WIND...

flamite
flamite Posts: 269
edited February 2010 in Commuting chat
Just been out to lunch, its blowing a gale!

not looking forward to east west commute tonight..!

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  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 27,699
    I spotted that on the forecast this morning, I think it's supposed to die down a bit this evening. Prevailing south-westerlies are the downside of living in SW London.
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  • mattrsa
    mattrsa Posts: 143
    I hate the wind,

    i will cycle in rain, snow and sleet but I can't handle cycling in the wind!
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  • Headhuunter
    Headhuunter Posts: 6,494
    Yeah it felt like I was heading through a headwind this morning on the way from SE to central London. Knowing my luck it'll have turned against me again for the ride home
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  • Big Wib
    Big Wib Posts: 363
    Headhuunter wrote:
    Knowing my luck it'll have turned against me again for the ride home

    doesn't it always? I just assumed that was the rule
  • Ginjafro
    Ginjafro Posts: 572
    When I saw the title of the thread, the big kid in me thought "great....something about farts!" I'm quite dissapointed now.
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  • gbsahne001
    gbsahne001 Posts: 1,973
    This morning was sh*t, headwind and all but tonight was the reason I love cycling; no rain + tailwind = 8 mins off my normal time :D
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  • rolf_f
    rolf_f Posts: 16,015
    Tailwind? I've heard of those - not sure I've ever experienced one. Had a bit of a harsh headwind on the way in through the rain this morning. This evening, less rain, big headwind. Knackering. Didn't help a colleague in York telling me that there was a Northerly when in Leeds it was a Westerly :cry:

    If there is one lesson I have learned, the bigger the headwind in the morning, the even bigger the headwind on the way home :lol:
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  • fnegroni
    fnegroni Posts: 794
    strangely enough, despite the wind blowing me sideways and backwards on both commutes, today was my fastest commute for a while.
    I put it down to the weather getting milder.
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  • asprilla
    asprilla Posts: 8,440
    Coming home last night in that head wind was chugging had work: wind sucks.
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  • cyberknight
    cyberknight Posts: 1,238
    Asprilla wrote:
    Coming home last night in that head wind was chugging had work: wind sucks.

    And with the double entendre i thought it blowed :lol:
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    I was glad my commuet in teh morning avoided it and on the way home on a fast downhill section I was crawling but luckily I avoided it for the last few miles.

    Good training though! :P

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