Wellington - What A Beautiful Day - Yeah Right (20 July)

[Terminated]

To all you out there today in this dreadful weather take it easy on the way home.
Heads Up

[GR81]

you're not the only one... this was the weather from yesterday lol

[Str8 Jacket]

I left my bike at home today, I have learned my lesson well.

[Dooly]

Just heard on the radio, my road is flooded.

My road is about 7 kms long, so I'm hoping its the other end from me that slopes down.

[merv]

Good on ya Str8. I take it easy and take the train and leave my babies all warm and dry in the garage.

[Wasp]

What are you on about? its beautiful out there! [tui]

I still plan to ride the bike home.... softies

[snuffles]

go wasp:first:

[Lou Girardin]

Fine in Auck, thanks.

[XP@]

I'm looking forward to it :-)

The only down side is I am going to have to dry out my stinking jacket. and it does stink, despite good advice from somewhere around here.

[Bend-it]

Yeah, try tomorrow... 7 degree high, "sleety rain and gale southerlies" according to stuff.co.nz!

[Bend-it]

I still plan to ride the bike home.... softies

yeah, couldn't leave it here in town, what would I hug tonight?

[GR81]

Fine in Auck, thanks.
at this present moment! haha

[XP@]

Yeah, try tomorrow... 7 degree high, "sleety rain and gale southerlies" according to stuff.co.nz!
Hell is not hot
Hell is not cold
HELL IS 5 degrees and horizontal rain.

7 deg is bloody close !!!

[riffer]

Good grief. A bit of rain and wind.

What are you lot?

Str8 Jacket has the only valid excuse here (bike weighs less than a mountainbike). You others should be ashamed of yourselves... ;)

[apteryx_haasti]

Yeah, I rode yesterday but the forecast gale force southerlies made me decide on the bus today. Word from Eastbourne is that there is surface flooding on the road and further danger of the slip in Sunshine Bay coming over the road. Hope I can get home!

[Switch]

bugger, take it easy on the way home then. It was a crap day in the centre of auckland today, and it only clears up now, when it goes dark, but good for all you bikers heading off for the mid year ride, have fun :doobey:

[madboy]

Time to try my bald back tyre out...

Now for tomorrow with forecast sleet, do I take the viagra or the train?

[Sparky Bills]

Rode today, rode yesterday, and will ride tommorrow:innocent:

A little water never hurt anyone:nya:

[Str8 Jacket]

A little water never hurt anyone:nya:

No, but the wind sure can!

[sunhuntin]

rode home tonight after considering opening the backdoor and leaving the girl at work over night. wind was blowing a gale at work...one of our water buckets got blown away. signs moving everywhere. not too bad of a ride, but could have been better.

[Hitcher]

Friday's forecast promises to make today look like a great day for the wayzgoose...

[ogr1]

you're not the only one... this was the weather from yesterday lol

That looks like the "UK" weather forecast every f@@kin day!

[scumdog]

Calm sunny day down here - and ferkin' mufflers still at the engineers shop.

[Jantar]

A brilliant sunny afternoon here. So nice infact that the VStrom got its first wash and polish. :sunny:

Its currently clear and frosty outside.

[apteryx_haasti]

Well, I made it home to Eastbourne - only to spend the rest of the night out with the volunteer fire brigade - house + slip = bad....just waiting for the pager to go again.......

[Wasp]

Bad luck girl, i shudder to think what state eastbourne road is in at the moment...

My ride hope was un-eventful so i went to the top of the hill to practice U-turns in the southerly? after one i decided"fuck this! and proceeded to fly at an unsuitable pace for the conditions back down the hill to my place.

[Str8 Jacket]

Friday's forecast promises to make today look like a great day for the wayzgoose...

Bloody weather! *mumble, mumble* I left the bike at home again, wind blew a gale all the way to work so im glad I did.... On the upside I can sit at the pub for as long as I want and not worry about having to ride home!

[GR81]

That looks like the "UK" weather forecast every f@@kin day!
i thought you lot were having the mad heat wave at the moment?

[Str8 Jacket]

i thought you lot were having the mad heat wave at the moment?

Nah 36 degrees aint that hot, when I was in the South Island last it got up to 42 degrees. Bloody whinging poms....


(p/t)

[Wasp]

Ride to work was awesome! traffic was a tad crappy though

Got to work, went and bought breakky and then it starts PISSING DOWN....

and im nice and warm inside with sausage rolls and V :)

[GR81]

and im nice and warm inside with sausage rolls and V :)
breakfast of champions :)

[Hitcher]

Thank goodness for air-conditioned public transport.

[madboy]

I wimped out today... it wasn't the rain, it wasn't the wind, it was the hail that tipped it over the edge for me.

[Wasp]

mmm yea hail is bad, but my bike is safer in the work garage than outside at home!

