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by **g-boaf** » Sat Jul 06, 2013 3:04 pm

Glorious today.

Had fun despite the remnants of a bad head cold still hanging around. Didn't feel like I was firing properly on all cylinders. :roll:

Man were there some exotic bikes out and about today, Pinarello Dogma, A Rabobank Giant TCR. Very nice.

by **BNA** » Wed Jul 17, 2013 9:33 pm

by **find_bruce** » Wed Jul 17, 2013 9:33 pm

What a glorious day for a ride, short sleeves & short legs, just doesn't get any better

by **queequeg** » Wed Jul 17, 2013 9:39 pm

Nice ride in this morning, but a bit muddy in the tunnel after the downpour last night!

by **nomadicsoul** » Thu Jul 18, 2013 8:12 am

I came flying down in to the M2 tunnel yesterday, then very very slowly to avoid flicking everywhere. Now, have to completely clean the wheels - yuck!

by **rheicel** » Thu Jul 18, 2013 8:47 am

nomadicsoul wrote:I came flying down in to the M2 tunnel yesterday, then very very slowly to avoid flicking everywhere. Now, have to completely clean the wheels - yuck!

queequeg wrote:Nice ride in this morning, but a bit muddy in the tunnel after the downpour last night!

Is the M2 bike lane Open now? Thanks

by **queequeg** » Thu Jul 18, 2013 8:52 am

nomadicsoul wrote:I came flying down in to the M2 tunnel yesterday, then very very slowly to avoid flicking everywhere. Now, have to completely clean the wheels - yuck!

When I went through on Tuesday night (photo is from last night) the water was still about 3cm deep on the path, so my wheels didn't get dirty.
Last night they got a nice thick covering of mud, but a quick diversion through some puddles of water fixed that. Bike stayed pretty clean because the mudguards did their job :-)

by **queequeg** » Thu Jul 18, 2013 8:52 am

rheicel wrote:
nomadicsoul wrote:I came flying down in to the M2 tunnel yesterday, then very very slowly to avoid flicking everywhere. Now, have to completely clean the wheels - yuck!

queequeg wrote:Nice ride in this morning, but a bit muddy in the tunnel after the downpour last night!

Is the M2 bike lane Open now? Thanks

Not yet.....soon I hope!

by **rheicel** » Thu Jul 18, 2013 8:56 am

queequeg wrote:Not yet.....soon I hope!

Thanks. Looking forward to the reopening. M7 will be handy from my place if that happens.

by **duncanm** » Thu Jul 18, 2013 1:08 pm

queequeg wrote:
nomadicsoul wrote:I came flying down in to the M2 tunnel yesterday, then very very slowly to avoid flicking everywhere. Now, have to completely clean the wheels - yuck!

When I went through on Tuesday night (photo is from last night) the water was still about 3cm deep on the path, so my wheels didn't get dirty.
Last night they got a nice thick covering of mud, but a quick diversion through some puddles of water fixed that. Bike stayed pretty clean because the mudguards did their job

so it was you two laying tracks through the mud....

I went through after Tuesday's rain squall - as you say, clean wheels.

Last night and this morning, however -- piles of mud caked onto the downtube and seattube.

by **g-boaf** » Fri Jul 19, 2013 12:40 pm

It's not looking so nice at the moment, very windy in the CBD and starting to rain as well. :roll:

by **g-boaf** » Sat Jul 20, 2013 1:58 pm

Wow - not bad earlier in the morning, but windy now! :shock:

That was a tough headwind on my return journey this morning.

by **bollo** » Sun Jul 21, 2013 11:36 am

beautiful day i thought for riding heading out and i am thinking wow i am smashing this then turned around & dam the head wind near killed me

by **g-boaf** » Sun Jul 21, 2013 1:13 pm

bollo wrote:beautiful day i thought for riding heading out and i am thinking wow i am smashing this then turned around & dam the head wind near killed me

Me as well. Oh man... argh... Hurt... Damn... Argh.. Help!! :shock:

Now I'll go away and fall down in a heap. :lol:

by **bollo** » Sun Jul 21, 2013 1:18 pm

g-boaf thats how i feel mate got home hot shower & a lay down lol , 2 hours later still feeling it in the quads

by **g-boaf** » Sun Jul 21, 2013 1:26 pm

I'm guessing you might have been on the M7.

Even the flat sections on the way back were nasty. I was struggling to get 26.5km/h in some areas and then the wind picked up even more and boom, 21km/h just like that. :shock:

The thing is on the way down there wasn't exactly much of a tailwind either that I noticed either. I did get some great PRs on the way down though.

My quads aren't hurting too much, I gave them a good massage - but they feel a bit tired.

by **bollo** » Sun Jul 21, 2013 7:39 pm

nah mate i rode the M4 from St Clair to Parra & back the way there was good but the 23k back was not , i now had a couple of Johny Walkers & the legs feel ok lol

by **rdp_au** » Mon Jul 22, 2013 1:18 pm

Coldest it's been in a while this morning - a nice reminder that winter is still with us.. My fingers were freezing for the first 30 mins or so. Nice to ride on dry roads in beautiful sunny conditions, though.

by **g-boaf** » Tue Jul 23, 2013 7:17 am

Freezing again this morning. And I'm sitting inside the oldest and coldest dump of a city rail train..

by **find_bruce** » Tue Jul 23, 2013 9:32 am

I must be better insulated as I thought it was a great morning - short pants, & sleeves, just a pair of gloves to tip my hat at winter.

by **JohnJoyner** » Tue Jul 23, 2013 1:43 pm

find_bruce wrote:I must be better insulated as I thought it was a great morning - short pants, & sleeves, just a pair of gloves to tip my hat at winter.

You're a hard man Find Bruce... I left at 6.30am this morning in arm warmers, knee warmers, skull cap, thermal socks & long fingered gloves & was bloody freezing...
Only the skull cap got removed.
Still, a gorgeous morning & loving the sunshine.

by **biker jk** » Tue Jul 23, 2013 3:08 pm

Cold and windy on my ride this morning. Garmin recorded a minimum of 5 deg. Definitely the coldest day I've cycled this year.

by **find_bruce** » Tue Jul 23, 2013 3:40 pm

JohnJoyner wrote:
find_bruce wrote:I must be better insulated as I thought it was a great morning - short pants, & sleeves, just a pair of gloves to tip my hat at winter.

You're a hard man Find Bruce... I left at 6.30am this morning in arm warmers, knee warmers, skull cap, thermal socks & long fingered gloves & was bloody freezing...
Only the skull cap got removed.
Still, a gorgeous morning & loving the sunshine.

I am about as hard as a junket sandwich & suspect the real answer is that leaving home about an hour later was just enough time to take the chill off the air

by **Boognoss** » Wed Jul 24, 2013 12:21 pm

I've finally found the right amount of layers - thick woolen socks and shoe toe covers, and good winter gloves. One woolen base-layer on the legs, jersey and jacket on top. Perfect for 06:00 rollout commutes in the morning at the moment.

Perfect weather when it's dry

by **Rockford** » Mon Feb 10, 2014 7:37 am

Windy this morning on the M7!! The whole time I'm thinking 'look at it this way, the ride back going to be fantastic'. The amount of times I looked down to see if my tyre was going flat....