http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Raindays en Wed, 13 May 2026 02:00:23 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4312&page=3#post-87518 Fri, 12 Oct 2012 15:21:39 +0000 AKen 87518@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The path has deteriorated very much in the past year or so - a lower section where the water runs of the fields has been badly eroded. At some time, there must have been some serious effort put in to stopping this happening as there are plastic pipes buried deep in the path - obviously to take the run-off water under the path rather than taking off the surface. The erosion is now so bad that the pipes have been exposesd. These must have become blocked at the top end and stopped working well - hence the transformation of the path to a burn on rainy days. I wish I'd known they were there as I could have dug the debris out to let them function again. Bit late now. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4312&page=3#post-87508 Fri, 12 Oct 2012 12:46:41 +0000 chdot 87508@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Donkey Lane -</p> <p>Apparently it's privately owned!</p> <p>So can't 'blame the Council'. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4312&page=3#post-87498 Fri, 12 Oct 2012 11:31:45 +0000 Arellcat 87498@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>AKen, I know that path well. For a while I was a frequent user when cycling to and from HWU, but we didn't have Kevlar tyres back then and I had so many Faerie attacks that it became ridiculous and I took to using the roads the whole way. I've never used it since! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4312&page=3#post-87497 Fri, 12 Oct 2012 11:19:30 +0000 AKen 87497@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'm not sure how many people will be familiar with Donkey Lane between Currie and Baberton. Coming down the unsurfaced bit this morning was the worst I've ever seen it. It was completely dry yesterday morning but now has a healthy burn running down the middle of it - which goes into the woods and re-emerges further downhill to flood a 10m stretch of roadway.</p> <p>Rains earlier this year cut a deep trench right down the middle of the path that would be a nasty surprise if you came on it unexpectedly at speed. The last 24hrs rain will just be carving it deeper. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4312&page=3#post-87494 Fri, 12 Oct 2012 11:01:02 +0000 fimm 87494@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Got very damp on the way home yesterday evening, but went to the doctor this morning and as a result escaped the rain! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4312&page=3#post-87493 Fri, 12 Oct 2012 10:31:30 +0000 Arellcat 87493@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I set off for home yesterday in the knowledge that once you're out there, the rain is never quite as bad as you think it is. I didn't have my waterproof with me, only my windproof fleece, but I was quite impressed with its warmth nonetheless.</p> <p>Goretex this morning. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4312&page=3#post-87492 Fri, 12 Oct 2012 10:22:58 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 87492@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Aye. I missed the worst going home cos I was in a different office, and got to leave slightly earlier than normal.</p> <p>This morning was a different matter - seemed to leave at just the wrong time. Still, at least I know all my lights still work, and the Contour Roam camera <em>should</em> survive the inclemency. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4312&page=3#post-87489 Fri, 12 Oct 2012 10:13:21 +0000 Min 87489@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It sure was dingin' doon on the way home last night and on the way in this morning. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4312&page=3#post-87488 Fri, 12 Oct 2012 09:45:03 +0000 kaputnik 87488@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><strong>Today.</strong></p> <p>Water of Leith about an inch below the level of the bank at Saughton above the weir. Flowing very fast.</p> <p>Clouds broke and sun came out just as I got to work. Clouded over again now. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4312&page=3#post-76424 Thu, 28 Jun 2012 20:43:17 +0000 Dave 76424@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>7/3. But the flood was actually sunny and nice :) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4312&page=3#post-76236 Wed, 27 Jun 2012 17:05:25 +0000 Dave 76236@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Looking out of the window suggests that we're about to hit 4/3 for June. I should've made a mid-month post though, as I only remember the total, not the individual days' weather.</p> <p>Ah well. Lovely in a T-shirt these days, rain or no. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4312&page=3#post-71151 Fri, 18 May 2012 21:30:32 +0000 crowriver 71151@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>What miserable weather it was today. Hope for better tomorrow. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4312&page=3#post-71146 Fri, 18 May 2012 19:43:40 +0000 Uberuce 71146@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Amir and I had the pleasure of being on the high road on Arthur's Seat just as the epic opening crescendo fell on us. I think that is the worst weather I've ever been outside for, and certainly the worst I've been in wearing shorts and a panda T-shirt. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4312&page=3#post-71145 Fri, 18 May 2012 18:55:43 +0000 Dave 71145@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Urgh, 7 / 6 - what a sustained period of moisture! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4312&page=3#post-71042 Fri, 18 May 2012 09:45:26 +0000 crowriver 71042@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>&lt; Like &gt; </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4312&page=3#post-71039 Fri, 18 May 2012 09:40:34 +0000 Min 71039@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Orsum. Like to see the EEN readers getting one of those in the boot of their car. