Good Friday Gippsland Ride

First topic message reminder :

Anyone interested in a ride around Gippsland, starting around 8.30am from Narre Warren?

OK, meet you at Pakenham BP opposite Bunnings (Lakeside Blv) 9am 
my mob is 0413-295529

See ya there.

spanna wrote:Looking at radar, only lightish rain but looks like very little rain towards Moe & where we are going to ride.
Looking at weather maps may even clear by 10ish.
I am willing to risk it if anyone else is.

Clearing up here, So I'm willing to risk it. Might be a little late getting to Pakenham though

We will wait for you Madmax.

Hey Spanna did you get home ok with your top box? It was looking a bit precarious before you turned off the freeway

Me & my top box made it home OK, it was facing east but the strap kept it onboard.

Great day guys, thanks for the company.

I have a new nickname for straff ....  "michelin man"  on that 110kph stretch his wet gear had balloned out like crazy.

Cheers all, catch up another time.

My wet gear proved to be exactly that    no wonder I was getting cold by the time I got home

Yes I ended up with a wet crotch otherwise dry

spanna wrote:Yes I ended up with a wet crotch otherwise dry

Jacket, jumper and T-shirt damp, socks slightly damp. Legs perfectly dry.

Need to buy wet weather overjacket and re-dubbin my boots.
Oh and fix my bloody heated grips!

Hope you guys enjoyed your ride today despite the rain! Good to catch up with you and put some faces to some names.

Hopefully I'll be able to make it next time.

Kelpie

No wonder I was having so much trouble keeping up with Madmax, all that wind resistance!!!!

I was a bit damp when I got home, even with the wet weather gear on????

That was a good ride even with the weather like it was. 

Next time we will head on to Walhalla.

Cheers.

straff1250 wrote:No wonder I was having so much trouble keeping up with Madmax,

Mate I was just trying to get home before I froze to death   

my gloves were steaming by the time i got home..... must have been those heated grips.
Bad luck yours weren't working madmax!

spanna wrote:my gloves were steaming by the time i got home..... must have been those heated grips.
Bad luck yours weren't working madmax!

They are now   

This is what I found this afternoon


Relays don't work real well when they are full of water and rust. Luckily I had a spare in my bag of tricks

Yep your right, for the time being I've just put another standard relay in, and being as I got over 2 years out of the old one I'm sure it will survive until this one arrives