And today's commuting highlight is...
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Bike wouldnt start yesterday. Thought I'd try to bump it but bumping a 1200 twin on icy roads is exactly as hard as it sounds. Sadly, once at the bottom of the hill, it was too icy to try and push it back up. RAC were called and got it started, its now at the dealer getting a new battery, which was on its way out anyway. 160 quid, ta.
Anywhere in the vicinity of Battersea power station is CRAZY slippery at the moment by the way. Took me three applications of the throttle just to get off the lights from there yesterday.
Anywhere in the vicinity of Battersea power station is CRAZY slippery at the moment by the way. Took me three applications of the throttle just to get off the lights from there yesterday.
Jeans, leather jacket and short boots today...probably regret it going home at 2300 but it just felt too nice for full winter textiles. M/cycle rack full of all sorts of gash as well so a few others have decided to risk the sunny window in the weather. Just hoping my colleague passed his test this morning so I can scope out the XSR900 he's bought later!
Pothole said:
Biker 1 said:
itcaptainslow said:
On the contrary-my iPhone app reckons constant rain from this Friday through to next Thursday!
Hmmm.... My Android app says a bit of drizzle on Friday! Maybe I'm further south than you....
Anyway, Android app is now suggesting a return of the f
king freezing fog tonight/tomorrow morning, drizzle all Friday afternoon & a shower on Saturday. I wish there was better predictability, but I guess UK weather is just too fickle....TheInternet said:
E36GUY said:
My highlight this morning - discovering how absolutely brilliant the Vee Wipe is. 
Needs a bit of moisture to avoid a smeary mess though. It's akin to car wipers but without the washer jets and can be a bit of a gamble in these conditions.I occasionally think of asking a car I've filtered past to give me a blast of their washer jets...
Dr Doofenshmirtz said:
I used to hate commuting by bike this time of year. The filth from the evil road salt was just horrendous.
Roll on a good downpour to wash it off the roads!
The salt and the ice it has melted has been building up for the past few days into this minging mess that doesn't dry out. Horrible to ride on, which is why I've now got a winter shed to handle commuting duties.Roll on a good downpour to wash it off the roads!
Hopefully this weekend's rain (although that's been debated
) will wash everything off and leave us some sunshine and dry roads to ride!Tall_Paul said:
TheInternet said:
E36GUY said:
My highlight this morning - discovering how absolutely brilliant the Vee Wipe is.
Needs a bit of moisture to avoid a smeary mess though. It's akin to car wipers but without the washer jets and can be a bit of a gamble in these conditions.I occasionally think of asking a car I've filtered past to give me a blast of their washer jets...
Anyone stuck behind that clown with a Polite vest on driving one of those stupid 3 wheel scooters over Hammersmith flyover this morning about 8:10? queue of about 15 bikes as he sat stationary in traffic blocking the filtering route? I was near the back and there were some people getting very annoyed, as it comes into 3 lanes a scooter tried shooting between lane 1 and 2 and was within inches of getting wiped out by a van moving over for said 3 wheel clown who wouldn't pass.
supercommuter said:
Anyone stuck behind that clown with a Polite vest on driving one of those stupid 3 wheel scooters over Hammersmith flyover this morning about 8:10? queue of about 15 bikes as he sat stationary in traffic blocking the filtering route? I was near the back and there were some people getting very annoyed, as it comes into 3 lanes a scooter tried shooting between lane 1 and 2 and was within inches of getting wiped out by a van moving over for said 3 wheel clown who wouldn't pass.
Have seen him before. Can confirm he is an idiot.VERY slippy this morning. Almost lost it twice when i found some ice. freezing fog the whole way, still hanging around now in Oxford.
I washed the bike yesterday, this is the result of a one way commute.
Prizam said:
I washed the bike yesterday, this is the result of a one way commute.
That pretty much sums up the last few weeks 
Tonight's commute home was horrible - I'd taken off the muffs as it wasn't that cold this morning... freezing fog as I left work, which turned to freezing rain. Fingers were in pain when i got home, my heated grips were fighting a losing battle and couldn't really do a lot. On top of that the fog and rain meant I couldn't see a thing a lot of the time...
I actually thought how much nicer it would be if I was in a car.
Huge ass screen and heated gloves next winter. Think I've said that a few times
but this winter has been fking horrible, last winter wasn't anywhere near as bad as this.Gassing Station | Biker Banter | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff