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"Severe weather warning"

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  1. shinehead
    Member

    Pick your choice of past daily express front page headlines 'bloody foreigners' 'there's a cure' 'it's too hot/cold/wet/dry' 'bloody benefits (excluding pensions)' etc. at

    http://expressbingo.org.uk/

    Posted 8 years ago #
  2. Min
    Member

    Jeremy Corbyn causes severe weather.

    Posted 8 years ago #
  3. chdot
    Admin

    No

    That's his brother!

    Posted 8 years ago #
  4. chdot
    Admin

    "

    Global warming is over and it never was anything to do with CO2.

    "

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piers_Corbyn

    Posted 8 years ago #
  5. amir
    Member

    Cripes

    Posted 8 years ago #
  6. Min
    Member

    Shockingly close to the truth! :-o

    Posted 8 years ago #
  7. cc
    Member

    OK, who turned the rain on again? It was meant to be dry this afternoon.

    Posted 8 years ago #
  8. unhurt
    Member

    I don't know but tomorrow might be a nice day for growing gills...

    Posted 8 years ago #
  9. Dave
    Member

    Looked out the window and was pleased to see it's dry.

    Checked the forecast (and raintoday) and was displeased to see we're due a CRAZY MONSOON from about 9.30am

    Going to work now!

    Posted 8 years ago #
  10. Mandopicker101
    Member

    Monsoon extends to most of the morning - glad I stayed up to fix my mudguards....

    Posted 8 years ago #
  11. chdot
    Admin

    I think today might test the reliability of forecasters and also highlight the 'luck' of cycling at the right time - plus a few examples of local not/rain.

    IF this is true, not actually much rain -

    http://m.yr.no/place/United_Kingdom/Scotland/Edinburgh/hour_by_hour.html

    Likely to rain throughout the day - but not all the time.

    Best not to put the washing out.

    Some people will get wet (but perhaps not as much as I did yesterday - partly because my waterproofing has finally failed.)

    Posted 8 years ago #
  12. wingpig
    Member

    "...partly because my waterproofing has finally failed"

    I observed a fair collection of drips on the undersurface of the top flap of my pannier and on top of the rumpled-up drawstring-tied inner yesterday. I suppose I ought to give it a skoosh with something hydrophobic.

    Posted 8 years ago #
  13. chdot
    Admin

    Extreme drizzle in EH10.

    Posted 8 years ago #
  14. chdot
    Admin

    How will I get to Cycle Service to collect my special order bartape in this?

    Posted 8 years ago #
  15. kaputnik
    Moderator

    @chdot bartape?! special order bartape at that!? What's wrong with a couple of old inner tubes and some pipe insulation knotted around the bars.

    Posted 8 years ago #
  16. amir
    Member

    I would have though duct tape would have been ideal. Waterproof and all.

    Posted 8 years ago #
  17. Arellcat
    Moderator

    I've seen some vehicles on the roads, they're enormous things and probably very dangerous. They have all these windows so that you can look at the people sitting inside. You can get to go inside too, but you have to give money to a special person to do this. The vehicles also seem to have big numbers on the front and back that I think are a code for where the vehicle is going. Maybe there's a number that matches up with the Cycle Service? :-)

    Posted 8 years ago #
  18. chdot
    Admin

    "special order bartape at that!?"

    Just confounding expectations...

    Posted 8 years ago #
  19. wingpig
    Member

    Is it custom-printed with "COLLAPSIBLE - not folding" written on it?

    Posted 8 years ago #
  20. chdot
    Admin

    No.

    This one will not separate (in spite of internet rumours).

    Posted 8 years ago #
  21. crowriver
    Member

    "What's wrong with a couple of old inner tubes and some pipe insulation knotted around the bars."

    I prefer foam grips, then cotton bar tape on top. Comfortable! :-)

    Posted 8 years ago #
  22. Nelly
    Member

    Im hoping we get a proper winter this year - cold with little wind and occasional snow. My Marathon Winters have not had enough use and are now just a home for dead slater bugs.

    Posted 8 years ago #
  23. amir
    Member

    I quite like not slipping over (when I haven't the studs on). Occasional days of ice and snow might be okay but long periods isn't fun for long

    Posted 8 years ago #
  24. jdanielp
    Member

    I was somwhat bemused about having to actually put some effort into cycling west this morning. I also note that the BBC forecast features black 'Wind Gusts' arrows for the first time in ages starting at 1am tomorrow morning and lasting until 3pm in the afternoon at up to 52 mph.

    Posted 8 years ago #
  25. chdot
    Admin

  26. Baldcyclist
    Member

    Bridge likely to be closed to bikes tomorrow morning...
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-34592361

    Posted 8 years ago #
  27. Dave
    Member

    Sunny and gales from the west? Could be a great day for the workbound commute PR...

    Posted 8 years ago #
  28. fimm
    Member

    It is quite breezy.

    Posted 8 years ago #
  29. dougal
    Member

    The Leith Walk headwind was a challenge for uphill travellers today.

    Posted 8 years ago #
  30. wingpig
    Member

    Couple of big branches down in Leith Links. WoL/NEPN clear between Sandport and Roseburn. I thought Leith Walk might be blowy so went the long way round.

    Posted 8 years ago #

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