did anyone else become a victim of the wind today

mattrsa

Normally take me 1hour 20 to get to work

Today it took me 1 hour 40 min. Combo of the strong head wind and sore legs from a pretty hard squash game last night!

Knowing my luck the wind will have changed direction on the way home and I will be into a head wind all the way! : (

Kiblams

mattrsa wrote:

Knowing my luck the wind will have changed direction on the way home and I will be into a head wind all the way! : (

There is never a tailwind, only headwinds... :x

I felt the headwind more yesterday morning, but then i was having a mild athsma attack on the way to work too :shock:

Mike400

Headwind added at least 10 minutes on this morning, and I was going at quite a relaxed pace as I woke up with the headcold from hell.

Said headcold has become a full body assualt as the day has progressed, hoping the wind is still blowing the same way and blows me home!

Kieran_Burns

The wind is a bit all over the place at the moment. I have no idea which way it'll be blowing by the time I go home. At the moment we're talking howling TAILwind... so that'll change.

essex-commuter

Home is West for me....headwnd predicted but only 7-8 mph.

Headwinds build character, hills build strength. Apparently.

mattrsa

I'll take hills over headwind anyday!

Guess is a bit more windy here, according to bbc weather 13mph east which in theory is a tail wind for me but we will see.

Matt

AndyManc

I was certainly a victim, I've been cutting the hedge and the privets went all over the place , so much so , I gave up and went inside to watch the giro


Cold wind too :?


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Clever Pun

essex-commuter wrote:

Home is West for me....headwnd predicted but only 7-8 mph.

Headwinds build character, hills build strength. Apparently.

and let you know what your handlebars taste like

Gussio

Came into work at 1100 this morning - didn't notice a headwind and was faster than usual due to lighter traffic and fewer cyclists to avoid. Was a good ride. Might work half days more often going forward 8)

VespaTrek

I've been particularly windy today; I pity the poor fkkers that had to get in the lift after me this morning... :oops:

barry_kellett99

I've had a full week of fantastic tail winds booting me home at an electrifying pace.

However this mornings was a bit all over the place on the way in so I am not too confident of an easy ride home tonight.

Plus we've had some rain and I have no jacket.

Poo!

MonkeyMonster

essex-commuter wrote:

Headwinds build character, hills build strength. Apparently.

and pain is just weakness leaving the body...

redvee

I could feel it on the ride home but it didn't affect me till I came back north of the river on an exposed section with only trees for shelter.

prj45

I picked up a strong tail wind on slightly sloping down smooth local 40mph dual the other day.

It was a bit like that scene from X-men when Wolverine presses the button on Cyclops' motorbike.

I was at a steady 35 quite quickly.

freakybacon

Did.
It.
Ever.

Absolutely no flipping way should the 5 mile commute take me 29.5 minutes. Not even with a soft front tire due to a blown patch should this happen. Even CannondaleMan*
scalped me- this will not do at all.

*CannondaleMan- a guy who rides.. guess what?.. and occasionally rides with me on my commute.

Kieran_Burns

MonkeyMonster wrote:

essex-commuter wrote:

Headwinds build character, hills build strength. Apparently.

and pain is just weakness leaving the body...

I had a LOT of weakness in me tonight then.


Oh
Dear
God

I was down to single figures at some points, forced to use the middle chain ring as I simply couldn't turn the big ring on any of the damn' hills. Straights I can normally cruise at near 20mph, I struggled to get over 1/2 that.

I may sulk tomorrow.

jimmypippa

I thought I had taken Jimmy's patent feebie pills.

Kieran_Burns

I'm looking out the window and can see the trees leaning in the direction of work. I know I'll have one hell of a tailwind on the way in... but, but... the way home. I'd have to walk :shock:

Hmmmmm.....

BentMikey

Wind? What wind? There is no wind.

mattrsa

Kieran_Burns wrote:

MonkeyMonster wrote:

essex-commuter wrote:

Headwinds build character, hills build strength. Apparently.

and pain is just weakness leaving the body...

I had a LOT of weakness in me tonight then.


Oh
Dear
God

I was down to single figures at some points, forced to use the middle chain ring as I simply couldn't turn the big ring on any of the damn' hills. Straights I can normally cruise at near 20mph, I struggled to get over 1/2 that.

I may sulk tomorrow.

This is the exact porblem I had on the way to work, places where I normally get around 20mph I was doing barely 14.

On the other hand I flew home last night with a PB of 1.16 which is about 10 min off my previous best

SimonLyons

There are some days when it feels like cycling through treacle.
You stop and there doesn't seem to be a wind at all.
I have stopped before just to check my brakes haven't got stuck onto the rims.

Kieran_Burns

I know I'm going to regret cycling in when I go home, but there were a couple of golden moments on the way... 8)

Officially a speeder through a housing estate... smooth downhill stretch, tailwind = 32mph and I had to brake for traffic (damn )

mattrsa

SimonLyons wrote:

There are some days when it feels like cycling through treacle.
You stop and there doesn't seem to be a wind at all.
I have stopped before just to check my brakes haven't got stuck onto the rims.

done that, y day i was sure that my back tyre was flat

jumped off to check, then I thought, maybe I have broken a spoke, nope! Then I thought maybe today I am just the winds censored !