Tis a tad windy

[Viney]

Originally Posted by keithd

seriously tho, why would you ride a bike in wind like this? gusting to 80mph? i'm sorry but drive the car. if bike is your only transport, what journey is so important you have to risk you life for? and lets be honest isn't that what you'd be doing

Its not that bad, its really not, but then i ate all the pies!!

I was already to get the bike this morning, but Jax insisted that I take the car. So I was 15 minutes late for work...

Originally Posted by Viney

Its not that bad, its really not, but then i ate all the pies!!

its not? how come i've got a fallen tree in the car park where i work? don't feed me these lie V, i wont have it

[fizzwheel]

Originally Posted by keithd

seriously tho, why would you ride a bike in wind like this? gusting to 80mph? i'm sorry but drive the car. if bike is your only transport, what journey is so important you have to risk you life for? and lets be honest isn't that what you'd be doing

Even Liz took the car to work this morning, which for her is pretty unusual. I rode to work though but my commute is only a couple of miles and its all at low speed.

keithd, I appreciate the concern. But the car is far slower, even when I've backed off the speed on the bike. NSL's the fastest I'll ride in this weather is around 55mph.

Yea, the wind blows you around, but if you think about what you're doing, and take your cue from the trees/bushes etc, it's fine. Using your weight into the wind helps too.

According to news stuffs over here, severn bridge is closed....


left my bike at home, not too worried about riding there... its the blowing over when its left on its own Im more worried about!

Several trees down around here. I wish the ones up against my fence would blow down. And the river looks like it's going to flood again with all this Welsh rain

Rivers around here are looking "nice & healthy." Lucky for me I'm 32m above sea level, on a hill, about 3 miles from the sea

Originally Posted by Baph

40mph average windspeed here, gusting to 80mph and I'm still commuting on the bike.

Dude! Your crazy!

Stay safe, and that goes for everyone else at all.

If i have to ride in this weather, I take breaks regularly. Its hard work fighting the wind.

Matt

[Viney]

Keith, i see where you are coming from, but i dont really think its bad as people think. They all think they are going to get blown off thier bikes etc. I suppose im either just mad or a rufty tuffty biker!!