wind and more wind!

[gavroche]

PLEASE can someone turn the fan off! I am fed up with gale winds covering north wales every day. It ruins my rides and makes my legs very tired.
Can we have some windless days for a while pleeeeeeeease.

 

[ian turner]

Sure no problem, we need the electrical socket for the pressure washer anyway

 

[Radman]

Agree, its been a nightmare here in Bristol as well

 

[cycleruk]

PLEASE can someone turn the fan off! I am fed up with gale winds covering north wales every day. It ruins my rides and makes my legs very tired.
Can we have some windless days for a while pleeeeeeeease.

carefull what you say they might put a wind farm up there

 

[gavroche]

We already have loads. May be that's why we have so much wind!!

 

[HLaB]

If its any consolation the winds have been horrendous up here too. I popped up to a lbs this afternoon but came out to a flat however, I wouldn't be surprised if the journey home including the p'ture stop, wind/gradient assisted took just as long as the journey out (uphill and into the wind).

 

[enitharmon]

It's always windy here. We just get used to it.

 

[coffeejo]

Sorry, my bad, I'll lay off the baked beans for a bit.

 

[NormanD]

places peg on his nose down wind of coffeejo

 

[Doseone]

Was riding on a road across open common land yesterday, about 380m high straight in to a howling westerly. Almost reduced me to a standstill. Heading home in the opposite direction later it felt like I had a motor. Good workout.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

PLEASE can someone turn the fan off! I am fed up with gale winds covering north wales every day. It ruins my rides and makes my legs very tired.
Can we have some windless days for a while pleeeeeeeease.

+1 on that, spent that much time slogging into strong winds this year its getting silly.

 

[enitharmon]

You are starting to make me wonder if I'm doing the right thing! Going home from almost anywhere I might want to go is going to be into the prevailing wind. I might as well live at the top of a hill...

 

[Seigi]

PLEASE can someone turn the fan off! I am fed up with gale winds covering north wales every day. It ruins my rides and makes my legs very tired.
Can we have some windless days for a while pleeeeeeeease.

The wind is your friend! Ride in it relentlessly and come non-windy days you'll be going 30mph! ;p

 

[gbs]

28/30 mph forecast today so no jolly down to the coast today. Wednesday forecast shows an abatement here in the SE.

What wind speed do you regard as manageable

• head wind
• crosswind?

 

[MagicThighs]

Did a 25 miler on Sunday (good for me) and was really pleased with myself that I managed to cycle up the aptly named labour in vain hill and on uphill for about 4 miles without stopping. It was only on the return leg, when I hit a full on headwind and almost came to a standstill that I realised my hill climb had been wind assisted! Still, managed to keep going against the headwind for 4-5 miles without stopping so pleased with that.