My own persoanl rain cloud.

Ack - the one thing I dislike as much as a nasty headwind
with a chill in it, is being rained on when it's heavy rain
and I've not got a waterproof with me.

Glad you enjoyed the ride anyhow!

Cheers, helen s

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On Mon, 31 May 2004 08:48:35 +0100, "vernon levy" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Six or seven miles out from Selby I could see a huge cloud
and precipitation and thinking that I'd be skirting it,
pressed on. How wrong I was! It went for me! I could swear
it homed in on me and dumped it's contents.

Quoted message said:

As the train approached Leeds the sky darkened in a very
familiar way and it started to pour down just in time for
me to get off the train.

There's a character in one of Douglas Adams's books (the
truck driver in 'Dirk Gently...' I think) who is a rain god.
As I recall, "...he did not know this, but the clouds did.
They wanted to be near him, to cherish him, to water him..."

Apologies if I got the quotation wrong, but were you the
model for this character?
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Cheers,

Al

vernon levy said:

I took advantage of the fine weather yesterday to do a
half century - Leeds, Wetherby, Rufforth, Acomb, York,
Selby (via the cycle way).

Six or seven miles out from Selby I could see a huge cloud
and precipitation and thinking that I'd be skirting it,
pressed on. How wrong I was! It went for me! I could swear
it homed in on me and dumped it's contents. It wasn't
pleasant as I didn't take any waterproofs as there was no
indication of rain according to the local forecasts.

I couldn't face riding home - a further 25 miles in the
deluge so I caught a train back to Leeds. During the 3/4
hour wait the weather picked up and I thought all was
well. Wrong! As the train approached Leeds the sky
darkened in a very familiar way and it started to pour
down just in time for me to get off the train.

Still, it was a good ride and I discovered that the Netto
bike tops go some way to reducing wind chill while riding
sopping wet.

I did 40 miles yesterday and the last half mile was wet,
trashing the bike. I would have made it home in a dry state
had it not been for some sodding temporary traffic lights in
the last village which failed to detect my presence...so I
sat there for 5 mins until a car turned up to activate them.

On Mon, 31 May 2004 16:00:50 +0100, Zog The Undeniable
<[email hidden]> wrote (more or less):

Quoted message said:

vernon levy said:

I took advantage of the fine weather yesterday to do a
half century - Leeds, Wetherby, Rufforth, Acomb, York,
Selby (via the cycle way).

Six or seven miles out from Selby I could see a huge
cloud and precipitation and thinking that I'd be skirting
it, pressed on. How wrong I was! It went for me! I could
swear it homed in on me and dumped it's contents. It
wasn't pleasant as I didn't take any waterproofs as there
was no indication of rain according to the local
forecasts.

I couldn't face riding home - a further 25 miles in the
deluge so I caught a train back to Leeds. During the 3/4
hour wait the weather picked up and I thought all was
well. Wrong! As the train approached Leeds the sky
darkened in a very familiar way and it started to pour
down just in time for me to get off the train.

Still, it was a good ride and I discovered that the Netto
bike tops go some way to reducing wind chill while riding
sopping wet.

I did 40 miles yesterday and the last half mile was wet,
trashing the bike. I would have made it home in a dry
state had it not been for some sodding temporary traffic
lights in the last village which failed to detect my
presence...so I sat there for 5 mins until a car turned up
to activate them.

Time to start wearing wind-proof tops made out of tinfoil.

Actually, this isn't an entirely bad idea. The sort of
metallising they now use in crisp packets must surely be
transferrable to textiles...

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Gawnsoft said:

Time to start wearing wind-proof tops made out of tinfoil.

Actually, this isn't an entirely bad idea. The sort of
metallising they now use in crisp packets must surely be
transferrable to textiles...

I have a couple of cycling fleeces with wind-proof membranes
sandwiched in the front half.

Tony

On Mon, 31 May 2004 17:16:35 +0100, "Tony Raven"
<[email hidden]> wrote (more or less):

Quoted message said:

Gawnsoft said:

Time to start wearing wind-proof tops made out of
tinfoil.

Actually, this isn't an entirely bad idea. The sort of
metallising they now use in crisp packets must surely be
transferrable to textiles...

I have a couple of cycling fleeces with wind-proof
membranes sandwiched in the front half.

And are they radar-reflective?

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