feeling guilty

recycled-one said:

On the weekend this week's forecast called for thunderstorms Tuesday. I
planned accordingly. Tuesday was to be my indoor day.

Tuesday breaks sunny and warm [15c] The forecast changed to rain on
Wednesday. I vacillated but stuck to my schedule.

Wednesday the rains came. Wished I'd chucked the schedule and gone for a
ride Tuesday.

If you are in California I can sympathize with you. Sunny California is
becoming a thing of the past. Rain^3.
Bill

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If you are in California I can sympathize with you. Sunny California is
becoming a thing of the past. Rain^3.

I love it - much better than the usual 100+ summers. The air is clean. And
there is no bad weather, just bad clothing...

Mark said:

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If you are in California I can sympathize with you. Sunny California is
becoming a thing of the past. Rain^3.

I love it - much better than the usual 100+ summers. The air is clean. And
there is no bad weather, just bad clothing...

Perhaps,
I have gone out in it but without fenders 8 MPH seems to be about it
before you are eating your own road water spray.
Roads are best ridden upon, and not sprayed up the nose.

Bill (dry) Baka

Bill Baka said:

Perhaps,
I have gone out in it but without fenders 8 MPH seems to be about it
before you are eating your own road water spray.
Roads are best ridden upon, and not sprayed up the nose.

Preaching to the choir.

I have full fenders on most of my bikes, and definately would not ride
an open wheel bike in the rain. Unfortunately, a lot of the cyclists I
share my commute with don't seem to mind wet feet and a stripe up the
back. If I get too close to one before I pass, I get splattered too.

Road bikes aren't so bad, as they seem to throw their rooster-tail
straight out the back in a fairly narrow pattern, but those 2.75"
knobby tired MTB riders cover a *lot* of area, with a tail like a cone
of water. I had to 'take the lane' by a good 2m to stay dry while I got
around one this evening.

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I have full fenders on most of my bikes, and definately would not ride
an open wheel bike in the rain. Unfortunately, a lot of the cyclists I
share my commute with don't seem to mind wet feet and a stripe up the
back. If I get too close to one before I pass, I get splattered too.

Road bikes aren't so bad, as they seem to throw their rooster-tail
straight out the back in a fairly narrow pattern, but those 2.75"
knobby tired MTB riders cover a *lot* of area, with a tail like a cone
of water.

Sounds like me. Big phat knobbies and no fender.

I don't mind getting thoroughly soaked in the warm part of the year. Never
could stand raingear - I sweat too much. But in the shoulder seasons when it
is a cold rain I'm not too fond of riding in the rain.

Hiya Brian!
Allied story: I'm slowly converting my old rigid fork 700c wheel
hybrid to the rain/night bike. I asked one of my LBSes to order fenders
to accomodate those big, wide tires. Well, they got them in, then sold
them to someone else! It wasn't REALLY the LBS's fault (Post-It saying
"Hold for Robert" made a leap for freedom and was found on the
underside of a track pump) -- and it means, I hope, that one more
big-tire commuter out there isn't spraying water with great abandon and
verve.... Let's see what happens with the next set of fenders -- maybe
the LBS will ask QBP for TWO sets this time....

Brian Huntley wrote:
SNIP

Quoted message said:

Road bikes aren't so bad, as they seem to throw their rooster-tail
straight out the back in a fairly narrow pattern, but those 2.75"
knobby tired MTB riders cover a *lot* of area, with a tail like a cone
of water. I had to 'take the lane' by a good 2m to stay dry while I got
around one this evening.

Robert Leone [email hidden]

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If you are in California I can sympathize with you. Sunny California is
becoming a thing of the past. Rain^3.

I love it - much better than the usual 100+ summers. The air is clean. And
there is no bad weather, just bad clothing...

Give it time; there's still plenty of opportunity for the 100+F summer
weather to appear.
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recycled-one said:

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I have full fenders on most of my bikes, and definately would not ride
an open wheel bike in the rain. Unfortunately, a lot of the cyclists I
share my commute with don't seem to mind wet feet and a stripe up the
back. If I get too close to one before I pass, I get splattered too.

Road bikes aren't so bad, as they seem to throw their rooster-tail
straight out the back in a fairly narrow pattern, but those 2.75"
knobby tired MTB riders cover a *lot* of area, with a tail like a cone
of water.

Sounds like me. Big phat knobbies and no fender.

