Tomorrow's weather forecast, yikes.

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  • rower63
    rower63 Posts: 1,991
    not too worried about gusts, but this sort of thing is what I'm most worried about in high winds
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  • The Rookie
    The Rookie Posts: 27,812
    I guess that shows the difference (practicality and in risk) of cycling in a city versus the sticks, I don't like high side winds as 2 parts of my commute are exposed and prone to high cross winds, it's sometimes hard just to stay on the right (erm that's the left) side of the road, throw in traffic passing at 50mph and it's not funny!
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  • gbsahne001
    gbsahne001 Posts: 1,973
    just popped home for some things Id forgotten and the wind seems to have increased since this morning
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  • gingaman
    gingaman Posts: 576
    Today's forecast: very quick wind assisted journey home. 14mph on the way in, 30+ on the way home?
  • vermin
    vermin Posts: 1,739
    2 relentless hours of cold hard rain on the way home last night was quite horrid. No chance of cycling today - just wouldn't stay upright. Had to give a coach two lanes of meandering space on Thelwall viaduct this morning. It's a bit blowy on the NW coast.
  • jamesco
    jamesco Posts: 687
    That wasn't much fun. Cycling east to west it took at least 10 minutes longer than the normal 1 hour, absolutely slogging to get to an appointment on time. For once, the "road bikes are more aerodynamic" trope might have had some merit on the Commuting forum ;)

    Oh yeah, the plane trees are dropping their fluff, and with the wind gusts it's like being sandblasted in the eyeballs. Still, better than the tube...
  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,064
    Just had a comedy ride from the city over London bridge brought to a standstill almost pushed over then tailwind all within a few mins.
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    Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
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  • DrLex
    DrLex Posts: 2,142
    menthel wrote:
    Glad I'm not in the country!

    Trees going from vertical to about 30deg from horizontal in a couple of seconds meant I bailed. As the two & a half tonne Land Rover was noticeably buffeted in transit, I do not rue my lack of testicular fortitude today.
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  • meanredspider
    meanredspider Posts: 12,337
    I dunno about cycling but the rest of the infrastructure in NL has fallen to bits: trains aren't running and my cable connection (Internet and TV) is shaky as hell this evening!!! :roll:
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  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,064
    You sure you're not still in the UK that sounds like a normal day.
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  • Kieran_Burns
    Kieran_Burns Posts: 9,757
    We have rain describing circles in the air at the moment. Blazing sunshine and an epic downpour at the same time earlier, but only on one side of the house.
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  • rolf_f
    rolf_f Posts: 16,015
    OK in Leeds. Worst bit was popping out of the office at 9am - passing a box of a building I was blown down to barely more than 5mph and off the road! Luckily I knew the building was dodgy and had allowed for it. Way home was just a 10mph average slog.....
    meanredspider wrote:
    I dunno about cycling but the rest of the infrastructure in NL has fallen to bits: trains aren't running and my cable connection (Internet and TV) is shaky as hell this evening!!! :roll:

    It does that doesn't it? I remember the chaos at Amsterdam Central during the storm in 2014. No info about anything at all yet a few trains were running - just nobody could tell you where and when and the boards were all blank. You had to speak to the random right person to get a tip off and hope that it was a good one!
    Faster than a tent.......
  • iPete
    iPete Posts: 6,076
    That wind. It's going to be an easy one tomorrow. Right, time for my second dinner..
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  • dhope
    dhope Posts: 6,699
    iPete wrote:
    That wind. It's going to be an easy one tomorrow. Right, time for my second dinner..
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    Your FTP is too low...
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  • iPete
    iPete Posts: 6,076
    I suspect so, time for another test...

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