[phoenixgtr]

Mah. I rode today. I rode yesterday. Hell, I haven't caught the bus for months, and I'm a featherweight on an anorexic bike with a bald rear tyre. That wind sure makes the ride interesting though.

[Str8 Jacket]

Mah. I rode today. I rode yesterday. Hell, I haven't caught the bus for months, and I'm a featherweight on an anorexic bike with a bald rear tyre. That wind sure makes the ride interesting though.


Mate, you've got BIG balls! Im impressed, I am scared of the wind! Just be careful out there eh?

[James Deuce]

Oops. I forgot to go to work. I thought it was Saturday.

[Str8 Jacket]

Oops. I forgot to go to work. I thought it was Saturday.



You kidding? Cause if you're not then thats just hilarious! :D

[phoenixgtr]

Mate, you've got BIG balls!

Why thank you, but I don't remember showing you...

[Str8 Jacket]

Why thank you, but I don't remember showing you...

:o


(shhh, dont tell Glenn)

[James Deuce]

You kidding? Cause if you're not then thats just hilarious! :D

I'm not kidding. I was just wondering why one of the kids and my woman-thing had vanished. The woman-thing then reappears and asks why I'm still here. Oops.

[Str8 Jacket]

I'm not kidding. I was just wondering why one of the kids and my woman-thing had vanished. The woman-thing then reappears and asks why I'm still here. Oops.


HAHAHAHAHA!

10 bloody pies.

[Wasp]

I thought it was thursday :shifty:

[Pwalo]

Oh it's just lovely down here on the Petone foreshore. I'm going out every half hour to make sure that th GS is still upright.

Should be huge fun heading south along SH2 tonight.

[Str8 Jacket]

WTF?! The sun is shining in town atm...

[phoenixgtr]

I know, the wind has blown the clouds away, but I doubt that will last long.

[Str8 Jacket]

I know, the wind has blown the clouds away, but I doubt that will last long.

Pessimist.....

[Wasp]

heh, 5 seconds ago it was sunny here.

now its abosolutely bucketing down!

[phoenixgtr]

Pessimist.....
Hey, Wasps post says it all.

Personally, I'm felling optimistic about Sunday, cause I'm free to go for a decent ride, just gotta hope for the decent weather

[PuppetMaster]

It snowed in welly city, about 20 mins ago. Very briefly, but it was defienetely snow.:yes: (where I am anyway)
And now the sun is trying to come out again....

[Wasp]

Sunday...decent ride...decent weather

Done and done, thank you!

just need to slip the new bracket on (that ive now had for a few weeks :o), check the rear brake pads/caliper and disconnect if not working properly.

eidt: oh look its a bright beautiful sunny day again :weird: :brick:

edit: saturday: Early showers then fine. Northwesterlies developing. Sunday: Mostly fine. Northerly Breezes

[XP@]

what a disapointment!

I was looking forward to a real challenge this morning. But no, just a bit of a head wind which made it a bit hard to hear the radio on the way in.

[megageoff76]

what a disapointment!

I was looking forward to a real challenge this morning. But no, just a bit of a head wind which made it a bit hard to hear the radio on the way in.

Hey, lucky for you mate! I had a serious moment this morning with the wind while waiting at the lights, the type where you are going "this is going to hurt". I ride to work everyday no matter what the weather and this was the first time i thought i was going down for sure.

Still, lived to ride another crappy day.

[Str8 Jacket]

Hey, lucky for you mate! I had a serious moment this morning with the wind while waiting at the lights, the type where you are going "this is going to hurt". I ride to work everyday no matter what the weather and this was the first time i thought i was going down for sure.

Still, lived to ride another crappy day.

Arrgh, yuk. I take it you didnt "go down" then?

EDIT- shit I just realised that you ride an 1100, that's gotta hurt if it landed on you! Also thats a pretty heavy bike to be blown around on, the winds insane!

[megageoff76]

Naa, I didn't go down. Yeah could be a bit messy..it certainly isn't a light bike, but that does help a bit in the wind though.
I was lucky as I couldn't see any of the cars drivers i had just passed wanting to get out to help me either.

[Str8 Jacket]

Naa, I didn't go down. Yeah could be a bit messy..it certainly isn't a light bike, but that does help a bit in the wind though.
I was lucky as I couldn't see any of the cars drivers i had just passed wanting to get out to help me either.


Thats good to hear! When I got blown over on Vivian St the cars that were behind me just drove around me and some even tooted their horns at me as if they were pissed that I was in their way. I hadnt even passed or done anything that could have annoyed them either. Well I suppose that I was blocking their lane....

[megageoff76]

Cheers, roll on spring!...theres still 2 months of winter to go i heard someone say before.

[Str8 Jacket]

Cheers, roll on spring!...theres still 2 months of winter to go i heard someone say before.


Cant come soon enough! I just want Nov to hurry so I can get my full and then buy a nice big heavier bike so I wont have to worry about the wind so much!