OP
OP
baldycyclist
Über Member
- Location
- Sunderland
even on a calm day! I know I did the pier to pier run this year!
Bad wind
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even on a calm day! I know I did the pier to pier run this year!
snorri
Legendary Member
- Location
- East coast, up a bit.
kevin_cambs_uk
Guru
- Location
- Near Cambridge
I get the winds from across the fens of flat cambridgeshire.
It just seems that lately its always bloody windy
It just seems that lately its always bloody windy
OP
OP
baldycyclist
Über Member
- Location
- Sunderland
Improve your stability by filling your panniers with rocks.
not sure panniers would fit on my beautiful baby!
Hip Priest
Veteran
I seemed to have the wind behind me until I turned onto the A1 roundabout near my house and got hit by a sidewind that blew me 2-3ft to the right. Thankfully, the driver going past was giving me a decent amount of space.
albion
Guru
- Location
- South Tyneside
I turned back after 40 miles, 8 miles from my focus point the other day.Bad wind did my knee in but at least the return leg was quite friendly.
cyberknight
As long as I breathe, I attack.
- Location
- Land of confusion
You know you have a strong wind when you need the granny ring most of the way home on the flat.
DCLane
Found in the Yorkshire hills ...
- Location
- Dewsbury, West Yorkshire
Coming home tonight was bad - straight into a bad headwind, raining, uphill, in the dark on a 70mph dual-carriageway. At times it felt like I wasn't moving.
XmisterIS
Purveyor of fine nonsense
Today I was pelting along, hardly having to exert myself at all ... I felt so athletic, powerful, strong ... I came to a familiar hill ... and ascended it effortlessly! "This is it!", I thought, "I've finally made it into the same league as the Tour de France riders!" I am a cycling God today!
Then I turned a corner and almost came to a grinding halt as I realised I had been propelled up the hill by a powerful tailwind ... which was now a head/cross wind ...
Then I turned a corner and almost came to a grinding halt as I realised I had been propelled up the hill by a powerful tailwind ... which was now a head/cross wind ...
albion
Guru
- Location
- South Tyneside
On my above ride I reached the trig point with my first thought 'it's mainly downhill now'.However the abrupt stop was not to admire the view, it was the wind doubling in speed once I'd left more sheltered parts.
carolonabike
Senior Member
- Location
- Boldon
I cycle into Sunderland too and I know what you mean!
I almost always have a head wind on the way home. Along the sea front is at least downhill but even then I often find myself peddaling; when I turn inland at Whitburn I always, always have a stiff headwind along Moor Lane which is very exposed. I just try to think of it as resistance training
Today is going to be particularly good training I think.
I almost always have a head wind on the way home. Along the sea front is at least downhill but even then I often find myself peddaling; when I turn inland at Whitburn I always, always have a stiff headwind along Moor Lane which is very exposed. I just try to think of it as resistance training
Today is going to be particularly good training I think.
biking_fox
Guru
- Location
- Manchester
Just grin and bear it. Lower gear / faster cadence helps. slipstreaming buses / cyclists / lorries is a wonder.
Other than that, be prepared - especially at junctions, gates in hedges or between buildings in the suburbs, the wind will be funnelling in one direction down the road, but you can get very strong sidegusts as the 'true' wind makes itself known at the gap. Ride wider than normal.
Other than that, be prepared - especially at junctions, gates in hedges or between buildings in the suburbs, the wind will be funnelling in one direction down the road, but you can get very strong sidegusts as the 'true' wind makes itself known at the gap. Ride wider than normal.
OP
OP
baldycyclist
Über Member
- Location
- Sunderland
Chickened it today folks.
Was going to run in but decided that I needed a break.
Again - looking very gusty tomorrow
Will run in I promise!
B
Was going to run in but decided that I needed a break.
Again - looking very gusty tomorrow
Will run in I promise!
B
Headgardener
Armchair Cyclist
Bugger all the comments/jokes about jet propulsion have already been used .
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NormanD
Lunatic Asylum Escapee
- Location
- Heworth the other side of life!
been eating beans again HD?