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??? It's, what 5-6 degrees over night! Glad I managed a quick ride today.Supermofo wrote: Fri Nov 10, 2023 3:39 pm Well that's game over then
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Looks like I'll be washing it and tucking it up for winter. Bollocks.
Guinness for the dark nights, cider for the light nights.Supermofo wrote: Fri Nov 10, 2023 5:12 pmIt's the time of year I wrap up in a blanket, put xhamster on the TV, drink lots of cider and wait till Spring.Yorick wrote: Fri Nov 10, 2023 4:12 pmWassat?Supermofo wrote: Fri Nov 10, 2023 3:39 pm Well that's game over then
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Tell me about itChrisW wrote: Fri Nov 10, 2023 5:24 pm ??? It's, what 5-6 degrees over night! Glad I managed a quick ride today.
Last winter they were gritting when it was 7C some nights, I'm sure they have shares in the salt. I've been keeping an eye on the temps and they are low but not low enough for ice but the fuckers can't wait 
Was hoping to get out Sat and Sun. Totally bollocksed that plan.I do have a fair few IPA's and old style ales but never Guiness can't stand the stuff one of the only beers I can't stand.
Ground up volcano rocks!Yorick wrote: Fri Nov 10, 2023 4:12 pmWassat?Supermofo wrote: Fri Nov 10, 2023 3:39 pm Well that's game over then
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Tried the BrewDog Guiness-a-like the other week, Black Heart or something like that. Well worth a try.Dodgy69 wrote: Fri Nov 10, 2023 6:06 pm I never used to but acquired a taste for it a couple of winter's ago. Only at home though, never in the pub.
Don't know why.
things while you can.It makes roads no fun with a nasty salt-slime-soup when the roads are damp & I'd not be out on a bike if the temps were sub zero anyway!
And yet, we have fans of riding in mud, in all weathers. etcChrisW wrote: Fri Nov 10, 2023 6:58 pmIt makes roads no fun with a nasty salt-slime-soup when the roads are damp & I'd not be out on a bike if the temps were sub zero anyway!
).I can't honestly see the local crem allowing that, to be honest. Besides, how would you fit 5 or 6 of the buggers in? I am seriously thinking of having a set of (wooden) bars made up that can have my cold dead hands wrapped around them as I head to Valhalla, though.Count Steer wrote: Fri Nov 10, 2023 6:47 pm I'm amazed by some of the stuff up there tbh. Folk won't go out and ride because there's salt on the roads. Do you want to be buried, 'viking style' with your bikes?
Er, yes I am. It's an absolute bastard to get every last grain of salt off, and my name isn't weeksy. Getting the bucket and water out to wash the bike down as the light fades and the wind picks up is no fun at all.
See answer to previous questionCount Steer wrote: Fri Nov 10, 2023 6:47 pm FFS if you can ride them, ride them, wash them, ride them again.
No and no. But if the weather is sufficiently cold for the gritting lorries to be out, the riding experience is more than a Bit Shit anyway. There's precious little grip with cold tyres and slimy roads, and it becomes more of an endurance style test of manhood, and that's so last century, dahling.Count Steer wrote: Fri Nov 10, 2023 6:47 pm Are these bikes precious artefacts that you want to donate to museums on your final demise? Are you so wrapped up in their value?
It's nice to know it's a free world.mangocrazy wrote: Fri Nov 10, 2023 8:18 pmI can't honestly see the local crem allowing that, to be honest. Besides, how would you fit 5 or 6 of the buggers in? I am seriously thinking of having a set of (wooden) bars made up that can have my cold dead hands wrapped around them as I head to Valhalla, though.Count Steer wrote: Fri Nov 10, 2023 6:47 pm I'm amazed by some of the stuff up there tbh. Folk won't go out and ride because there's salt on the roads. Do you want to be buried, 'viking style' with your bikes?Er, yes I am. It's an absolute bastard to get every last grain of salt off, and my name isn't weeksy. Getting the bucket and water out to wash the bike down as the light fades and the wind picks up is no fun at all.See answer to previous questionCount Steer wrote: Fri Nov 10, 2023 6:47 pm FFS if you can ride them, ride them, wash them, ride them again.No and no. But if the weather is sufficiently cold for the gritting lorries to be out, the riding experience is more than a Bit Shit anyway. There's precious little grip with cold tyres and slimy roads, and it becomes more of an endurance style test of manhood, and that's so last century, dahling.Count Steer wrote: Fri Nov 10, 2023 6:47 pm Are these bikes precious artefacts that you want to donate to museums on your final demise? Are you so wrapped up in their value?
