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Ceri JC 18-08-06 03:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Dr Rich
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Originally Posted by Mogs

I get called Oddjob as in Carry on Screaming :)
...and with the suit on? :wink: :lol:
PMSL!

Mogs: I'm not going to be at IAM the next 2 weeks mate (I've already told Nick); moving house and then off to the Leeds festival.

TC3 19-08-06 07:23 AM
It's only water! Don't become someone who just rides in the dry as how many dry days are there in the UK? Just take it easy

Lissa 19-08-06 09:03 AM
One other thing to look out for.................drivers coming the other way who swerve onto your side of the road to avoid puddles :shock:

WHY DO THEY DO THAT!!! THEY'RE IN A CAR.................THEY AREN'T GONNA GET WET!!!! :evil: :evil: :evil:

stuartyboy 20-08-06 04:41 AM
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Originally Posted by grecian9
I think I'm just going to ride round Leeds in circles and then if it buckets it down I can nip to the nearest family members' house. Just dying to get out and get familiar with the bike. Not scared of the wet being a downhill mountainbiker.

b.t.w. - it's a 99 curvy so no wearing in the engine, although the brakes and tyre will be new.
Downhil Mountain biking rools!

Dude - just take it easy in the wet. Look out for diesel and watch the white lines. I've been caught out loads of times in the past month in torretial rain. Its scary at first but just stay calm and slow down.

stuartyboy 20-08-06 04:45 AM
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Originally Posted by Lissa
One other thing to look out for.................drivers coming the other way who swerve onto your side of the road to avoid puddles :shock:

WHY DO THEY DO THAT!!! THEY'RE IN A CAR.................THEY AREN'T GONNA GET WET!!!! :evil: :evil: :evil:
They do it because cars can aqua plane(easier than bikes sometimes) and old diesels can stall. doesn't excuse them from being erse holes though.

jenni 20-08-06 10:05 PM
hello, how did it go.

Its been sunny in leeds today, you been out again?

Warren 21-08-06 06:37 AM
wet weather is fun when you get the hang of being smooth.


(and get used to having a bit of a slide)

grecian9 21-08-06 10:02 AM
Yeah I've been out, in fact I've ridden to work today. The roads were wet but it wasn't raining. No probs other than my ropey down shifts coming up to junctions. Will smooth it out in time.

grecian9 22-08-06 06:59 AM
left work yesterday and it was coming down in sheets as there was a thunderstorm nearby. Pulled away from the lights which are on a bend and felt my back wheel step out what felt like feet but was probably an inch or two. I guess it's a good experience but a little un-nerving on day 4 of riding!

petevtwin650 22-08-06 08:13 AM
Hope you checked you tyre pressures before you went out. Even though they were new, they will almost certainly have lost pressure. If you can afford it get a digital gauge, much more consistent and easier to read than a pencil type. Don't trust garage pump gauges at all.

And well done for getting out there and doing it. 8)


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