Hmmm- Wind - do I risk it?

meanredspider
meanredspider Posts: 12,337
edited November 2011 in Commuting chat
Sat at work looking at local weather stations measuring wind gusts of 40-50mph. Looking out of the (admittedly dark) window, it doesn't look too bad though I do have to cross the Kessock Bridge and these winds are perpendicular to the bridge. Wife has just phoned saying "I assume you'll need collecting" (though she has an ulterior (shopping) motive).

What to do?
ROAD < Scott Foil HMX Di2, Volagi Liscio Di2, Jamis Renegade Elite Di2, Cube Reaction Race > ROUGH

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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    Ride.

    She can always collect you half way if you're blown under a bus or something.


    After all, if the Dutch can do it, why can't you?
    _
  • meanredspider
    meanredspider Posts: 12,337
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Ride.

    She can always collect you half way if you're blown under a bus or something.


    After all, if the Dutch can do it, why can't you?

    Good idea - I'll tell her to pop a body bag in the boot
    ROAD < Scott Foil HMX Di2, Volagi Liscio Di2, Jamis Renegade Elite Di2, Cube Reaction Race > ROUGH
  • meanredspider
    meanredspider Posts: 12,337
    Well, like all great leaders, I dispatched one of my team to see what it was like :D

    He's just reported back to say he was nearly blown down the embankment (he doesn't live very far away either - nowhere near as exposed as my route). Since Mrs Meanie is already in town, a lift home looks to be my best bet...
    ROAD < Scott Foil HMX Di2, Volagi Liscio Di2, Jamis Renegade Elite Di2, Cube Reaction Race > ROUGH
  • clarkey cat
    clarkey cat Posts: 3,641
    liberally apply MTFU lotion.
    Dolan Mythos
  • meanredspider
    meanredspider Posts: 12,337
    clarkey cat wrote:
    liberally apply MTFU lotion.

    The guy I "sent" out was dripping in the stuff. He sounded a bit rattled when he phoned.
    ROAD < Scott Foil HMX Di2, Volagi Liscio Di2, Jamis Renegade Elite Di2, Cube Reaction Race > ROUGH
  • secretsam
    secretsam Posts: 5,120
    I thought this referred to a different sort of wind, so my planned response about the risk of following through probably isn't appropriate...
    It's just a hill. Get over it.
  • meanredspider
    meanredspider Posts: 12,337
    .................. Current: / High:
    Wind Speed: 57.9km/h / 74.8km/h
    Wind Gust: 80.0km/h / 81.7km/h
    ROAD < Scott Foil HMX Di2, Volagi Liscio Di2, Jamis Renegade Elite Di2, Cube Reaction Race > ROUGH
  • rhext
    rhext Posts: 1,639
    Got to depend on traffic and how up for a laugh you are. I've cycled over the tops in the peak district in a 60MPH cross wind. Like all extreme weather, if it doesn't actually kill you then the sheer ridiculousness of being stuck out in it can put a huge grin on your face. Mind you, if this is a busy road or has exposed drops, it could kill you!
  • meanredspider
    meanredspider Posts: 12,337
    Well the Kessock Bridge was closed to high-sided vehicles so I wouldn't have been blown under a big lorry at least. I've always said that high winds are one of the only two things that will stop me (deep snow being the other) just because it is dangerous crossing the bridge. Anyway, home now. It was ridiculously windy - the flagpoles at work were bending over and those springy-based signs were bent over flat to the ground. I think I made the right choice
    ROAD < Scott Foil HMX Di2, Volagi Liscio Di2, Jamis Renegade Elite Di2, Cube Reaction Race > ROUGH
  • rolf_f
    rolf_f Posts: 16,015
    Has the missus made you a nice mug of horlicks, put your slippers out and heated the hot water bottle for you?

    Girlyredspider :lol:
    Faster than a tent.......
  • meanredspider
    meanredspider Posts: 12,337
    Rolf F wrote:
    Has the missus made you a nice mug of horlicks, put your slippers out and heated the hot water bottle for you?

    Girlyredspider :lol:

    Big roast dinner in the oven, actually :D
    ROAD < Scott Foil HMX Di2, Volagi Liscio Di2, Jamis Renegade Elite Di2, Cube Reaction Race > ROUGH
  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,927
    Down here in the big smoke not riding due to wind is wimping out big style. Certain extreme exceptions apply, one night in 1987 I think. Where you are I think the weather can probably get a bit worse, just don't make a habit of wimping our or I'll confiscate your Alfa.
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  • Hoopdriver
    Hoopdriver Posts: 2,023
    Lucky you!

