Silly daily rant:)

[GiorgioG]

Hi guys and girls,

 

How are you?

 

Hope you are having a fantastic new year

 

Tomorrow, I'll got to the office for the first time after 2 months, and I really would love to go by bike.

It is a 35 mile trip, from Croydon to Horsham.

Well, the reason tell me not to , temperature tomorrow will be no more than 3 degrees, so , there is a high risk of ice. 

I was thinking to stick to bus roads, but still, there could be patches of ice.

Reason says to use the car, my hart says to use the bike, what you would do? I have a small cruiser, so my tyres are not really for slippery sirfaces.

I know, sorry for the rant, I should get the car....

 

 

[skyrider]

11 minutes ago, GiorgioG said:

Hi guys and girls,

 

How are you?

 

Hope you are having a fantastic new year

 

Tomorrow, I'll got to the office for the first time after 2 months, and I really would love to go by bike.

It is a 35 mile trip, from Croydon to Horsham.

Well, the reason tell me not to , temperature tomorrow will be no more than 3 degrees, so , there is a high risk of ice. 

I was thinking to stick to bus roads, but still, there could be patches of ice.

Reason says to use the car, my hart says to use the bike, what you would do? I have a small cruiser, so my tyres are not really for slippery sirfaces.

I know, sorry for the rant, I should get the car....

 

 

this time of year go with four wheels and a heater i would no doubt about it, i have done my time going to work on icy roads and on a bike there is no joy in it 

Edited January 7, 2021 by skyrider

[Guest Swagman]

2 minutes ago, skyrider said:

this time of year go with four wheels and a heater i would no doubt about it, i have done my time going to work on icy roads there is no joy in it 

What he says.

[husoi]

What they say  

[Bender]

8 minutes ago, husoi said:

What they say  

What everyone says above, just not worth it.

[Steve_M]

There was a time I lived in a village with poor public transport, and I didn’t own a car, so riding the bike was the only option to get to work on those days where the train times didn’t provide a practical alternative. I rode in all weathers as a matter of necessity. It was an utterly barking situation. I reality I should have flogged the bike and bought a little car. 

[James in Brum]

I go by bike when I go in, I did earlier this week and if I were going in tomorrow would go on my bike. I travel on the urban/city A roads and motorways to work and it works for me.

[Mississippi Bullfrog]

If there are patches of ice then stay off the bike. Not worth it. But if the roads are well used and gritted then it's a question of whether you have the right gear for cold weather. It is silly to ride in cold weather if you don't have the right kit, when you are cold you lose concentration and dexterity. Both are needed on a bike.

[Guest Swagman]

I won’t take my bikes out if the roads have been gritted, you can hear it eating away at it nasty, plus I don’t like the cold and I don’t have to use them so they stay laid up and sorn.

[stedebs]

The cage with the heater on full blast lol

 

[rennie]

use the car!

[S-Westerly]

If you are riding through town traffic and filtering is your thing you're likely to make better progress but I doubt there'd be much fun in it. For all the reasons above take a car if you can.

[skyrider]

2 hours ago, Mississippi Bullfrog said:

If there are patches of ice then stay off the bike. Not worth it. But if the roads are well used and gritted then it's a question of whether you have the right gear for cold weather. It is silly to ride in cold weather if you don't have the right kit, when you are cold you lose concentration and dexterity. Both are needed on a bike.

and cold hands mean slow reflexes 

[skyrider]

1 minute ago, skyrider said:

and cold hands mean slow reflexes 

and if people want to call me a part time summer biker then so be it 

[Six30]

follow your heart , go on the bike , it'll be fine 

 

[Guest]

I used to ride in all weathers, literally, and an unplanned ride in heavy snow is still recounted in my family. Nowadays, I admit I'm a fair-ish weather rider. One thing I'd say is that the bike was always better than expected in everything other than ice and snow. 

 

Have a bit of Nottignham Roadcraft in the snow 

 

(39) Motorcycle riding tips : Another scary snowy ride - YouTube

[KiwiBob]

10 minutes ago, ZX7R said:

I used to ride in all weathers, literally, and an unplanned ride in heavy snow is still recounted in my family. Nowadays, I admit I'm a fair-ish weather rider. One thing I'd say is that the bike was always better than expected in everything other than ice and snow. 

 

Have a bit of Nottignham Roadcraft in the snow 

 

(39) Motorcycle riding tips : Another scary snowy ride - YouTube

Here's another on from Russ (Nottingham Roadcraft) from when he was out last week!

 

 

Edited January 8, 2021 by KiwiBob

[Guest]

@KiwiBob just spotted that myself - glad he's OK but he even handles a minor off with skill!

[GiorgioG]

Hi guys, thanks to all of you  and thanks for the videos.

 

So I used the car this morning, many ice patches on the rural roads around me and temperature was -1. So I'm glad I didn't risk it.

 

Thanks again

 

Giorgio

[Ian Frog]

For what it`s worth I got out of Croydon over 30 years ago and never regretted it.

I am sure it is where they will stick the tube when they give the planet an enema!

Cheers

Ian

[S-Westerly]

Oooh, on a planetary level there's much, much worse than Croydon. 

[Ian Frog]

5 minutes ago, S-Westerly said:

Oooh, on a planetary level there's much, much worse than Croydon. 

Tis a matter of opinion and partly based on what the river Wandle smelt like back in the 80`s lol.

Cheers

Ian

[Mississippi Bullfrog]

2 hours ago, Ian Frog said:

For what it`s worth I got out of Croydon over 30 years ago and never regretted it.

I am sure it is where they will stick the tube when they give the planet an enema!

Cheers

Ian

There a story, no doubt apocryphal, of an admiral who was hosting a huge banquet on board a naval vessel visiting Liverpool. Unfortunately the weather turned nasty so the posh bash was cancelled and the ship towed out by tugs to anchor off the bar.

 

As he stood in the pouring rain watching guests disembark onto a filthy quay the admiral turned to the pilot and said,

 

"Pilot, this proves it, Liverpool is the ar*ehole of the world."

 

To which the pilot calmly replied,

 

"Well never mind Sir, you're only passing through it."

Edited January 8, 2021 by Mississippi Bullfrog

[S-Westerly]

Hmm, Port au Prince, Haiti before the earthquake was pretty poor, wouldn't like to guess now. Pointe Noire Congo with the dead bodies wafting up and down on the tide was quite a low light as well. Paradip, Karachi,  Caracas now, and any number of other hell holes cross my mind.

[skyrider]

On 07/01/2021 at 18:54, Six30 said:

follow your heart , go on the bike , it'll be fine 

 

when he get's home he will have to sit in the microwave for half an hour