the good thing about rain.

[aff-man]

Well i had to go into tech for a measly 1.5 hours today and got bloody drenched going both ways. But why then do i have a grin from ear to ear on my face. WEll it certainly wasn't the water filling up my jacket or the cordura not being as waterproof as it should be, or even the cold starting to get to me.

IT WAS THE ROLLING BURNOUTS IN THE WET. Man i had fun bring it up to 7/8k and flick the throttle open full in first or second and wizzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz there she lets go. Had a bit of fun on the weekend with these but today was great. . for some reason my tyre is seeing a bit of wear in the middle



(maybe thats just when it lets go during mono practice )

[Blakamin]

Good stuff.... of course it was under controlled conditions eh??

you need a shinko... smoke like crazy and no tyre wear....AND they dont stick in the wet!!!!!!

[vifferman]

.. for some reason my tyre is seeing a bit of wear in the middle

Tyres wear out more in the wet than the dry.

Another good thing about the wet is it washes the crap off the roads.

My gloves suck. :disapint:

[aff-man]

Tyres wear out more in the wet than the dry.

Another good thing about the wet is it washes the crap off the roads.

My gloves suck.

just finished wringing out my gloves. And i think the waterfall from my jacket has almost stopped

[Coldkiwi]

dodgy individual! who the hecks been encouraging you to do that?

[Motu]

Do that outside my place at 2.00 AM and you'll get a brick through the helmet.

[aff-man]

Do that outside my place at 2.00 AM and you'll get a brick through the helmet.

. It doesn't make any more noise than usual (it's just the way i ride)

[Stinger]

Tyres wear out more in the wet than the dry.

How so ? Is it because the rubber is softened by the water ?

[jrandom]

How so ? Is it because the rubber is softened by the water ?

I hain't thunked about it much, but it makes intuitive sense. I'd imagine the level of microabrasions as the tyre slips against the road would be much greater in the wet; the tyre slips more, you see. I suppose. firestormer can correct me if I'm treeing down the wrong bark.

[jrandom]

Oh, yeah. The other good thing about the rain today, or at least not-bad-thing, is that my morning commute was four times faster than a colleague who left at the same time as me from an adjacent suburb (he took two hours to drive the 25km or so from Henderson to Takapuna; I, as usual, took 30 minutes to ride from Te Atatu). The snarl-ups this morning were the worst I've seen in months.

I also made it to and fro from Takapuna to Pitt Street for an 11am meeting with only 10 minutes travel time each way, through stopped bridge traffic. I had to stinky-drip on a solicitor's nice leather meeting-room seats for an hour when I got there, but I took a perverse pleasure in doing so.

[vifferman]

I hain't thunked about it much, but it makes intuitive sense. I'd imagine the level of microabrasions as the tyre slips against the road would be much greater in the wet; the tyre slips more, you see. I suppose. firestormer can correct me if I'm treeing down the wrong bark.

Yeah, I'm pretty sure that's what's what.
The wear thang was summat I read somewhere.

My sucky gloves are nearly dry now (PC monitors make good glove driers), but my helmet is still wet inside, but I'm not quite sure why.

[jrandom]

My sucky gloves are nearly dry now (PC monitors make good glove driers)

I have a dual-head setup; one per monitor. Mine are almost done.

but my helmet is still wet inside, but I'm not quite sure why.

I usually find that it's because I've absentmindedly stuffed my soaked glubs into the helmet when I climb off the bike.

[Blakamin]

I have a dual-head setup; one per monitor. Mine are almost done.



I usually find that it's because I've absentmindedly stuffed my soaked glubs into the helmet when I climb off the bike.

Mine dry on my PC... 7 HDDs with 3 fans each...mmmm...toasty

[vifferman]

Mine dry on my PC... 7 HDDs with 3 fans each...mmmm...toasty

I used to have a mini-tower PC under my desk, and not only did it work well as a glove dryer, it also worked damned well to dry damp boots. Now I've got some tiny slimline Compaq thing on the desk, and apart from having headphone and USB ports on the front, it's a much less utilitarian appliance.
Luckily, my current boots are fairly waterproof.

Wonder why my helmet leaks?

Wonder if it would fall off the monitor?




Do steamrollers really roll steam? :spudwhat:

[Blakamin]

Wonder if it would fall off the monitor?




Do steamrollers really roll steam? :spudwhat:

wouldnt fit on my monitor... LCD