Headwind is...

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  • sarajoy
    sarajoy Posts: 1,675
    I was thinking along the lines of this thread this morning myself...

    ...however the ride home was so good that the morning grind was soooo worth it. I FLEW home!
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  • FeynmanC
    FeynmanC Posts: 649
    ...what I look like getting all the way for 25 miles into work tomorrow, as I want to go to the meet in the evening, which means i'll not get the tailwind back cos i'll be picked up by The Lady.
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  • sarajoy
    sarajoy Posts: 1,675
    Oooh you coming boozing?
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  • FeynmanC
    FeynmanC Posts: 649
    The Old Duke is one of the only pubs I like, cos it's a proper pub, so all being well I hope to partake of a swift half or 2.

    Is there anywhere to park the bikes, or will we be sitting outside to 'keep an eye'? Also, i'll be in my cleats and lycra, until The Lady arrives at least.
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  • sarajoy
    sarajoy Posts: 1,675
    Oh I'll be in cleats and dodgy 90s jersey aye :)

    We tend to lock up to railings, sheffield stands or around a handy lamp post - it's fine down there even if we do go inside.
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  • M005
    M005 Posts: 19
    I'll echo the above for Wiltshire, headwind was a pig this morning, added 5 mins onto a 43 min, 12.5 mile commute :(

    Here's hoping it stays blowing in the same direction and cuts 5 mins off the home leg :roll:
  • Kiblams
    Kiblams Posts: 2,423
    bannedbiker wrote:
    even more of a nightmare when you ride a single speed...

    +1

    Not good at all for my poor legs... :shock: One section this morning felt like peddling with the brakes half on...
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  • nigeve
    nigeve Posts: 82
    Added 15 minutes to my 45 minute 11 mile ride to work this morning... That’s 33% :shock:

    I had half a mind to get the train home in a strop and go back to bed... :?
    Why are you laughing..? I'm not laughing...

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  • sarajoy
    sarajoy Posts: 1,675
    nigeve wrote:
    Added 15 minutes to my 45 minute 11 mile ride to work this morning... That’s 33% :shock:

    Could you cancel that out by getting a carbon bike, yathink?
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  • jonginge
    jonginge Posts: 5,945
    sarajoy wrote:
    nigeve wrote:
    Added 15 minutes to my 45 minute 11 mile ride to work this morning... That’s 33% :shock:

    Could you cancel that out by getting a carbon bike, yathink?
    Oh no... *runs and hides*
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  • MonkeyMonster
    MonkeyMonster Posts: 4,629
    Never mind the headwind - which will hopefully soon be a tailwind - its bucketing it down out there :(
    Le Cannon [98 Cannondale M400] [FCN: 8]
    The Mad Monkey [2013 Hoy 003] [FCN: 4]
  • Coriander
    Coriander Posts: 1,326
    MonkeyMonster wrote:
    Never mind the headwind - which will hopefully soon be a tailwind - its bucketing it down out there :(

    Now you know that's not true. In the same way that you wait 8 hours or so before turning round and going in the opposite direction, so does the wind. :wink:
  • MonkeyMonster
    MonkeyMonster Posts: 4,629
    I'm going with the fact I will be leaving 2 hours early and of course the wind being the sentient being it is and trying to get most cyclists with a headwind at 8ish this morning, I will be ahead of its tricksy plan on the way home!

    That's what I am hoping for obv. Being pissed on and with a headwind might make me cry - at least I will be going home.
    Le Cannon [98 Cannondale M400] [FCN: 8]
    The Mad Monkey [2013 Hoy 003] [FCN: 4]
  • FeynmanC
    FeynmanC Posts: 649
    30 min extra on the 1.5hr 25 miles in I have done on the few occasions I did it in the past.

    I decided that I should do it today and see how bad it could get :twisted:

    My legs ache now though!
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  • MonkeyMonster
    MonkeyMonster Posts: 4,629
    a tailwind now - COME ON... *please*
    Le Cannon [98 Cannondale M400] [FCN: 8]
    The Mad Monkey [2013 Hoy 003] [FCN: 4]
  • il_principe
    il_principe Posts: 9,155
    A good excuse to MTFU.
  • Kieran_Burns
    Kieran_Burns Posts: 9,757
    Bitch headwind this morning - just enough to make you think it's you and not the conditions...

    but looking good so far - the trees are swaying in the RIGHT direction at the moment :D
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  • sarajoy
    sarajoy Posts: 1,675
    BBC Weather currently says Wind: N 19mph

    Hurrah! That'll speed me to the pub :D
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  • CiB
    CiB Posts: 6,098
    Hawkwind again? Good call.

    7 x 7. Ummm.

    If it's wind you're after the tree outside my office window is blowing around a bit too much for my liking. Good job it's a school run day today; hope it's calmer tomorrow tho.
  • Clever Pun
    Clever Pun Posts: 6,778
    A headwind makes you wish your handlebars tasted better
    Purveyor of sonic doom

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  • MonkeyMonster
    MonkeyMonster Posts: 4,629
    Chuffin nora, glad I used said tailwind to dodge all rain. Lots of standing water on embankment though. LOTS.
    Le Cannon [98 Cannondale M400] [FCN: 8]
    The Mad Monkey [2013 Hoy 003] [FCN: 4]
  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,072
    Fecking EVERYWHERE ALL THE TIME

    :evil: :evil: :evil:
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    Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
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  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,072
    itboffin wrote:
    Fecking EVERYWHERE ALL THE TIME

    :evil: :evil: :evil:

    +1

    Woke up this morning still hurting from last nights commute, more of the same today :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.
  • gbsahne001
    gbsahne001 Posts: 1,974
    headwind + fatac (motorbike) yesterday morning added 30mins onto my 50 mins.

    Tailwind though dropped 5 mins off in the evening; with one section seeing me hitting 30mph on the flat with the hack
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  • SimonAH
    SimonAH Posts: 3,730
    Home like rockets strapped to me 'arris last night - except at every junction when I got hit from about 30 degrees and bounced sideways. Bloody deep dish rims acting like sailboards.... :D
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  • MonkeyMonster
    MonkeyMonster Posts: 4,629
    SimonAH wrote:
    Bloody deep dish rims acting like sailboards.... :D

    You need to start tacking...
    Le Cannon [98 Cannondale M400] [FCN: 8]
    The Mad Monkey [2013 Hoy 003] [FCN: 4]
  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,072
    neverending ....
    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.
  • Nik Cube
    Nik Cube Posts: 311
    You big girl wind what wind
    ;)
    Fcn 5
    Cube attempt 2010
  • joelsim
    joelsim Posts: 7,552
    Took me 5 mins longer than normal into a headwind for the whole of my 13 mile journey. Grrr!

    I've MTFU!
  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,072
    Nik Cube wrote:
    You big girl wind what wind
    ;)

    Actually tonight was all about the rain, my oh my that rain :shock:
    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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