I don't mind getting thoroughly soaked in the warm part of the year. Never
could stand raingear - I sweat too much. But in the shoulder seasons when it
is a cold rain I'm not too fond of riding in the rain.

Same here, big knobby in front, 1.75" general purpose on the rear.
Sweating is my problem too, and if I start out dressed for the rain I am
soaked in sweat 2 miles down the road in the rain and 50 degree weather.
In the summer I just take all the water and juice I can carry and sweat
with abandon, sometimes over a gallon a day, then a nice hot shower.
Bill

Werehatrack said:

On Wed, 12 Apr 2006 11:11:58 -0700, "Mark" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

"Bill Baka" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

If you are in California I can sympathize with you. Sunny California is
becoming a thing of the past. Rain^3.

I love it - much better than the usual 100+ summers. The air is clean. And
there is no bad weather, just bad clothing...

Give it time; there's still plenty of opportunity for the 100+F summer
weather to appear.

Yeah,
I know, then I'll be complaining about the heat. Taking a mountain in
110 degrees is a bit much, but still beats rain, and the riding days are
over 14 hours.
Bill

Bill Baka said:

If you are in California I can sympathize with you. Sunny California is
becoming a thing of the past.

I got so sick of riding in the rain that I went and rented a car last
night to drive to work today and tomorrow. So what do I wake up to this
morning in the Bay Area? A beautiful, sunny day, and my bike is in the
office.

I had errands to run anyway, but still...

RFM
http://www.cyclelicio.us/

Bill Baka said:

Werehatrack said:

On Wed, 12 Apr 2006 11:11:58 -0700, "Mark" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

"Bill Baka" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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>If you are in California I can sympathize with you. Sunny California is
>becoming a thing of the past. Rain^3.

I love it - much better than the usual 100+ summers. The air is clean. And
there is no bad weather, just bad clothing...

Give it time; there's still plenty of opportunity for the 100+F summer
weather to appear.

Yeah,
I know, then I'll be complaining about the heat. Taking a mountain in
110 degrees is a bit much, but still beats rain, and the riding days are
over 14 hours.

Meanwhile, if you can find a way to ship it in this direction, we'd
gladly take six or seven inches of that rain you're getting. (But not
all in one day, please. We've done that recently enough that the
memory of the event hasn't mellowed yet.
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Werehatrack said:

Bill Baka said:

Werehatrack said:

On Wed, 12 Apr 2006 11:11:58 -0700, "Mark" <[email hidden]>
wrote:

>"Bill Baka" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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>
>
>>If you are in California I can sympathize with you. Sunny California is
>>becoming a thing of the past. Rain^3.
>
>I love it - much better than the usual 100+ summers. The air is clean. And
>there is no bad weather, just bad clothing...

Give it time; there's still plenty of opportunity for the 100+F summer
weather to appear.

Yeah,
I know, then I'll be complaining about the heat. Taking a mountain in
110 degrees is a bit much, but still beats rain, and the riding days are
over 14 hours.

Meanwhile, if you can find a way to ship it in this direction, we'd
gladly take six or seven inches of that rain you're getting. (But not
all in one day, please. We've done that recently enough that the
memory of the event hasn't mellowed yet.

I know the feeling about too much rain too. We have been on near
constant flood alert since the rivers are all so high. It turns out that
we had a dry and sunny day today and I took about a 40 mile ride to the
nearest reservoir to check it out. When I got there the normally sedate
spillway was overflowing like a major waterfall and the usually dry
field of rocks below was an insane rapids about the size of a football
field. Tomorrow should be good enough to ride again, but then on
Saturday the rain comes back.
Be an opportunist and ride as much as you can afford time to on the good
days. I'm sore after weeks of no real riding, but happy.
Bill Baka

Even though it was calling for afternoon rains I went out yesterday
regardless. It was a fine ride. Mostly sunny, 15c winds out the North 10
kmh. though the rains came today. Environment Canada was a day late again.

Anyone else getting the feeling it is going to be a very wet summer?

In article <[email hidden]>,

recycled-one said:

On the weekend this week's forecast called for thunderstorms Tuesday. I
planned accordingly. Tuesday was to be my indoor day.

Tuesday breaks sunny and warm [15c] The forecast changed to rain on
Wednesday. I vacillated but stuck to my schedule.

Wednesday the rains came. Wished I'd chucked the schedule and gone for a
ride Tuesday.