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4312&page=3#post-70998 Thu, 17 May 2012 23:00:25 +0000 minus six 70998@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>now that's what i call load shiftin'</p> <p>spin cycle </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4312&page=3#post-70984 Thu, 17 May 2012 21:59:53 +0000 Uberuce 70984@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Krom! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4312&page=3#post-70978 Thu, 17 May 2012 20:43:36 +0000 Dave 70978@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><img src="http://www.mccraw.co.uk/upload/washing.jpg"> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4312&page=3#post-70977 Thu, 17 May 2012 20:40:50 +0000 Dave 70977@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>May: 5 / 4</p> <p>And I took the WASHING MACHINE to the skip today. F*** you very much, readers of the Evening News. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4312&page=3#post-70258 Sun, 13 May 2012 20:15:30 +0000 crowriver 70258@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I had 'fun' doing errands on the Ute in the howling wind and driving rain this afternoon. Lulled into a sense of false security by the light drizzle early in the afternoon, I neglected to take my waterproof trwes and got a good old fashioned soaking on my legs for my trouble.</p> <p>Zipping around the city centre and west end, I was glad of the disc brakes given the conditions. Despite the large panniers presumably acting as sails, never felt as though I was going to be blown over, except occasionally when stationary at crossroads, where a stray gust caused momentary alarm while drenching the backs of the legs...</p> <p>There's a certain "to hell with it all" exhilaration about cycling when there's lots of weather. Precious few fellow cyclists in evidence, so must be a minority taste. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4312&page=3#post-70253 Sun, 13 May 2012 17:29:49 +0000 Arellcat 70253@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It does appear to be somewhat precipitous today:</p> <p><img src="http://i1038.photobucket.com/albums/a470/BeckyT_bike/Miscellany/rain130512.png"> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4312&page=3#post-70201 Sat, 12 May 2012 08:36:09 +0000 Dave 70201@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The original idea I had was to see whether it really does "rain all the time" and hence should put people off riding to work. </p> <p>99.9% of the nation's employees are not in the habit of maintaining two sets of clothes each day, after all - and that's got to be a significant barrier (hence the second measurement).</p> <p>In practice, if I want to race in I also change, although it's fairly routine just to wear the same clothes, it's only five miles.</p> <p>May 3/3 </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4312&page=3#post-70040 Fri, 11 May 2012 00:09:14 +0000 Instography 70040@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Who is this cyclist? I always change clothes before starting work. Think science: attach a jar to the handlebars and measure the rainfall as you ride. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4312&page=3#post-70029 Thu, 10 May 2012 23:20:27 +0000 Dave 70029@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>At least we got 10 days into May before adding the first rainfall, but then compensated by two absolute soakings (with more of the same forecast tomorrow...)</p> <p>To make this more interesting, I've decided to record an extra piece of data. As well as qualifying a commute as 'rainy' (condition: if at any point a driver would have used intermittent wiper blades), I'm also going to record the subset that were genuinely wet (qualification: cyclist would have to change clothes before starting work).</p> <p>October: 5<br /> November: 3<br /> December: 9<br /> Jan: 4<br /> Feb: 1 (5 days leave)<br /> March: 1<br /> April: 10<br /> May: 2 / 2</p> <p><em>(raindays / change of clothes days)</em> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4312&page=2#post-67796 Mon, 30 Apr 2012 12:12:08 +0000 Arellcat 67796@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Very drizzly on my way to work today. With full-face helmet* if I had my visor down it misted up, plus I had to wipe it clear every two minutes**; with the visor up my eyeballs got full of rain; with the visor halfway up I also got dripped on! At least I was nice and warm, though.</p> <p>* motorbicycle, thanks to my unhappy knee.<br /> ** low traffic speed meant there was no windblast to clear it. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4312&page=2#post-67742 Mon, 30 Apr 2012 09:06:19 +0000 Dave 67742@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Holy cow, after Saturday we've had nonstop grim!</p> <p>10 - April (and looking nasty for this evening too) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4312&page=2#post-67457 Sat, 28 Apr 2012 08:08:09 +0000 cc 67457@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>If it rains hard at going-home-time I just leave the bike in the bike store and get the bus instead. I have a guilty suspicion that this means I'm not a Real Cyclist. Or maybe it's just that I have the advantage of a secure bike store at work... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4312&page=2#post-67452 Sat, 28 Apr 2012 07:55:03 +0000 Dave 67452@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yesterday, again, I stayed late at work until it started raining. Third time in a week :(</p> <p>April now at 9, so if it rains on either one of Monday's commutes we'll have a new record... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4312&page=2#post-67212 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 22:25:10 +0000 Uberuce 67212@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I was so cold today that I minded. This involves careful planning by the weather, in this case timing a shower with the point I was flyering the bikes in the art college, which took long enough for the heat from cycling there to wear off. </p> <p>Being in T-shirt and shorts didn't help, I admit - badly underestimated the time it takes to flyer thirty odd bikes. </p>