http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Windy en Thu, 21 May 2026 12:33:15 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4088&page=2#post-42714 Fri, 07 Oct 2011 09:07:16 +0000 amir 42714@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>First day that I have worn leggings since spring. I was really slow. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4088&page=2#post-42710 Fri, 07 Oct 2011 07:18:37 +0000 Smudge 42710@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yesterday, wore fingerless gloves and like others realised it was a bit nippy, today I planned ahead and broke out the full fingered gloves, light fleece and warm hat.... so obviously today it was mild and felt warm, sigh :-/ </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4088&page=2#post-42706 Fri, 07 Oct 2011 00:14:55 +0000 kaputnik 42706@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>anything else? </em> </p> <p>Man I know wraps his feet in clingfilm when doing time trial in the rain. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4088&page=2#post-42701 Thu, 06 Oct 2011 23:04:22 +0000 gembo 42701@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Nice socks. Let me get this right - you can get sealskinz waterproof socks for inside your shoes that you can also walk in. You can get goretex waterproof socks for inside your shoes that are no good for walking in, you can get waterproof bootees or let's face it galoshes for over the shoe and now socks for outside the shoe but which aren't waterproof.</p> <p>Also plastic carrier bags [not designed for feet, just from the food shops?]</p> <p>anything else? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4088&page=2#post-42698 Thu, 06 Oct 2011 22:19:47 +0000 Uberuce 42698@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>If you could get a mother-huge pair of shoes to go over those oversocks, that would be so Inception.... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4088&page=2#post-42697 Thu, 06 Oct 2011 22:06:37 +0000 riffian 42697@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>there are such things as non-waterproof 'knit' overshoes</em></p> <p>I have two pairs of these 'over socks'...</p> <p><img src="http://www.prendas.co.uk/images/full/20111006-prendas-meraklon-over-socks.jpg"></p> <p>Not to protect any fancy cycling shoes but to keep my feet warm when it's cold. Wearing the red ones I do look a bit like a weird cycling geek - but I like them! and they work in the cold weather </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4088&page=2#post-42696 Thu, 06 Oct 2011 21:56:10 +0000 Uberuce 42696@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I had an eyebleedingly fugly hi-viz raincoat I got for a fiver out of Bethany(longsleeve-T underneath was more to combat its hilarious unbreathability than the cold), pair of waterproof breeks, lightweight workie's gloves and a laptop bag for nine quid total out of the Omni carboot and hiking boots for two quid at the Chesser carboot. Oh, and a beard I got for less than free. </p> <p>It certainly passed today's test with flying colours; we'll see how it does when it gets proper cold. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4088#post-42690 Thu, 06 Oct 2011 21:21:26 +0000 gembo 42690@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>wind very cold today, had fingerlessgloves on knew this was wrong immediately. However, as then got totally soaked twice, didn't matter, they dried quickly. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4088#post-42613 Thu, 06 Oct 2011 12:45:28 +0000 wingpig 42613@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Given the futility of attempting to find shoes-which-fit-which-are-also-waterproof, I was just having a quick poke around at overshoes and discovered that there are such things as non-waterproof 'knit' overshoes, to "protect your favourite race shoes" (presumably whilst being worn, rendering the box they came in unsuitable). Protect them from what? Sight? Fading in the sunlight? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4088#post-42608 Thu, 06 Oct 2011 11:51:02 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 42608@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"<em>You sound like one of these people who makes loose-fitting shoes fit more snugly by pouring gravel into your socks</em>"</p> <p>Like I say, different people have different sensitivities. I have absolutely no idea at all how anyone could live in a flat, hearing their neighbours' stereos and kids and <em>walking</em>. To me they sound like people who make noisy neighbours more bearable by playing death metal at 3am through their iPod in bed...</p> <p>Yes I can feel the cleat. That simply does not amount to 'uncomfortable' to me. I can't really change my automatic unconscious perceptions (which I'm quite glad about - if I found it uncomfortable I'd have to chuck out an expensive pair of shoes...). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4088#post-42603 Thu, 06 Oct 2011 11:12:31 +0000 kaputnik 42603@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>My Northwave touring shoes are on the verge of collapse. All the rubbery/foamy padding stuff at the back of heel has fallen out and the cleats are now felt through the sole to the point of beginning to be annoyingly uncomfortable. I hope to get a few more weeks out of them before consigning to the bin. I think I've "only" got about 5,000 miles out of them. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4088#post-42601 Thu, 06 Oct 2011 11:10:58 +0000 wingpig 42601@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>"...I can <strong>feel the cleat through the sole</strong>, but <u>not to the point of being annoyingly uncomfortable</u>."</em> (my emphases)</p> <p>You sound like one of these people who makes loose-fitting shoes fit more snugly by pouring gravel into your socks. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4088#post-42600 Thu, 06 Oct 2011 11:08:41 +0000 kaputnik 42600@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I wore my jacket, but otherwise still in shorts, summer shoes, fingerless mitts. I thought I had put my warm merino t-shirt on under the jacket, turns out I just wore a random grey cotton t-shirt that looked the same without my glasses on. Soaked up the moisture and then refused to wick it through. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4088#post-42598 Thu, 06 Oct 2011 10:56:36 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 42598@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"<em>The MT60s are not remotely comfortable, though. Fortunately I was able to detect this in the shop whereas anth had to buy them and wear them for a few months.