Wellington - What A Beautiful Day - Yeah Right (26 August)

**Terminated** · 26th August 2006, 12:16

What more can I say - time to clean the chain and polish the bike.

**Hitcher** · 26th August 2006, 13:51

What's a bit of rain every once in a while?

**Colapop** · 26th August 2006, 13:57

Ummm ... it's rain...?

**Wasp** · 26th August 2006, 14:24

Atleast you have a place to work on your bike in the rain, my bike has to sit outside

if i had a place i'd be pulling apart and cleaning the carbs right now

**Drum** · 26th August 2006, 18:37

After being cooped up inside all day, at 5pm'ish it was looking a bit dryer so I made a break for it! Unfortunately I only made it to the Stokes Valley roundabout before the weather took a rather nasty turn - so I turned around and came back - total distance travelled about 10km.

And Wasp - if you need garage space to work on your bike - send me a PM - Ive got tools too.

**sunhuntin** · 26th August 2006, 19:30

had the triumph charity ride today...no choice but to ride, lol. blew a gale all the way there and pissed down all the way back. sat for 3 hours in wet gear while watching the after-ride auction and let me tell you, a shower at the end was bliss. my boots leaked...felt like a liter in each boot, which eventually leaked out onto the floor where we were....nice big puddle.

but despite the weather, about 75 bikes showed up, which was awesome!

thanks to the alton pub for a great spread!

**Madness** · 26th August 2006, 19:45

The Hutt River was pumping again, you'd think all the logs & stuff upstream would have been flushed out by now but there were some big-uns coming down. One car parked in the northern Melling commuters carpark & one at the southern end of the riverbank carpark were locked in thisafternoon with the road-closures, bugger!

**poorbastard** · 26th August 2006, 20:19

Originally Posted by Hitcher

What's a bit of rain every once in a while?

Once in a while????????

You mean just about 28 days a month

**Steam** · 26th August 2006, 20:51

Originally Posted by poorbastard

Once in a while????????

You mean just about 28 days a month

Hell yeah, I just moved to Wellington, and I tell ya, the weather is way worse than back in Dunedin, it never seems to stop raining. Is this just winter or is the summer bad too?

Oh how I pine for Central Otago...

**James Deuce** · 26th August 2006, 22:48

It's Winter. It rains. Did they not tell you lot that at your state funded school where no one fails?

If you don't like it, there's a huge, dry, brown desert just next door. The road's are all straight, but at least it doesn't rain.

**Drum** · 27th August 2006, 08:41

Originally Posted by Jim2

I.............If you don't like it, there's a huge, dry, brown desert just next door. The road's are all straight, but at least it doesn't rain.

Tried that, but the place is full of foreigners and wild animals.

**merv** · 27th August 2006, 10:14

Yeah see ya later fellahs I'm off to brown dirt land for the week in Adelaide - no biking unfortunately just work work work. So I'll be another foreigner over there.

**Maha** · 27th August 2006, 10:19

Originally Posted by sunhuntin

had the triumph charity ride today...no choice but to ride, lol. blew a gale all the way there and pissed down all the way back. sat for 3 hours in wet gear while watching the after-ride auction and let me tell you, a shower at the end was bliss. my boots leaked...felt like a liter in each boot, which eventually leaked out onto the floor where we were....nice big puddle.

but despite the weather, about 75 bikes showed up, which was awesome!

thanks to the alton pub for a great spread!

Oh yeah, sounds like great fun......

i dont mind the rain............but 'WIND' ?.....

Hate the two combined, but if you are out there, what can ya do?