The joys of winter

**slofox** · 11th May 2009, 15:03

HAD to ride the bike today, weather or not...gotta hear the new can noise...

**YAMASAKI** · 11th May 2009, 15:14

and a big thanks to whoever it was that dropped a truckload of oil going down Brooklyn hill this morning... you're a winner! because white lines and manhole covers aren't slippery enough

**Pwalo** · 11th May 2009, 15:16

If it's a work day I ride the bike. Summer, winter, warm, cold, whatever. With a decent set of wet weather gear, and tyres it's all good.

It's just cleaning the bike each night that can be a pain.

**jim.cox** · 11th May 2009, 16:07

Originally Posted by Pwalo

If it's a work day I ride the bike. Summer, winter, warm, cold, whatever. With a decent set of wet weather gear, and tyres it's all good.

It's just cleaning the bike each night that can be a pain.

bikes are for riding, not cleaning

time spent polishing is better spent riding

a wipe with a rag once a year is more than enough

**Stirts** · 11th May 2009, 16:29

Hail the size of golf balls that leave you with bruises, thunder that shake the buildings and makes you shit your pants!!!

WELCOME FARKEN WINTER!!!!

**glice** · 11th May 2009, 17:37

Originally Posted by jim.cox

bikes are for riding, not cleaning

time spent polishing is better spent riding

a wipe with a rag once a year is more than enough

even a yearly wipe is a little excessive

**Paul_C** · 11th May 2009, 20:17

I really need to keep the temperature gauge in 'Engine Temp' mode as opposed to 'Outside Temp' mode, because it just gets depressing, especially through Waiouru. And it doesn't take windchill into account.

Good thing I'm moving away from the bellybutton of NZ (Palmerston North) to somewhere slightly warmer and less windy (Auckland - cue abusive JAFA posts...

)

**Ixion** · 11th May 2009, 20:22

Originally Posted by Pwalo

If it's a work day I ride the bike. Summer, winter, warm, cold, whatever. With a decent set of wet weather gear, and tyres it's all good.

It's just cleaning the bike each night that can be a pain.

Each night !? WTF. Good lord. What are you, a mafia hit man needing to get rid of the evidence?

Who ever heard of cleaning a bike every day. It's winter isn't it? That menas rain, right? Rain is water , right? So, you're going to be ri=ding THROUGH water, right? So what needs cleaning? BTW do/would you you clean your car every time you take it out?

**Headbanger** · 11th May 2009, 20:27

This thread reminded me to put an oil heater in the bike room so she doesn't get cold during winter.

**slofox** · 12th May 2009, 11:08

Since today is the ninth day in succession of manky weather I went out for a blat anyway - just to ease the withdrawal symptoms and general crabbiness that biking inactivity engenders - and besides, it's got the new 2bros can on, innit?...togged up with the thermals etc etc and put the rain gear over the top...I could still move - just - if I tried hard, although it was difficult to bend over far enough to open the garage door...
Headed out towards the blackest of skies which soon enough produced pissisting rain in bucket loads...and it was blowing like buggery as well. Made for an interesting pootle but all good - a little slower than usual, a little less lean angle - but at least it blew away the cobwebs. Actually hard to hear the new can over the wind noise so I daresay I will have to try again when the wind drops a bit...