My own persoanl rain cloud.

I took advantage of the fine weather yesterday to do a half century - Leeds,
Wetherby, Rufforth, Acomb, York, Selby (via the cycle way).

Six or seven miles out from Selby I could see a huge cloud and precipitation
and thinking that I'd be skirting it, pressed on. How wrong I was! It went
for me! I could swear it homed in on me and dumped it's contents. It
wasn't pleasant as I didn't take any waterproofs as there was no indication
of rain according to the local forecasts.

I couldn't face riding home - a further 25 miles in the deluge so I caught a
train back to Leeds. During the 3/4 hour wait the weather picked up and I
thought all was well. Wrong! As the train approached Leeds the sky
darkened in a very familiar way and it started to pour down just in time for
me to get off the train.

Still, it was a good ride and I discovered that the Netto bike tops go some
way to reducing wind chill while riding sopping wet.

Ack - the one thing I dislike as much as a nasty headwind with a chill in it,
is being rained on when it's heavy rain and I've not got a waterproof with me.

Glad you enjoyed the ride anyhow!

Cheers, helen s




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On Mon, 31 May 2004 08:48:35 +0100, "vernon levy"
wrote:


Six or seven miles out from Selby I could see a huge cloud and precipitation
and thinking that I'd be skirting it, pressed on. How wrong I was! It went
for me! I could swear it homed in on me and dumped it's contents.


As the train approached Leeds the sky
darkened in a very familiar way and it started to pour down just in time for
me to get off the train.


There's a character in one of Douglas Adams's books (the truck driver
in 'Dirk Gently...' I think) who is a rain god. As I recall, "...he
did not know this, but the clouds did. They wanted to be near him, to
cherish him, to water him..."

Apologies if I got the quotation wrong, but were you the model for
this character?
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Al

vernon levy wrote:
I took advantage of the fine weather yesterday to do a half century - Leeds,
Wetherby, Rufforth, Acomb, York, Selby (via the cycle way).

Six or seven miles out from Selby I could see a huge cloud and precipitation
and thinking that I'd be skirting it, pressed on. How wrong I was! It went
for me! I could swear it homed in on me and dumped it's contents. It
wasn't pleasant as I didn't take any waterproofs as there was no indication
of rain according to the local forecasts.

I couldn't face riding home - a further 25 miles in the deluge so I caught a
train back to Leeds. During the 3/4 hour wait the weather picked up and I
thought all was well. Wrong! As the train approached Leeds the sky
darkened in a very familiar way and it started to pour down just in time for
me to get off the train.

Still, it was a good ride and I discovered that the Netto bike tops go some
way to reducing wind chill while riding sopping wet.


I did 40 miles yesterday and the last half mile was wet, trashing the
bike. I would have made it home in a dry state had it not been for some
sodding temporary traffic lights in the last village which failed to
detect my presence...so I sat there for 5 mins until a car turned up to
activate them.

On Mon, 31 May 2004 16:00:50 +0100, Zog The Undeniable
wrote (more or less):

vernon levy wrote:
I took advantage of the fine weather yesterday to do a half century - Leeds,
Wetherby, Rufforth, Acomb, York, Selby (via the cycle way).

Six or seven miles out from Selby I could see a huge cloud and precipitation
and thinking that I'd be skirting it, pressed on. How wrong I was! It went
for me! I could swear it homed in on me and dumped it's contents. It
wasn't pleasant as I didn't take any waterproofs as there was no indication
of rain according to the local forecasts.

I couldn't face riding home - a further 25 miles in the deluge so I caught a
train back to Leeds. During the 3/4 hour wait the weather picked up and I
thought all was well. Wrong! As the train approached Leeds the sky
darkened in a very familiar way and it started to pour down just in time for
me to get off the train.

Still, it was a good ride and I discovered that the Netto bike tops go some
way to reducing wind chill while riding sopping wet.


I did 40 miles yesterday and the last half mile was wet, trashing the
bike. I would have made it home in a dry state had it not been for some
sodding temporary traffic lights in the last village which failed to
detect my presence...so I sat there for 5 mins until a car turned up to
activate them.

Time to start wearing wind-proof tops made out of tinfoil.


Actually, this isn't an entirely bad idea. The sort of metallising
they now use in crisp packets must surely be transferrable to
textiles...


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Gawnsoft wrote:

Time to start wearing wind-proof tops made out of tinfoil.


Actually, this isn't an entirely bad idea. The sort of metallising
they now use in crisp packets must surely be transferrable to
textiles...

I have a couple of cycling fleeces with wind-proof membranes sandwiched in the
front half.

Tony

On Mon, 31 May 2004 17:16:35 +0100, "Tony Raven"
wrote (more or less):

Gawnsoft wrote:

Time to start wearing wind-proof tops made out of tinfoil.


Actually, this isn't an entirely bad idea. The sort of metallising
they now use in crisp packets must surely be transferrable to
textiles...

I have a couple of cycling fleeces with wind-proof membranes sandwiched in the
front half.

And are they radar-reflective?


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