Okay...Who turned the wind upto 11

Paul E
Paul E Posts: 2,052
edited February 2014 in Commuting chat
I feel wasted now, headwind all the way in on my second day back on the bike after getting the flu with a chest infection thrown in for fun was not nice.

Please for the way home, don't turn 180 like you normally do and give me a headwind back too.

Your sincerely

A B Tired.

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  • UndercoverElephant
    UndercoverElephant Posts: 5,796
    Dear Paul,

    Man the fuck up, Princess. I got way more than that, way more than you could ever bring. You ain't strong, you're a little silky-boy.

    Love and best wishes,

    The Wind.
    Sun - Rain - Snow
  • rubertoe
    rubertoe Posts: 3,994
    Just thought i'd revive an old thread for wind discussions,

    There will be a gale blowing this afternoon, if it isnt already.

    Stay safe people
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  • Mikey23
    Mikey23 Posts: 5,306
    Anyone who ventures out on a bike today has to be more than slightly crazy!
  • gingaman
    gingaman Posts: 576
    Ooops, too late. Already did, without checking the weather...

    edit: Just checked the weather. Will be setting a few PR's on the way home I think

    notsobad_zps40d5206e.png
  • gbsahne001
    gbsahne001 Posts: 1,973
    thought it was a bit harder than yesterday
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  • raymondo60
    raymondo60 Posts: 735
    I honestly cannot remember the last time I was on a bicyle in warm, calm weather - I think it was sometime just after the last Ice Age (the geophysical time period, not the cute animated movie franchise)

    Ho hum...
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  • LiveGiantly
    LiveGiantly Posts: 348
    UndercoverElephant wrote:
    Dear Paul,

    Man the fark up, Princess. I got way more than that, way more than you could ever bring. You ain't strong, you're a little silky-boy.

    Love and best wishes,

    The Wind.

    :lol::lol::lol::lol:
    I ride with God on my mind and power in my thighs....WOE betide you!
    I know I'm not the fastest rider on earth BUT I KNOW I AM NOT the slowest!!!
    If you Jump Red Lights in order to stay ahead you are a DISGRACE!!
  • talius
    talius Posts: 282
    Wind is fuggin' mental down at Canary Wharf at the moment, people blown off their feet on the way to South Quay.

    Using the handy "throw paper up in the air and measure the distance travelled per second" method, I estimate gusts of up to 800mph...
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  • pollys_bott
    pollys_bott Posts: 1,012
    Getting worse up here too, I shudder to think how much more I'm going to have to spend on greenhouse glass... :(
  • gingaman
    gingaman Posts: 576
    would perspex not work in a greenhouse?
  • t4tomo
    t4tomo Posts: 2,643
    Half way up Heron Tower and the weather looks awful - not looking forward to the ride home.
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  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,537
    gingaman wrote:
    would perspex not work in a greenhouse?

    It does, but it is too bendy to cope with the wind pressure, so keeps popping out. Mine is a bit al fresco at the moment, waiting for better weather to do the work.
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  • LiveGiantly
    LiveGiantly Posts: 348
    **Drinks Man-Up fluid for later on - WATER**
    I ride with God on my mind and power in my thighs....WOE betide you!
    I know I'm not the fastest rider on earth BUT I KNOW I AM NOT the slowest!!!
    If you Jump Red Lights in order to stay ahead you are a DISGRACE!!
  • MonkeyMonster
    MonkeyMonster Posts: 4,629
    rjsterry wrote:
    gingaman wrote:
    would perspex not work in a greenhouse?

    It does, but it is too bendy to cope with the wind pressure, so keeps popping out. Mine is a bit al fresco at the moment, waiting for better weather to do the work.

    Plus it discolours more rapidly than you want...
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  • arthur_scrimshaw
    arthur_scrimshaw Posts: 2,596
    60 mph gusts on the way home, headwind of course.....
  • Mikey23
    Mikey23 Posts: 5,306
    It's been mental down here this morning. Wind just starting to ease off a little and stopped raining. It's all coming your way folks!
  • EKE_38BPM
    EKE_38BPM Posts: 5,821
    LiveGiantly wrote:
    **Drinks Man-Up fluid for later on - WATER**
    WATER?!?

    Water only dilutes your Man-Up level.
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  • Kieran_Burns
    Kieran_Burns Posts: 9,757
    :shock: Meep. :shock:

    http://www.xcweather.co.uk/

    Go look at Bouy 62023 just South of Eire.

    The whole map looks pretty damn scary right now.
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  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,314
    Mikey23 wrote:
    Anyone who ventures out on a bike today has to be more than slightly crazy!
    Does that mean that I have to admit myself to the local psychiatric unit?
    gingaman wrote:
    Ooops, too late. Already did, without checking the weather...

    edit: Just checked the weather. Will be setting a few PR's on the way home I think

    notsobad_zps40d5206e.png

    I am struggling to find what the problem could possibly be within that forecast.
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  • gingaman
    gingaman Posts: 576
    Kieran_Burns wrote:
    :shock: Meep. :shock:

    http://www.xcweather.co.uk/

    Go look at Bouy 62023 just South of Eire.

    The whole map looks pretty damn scary right now.

    windy_zps18f483ba.png
    PBlakeney wrote:
    Mikey23 wrote:
    Anyone who ventures out on a bike today has to be more than slightly crazy!
    Does that mean that I have to admit myself to the local psychiatric unit?
    gingaman wrote:
    Ooops, too late. Already did, without checking the weather...

    edit: Just checked the weather. Will be setting a few PR's on the way home I think

    notsobad_zps40d5206e.png

    I am struggling to find what the problem could possibly be within that forecast.

    Nothing wrong at all, PBlakeney, the sun might even make an appearance as it is setting :wink:
  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,064
    Mikey23 wrote:
    Anyone who ventures out on a bike today has to be more than slightly crazy!

    tsk or just a real man you big jessy :wink:
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  • anonymousblackfg
    anonymousblackfg Posts: 2,029
    Was wondering why I was struggling to keep my train of thought in a meeting at the top of the gherkin, I then realised my body and others were being distracted by just how much the building was swaying. Not good.

    Saw some cyclists getting nowhere into the wind, I just ripped a hole in it and passed on through.

    Not thing like pulling left and letting Allez Man take a face full.
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  • redvee
    redvee Posts: 11,922
    Left home when raining and had wind from the left, wind from the right, a headwind and a tailwind all within the time it's taken to read the sentence. This was in the first 2 miles then I turned onto the river and had a 3 mile tailwind and freewheeled at 18mph :D
    I've added a signature to prove it is still possible.

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