30 mph winds and snow forecast for Tuesday

JimmyK

Its officially British Summertime and I was hoping to get out cycling too.............................

Great, just bloody great.

chrisw12

Jimmy, are you a weatherman by trade by any chance?

JimmyK

chrisw12 wrote:

Jimmy, are you a weatherman by trade by any chance?

just fed up to the back teeth with the freakin weather in the UK mate.

spikey135

yeah i second that p15*ing me right off, 7 days off now forecast is rain, rain, wind and more bloody rain.

Rant over thankyou

JimmyK

in ards today it has not stopped raining, and as i type , it is pouring down. there is a severe weather warning issued for tonight as well.

and i couldnt wait for summertime to arrive :roll:

fastercyclist

Why are the winds a problem??

As long as you're putting out the same effort it doesn't really matter does it? :S

Fed up of the cold rain though

freehub

fastercyclist wrote:

Why are the winds a problem??

As long as you're putting out the same effort it doesn't really matter does it? :S

Fed up of the cold rain though

Course it matters. It's frustrating.

twotyred

Had some of those 30mph winds on the commute home tonight- took me 20 mins longer to get home than usual- deeply unpleasant.

JimmyK

fastercyclist wrote:

Why are the winds a problem??

As long as you're putting out the same effort it doesn't really matter does it? :S

Fed up of the cold rain though

cycling is so much better when its enjoyable . when the rain is pelting out of the sky and the wind is pushing you backwards whilst you are trying to go forwards.........thats certainly not what i consider fun at all.

JimmyK

twotyred wrote:

Had some of those 30mph winds on the commute home tonight- took me 20 mins longer to get home than usual- deeply unpleasant.

couldnt agree more.

the 50 miler on saturday past normally takes me 2 hrs 40 , but the damned wind meant it took me 3 hrs exactly and i couldnt wait to get home.

doyler78

Just heading out into the snow and wind - should be fun :shock:

softlad

so is the training forum now the place to hold pointless discussions about the weather..?

rokkala

With Jimmy, any topic is a toss up between Training and Workshop forum, regardless

bexley5200

cool windy here no snow yet

kanto

freehub wrote:

fastercyclist wrote:

Why are the winds a problem??

As long as you're putting out the same effort it doesn't really matter does it? :S

Fed up of the cold rain though

Course it matters. It's frustrating.

Strong sidewinds are about the biggest problem for me. 30+ mph gusts are enough to knock you offline too, and possibly into the path of oncoming traffic. I agree that a 30 mph headwind is not nice, but you can ride and feel safe, but those strong gusts coming at you from the side can be really dangerous. I went out in gusts of 30 mph, and got blown into the other lane and was lucky no car was coming, as I could have had a head on collision. The problem is you don't know if you will encounter sidewinds.

bexley5200

no snow here,thank you god.

meanredspider

On Monday I knew I'd made a mistake cycling into work when the icy snow was pelting my face and when I had to push the bike over the Kessock (suspension) bridge because I simply couldn't steer it. I don't mind the wind, I don't mind the cold, I don't mind the rain but windy, wet and freezing cold just makes it a chore.