Ah yes, but I don't remember you whining like a milk float about 'Oh woe, oh me, oh my the mercury is falling, there are leaves falling from the trees, the sky is leaking, how can this possibly happen in an English winter? I really want to ride but boo hoo the weather won't let me'.mangocrazy wrote: Fri Nov 10, 2023 8:18 pmI can't honestly see the local crem allowing that, to be honest. Besides, how would you fit 5 or 6 of the buggers in? I am seriously thinking of having a set of (wooden) bars made up that can have my cold dead hands wrapped around them as I head to Valhalla, though.Count Steer wrote: Fri Nov 10, 2023 6:47 pm I'm amazed by some of the stuff up there tbh. Folk won't go out and ride because there's salt on the roads. Do you want to be buried, 'viking style' with your bikes?Er, yes I am. It's an absolute bastard to get every last grain of salt off, and my name isn't weeksy. Getting the bucket and water out to wash the bike down as the light fades and the wind picks up is no fun at all.See answer to previous questionCount Steer wrote: Fri Nov 10, 2023 6:47 pm FFS if you can ride them, ride them, wash them, ride them again.No and no. But if the weather is sufficiently cold for the gritting lorries to be out, the riding experience is more than a Bit Shit anyway. There's precious little grip with cold tyres and slimy roads, and it becomes more of an endurance style test of manhood, and that's so last century, dahling.Count Steer wrote: Fri Nov 10, 2023 6:47 pm Are these bikes precious artefacts that you want to donate to museums on your final demise? Are you so wrapped up in their value?
There y'go. Yorick doesn't moan about the weather...he did something about it. You're planning to do something about it. Someone posted pictures of their SV650 in the wet...they wanted to ride through the weather that amazingly arrives every year so they did something about it. It's the bleating about 'I can't go out and ride for fun any more and I'm upset' because, guess what, winter has arrived as it has done for thousands and thousands of years and a) my bike will melt b) it's a tad cold/wet c) the road surface is a bit less than ideal. Fine. Your choice, but it's not the only option.mangocrazy wrote: Fri Nov 10, 2023 8:41 pm Nah, I just spend more time on here, talking shite...
But next year I may very well spend November in France...
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Mud last weekend, mud Mon, Tues, Wed, tomorrow, maybe Sunday.Count Steer wrote: Fri Nov 10, 2023 9:28 pmThere y'go. Yorick doesn't moan about the weather...he did something about it. You're planning to do something about it. Someone posted pictures of their SV650 in the wet...they wanted to ride through the weather that amazingly arrives every year so they did something about it. It's the bleating about 'I can't go out and ride for fun any more and I'm upset' because, guess what, winter has arrived as it has done for thousands and thousands of years and a) my bike will melt b) it's a tad cold/wet c) the road surface is a bit less than ideal. Fine. Your choice, but it's not the only option.mangocrazy wrote: Fri Nov 10, 2023 8:41 pm Nah, I just spend more time on here, talking shite...
But next year I may very well spend November in France...
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I don't mind the weather, I mind the salt. Its gonna be dry and cold tomorrow, that I'm happy with. But I don't want to spend as long washing the salt off as I do riding it.Count Steer wrote: Fri Nov 10, 2023 6:47 pm I'm amazed by some of the stuff up there tbh. Folk won't go out and ride because there's salt on the roads. Do you want to be buried, 'viking style' with your bikes? Are you so concerned about a bit of corrosion? FFS if you can ride them, ride them, wash them, ride them again. Are these bikes precious artefacts that you want to donate to museums on your final demise? Are you so wrapped up in their value? Ride the
Cider!Supermofo wrote: Fri Nov 10, 2023 5:12 pmIt's the time of year I wrap up in a blanket, put xhamster on the TV, drink lots of cider and wait till Spring.Yorick wrote: Fri Nov 10, 2023 4:12 pmWassat?Supermofo wrote: Fri Nov 10, 2023 3:39 pm Well that's game over then
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Like I ever had any
