Cool Breeze?

meagain
meagain Posts: 2,331
edited April 2008 in The bottom bracket
No, damn cold NE wind this a.m. Starting to get boring....the weather AND me - herself is saying "DON'T complain about it to ME!"
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  • pdstsp
    pdstsp Posts: 1,264
    Bloody freezing wind today - feet were nearly falling off after 2 hours! Someone has nicked spring - as I live in Liverpool I'll check no-one I know did it.
  • TheGreatGatsby
    TheGreatGatsby Posts: 818
    I agree. The whole completely numb hands, feet and face thing is really running a bit tired. I'm fed up of going out early and just being miserably cold on my bike.

    Just some warmth would make a nice change.

    Gats
  • popette
    popette Posts: 2,089
    too right! a bit of warmth would be lovely. It's starting to get really annoying now. This time last year I only owned a few bits of kit - short sleeve jersey, shorts, short mitts and shoes. Now, at the end of April, I'm still going out in fleecy longs, base layer, gore coat, long gloves, thermal socks/shoes and overshoes.
    Wednesday looks like it might be the start of some better weather. Let's hope.
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  • geoff_ss
    geoff_ss Posts: 1,201
    Yes, last April was delightful ... but it heralded a Summer that was somewhat less so! It was even rubbish during our 4 week camper-assisted tour in France in May/June (it was a miracle we got a half decent weather window for our successful assault on the soulor and Aubisque).

    Lets hope now the winter of our cold April makes glorious Summer of the sun in May ;)

    Geoff
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  • guinea
    guinea Posts: 1,177
    I was delighted with the wind today.. It helped me set a new PB on the Richmond Park 3 lap challenge.

    Tomorrow it will be handy too. The missus and I are heading to Oxford from London and we've agreed that I'll leave a couple of hours earlier and cycle there.

    Just hoping it stays dry...
  • portuguese mike
    portuguese mike Posts: 695
    I'm fed up with it too. Although i've had some glorious sunny rides to work in the mornings recently by the time it gets to the weekend it turns sh*t again.

    Last Saturday i got caught in a very heavy, prolonged, downpour when the wind picked up and the temperature dropped suddenly. i was only wearing arm & knee warmers and a gillet over my jesey & base layer - i can't remember feeling so cold on a bike and i've ridden alomst daily throughout the last two winters; i was thoroughly miserable for the rest of my ride :cry:

    As Geoff says lets hope it means we'll have a glorious summer after the false dawn of last April.
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  • allen
    allen Posts: 214
    The wind was dreadful today. Riding up from Littleborough to Ripponden the wind very nearly brought me to a standstill on the climb and even descending to Ripponden it was necessary to pedal hard to keep going into the wind. For those that don t know the area this is the Pennines between Rochdale and Halifax. It was certainly a hard 40 odd miler oh for a still day
  • redddraggon
    redddraggon Posts: 10,862
    Did my first metric century of the year today. Before I left home I was resenting the fact I'd left my arm warmers at work, so I went with a proper base layer, jersey, and gilet and was freezing despite the fact that I'd thought I'd sweat like mad before I left home.

    Boy was it cold on the descents, and I even felt cold at times on the ends of climbs where I was exposed to the wind.
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  • krakow
    krakow Posts: 110
    Blowing a gale up here too. Nice and sunny most of the day, but damn cold with it.
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  • Cunobelin
    Cunobelin Posts: 11,792
    I thought you meant Cool Breeze:

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  • feel
    feel Posts: 800
    just checked the forecast for the week ahead and would you believe it...


    more of the same :evil:
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  • Bronzie
    Bronzie Posts: 4,927
    guinea wrote:
    I was delighted with the wind today.. It helped me set a new PB on the Richmond Park 3 lap challenge.
    How's that then - did you manage to get a tail-wind all the way round? :?

    Did a TT yesterday in THAT wind - 2 mins slower exactly than the same event last year, partly due a bit less fitness, partly due to heavy legs from Thursday night's race, but mainly due to the freezing screaming headwind on the exposed bits :twisted: (Mind you the tail-wind bits allowed me to use the 53x12 for the first time in ages :D )
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  • 4kicks
    4kicks Posts: 549
    Cunobelin wrote:
    I thought you meant Cool Breeze:

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    http://www.encycleopedia.com/index.cfm?pid=23&edID=216&thePage=photos
    By my reckoning that RD is located exactly where it can do the most damage to a chap.
    MIne are shrivelling like in a cold breeze just thinking about it...
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  • Cunobelin
    Cunobelin Posts: 11,792
    Actually quite a comfortable bike to ride!
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  • geoff_ss
    geoff_ss Posts: 1,201
    Cunobelin wrote:
    Actually quite a comfortable bike to ride!

    The question is 'HOW do you ride it?' After a little study I'm guessing in a prone position but it looks pretty uncomfortable to me. I'd have great difficulty in craning my neck to see where I was going.

    Geoff
    Old cyclists never die; they just fit smaller chainrings ... and pedal faster
  • 4kicks
    4kicks Posts: 549
    would love to see a photo of someone climbing a 10% hill on one...
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  • BigStu2
    BigStu2 Posts: 794
    Warm breeze up here today & 13 deg C , 75km with the lads. Sun all day couldn't be better. :)
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  • meagain
    meagain Posts: 2,331
    Much the same "breeze" today for CTC oldies outing. The straight 15 miles straight back NE was not at all pleasant.

    Sod this exercise for the over 55s, where's the cribbage board.....
    d.j.
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  • BigStu2
    BigStu2 Posts: 794
    We over 40's look to the over 50's for inspiration so hide that cribbage board.
    Cribbage was something my grandmother played when I was a kid and she was old....er than ahh where am I going with this... :lol:
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  • guinea
    guinea Posts: 1,177
    Bronzie wrote:
    guinea wrote:
    I was delighted with the wind today.. It helped me set a new PB on the Richmond Park 3 lap challenge.
    How's that then - did you manage to get a tail-wind all the way round? :? :D )

    Heh, it's just that the downhill sections are at 45 degrees into an easterly and the drag back to the start is with the wind on your back. For me, and others, this wind makes a big difference.

    Today was nice down here, overcast but perfect for the one-way route I chose from London to Bicester. 70 miles in 4 hours seems pretty reasonable for a solo effort.
  • Bronzie
    Bronzie Posts: 4,927
    guinea wrote:
    70 miles in 4 hours seems pretty reasonable for a solo effort.
    Yeah that's pretty respectable.

    Got a photo of me riding my TT on Saturday now:
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  • Cunobelin
    Cunobelin Posts: 11,792
    Geoff_SS wrote:
    Cunobelin wrote:
    Actually quite a comfortable bike to ride!

    The question is 'HOW do you ride it?' After a little study I'm guessing in a prone position but it looks pretty uncomfortable to me. I'd have great difficulty in craning my neck to see where I was going.

    Geoff


    This is the designer riding a faired version at Goodwood in 2001


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    This is the same race in a bunch:

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    Solo again:


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