Return of the wind...

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  • griffsters
    griffsters Posts: 490
    My first real experience this morning of proper wind. I woke up and was glad to see no rain so didnt give the wind too much thought and decided to try a 25 mile hilly route that i'd been planning for a couple of weeks. It takes me over some nice hills round the Saddleworth moors so is a good workout for me.

    Jesus H :shock: I know what you all mean now about wind :lol: Nearly blown off sideways numerous times and i'm no lightweight! On the flats into a headwind like I was still going up the bleedin hills.

    With hindsight I'll pay more attention in future to the wind forecast, not just whether I'm going to get wet!
  • merak
    merak Posts: 323
    Might have been a bit of wind, but lovely sunshine and relatively warm so had a great club run this morning. Best part was getting a good through and off going into a 3/4 head wind. Loads of cyclists out and about. And when you've paid your dues into the wind and turn for home, what do you get?
  • Mark Bom
    Mark Bom Posts: 184
    My commute into work is always wind free first thing in the morning, but as the day goes on, I look out the window at a flag I use to gauge the wind, and it is always blowing in the wrong direction.

    Every day without fail I have a head wind home...everyday, withoit fail.

    Doesn't bother me, I accept its always going to be there and get aero and battle through it!
  • BenWatson89
    BenWatson89 Posts: 83
    Yummy! Should make for some interesting racing.

    Griff - Which route do you do over the moor? You can get some brutal winds up there.
  • griffsters
    griffsters Posts: 490
    BenWatson89 wrote:
    Griff - Which route do you do over the moor? You can get some brutal winds up there.

    First time i'd gone this route as I'm still adding hills / distance! Not sure how familiar you are with the area but i went up over Blackstone edge from the Litleborough side into Ripponden then up a hell of a hill past The Fleece pub onto the moors then did a right and went past Scammenden and over the M62. This section was pretty damned bad :shock: Then back down into Denshaw and over into Newhey / Milnrow.

    I did think it was a great little route, but maybe on a calmer day - the wind certainly made me think what the bloody hell was I doing there! Saw plenty of cyclist about tho so many a glutton for punishment was out this morning 8)

    There are loads and loads of permutations I can do that take in different hills round where I live which is great - I have more of a problem finding routes that are relatively flat!
  • alihisgreat
    alihisgreat Posts: 3,872
    Decided to get on my bike to rebuild fitness after having my appendix out in April -> been working on my bike fitness through july and august...


    so i thought it would be a good idea to do my first 30 mile-er last wednesday into a 20mph headwind with 30mph gusts!

    made the ride a little interesting -> got blown into a big pothole/puddle on the side of the road :(


    on the plus side, anything under 30 miles seems pretty easy now :D
  • thescouselander
    thescouselander Posts: 549
    Just been out round Bristol for a quick 20 miles - it was pretty windy to say the least. I think the low point was going up Park Street (fairly steep 10%) right into it. The wind made it twice as hard.
  • sagalout
    sagalout Posts: 338
    Not too bad up here in North Yorkshire - managed to get a 58 mile ride in, tailwind going, headwind on the way back with no real crosswind luckily.
  • philip_eire
    philip_eire Posts: 2
    The forecast predicts that parts of the UK and Ireland will see some of the remnants of this hurricane tomorrow! Quite annoying! Might just have to persevere!
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  • Matt the Tester
    Matt the Tester Posts: 1,261
    Dan Ingram wrote:
    I managed 33 mph on the flat with a full on sea front tail wind last night :D then spent the rest of the ride in a head wind at about 10mph :( oh the joys of living by the seaside
    nice! i was on southport Seafront today and was going 43MPH for a good while!!


    headwind was another story... i mudered myself in the tailwind lol:D
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  • danowat
    danowat Posts: 2,877
    Did a 10 mile TT yesterday in the wind, and busted my course PB by 55 seconds, I like the wind :)
  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 20,349
    philip_eire wrote:
    The forecast predicts that parts of the UK and Ireland will see some of the remnants of this hurricane tomorrow! Quite annoying! Might just have to persevere!
    It's now up to predicted 40mph winds and 60mph gusts in Blackpool at the finishing time of the ToB stage. All joking and MTFU comments aside, I wonder if the organisers do have a threshold at which they say enough's enough. Fortunately it's easing off as we go through the week, but I would imagine that winds of this magnitude or above are one of the few things that could make a race like this just too risky.
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  • bompington
    bompington Posts: 7,674
    I'm looking forward to riding home from work tonight in predicted force 11 tailwinds :D ...
    ...but as for heading back tomorrow into the wind :shock:
  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 20,349
    briantrumpet wrote:
    It's now up to predicted 40mph winds and 60mph gusts in Blackpool at the finishing time of the ToB stage. All joking and MTFU comments aside, I wonder if the organisers do have a threshold at which they say enough's enough. Fortunately it's easing off as we go through the week, but I would imagine that winds of this magnitude or above are one of the few things that could make a race like this just too risky.
    Do I get the crystal balls award?

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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,697
    I was going ot post about you all being whingy whingers and not knowing what wind is compared to the Netherlands...

    However, we have just got said wind today.....
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • Peddle Up!
    Peddle Up! Posts: 2,040
    briantrumpet wrote:
    briantrumpet wrote:
    It's now up to predicted 40mph winds and 60mph gusts in Blackpool at the finishing time of the ToB stage. All joking and MTFU comments aside, I wonder if the organisers do have a threshold at which they say enough's enough. Fortunately it's easing off as we go through the week, but I would imagine that winds of this magnitude or above are one of the few things that could make a race like this just too risky.
    Do I get the crystal balls award?

    http://www.tourofbritain.com/_ns_news/d ... ews_id=205

    I went out. The pussies. :wink:
    Purveyor of "up" :)
  • bompington
    bompington Posts: 7,674
    bompington wrote:
    I'm looking forward to riding home from work tonight in predicted force 11 tailwinds :D ...
    ...but as for heading back tomorrow into the wind :shock:

    Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
    The most exposed section of the route (past King's Seat for those who know the area) is a long, only very slightly downhill, straight, and I was holding 40 mph for a bit quite comfortably.
    I've never felt the wind on my back like it while riding, I was even quite cold and wet on the back of my legs.
    As for heading into it tomorrow... I'm just going out for a ride and may be some time...
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,697
    See what I mean?

    http://www.bigringriding.com/post/4001723929/crosswinds

    training in a Force 7!!
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • Ringo 68
    Ringo 68 Posts: 441
    Doesn't really seem to have eased a great deal in the NW.

    I have just been out for a quick (slow might be a better description) 20 miles and the first half of the ride was into the wind. I had just got up off nights after a pretty poor sleep and was a bit dehydrated before I even started.
    After the first 5 miles I would have been quite happy to turn around, go home, sell my bike and dig the golf clubs out.
    I got some fluid down me and soldiered on and felt a bit better. Coming home was like I was a pro cyclist and everything is right with the world again :P
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