Farewell fairweather friends!

First commute in 3 weeks yesterday (out of the country, then had a cold / couldn't be arsed). What a joy to see that the onset of dark evenings have sent the fair-weather cyclists into hibernation. It was great to churn along Kennington Park Road without having to dodge the hordes of iPod wearing trundlers.

i almost got the tube, but i donned the waterproofs instead.

kings cross to acton and back to the lane of bricks this evening. not really looking fwd to that one.

got out early this morning, just had light drizzle the last 10mins. not many cyclists at all.

I bottled it... Had the day off last Monday so did a 20 mile ride to Witcomb and back via Canary Wharf in the pouring rain (without proper waterproofs)... Forgot Barrie was shut... What. A. Spanner.
Didn't fancy a repeat today...

I couldn't be bothered this morning.

Looked nasty, so had a bit of a lie in.

Hampsted to Canary Wharf - loving it. Though no sure how well the old bottle-mudgard works on my bike ;-)

After previous comments on the subject, I also got out early and too was rewarded with 'light drizzle' for last 10 mins. High five DB!

photoben Hampsted to Canary Wharf - loving it. Though no sure how well the old bottle-mudgard works on my bike ;-)

Where do you park up? Saw a black Cannondale track locked up by the tube exit... Yours? Flatmate and I were smokin' rollies and drinkin' coffee outside Carluccio's for an hour or so drying off/waiting for the deluge to stop... :-/

On the subject of bottle mudgards, i think the best is a 1.5l evian bottle.

Nah, lock it up nr stompy (when he cycles ;-P) under the DLR north side just by the security office. Black IRO, look for the red stem!

You?

photoben Nah, lock it up nr stompy (when he cycles ;-P) under the DLR north side just by the security office. Black IRO, look for the red stem!

You?

I don't work up there anymore, used to do the Chelsea-South Quay commute every day... I was on 'red bike' last week, her rims need a good seein' to after that downpour, she's a very dirty girl ...
My IRO only comes out at the weekend, too scared to leave her alone for too long... She's too pretty... ;-)

Did you get your IRO sent over or from Cavendish Cycles?

photoben Nah, lock it up nr stompy (when he cycles ;-P) under the DLR north side just by the security office. Black IRO, look for the red stem!

You?

Whose is the grey Condor SS?

bah the weather never gets that bad in the uk you guys that chicken out over a bit rain need to harden the fuck up!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unkIVvjZc9Y

hahaha, harden the fuck up!!

Cmon guys you honestly telling me you would rather use the bus or the tube all cos a bit of rain?

That said i do shower and chancge when i get to work!

I haven't ridden more than a couple of kay for 5 days.. get me to a hospital!

cut 'em loose, damn summer surfers, dead wood.

Buses get full of condensation when it rains and the tube just sucks in any weather, both are filled with fetid disease-air.
I know where I would rather be rain or shine.

Stompy - don't know. Saw it recently, but was disapointed it wasn't a fix!

I want to know who owns the red Holdsworth by the tube station and the orange Courtney (with red Phil's!) outside Waitrose.

They're back!

All of them at once.

And those nodding yellow-backs seem determined to race everything and everyone.

Poor sods.

Damn annoying at the lights though, they clog up the inside and you never know what kind of crazy light-jumping trick they'll pull (like, at the very last moment when they've barely got a chance and haven't really scanned what the traffic is doing).

Nutters the lot of them.

Ha! You love it. I've been setting my alarm progressively earlier to get rack space near work. It's now 6:06am... for FUCK'S SAKE!!!

You've going down in minute increments?

That came out wrong didn't it?

As did that.

I'll get my coat.

No.. I'm just odd when it comes to picking alarm times. I hate 6.00 or 6.30. So it went something like: 7:37, 7:17, 7:02, 6:56, 6:44, 6:36, 6:16, 6:06.