</em>"</p> <p>Ah now, I've never actually said they were <em>uncomfortable</em>. On the bike still no worries (and warm feet). Off the bike I can feel the cleat through the sole, but not to the point of being annoyingly uncomfortable. Comes down to different 'breaking points' I think.</p> <p>I'm more sensitive to noise than other folk after years of bad neighbours before we moved (then moved again due to even worse neighbours); whereas I'm happy with shoes on which I can feel the cleats slightly when walking (though thinking on it, this morning, I'm not sure the problem has been as apparent...) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4088#post-42595 Thu, 06 Oct 2011 10:30:24 +0000 SRD 42595@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I had an excellent pair of gloves 'windstoppers' - just a very light, comfortable shell, with no insulation. In a lovely extra small size. Lost one. Still have the other in case its mate ever miraculously appeared. Best gloves ever for Edinburgh cycling. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4088#post-42591 Thu, 06 Oct 2011 10:22:16 +0000 Instography 42591@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Fingered gloves were needed. Slightly thicker socks might have been nice. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4088#post-42590 Thu, 06 Oct 2011 10:19:39 +0000 wingpig 42590@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The MT60s are <em>not</em> remotely comfortable, though. Fortunately I was able to detect this in the shop whereas anth had to buy them and wear them for a few months. I got a puddle on the foot this morning which demonstrated that Tahoes are not waterproof, but if the price for that is being able to walk several miles at a time in them or not having numb feet from my toes being crushed, so be it.</p> <p>Apart from occasionally wondering if I might wonder if it was a good idea to have forgotten my long-fingered gloves on the way home on the way in, it was nice this morning. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4088#post-42586 Thu, 06 Oct 2011 10:05:28 +0000 Arellcat 42586@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Jings, that was a cold commute this morning! It was 7°C when I left the house. Shorts, tights, Goretex, gloves, and my lights. And Shimano MT42 shoes are <em>not</em> remotely waterproof. Maybe I ought to have bought the MT60s after all. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4088#post-42566 Wed, 05 Oct 2011 23:31:27 +0000 Nelly 42566@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@Insto - Get thee a single speed, then you have no choice but to push harder !</p> <p>I thought there was sand in the BB this morning I was so slow. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4088#post-42564 Wed, 05 Oct 2011 22:44:26 +0000 Instography 42564@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>That's an interesting finding. I wonder what we'd learn if we all pooled our findings. I found that I had to push harder or use a lower gear when I was pointed into the wind than when it was at my back. Whoddathunkit? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4088#post-42563 Wed, 05 Oct 2011 22:16:01 +0000 kaputnik 42563@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I spent 3 hours investigating the wind by bicycle in East and Mid Lothians this evening. I can report back that it was indeed windy. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4088#post-42553 Wed, 05 Oct 2011 16:44:46 +0000 Instography 42553@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>We're dooooomed. Doomed I tell ye! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4088#post-42551 Wed, 05 Oct 2011 16:07:08 +0000 amir 42551@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Wind seems to have dropped at touch but it is now pouring. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4088#post-42546 Wed, 05 Oct 2011 15:44:15 +0000 crowriver 42546@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Was out at lunchtime. Pretty strong gusts but thought to myself, well at least it's warm, and it's not raining. And then... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4088#post-42544 Wed, 05 Oct 2011 15:29:24 +0000 ruggtomcat 42544@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>its only gonna get worse! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4088#post-42542 Wed, 05 Oct 2011 15:06:19 +0000 chdot 42542@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Arizona dust storm causes pile-up"</p> <p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-15179511" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-15179511</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4088#post-42526 Wed, 05 Oct 2011 13:47:44 +0000 Arellcat 42526@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I was in Leith this morning and afterwards took the motorbicycle out along Granton Road, West Shore Road, Silverknowes and then up Clermiston en route to my work. It's very windy <strike>out by the shore</strike> <strike>on high ground</strike> everywhere. Nothing like early 2009 levels, though. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4088#post-42525 Wed, 05 Oct 2011 13:44:03 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 42525@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I thought I'd see if I could freewheel down Johnstone Terrace against the wind this morning. I'm not sure 2mph counts as moving... And that was slowing me from over 20 at halfway down.</p> <p>Don't even get the benefit going home cos I'm riding to the shore at Silverknowes/Granton to meet Mel after work. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4088#post-42520 Wed, 05 Oct 2011 13:18:22 +0000 SRD 42520@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>as far as we can tell there is one magician who does stuff for under 5s and is really dire. and the one good music person (known to some on here) has stopped doing parties, so it is all people using CDs rather than actual music, which lacks something. </p> <p>am sure kids parties are hard work, but.... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4088#post-42518 Wed, 05 Oct 2011 13:15:07 +0000 ruggtomcat 42518@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Is there? I do balloons and stuff sometimes but I'm really more of a late night cabaret kinda guy. Doing magic for kids is hard too, they see whats really there! </p>