Thunder & lightening

It appears after a quick google that they do exist but are pretty shit.
I spoke to my dad he also has these and says they work quit well. Not completley waterproof but should be fine for a bit of mundane british weather.

your dad isn't profoundly deaf is he? i.e. slight hearing loss?

Was half way thu watching the tour......then the rain came and it all went black!

Was not good, Oh well good storm!

Yes. Sorry didn't realise that the designs would be that different.

Oh fair enough, your father's hearing doesn't really need that much amplification than me and LndGrrl.

no worries thought! it's nice to find out an alternative to kayaking completely deaf, kinda ruined the experience sometime.

I did the last 30 miles of a ride a few weeks ago in a storm that closed the north circular. Once past the saturation point, it's fun.

woo! that was ace. got home in the gap between it stopping at about 10 and starting again in the saaf. although i did have to stand under those arches by waterstones trafalgar square for 40 minutes to achieve this... good clean thinking time.

riding home down clapham road towards all that fuck-off lightning felt like being a horseman bikewoman of the apocalypse!

Oh fair enough, your father's hearing doesn't really need that much amplification than me and LndGrrl.

no worries thought! it's nice to find out an alternative to kayaking completely deaf, kinda ruined the experience sometime.

He's completely deaf in one ear (only recently) and the other is bad but not that bad.

Kayaking is amazing try here: http://www.ukriversguidebook.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=47087

I haven't read it, but they are a great bunch of people.

i'd have to say a good storm in hk in the right time of the year is amazing... Last flight to take off which was fun too. hopes for better storn, to ride in too

kayaking is amazing in thunder and hail

Not recommended at sea with a carbon Kayak and blades.

Huge storm over Bordeaux 2 nights ago. Sounds like the same weather fron that has just hit London's famous London.
Managed to get these two snaps:

bah its fine in the weather

I agree, storms are indeed good times. Except when the person in the flat above is on holiday, and their balcony must have flooded, and is now dripping/pouring into my room.

At the moment, I'd say I'm only 60/40 they're good.

Huge storm over Bordeaux 2 nights ago. Sounds like the same weather fron that has just hit London's famous London.
Managed to get these two snaps:

nicely captured!!

Im lucky got in a 20/20 match and many many pints in before cycling home. A couple of forumumungers ioi-ed down harwood road on the way home. Who is you?

Bless @ Andy W's links, thank you :)

I cycled home yesterday night around 22.30, from Finsbury Park to Peckham. It was the best ride of my life. I was completely soaked, and had random people shouting things like "Go on!" or clapping along the way.

The couple of cyclists I saw shouted something at me as well, and when stopping at a red light and turning to see the car behind me, I got a myriad of smiles. One guy on a red light asked me how it was, and I said "The best way to ride, you should try it.".

On arriving home I literally emptied my boots, because I had a pool of water in there.

Fun times!

i got slain by the storm, but it was great fun. pulling my bike over the steepest part of the north downs (18%avg 22%max) was a mission. the water was gushing down the road as i tried to climb, and i was losing loads of traction and losing my back end in skids.

only once i have ridden in such bad weather, and that was more to do with coastal winds.

Nice work.

I had to head inland in Cornwall due to the coastal wind, after being lifted up in the air, and then deposited a few yards to my right i.e. the wrong side of the road. What followed (Penzance to St Ives and back) involved coping with about 20 yards visibility - not unlike a night ride. Had the closest near-miss ever with some maniac driver screaming around an oncoming bend completely on my side of the road, forcing me to ride into a ditch. Due to restricted visibility, I had no idea of its depth, so was grateful the fall was a short one :O

pascalo, I know how you feel, its great I love sailing/kayaking and of course cycling in heavy weather.

Also Donut, I envy you big time. I have always wanted to photograph lightening like that. I dont know if i explained myself but the room I have is on top of a building and completetly glass exept the roof so i got a nice view of it all over london. awsome.

Move to the IoM, this should help you get used to some mundane on shore/offshore winds.

Thunderstorms are sexy. And dangerous! This is the best I've managed - Brooklyn bridge getting struck, taken from the top of the YMCA in Greenpoint. Crap by comparison to those further up the thread, didn't have a tripod at the time so I was on a silly high ISO, I'd do this a lot better now, this was a few years ago and I've got a DSLR now:

I had to ride home from Hyde Park to Stokey about 11 last night - would've been great fun but i forgot my front light, so it was actually a bit terrifying. I HATE riding without a front light in the dark.

Thunderstorms are sexy. And dangerous! This is the best I've managed - Brooklyn bridge getting struck, taken from the top of the YMCA in Greenpoint. Crap by comparison to those further up the thread, didn't have a tripod at the time so I was on a silly high ISO, I'd do this a lot better now, this was a few years ago and I've got a DSLR now:

Nice pic. Mine were taken using a Canon G10 sat on a garden chair (no tripod with me) ISO 80 and a 15 sec shutter. :)

I did the last 30 miles of a ride a few weeks ago in a storm that closed the north circular.

Great work closing the North Circular. How did you manage to create such a storm? You must have been riding hard. ;)