CANCELLED due to unfavorable weather

See you all next Thursday! (July 10th)
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Meeting Place: Thalwil train station, lake side (across from Kiosk)

Time: 6:30

Distance: 51 km

Meters Uphill: 900

Time: 2 hours (approx.)

Route Map: here

Post-ride drinks: at "Hillseeker Haus"

Ok, shall we do the same route as the previous two weeks? It's fine with me! Just want to make sure no one has some other route they feel strongly about doing, or if you want to alternate with the other side of the lake...

Just a note that I would like to have it here on "our side" next week also, if that is ok. We have guests here then (two girls who will be doing the Zurich Ironman) and they would like to participate at least in the post-ride festivities...

I'm totally happy with "my side" of the lake

Current route is fantastic so no chance of me getting bored with it soon.

And the numbering naming system for each ride seems to no longer be used (shakes head).....that is what happens when you give up control.

There is alot of Swiss genes inside me somewhere, I think.

Have fun, your average time will increase substantially.. .

Well I didn't want people to think they had to have been at rides 1 thru 5 or something like that... Guess that's what happens when this actuary goes on sabbatical... All systems are dropped!

And in episode 6, Eire makes a re appearance after a bout with the ebonic plague.

Would be good to have the date of the ride in the title. If that can be changed without dumping the RSVPs.

Ok Mr Bossy, it's done

Hope the weather forecast changes - It wouldn't be the first time!

What would summer be without an epic caught-in-a-major-thunderstorm group ride moment!?! You know, the type of storm that would send us into someone's barn while hail smashes into the ground, turn those lovely backroads into streams, and make the one person who thought to bring a rainjacket very happy and the rest of us very jealous as we search for newspapers to shove in our wet jerseys. It's what summer is supposed to be all about, right? ;-)

Don't mind getting wet, just the lightning tends to worry me a bit. Anyone know where to get a Faraday suit in lycra?

Not being of the engineering type, what conducts electricity better a carbon frame or an aluminum frame?

Relying on the wise words of my carbon fiber alphorn maker (and who doesn't rely on the wise words of their alphorn maker?), I'll offer that carbon fiber is highly conductive and shouldn't be blown through, wielded, or .. brandished during a thunderstorm. My conclusion (and one that's not limited by ... what's the word? oh yes, knowledge) is that there's no risk of electrocution whilst cycling through a storm on a carbon fiber bike as long as you don't blow, wield, or brandish the bike.

mmmm, it depends...

aren't your shifter and brake cables made of steel ? And what about the headset tube ?

As long as you're rolling along on the rubber and air of your tires then surely you'll be insulated from the ground.

Actually I've read several articles which say that is a myth...

Myth: The rubber soles of shoes or rubber tires on a car or bike will protect you from being struck by lightning.

Fact: Rubber-soled shoes and rubber tires provide no protection from lightning. The lightning strike between the cloud, and the ground has potentially traveled thousands of metres through thin air; rubber soled footwear or tires are inconsequential.

A couple others:

http://www.ussartf.org/thunderstorms.htm

http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2008/ma...res-fireworks/

But no worries -- If it looks like a storm is brewing for Thursday night, we can just skip the ride/getting-struck-by-lightning part and fast-forward to the beer & cookout part!

I heard somewhere that if it is raining, the water on your body creates a Faraday cage on the surface of your skin, protecting you from lightning. If you ride really hard, the sweat should be even better being a better conductor with all the salts in it.

Let me know how you go with that.

This is a bit like going to a rave in a field somewhere - any hints on the starting time, place, route etc?!

Sorry I forgot to add in the details of tonight's ride -- They're in the first post now, but I'll copy them here too:

Meeting Place: Thalwil train station, lake side (across from Kiosk)

Time: 6:30

Distance: 51 km

Meters Uphill: 900

Time: 2 hours (approx.)

Route Map: here

Post-ride drinks: at "Hillseeker Haus"

FYI....