So you should feel guilty. Today I ploughed through monsoons and
a hailstorm to get to four different bike shops plus a hardware
store to get a new bottle generator (wore out the old one,) a
3-cup coffee percolator, a spray bomb of waterproofer for my rain
cape, a chain tool (bent the pin on my old one in my impatience to
reinstall the chain to get to work,) a new 6-spd freewheel & chain,
a spare brake cable, a new freewheel remover with the corners
unrounded by Vice-Grips, and some other stuff I can't remember
right now. And then I went out again to get some groceries. And,
y'know what? I stayed perfectly dry throughout all my excursions.
I've got the rain gear completely figured-out, and it doesn't
involve neoprene booties or expensive Gortex.

Heh. Riding in the rain ain't so bad, once you've mastered it.

And percolated coffee beats drip coffee, hands down.

cheers,
Tom

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And percolated coffee beats drip coffee, hands down.

cheers,
Tom

Nothing is finer than a pot of perked coffee. And you don't have all that
external paraphernalia. Just a coffee pot with all the necessary workings
inside. And percolating is a much friendlier sound than the peeing sound of
drip.

Max

Max Penn said:

Quoted message said:

And percolated coffee beats drip coffee, hands down.

Quoted message said:

Nothing is finer than a pot of perked coffee. And you don't have all that
external paraphernalia. Just a coffee pot with all the necessary workings
inside. And percolating is a much friendlier sound than the peeing sound of
drip.

Bah... Espresso-based is the only way to go. When you don't have the
machine to do that at hand, try a French press. Another nice
alternative is the Chemex (basically a Pyrex beaker and nice, heavy
bleach-free cone filters). Takes a little more time, but you control
the temperature of the water to make the coffee "just right"...

Ahhhhhh.....

Mark Hickey
Habanero Cycles
http://www.habcycles.com
Home of the $795 ti frame

In article <[email hidden]>,

Mark Hickey said:

Max Penn said:

Quoted message said:

And percolated coffee beats drip coffee, hands down.

Quoted message said:

Nothing is finer than a pot of perked coffee. And you don't have all that
external paraphernalia. Just a coffee pot with all the necessary workings
inside. And percolating is a much friendlier sound than the peeing sound of
drip.

Bah... Espresso-based is the only way to go. When you don't have the
machine to do that at hand, try a French press. Another nice
alternative is the Chemex (basically a Pyrex beaker and nice, heavy
bleach-free cone filters). Takes a little more time, but you control
the temperature of the water to make the coffee "just right"...

Ahhhhhh.....

Mark Hickey
Habanero Cycles
http://www.habcycles.com
Home of the $795 ti frame

I used to do that!

Now I just ride a mile to the local Starbucks and get my 25c cup for
$4.00....Is that why they call it $star..bucks????

HAND

Max Penn said:

Quoted message said:

And percolated coffee beats drip coffee, hands down.

cheers,
Tom

Nothing is finer than a pot of perked coffee. And you don't have all that
external paraphernalia. Just a coffee pot with all the necessary workings
inside. And percolating is a much friendlier sound than the peeing sound of
drip.

Max

A science study by a bored college staff once showed that 182 F was the
ideal temperature for brewing coffee. Perked to me tastes burnt since it
has to boil in order to perk. A science lab reflux under slight vacuum
would perk at 182 and the coffee should be just right, but the setup
costs more in glassware than I want to spend. $500.00 + the vacuum pump.
Bill

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Quoted message said:

Max Penn said:

Quoted message said:

And percolated coffee beats drip coffee, hands down.

Quoted message said:

Nothing is finer than a pot of perked coffee. And you don't have all that
external paraphernalia. Just a coffee pot with all the necessary workings
inside. And percolating is a much friendlier sound than the peeing sound
of
drip.

Bah... Espresso-based is the only way to go. When you don't have the
machine to do that at hand, try a French press. Another nice
alternative is the Chemex (basically a Pyrex beaker and nice, heavy
bleach-free cone filters). Takes a little more time, but you control
the temperature of the water to make the coffee "just right"...

Ahhhhhh.....

Mark Hickey
Habanero Cycles
http://www.habcycles.com
Home of the $795 ti frame

Ahhh, I was just explaining to someone how my Saeco Magic Comfort Plus has
taken over my life :> Boxes arrive daily from Whole Latte Love,
Intelligentsia Coffee, etc. Special coffees, cups, spoons, you name it.
Needless to say, the person to whom I was relating this isn't a coffee lover
as I am, and didn't quite get it!

Cat