Lovely day for riding wunnit

[Shaun]

I saw the weather forecast before I left the dirty south and it said rain moving southwards through the day. I got back to my mums in Stoke and it started raining so I hung around for an hour hoping it would pass.... it didn't.

2.5 hours/100 miles in really bad rain and cold, my waterproofs gave up about half way home and I became incredibly wet, there was no point in stopping at services, it'd just make it feel worse.

I got home and on my top half I'd been wearing a coat, a fleece, a leather jacket and a t-shirt, every layer was completely soaked all over, I couldn't feel my feet and my jeans under my apprently waterproof trousers were also soaked all over.

That is by far the worst ride I've had to endure in a long time, I had to stick to 60-70 all the way because visibility was so bad, I had one close call where I had to brake and the front locked, cue me diving down white lines instead of stopping like I wanted.

I hate winter and seriously, I couldn't believe it when Hellkat and Anita were complaining about it being cold this morning, I didn't think the north/south would be that different weather wise but they don't have a clue..... bastards.

I'm going bed, it's colder than barrack obama and his mp3 player lying ways (see metro to understand reference).

[Bofh5]

Forgotten what a dry road is and am getting really sick off tip toeing round roundabouts playing dodge the drain cover / oil slicks etc.

Can't honestly remember the last time i actually rode on a dry piece of tarmac. Every morning its been a horrible slick slimy layer from the overnight frost / grit mix.

Yesterday was awful as the estate my office is in hadn't had a grit so the roads were sheet ice.

The fun of playing spin the wheel has well and truly worn off and i'm longing for summer already.
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[Shaun]

Yeah I rode home at midnight last night from Manchester and had loads of little slides, I opted to sing to keep myself relaxed.

[Visitor Q]

I managed to wheelie today. Out of the blue. In third. Out of a speed camera.

:smug mode:

That said, we did get all the snow in October if you recall
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[Shaun]

I dunno, apparently it was bad up here last week with snow, I missed it due to prancing about in the south.

[Visitor Q]