    I don't do big winds myself, either.
    http://www.My-Bicycle-and-I.com
  • Initialised
    Initialised Posts: 3,047
    Was getting blown about a bit. Side wind tried to kill me a couple of times. Be ready for them and brace your arms into the wind.
    I used to just ride my bike to work but now I find myself going out looking for bigger and bigger hills.
  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,073
    woah sorry i seemed to have stumbled into the MASSHOOF homo girly whinney section of the forum or perhaps pro cycling anyway

    M
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    Yes it was blowy here too so I collected my 3 large d-locks for extra weight as well as my data centre toolkit - because i'm a MAN.
    Rule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
    Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
    Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
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  • meanredspider
    meanredspider Posts: 12,337
    itboffin wrote:
    woah sorry i seemed to have stumbled into the MASSHOOF homo girly whinney section of the forum or perhaps pro cycling anyway

    M
    T
    F
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    Yes it was blowy here too so I collected my 3 large d-locks for extra weight as well as my data centre toolkit - because i'm a MAN.

    LMAO :D So the windiest I can find in your part of the world is 24kmh and the windiest here was 82kmh (122kmh if you count Cairngorm). I'd need 30 large D locks and the entire data centre to stop me being blown into the Moray Firth :wink:

    We get real man's wind up here
    ROAD < Scott Foil HMX Di2, Volagi Liscio Di2, Jamis Renegade Elite Di2, Cube Reaction Race > ROUGH
  • rolf_f
    rolf_f Posts: 16,015
    Girlyredspider is a big fat wuss
    a big fat wuss,
    a big fat wuss.
    Girlyredspider is a big fat wuss and so say all of us (us = everyone on Bikeradar :lol:)

    PS - wind is binary. It's either on or off. You do or you don't. You don't. We do. MTFU. :twisted:
    Faster than a tent.......
  • Cafewanda
    Cafewanda Posts: 2,788
    The sympathy flowing through this thread overwhelms me :lol:
  • meanredspider
    meanredspider Posts: 12,337
    Well this woman showed me what a wuss I was - she had to be rescued from the sea by helicopter because she went winkle picking in a canoe :shock: 8)

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-h ... s-15873222

    I know you lot wouldn't have been satisfied unless I'd been winched out of the drink by the RAF :wink:
    ROAD < Scott Foil HMX Di2, Volagi Liscio Di2, Jamis Renegade Elite Di2, Cube Reaction Race > ROUGH
  • UndercoverElephant
    UndercoverElephant Posts: 5,796
    meanredspider wrote:
    Well this woman showed me what a wuss I was - she had to be rescued from the sea by helicopter because she went winkle picking in a canoe :shock: 8)

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-h ... s-15873222

    I know you lot wouldn't have been satisfied unless I'd been winched out of the drink by the RAF :wink:

    To be fair, we'd probably call you a wuss for not riding back out yourself. Oh and MTFU, those are baby winds.
    Sun - Rain - Snow
  • meanredspider
    meanredspider Posts: 12,337
    Heavy sleet this morning - big wet blobs and only 1C

    Various people at work had tried phoning me last night to say don't cycle.



    OK OK - I'm a wuss, I admit it. My MTFU lotion ran out last week and it's on back order at Wiggle (and we all know what that means...)
    ROAD < Scott Foil HMX Di2, Volagi Liscio Di2, Jamis Renegade Elite Di2, Cube Reaction Race > ROUGH
  • Torvid
    Torvid Posts: 449
    meanredspider wrote:
    Heavy sleet this morning - big wet blobs and only 1C

    To miss quote Kevin Costner

    "Neither rain nor snow nor gloom of night can stay these messengers about their duty"
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  • Wallace1492
    Wallace1492 Posts: 3,707
    Was a bit windy in Glasgow last night and rather on the fresh side this morning, with a little breeze. Still, with me having only 1 more week of official commuting to work, then just a small bowl of MTFU required.
    "Encyclopaedia is a fetish for very small bicycles"
  • bompington
    bompington Posts: 7,674
    Well here it was nothing really, max gust while I was on my way home was a mere 82kmh or so and the rain was down to a light deluge by the time I got halfway.

    But as for these southern softies - was 1987 the last time the wind reached gale force in London then? It's hard for city dwellers to understand that weather can literally be a life and death issue.
  • meanredspider
    meanredspider Posts: 12,337
    It is actually snowing here now. It's actually still dark too.
    ROAD < Scott Foil HMX Di2, Volagi Liscio Di2, Jamis Renegade Elite Di2, Cube Reaction Race > ROUGH

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