Wind

simonaspinall

AAAAAAAAAAAAARGH! :evil:

bd12mz

less beans? :P

solsurf

AAAAHHHH I've fought against the rain for the last 27 days everyday rain and now a gale in my face, I've had enough So I've decided I'm going to remain grumpy today and to cheer myself up pop into Evans and Wheelbase on the way home and buy something.

shouldbeinbed

Aye it was a bit breezy this morning.

on the upside, the sandblasting i got past the roadworks has made me look ten years younger

Cafewanda

It was more like :shock: :shock: for me last night. I'm sure the headwind stopped me in my tracks more than once and it's sibling, sidewind, tried to shunt me into the pavement. Legs were like jelly by the time I got home so didn't do any running. Large dinner and a glass of wine instead

All was calm this morning. Great ride

jedster

Yeah last night was worse for me (about 8:30pm) - nasty gusting sidewind for a couple of miles - bizarre bike handling and pretty scary

The Running Man

Nearly got blown off half a dozen times on the ride home last night.

Didn't notice the wind though ....

always_tyred

Actually too dangerous here this morning. Estimate 50mph gusts where I live. That combined with motorists "ooh there is different weather" driving and I thought better of cycling.

That and I've had a puncture and snapped a cable this week, therefore am expecting a chain to snap or something like that.

Mountainboy2465

The wind had calmed down here a bit this morning after I had got off the seafront, last night was a shocker riding down the Portishead coast road and then into Clevedon.

This morning it was the freezing rain, didn't last long enough for me to stop & get my Buff out though.

Looking really calm now, hopeful for tonight.

Matt the Tester

im thinking of slowing down my cycling this next few weeks coming the wind is getting dangerous!

roger_merriman

steady rider wrote:

im thinking of slowing down my cycling this next few weeks coming the wind is getting dangerous!

luckly for me my commute is quiet road + royal park over short distance and the bike is heavy stable lump so while you do catch the headwinds well, side winds have very little effect. and quite frankly on that bike doing 20mph is doing very well indeed....

UndercoverElephant

I braved the headwind this morning, mainly so that I could experience the 35 mph (ave) tailwind I'm forecast for tonight.

artaxerxes

Got soaked at the start of my commute home last night in islington, but the rain had stopped in south London, so the strong wind acted like a blow dryer and I was no longer soaked by the time I got home.

pst88

I was getting blown all over the place last night, almost ended up in a curb a few times. Saw a few other cyclists that didn't seem to be having any trouble at all... maybe I'm doing something wrong?

jedster

pst88,

too close to the kerb?

BTW - I see it's worryingly common to use the US spelling of kerb on these boards (curb). It's a disgrace, obviously ( )

prawny

IT's really been getting me down the last couple of weeks. I've seriously considered getting the train, but that would cost more money and I'd be even more tired at work so I've stuck with it, this morning I passed the time daydreaming about commuting in summer mmmmmmmm :?

Stevo_666

Yep, got taken by surprise by a gust going over Waterloo Bridge last night - wobbled towards a car for a second before I yanked the bike back to the left !

Agent57

On days like today, I wish I had drops on my commuting bike. I'm sure it'd make riding into the headwind easier.

Cafewanda

UndercoverElephant wrote:

I braved the headwind this morning, mainly so that I could experience the 35 mph (ave) tailwind I'm forecast for tonight.

At least you get a tailwind. Not had one of those yet

Rich158

prawny wrote:

IT's really been getting me down the last couple of weeks. I've seriously considered getting the train, but that would cost more money and I'd be even more tired at work so I've stuck with it, this morning I passed the time daydreaming about commuting in summer mmmmmmmm :?

Just look on it as extra training

There's nothing more sould destroying than getting in to the office in the morning utterly wrecked, and spending the rest of the day thinking you've got to do it all over again on the way home :twisted:

prawny

Rich158 wrote:

prawny wrote:

IT's really been getting me down the last couple of weeks. I've seriously considered getting the train, but that would cost more money and I'd be even more tired at work so I've stuck with it, this morning I passed the time daydreaming about commuting in summer mmmmmmmm :?

Just look on it as extra training

There's nothing more sould destroying than getting in to the office in the morning utterly wrecked, and spending the rest of the day thinking you've got to do it all over again on the way home :twisted:

Amen brother!

The long range forecast says it should be calming down next week, but we've got snow forcast for monday :x

ladybee

That wind's sure blown up here (down south) this afternoon, made a tough ride earlier. I always get proper angry on a bike in a headwind, feels good after though!

And seriously? Snow? Feck.

prawny

ladybee wrote:

That wind's sure blown up here (down south) this afternoon, made a tough ride earlier. I always get proper angry on a bike in a headwind, feels good after though!

And seriously? Snow? Feck.

According to metcheck, but I can't see it happening myself. it's still forecasting a south westerly wind with no notherlies until later on the week after, but hey I'm no expert 8)

sarajoy

I've had a lazy, lazy week.

I'm blaming the wind, but really I'm just lazy.

However the idea of being blown under a set of wheels with something big and heavy on top is frightening.

il_principe

sarajoy wrote:

I've had a lazy, lazy week.

I'm blaming the wind, but really I'm just lazy.

However the idea of being blown under a set of wheels with something big and heavy on top is frightening.

Nah you're safe; DDD only rides in London...

mudcovered

sarajoy wrote:

I've had a lazy, lazy week.

Me too. In my case its just that I've got sick of cleaning mud out of the drivetrain of my bike. Roll on winter. Life gets much better once the ground freezes hard.

Mike

MonkeyMonster

Its building up lads, predominantly from northish area but swirls badly... take it easy.

benno68

Glad I found this post - I thought it was just me suffering

Christophe3967

Well at least the kite boarders in Richmond Park have been enjoying themselves...

Rich158

prawny wrote:

Rich158 wrote:

prawny wrote:

IT's really been getting me down the last couple of weeks. I've seriously considered getting the train, but that would cost more money and I'd be even more tired at work so I've stuck with it, this morning I passed the time daydreaming about commuting in summer mmmmmmmm :?

Just look on it as extra training

There's nothing more sould destroying than getting in to the office in the morning utterly wrecked, and spending the rest of the day thinking you've got to do it all over again on the way home :twisted:

Amen brother!

The long range forecast says it should be calming down next week, but we've got snow forcast for monday :x

woooooohhhhhooo, as if the wind and rain wasn't enough. At least it all just ups my cache in the office as a hard bastard/lunatic/general nutter

Now where did I put those studded tyres

prawny

You won't get snow in k*nt! I bet it's not even been that windy done there :twisted: