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platypus said:
See this I don't understand. I'm on earlies this week so 7-3pm, setting off from home at ~5:55. The ground was wet, lots of early morning dew, and it was cold. I was wrapped up in leggings and my new Softshell, and passed people in wife beaters and shorts..
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At the moment I'm fat (78.6kg as opposed to 70.4k 1st Jan) and so I'll be in shorts and a short sleeved jersey until it gets down to 5c.
 
Well that's a turn up for the books; [DOD]Asprilla weighs the same as me. Unfortunately I'm about 25% fat, so it's not all bad news for you, [DOD]Asprilla ;)
 
platypus said:
Why do you green his name?
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I do it with everybody's name, it's something I've always done, to the point that I don't even think about it any more. Have you not noticed it before?

On the topic of weight, I tried to put on the Sportful Sprint jersey I got for my birthday this morning, and I couldn't even do it up. Time to kick the junkfood habit and get back to exercising properly, methinks!
 
platypus said:
Aye but I have to wrap up even on my normal commute, setting off at 7am :(.
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Join the club. I felt a bit of a wally turning up to a club run on Sunday wearing gilet and arm warmers when everyone else was in short sleeves but it seems everyone has a different definition of what "warm" is. It's definitely chilly up here this morning though.
 
This morning it was sunny, 13-14C with a very light breeze. Almost perfect cycling conditions I think! It is not too cold, but cool enough that I don't sweat buckets sprinting my commute.
 
Averaged over 20mph commuting this morning, happy with that.

I thought about putting a base layer on when I was getting ready but decided against it, shorts and jersey was just right today.
 
platypus said:
See I find 13 degrees on a bike very uncomfortable.

Need to put some weight on >.<.
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I find the best way to deal with it is to ride faster ;)

Joking aside, surely it's better to be cold on the bike? I mean, if you find it warm enough to wear a short sleeve jersey at 10C, then you're going to suffer when it's over 25C. At least if you're cold then you can layer up a bit - as you've noted, a soft shell is an excellent solution to the problem. It was a bit breezy this morning, so I went with a hard shell instead.
 
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Saundie said:
I find the best way to deal with it is to ride faster ;)

Joking aside, surely it's better to be cold on the bike? I mean, if you find it warm enough to wear a short sleeve jersey at 10C, then you're going to suffer when it's over 25C. At least if you're cold then you can layer up a bit - as you've noted, a soft shell is an excellent solution to the problem. It was a bit breezy this morning, so I went with a hard shell instead.

I have a random question; has anybody gotten an aluminium frame resprayed? I like my CX bike, but the colour is boring.
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not really.. im ok with t-shirt at 10-15c and im fine riding at 34c :o
 
grudas said:
mate is still looking for a bike around 1k budget, wants pannier rack, mudguards etc..

best thing to get ?
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Hang on. Sales are already starting and will be in full swing by the end of the month after Eurobike and all the '14 models are released.

Quite a few places already have 20-40% of entry level Giant's though!
 
grudas said:
id love that lol, but he's all about ultegra/carbon etc.. i think he may be missing the point.
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While I've no doubt there are bikes out there that are carbon with mounts for mudguards and panniers, the thing is going to weigh a lot fully laden so saving a kilo or two off the frame is totally pointless. Probably best to work out what he wants his bike for and go from there.
 
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