinAtor » Thu Jun 09, 2011 5:00 pm

Comedian wrote:I'm waiting for the venting to begin. :mrgreen: I'll check back after I've ridden home ;)
Mondays forecast was for gale force winds, heavy rain & low temperatures from Thursday onwards. One out of 3 aint bad, it's f--f--f-- cold.
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Postby jillybean » Thu Jun 09, 2011 5:35 pm

it's f--f--f-- cold.
I second that - it was a damn sight warmer at 6am this morning than what it is now. I shudder to think what it will be like tomorrow morning. On the bright side - I'm not in Stanthorpe. It was only 4C there at 5pm this afternoon.
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Postby ozzymac » Thu Jun 09, 2011 5:38 pm

Hi,
Are you sure it's cold? Wife and I went for our ride this morning and it was freezing, thought our finger tips were going to drop off, what makes it worse is that it's only her 2nd ride back after her broken ankle healing up enough for walking etc so the rides are fairly slow with a few stops on top of the hills.

It was great to get home and have a hot shower.

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