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08-01.-2005, 02:41 AM
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Windy ride home coming up
In the south we seem to have escaped the worst of the recent wind up to
now, but I see I've got 30 mph gusting to 41 mph crosswinds on the ride home this evening. There will be a couple of short sections with a tail wind that should be fun. Take care out there everyone. -- Dave... |
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08-01.-2005, 03:10 AM
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Re: Windy ride home coming up
dkahn400 wrote:
> In the south we seem to have escaped the worst of the recent wind up > to now, but I see I've got 30 mph gusting to 41 mph crosswinds on the > ride home this evening. There will be a couple of short sections with > a tail wind that should be fun. Take care out there everyone. We've got 22 gusting 40mph in Southampton. I cycled in against it (couldn't freewheel down the hill to the office), so the tailwind going home will be lots of fun. Shame I haven't got my computer on board as I'll probably set a personal best commute. |
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08-01.-2005, 03:25 AM
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Re: Windy ride home coming up
Gusting 52 mph now.
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08-01.-2005, 03:47 AM
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Re: Windy ride home coming up
dkahn400 wrote:
>In the south we seem to have escaped the worst of the recent wind up to >now, but I see I've got 30 mph gusting to 41 mph crosswinds on the ride >home this evening. There will be a couple of short sections with a tail >wind that should be fun. Take care out there everyone. > > > I can hear the odd gusts of wind going on outside the window. I _hope_ it's still blowing the same way as this morning! It would make a pleasant change on the way home to have a tailwind. A PB would definitely be on the cards if it is! Rich |
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08-01.-2005, 05:47 AM
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Re: Windy ride home coming up
"Richard Goodman" <rich@rskNOSPAM.homechoice.co.uk> wrote in message
news:1105120071.8dbe65b33f1294f8071ea20baedb9129@teranews... > I can hear the odd gusts of wind going on outside the window. I _hope_ > it's still blowing the same way as this morning! It would make a pleasant > change on the way home to have a tailwind. A PB would definitely be on > the cards if it is! > Damn, that wind was not particularly helpful after all, agin me as much as with, and the traffic and lights weren't cooperating either. So no new PB after all  Still, at least yesterday and the day before were new PB's soit's not been all bad this week  . Still looking to break into the 35 minsfor a 10.5 mile commute across Central London though.... Rich |
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08-01.-2005, 05:47 AM
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Re: Windy ride home coming up
"Richard Goodman" <rich@rskNOSPAM.homechoice.co.uk> wrote in message
news:1105120071.8dbe65b33f1294f8071ea20baedb9129@teranews... > I can hear the odd gusts of wind going on outside the window. I _hope_ > it's still blowing the same way as this morning! It would make a pleasant > change on the way home to have a tailwind. A PB would definitely be on > the cards if it is! > Damn, that wind was not particularly helpful after all, agin me as much as with, and the traffic and lights weren't cooperating either. So no new PB after all Still, at least yesterday and the day before were new PB's soit's not been all bad this week . Still looking to break into the 35 minsfor a 10.5 mile commute across Central London though.... Rich |
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08-01.-2005, 08:35 AM
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Re: Windy ride home coming up
Richard Goodman wrote:
> "Richard Goodman" <rich@rskNOSPAM.homechoice.co.uk> wrote in message > news:1105120071.8dbe65b33f1294f8071ea20baedb9129@teranews... > > >>I can hear the odd gusts of wind going on outside the window. I _hope_ >>it's still blowing the same way as this morning! It would make a pleasant >>change on the way home to have a tailwind. A PB would definitely be on >>the cards if it is! >> > > > Damn, that wind was not particularly helpful after all, agin me as much as > with, and the traffic and lights weren't cooperating either. So no new PB > after all Still, at least yesterday and the day before were new PB's so> it's not been all bad this week . Still looking to break into the 35 mins> for a 10.5 mile commute across Central London though.... > In my young and foolish days (15 years ago) I commuted from my parents house in New Malden (near the Pitfields bike shop), to Aldwych. Basically up traps lane, waren road, Kingston Hill, A3 to Vauxhall, past tommies and over Waterloo bridge. About 13 miles by my then reckoning. I did it in 35 mins once, managing to get in for the 9 o'clock thing I wanted to get to, and was unable to do anything the rest of the morning. And I didn't jump any red lights on the way. Still makes my lungs ache just thinking about it. ...d |
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08-01.-2005, 08:01 PM
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Re: Windy ride home coming up
"David Martin" <martin-family@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
