• Sub zero weather? No problem with the right kit

Posted: **Fri Jan 18, 2013 8:23 pm**

MrGrumpy wrote:
mottza wrote:I was talking about London and the SE
This gives me an opportunity to rant about Soft Southerners who panic if the temperature drops below 10C!!! (btw I was originally an Essex boy....a long time ago)

Well it was -10c here a few nights this week. So it's not soft southerners thank you. I was just looking out for people on the forum.

Just a dusting in NE Essex. So nothing to worry about here. It's even just about above freezing at the mo.

Posted: **Fri Jan 18, 2013 8:55 pm**

I Own up,did use the Big Red Bus today.Only cos my road never gets salted.My garden path has though,council dumped lots near me.

Posted: **Fri Jan 18, 2013 9:54 pm**

MrGrumpy wrote: Now this (in a rather roundabout way) reminds me of something that happened this week. Now, I definitely have the speed 'gene' and am rather noted for my desire to make as rapid progress as possible in any vehicle. However, on Tuesday, it was quite snowy here, and some of the estate roads were snow covered, whilst more major roads were OK but slushy. Given the snow cover, I took the car rather than the scoot. However, given my normal speed crazed behaviour, I was rather perturbed to find myself attracting a queue of other cars behind me, obviously wanting to go faster, wherever I went! I was doing around 20 on entirely snow covered roads, rising to 40 on a slush covered dual carriageway (50 limit), where following drivers blasted past me like the roads were in perfect condition! I clearly slow down a lot more than other people in dodgy weather conditions. Is this something to do with riding a PTW most of the time, when you are rather more cautious about poor road conditions liable to be lacking grip at any moment? Or am i just getting old fogeyish???

No, this is you driving how you should and reckless selfish twats driving like, well, reckless selfish twats. I was by no means brave today, I pootled home at a pace I felt comfortable with, occasionally moving over when safe to let car drivers behind get past.

richie the 1st wrote:I Own up,did use the Big Red Bus today.Only cos my road never gets salted.My garden path has though,council dumped lots near me.

Nothing wrong with that. Ironically the train service was cancelled before we had any snow so I had little choice as I'm not paying for a taxi and there are no buses as they only seem to exist in central London.

Posted: **Fri Jan 25, 2013 11:48 pm**

I have both the armoured 'aldi' over trousers and some ski ski pants (prefer the ski pants for comfort), bike boots and the dual layer jacket plus a decent pair of gloves. If anything its only on the coldest of winter days that my fingertips suffer. Although with these lovely blizzard conditions which have swept across Lancashire this afternoon/tonight looking like Frosty the Snowman but feeling warm as toast aint no bad thing

Posted: **Sat Jan 26, 2013 11:00 am**

My bike trousers were great when walking and playing in the snow.

Posted: **Sat Jan 26, 2013 2:04 pm**

mottza wrote:My bike trousers were great when walking and playing in the snow.

Yes..reminds me, I bought some Hein Gericke Cordura jeans once. They were hopeless for riding purpose - freezing cold on the scoot, but hot and sweaty to walk in, but they are Just the thing for walking around in the snow!!

Posted: **Mon Jan 28, 2013 2:45 pm**

Posted: **Mon Jan 28, 2013 3:40 pm**

Pre-packed organ donors!!

Posted: **Mon Jan 28, 2013 4:26 pm**

pikey wrote:

...and we've already found the winner of this year's Darwin award for terminal stupidity!!!

Posted: **Mon Jan 28, 2013 8:21 pm**

That is why I don't wear open face helmets. One sneeze at speed and the snot bubble stays with you for miles.
Better to just wipe it off the chinbar when you get home and nobody is looking

Good find Pikey

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