I've got a really warm pair of gloves..
I've got a really warm pair of gloves..
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Paul Drawmer

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5,153 posts

296 months

Saturday 15th October 2011
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You know the sort of thing, soft leather faced palms, insulated backs, etc.

I just wish I'd worn them this morning instead of the track mitts. I was out for an hour from 08 this morning, and I bloody froze! Temperature took me completely by surprise, there was frost in a couple of hollows, and I lost all feeling in my fingers. Changing gear needed thinking about as I couldn't feel the levers.

By the time I got back home, my hands had recovered, but my feet were frozen. Bloody lovely morning though around this part of Oxfordshire. Deddington-Hempton-Worton-Barfords-Duns Tew, then up to Hempton again.

That's a good run for this old man, but I really hope the cold this morning doesn't muck up the ride for DrMekon and his 600 non-stop. Must have been a really chilly start for him!

Gizmo!

18,150 posts

238 months

Saturday 15th October 2011
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Is this an appropriate time to call Rule 5? wink

I fell off a couple years ago when riding without gloves... Needed to stop and my fingers didn't work...

Paul Drawmer

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5,153 posts

296 months

Saturday 15th October 2011
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Hahaha - should've expected that!
Actually I was operating under rule 21.smile