gaz
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- Location
- South Croydon
Commuting in strong winds
- Thread starter gaz
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Leodis
Veteran
- Location
- Moortown, Leeds
a 13-14mph headwind feels like that, yet the trees don't move.
AndyRM
XOXO
- Location
- North Shields
HTFU.
ianwoodi
Well-Known Member
- Location
- buxton derbyshire
just been out this morning 10 miles of head wind felt like 18mph wind very hard to make any head way. did 30 miles and average speed of 13.5 i think i am getting worse not better at cycling mind you i did alot of hills
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
Like it !!!
glasgowcyclist
Charming but somewhat feckless
- Location
- Scotland
Are they cycling past the start of a runway?
GC
GC
ianwoodi
Well-Known Member
- Location
- buxton derbyshire
Has anybody been blown off there bikes i was getting close to falling off when i hit a down hill part would have made a mess i was doing 38mph when it hit
Moodyman
Legendary Member
Yes, during the storm of Jan 2012. I climbed out of the local valley and a gust blew off the bike as I struggled over the tops.
Andrew_Culture
Internet Marketing bod
- Location
- The People's Republic Of Suffolk.
STRAVA!
thefollen
Veteran
- Location
- Balham/Tooting Bec
That's brilliant!
Best I've had is when visiting the Dad down in Worthing one time. Loaded the road bike in my car and cycled to Brighton and back along the flat coast roads. Hell of a windy day. Going there, at one point the tail had me up to near 40mph without particularly trying to hammer it. Coming back, it had me down to 7mph!
Great fun.
Best I've had is when visiting the Dad down in Worthing one time. Loaded the road bike in my car and cycled to Brighton and back along the flat coast roads. Hell of a windy day. Going there, at one point the tail had me up to near 40mph without particularly trying to hammer it. Coming back, it had me down to 7mph!
Great fun.
Cycling Dan
Cycle Crazy
Tailwind must be great.
Beebo
Firm and Fruity
- Location
- Hexleybeef
not one helmet, no lycra and no drop bar bikes in the whole clip. But lots of smiles on faces.
SatNavSaysStraightOn
Changed hemispheres!
- Location
- ɐᴉlɐɹʇsn∀ 'ɐɹɹǝquɐƆ
yes. In northern Ireland I was blown off my bike and by some fluke landed in a gap in a dry stone wall! Later on in the day we hit headwinds that prevented us from cycling and had to get off and push (around a coastal section).
Also in northern norway we had 2 days where keeping our bikes on a wide 2 lane (and almost totally deserted) road was impossible at times. We spend several hours that 2nd day bracing ourselves against our bikes and pushing them.
As for a tailwind - going through Slovakia we had one wonderful day where we could hold 35mph on fully laden tourers without effort - stopping was a little more interesting!