news:348h54F471r30U2@individual.net... > In my young and foolish days (15 years ago) I commuted from my parents > house in New Malden (near the Pitfields bike shop), to Aldwych. Basically > up traps lane, waren road, Kingston Hill, A3 to Vauxhall, past tommies and > over Waterloo bridge. About 13 miles by my then reckoning. I did it in 35 > mins once, managing to get in for the 9 o'clock thing I wanted to get to, > and was unable to do anything the rest of the morning. > > And I didn't jump any red lights on the way. 35 mins including stops for 13 miles into Central London sounds impressive! My computer stops counting when the wheel is stationary, so so do I  . Asfor red lights, I expect there were fewer of them 15 years ago than there are now - I have 58 of the damn things on my route each way! I counted them yesterday. Hmm, 58 in 10.5 miles - that's an average of nearly one set every 300 yards.... Rich |
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08-01.-2005, 08:15 PM
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Re: Windy ride home coming up
On Sat, 8 Jan 2005 10:01:28 -0000, "Richard Goodman"
<rsk@NOSPAM.homechoice.co.uk> wrote: >"David Martin" <martin-family@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message >news:348h54F471r30U2@individual.net... >> In my young and foolish days (15 years ago) I commuted from my parents >> house in New Malden (near the Pitfields bike shop), to Aldwych. Basically >> up traps lane, waren road, Kingston Hill, A3 to Vauxhall, past tommies and >> over Waterloo bridge. About 13 miles by my then reckoning. I did it in 35 >> mins once, managing to get in for the 9 o'clock thing I wanted to get to, >> and was unable to do anything the rest of the morning. >> >> And I didn't jump any red lights on the way. > >35 mins including stops for 13 miles into Central London sounds impressive! >My computer stops counting when the wheel is stationary, so so do I . As>for red lights, I expect there were fewer of them 15 years ago than there >are now - I have 58 of the damn things on my route each way! I counted >them yesterday. Hmm, 58 in 10.5 miles - that's an average of nearly one set >every 300 yards.... > >Rich > In 5 miles I encounter just 5 sets (4 of which are only pedestrian crossings). By the longer 8 mile route it is reduced to 2 (both traffic junctions). When it is less muddy I think I may be able to use off road routes and escape all but one set of lights. -- Amazon: "If you are interested in 'Asimov's I-Robot', you may also be interested in 'Garfield - The Movie'. ... erm, how do they figure that one out? |
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08-01.-2005, 08:42 PM
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Re: Windy ride home coming up
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> In the south we seem to have escaped the worst of the recent wind up to > now, but I see I've got 30 mph gusting to 41 mph crosswinds on the ride > home this evening. There will be a couple of short sections with a tail > wind that should be fun. Take care out there everyone. I wasn't that bad as it turned out. I think the wind speed had dropped a few mph by the time I got going, and it wasn't as gusty as I'd feared. The section from Kingston Bridge to Twickenham was all tail wind but because of the traffic, the gustiness, and the poor road surface I took it nice and gently at somewhere between 25 and 30 mph. Still being overtaken by cars doing 50 mph plus of course. -- Dave... Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race. - H. G. Wells |
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09-01.-2005, 12:35 AM
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Re: Windy ride home coming up
On Sat, 08 Jan 2005 10:42:48 GMT, Dave Kahn <dkahn400@yahoo.co.uk>
wrote: >dkahn400 wrote: >> In the south we seem to have escaped the worst of the recent wind up to >> now, but I see I've got 30 mph gusting to 41 mph crosswinds on the ride >> home this evening. There will be a couple of short sections with a tail >> wind that should be fun. Take care out there everyone. > >I wasn't that bad as it turned out. I think the wind speed had dropped a >few mph by the time I got going, and it wasn't as gusty as I'd feared. >The section from Kingston Bridge to Twickenham was all tail wind but >because of the traffic, the gustiness, and the poor road surface I took >it nice and gently at somewhere between 25 and 30 mph. Still being >overtaken by cars doing 50 mph plus of course. Hmm, I've just come back from a 15mile ride in rural Lincolnshire. 30 - 40 mph gusts, did the first 8 ish miles INTO the wind, down to about 5 mph to almost standstill (nothing higher than cauliflowers here to stop the wind) legs bulging with blood pressure just to keep the 64" fixie going round. Return leg was great !!!!!! Left it at 15 miles for safety reasons as the brain-deads are still passing at 50mph (as above) and about 30mm of room between car and cycle. Arseholes .............. ps A VERY low sun as well, so the almost blind motorist is now really out of it. I waved at one guy (stray dog in the MIDDLE of the road) so he slowed to 45 mph, gave me a strange look (instead of looking at the dog) NEARLY killed the dog (it moved), then accelerated off again up to the statutory 55mph (30 limit) See single line in between paragraphs above. |
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