A Bit Blowy

[cannondale boy]

ooh naughty boy, there's a 15mph limit for bikes
(which i accidentally took for a minimum speed limit the one time i crossed it )
according to the wireless speedo, i suddenly went from 9mph to 192mph crossing one of the bridge support bits…

Funny you should mention that. When i go over the bridge i get the same reaction the wireless speedo jumps a bit...i was supposedly doing around 200mph. If i did it at that speed i would of got over the bridge in seconds .

Yes it is a bit hairy out there so be careful!

 

[levad]

Where is this shirtsleeve and hotpants utopia of which you speak? Basildon?

Oxfordshire

 

[HLaB]

Did anybody cross the bridge tonight?

 

[MrGrumpy]

took train this morning

 

[cannondale boy]

Going to work was great...coming back was hellish! Bridge was closed all day i think.

 

[HJ]

It was hellish just going through town...

 

[MrGrumpy]

and looking at forecast tomorrow its gonna be blowy again, so looking like train

 

[Maz]

Starting to get windy here too. I thought we were past all the crp windy weather.

 

[Tynan]

windyish tonight, a bit uncertain coming north from the city but it settled behind me very nicely heading north east thereafter, steady pressure all the way home

 

[goo_mason]

Heading to work this morning was sheer agony going into the wind - strength-sapping awfulness.

Coming home was fun - having to brake to slow down as the wind pushed me faster and faster. A few hairy moments with sudden side-gusts was the icing on the very windy day cake

 

[threefingerjoe]

I don't know you folks are faring, but I'm about tired of Winter. Today, we got about an inch of sleet and freezing rain. Drove my pickup truck, today. Wind seems to have died down, so I'm planning on the bike for tomorrow's commute. I'll have to take the roads all the way, though. This frozen crap on the path is nearly impossible to ride through. It's now a hard crust, which you break through, and it's like trying to ride in sand. I'll be glad when we get above the freezing point. It's been cold for too long.
Joe

 

[Tynan]

steady firm headwind all the way in today, allied with Friday legs made hard work, two gears lower sometime, really demotivating

spoke to a mate on the phone that cycles and it was the first thing we spoke about

half day off today to go to condor cycles to see about a new bike, goody

 

[Tetedelacourse]

I'm off today too and I'm glad cos I was planning to cycle today if I was working, due to having to travel by car earlier in the week.

Maz I think we're done with the GOOD weather!

Tynan get one of those brown beasts and I will come round and stick you!

ThreefingerJoe I think it's fair to say you've got it worst of all! But then you're not really allowed to moan about the weather, it being a traditionally British pastime!

 

[Tynan]

brown beasts?

wha?

Fratello?

do tell, I'm about three hours away from ordering one ...

 

[Kirst]

I'd gone about a quarter of a mile this morning when the headwind got so strong the bike wasn't actually moving, and then the wind swung suddenly and me and the bike blew right over. I just couldn't stay upright against it. I took the bike back home and got the bus in.