Headwind is...

itboffin
itboffin Posts: 20,072
edited September 2011 in Commuting chat
The evil twin of tailwind
Everywhere but behind you
A great way to double your commuting time on the bike
A reason to wear LESS layers
A reason to wear MORE layers
A great way to dry your hair in the morning
A great training tool
A mother fucking bastard
The only bad thing about Wiltshire now renamed Windshire
A good way to practice sprinting without breaking 10mph
Fun when going up steep inclines NOT!!!! :evil:
An interesting way to dismount your bike :?
Good for your appetite
A good reason for an afternoon nap

I'm sure there's more :D
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  • Kieran_Burns
    Kieran_Burns Posts: 9,757
    ...a good reason to catch the train
    a good reason to catch a COLD (snif, sniff... i can't come in)
    a bad reason to open ANY zips ANYWHERE on your person
    an excellent brake, albeit an unpredictable one
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  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    Kieran_Burns wrote:
    ...a good reason to catch the train

    Nope. No way. Not ever. There is never a good reason to catch a stinking, smelly, germ-filled train. :P
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  • roger_merriman
    roger_merriman Posts: 6,165
    itboffin wrote:
    The evil twin of tailwind
    Everywhere but behind you
    A great way to double your commuting time on the bike
    A reason to wear LESS layers
    A reason to wear MORE layers
    A great way to dry your hair in the morning
    A great training tool
    A mother ******* bastard
    The only bad thing about Wiltshire now renamed Windshire
    A good way to practice sprinting without breaking 10mph
    Fun when going up steep inclines NOT!!!! :evil:
    An interesting way to dismount your bike :?
    Good for your appetite
    A good reason for an afternoon nap

    I'm sure there's more :D

    and always with out fail end up being a headwind than a tailwind, the valley my folks live in is deep gash east to west in the ground, you'd think riding alone one side and then back the other would give you headwind and then tailwind wouldn't you.... not on your nelly.
  • singlespeedexplosif
    singlespeedexplosif Posts: 1,564
    A great training tool
  • bannedbiker
    bannedbiker Posts: 382
    even more of a nightmare when you ride a single speed...
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  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,072
    bannedbiker wrote:
    even more of a nightmare when you ride a single speed...

    +1 :lol:

    Laughing eases the pain :shock:
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    Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.
  • Bassjunkieuk
    Bassjunkieuk Posts: 4,232
    singlespeedexplosif wrote:
    A great training tool

    +1

    Roughly what I was thinking! I normally deals with headwinds by repeating that to myself in my head.......all the work I do to ride well into a headwind will set me up well for riding when it's not blowy :-D
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  • prawny
    prawny Posts: 5,440
    Ghey! :evil:
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  • always_tyred
    always_tyred Posts: 4,965
    Pandirectional.
  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,072
    Always Tyred wrote:
    Pandirectional.

    Wasn't that a dance troupe in the 80s :D
    Rule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
    Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
    Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
    Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.
  • Christophe3967
    Christophe3967 Posts: 1,200
    ... never as bad as the ones elsewhere :)
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  • always_tyred
    always_tyred Posts: 4,965
    itboffin wrote:
    Always Tyred wrote:
    Pandirectional.

    Wasn't that a dance troupe in the 80s :D
    An image of an IT boffin with way-to-go sideburns, a handlebar tash, lude flares and leather chaps just popped into my head.
  • cee
    cee Posts: 4,553
    ...the only type of wind you get in edinburgh
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  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,072
    Always Tyred wrote:
    itboffin wrote:
    Always Tyred wrote:
    Pandirectional.

    Wasn't that a dance troupe in the 80s :D
    An image of an IT boffin with way-to-go sideburns, a handlebar tash, lude flares and leather chaps just popped into my head.

    Yes that is my normal attire :D
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    Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
    Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
    Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.
  • Sirius631
    Sirius631 Posts: 991
    Always worse that the ones suffered by anyone else. :twisted:
    To err is human, but to make a real balls up takes a super computer.
  • Feltup
    Feltup Posts: 1,340
    A head wind is always stronger than the associated tail wind.
    You will always hit a head wind where there is no protection from the wind but be in trees on the downwind leg.
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  • doog442
    doog442 Posts: 370
    I commute West to East tin the morning...mornings are great.....hometime today was grim :cry: although it was veering NW for a while....just get your head down and grind away
  • jimmcdonnell
    jimmcdonnell Posts: 328
    A headwind is...

    an 'interesting' experience on Mavic Cosmic Carbone wheels, unless you're training for the Bicycle Random Slalom exhibition event at London 2012...
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  • Jay dubbleU
    Jay dubbleU Posts: 3,159
    Confirmation of my paranoia - even the weather is out to get me :twisted:
  • Massimo
    Massimo Posts: 318
    ...beginning to get me down. My journey home is essentially a 7.5mile climb - add a 25mph headwind for three days straight and I start to get cranky. I think I need a hug :cry:
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  • Kieran_Burns
    Kieran_Burns Posts: 9,757
    sorted the men from the boys last night.

    I think I might qualify as a teenager in that case


    I really struggled to the station last night, but I was pleased to see I was actually the quickest down the cycle / footpath. There were some people barely moving down there while I was somehow able to hold 14 ish into the 30mph headwind

    Hard work, but if I had cycled all the way home into that I would've been in tears by halfway
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  • gtvlusso
    gtvlusso Posts: 5,112
    Caused by Brussel Sprouts......

    Although, I agree with good for training....feels like 1 massive hill to get to work and another one to get home. I head NW to work and SW home - usually NW wind in the morning and SW in the eveninings or a stiff Westerley across the airfield.....Used to it now, I guess.
  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,072
    Why i'm making excuses to working on stuff in the garage today :shock: and drinking more coffee :D
    Rule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
    Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
    Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
    Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.
  • navt
    navt Posts: 374
    Having to cycle furiously... downhill!
  • c12345
    c12345 Posts: 99
    theres no such thing as a tail wind if you go at the appropiate speed.
  • Stone Glider
    Stone Glider Posts: 1,227
    reminding you what the drops are for.

    It is a pity that my gut is in the way and I can't see where I'm going.
    The older I get the faster I was
  • girv73
    girv73 Posts: 842
    ...forever.

    Or at least that's what the ride feels like.
    Today is a good day to ride
  • secretsam
    secretsam Posts: 5,120
    ...the Devil f :oops: rting in your face
    It's just a hill. Get over it.
  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,072
    After the first hail storm this morning I completely forgot about the wind :shock:

    The only thing I noticed today was that weird tunnel hearing I get when smashing through a headwind, pretty dangerous on busy roads.
    Rule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
    Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
    Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
    Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.
  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,072
    Today's commute reminded me of this thread :evil:
    Rule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
    Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
    Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
    Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.

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