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You know it's windy when...

...you're pressing hard on the pedals to maintain speed downhill while a rider coming up in the opposite direction is freewheeling.

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chrisl | 8 years ago
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You taste copper just riding the one flat mile home from the shops.

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bechdan | 8 years ago
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you have to turn your head to the side to breathe

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kwi | 8 years ago
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You crest a hill and shift down a gear, or 2, or 3.....

 

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bigshape | 8 years ago
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you get the bus to work instead of riding! cheeky

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YoungOldMan | 8 years ago
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You ride past two overturned lorries!

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danleb85 | 8 years ago
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You get caught by a strong sidewind at the bottom of a hill which pushes you into a curb and you come off and bust a shoulder... indecision

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Comrade | 8 years ago
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You spit and it overtakes you....

 

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brooksby | 8 years ago
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Quote:

...you're pressing hard on the pedals to maintain speed downhill while a rider coming up in the opposite direction is freewheeling.

Oh - that was you on the Avonmouth Bridge cycle path, was it? laugh

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Redvee replied to brooksby | 8 years ago
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brooksby wrote:

Oh - that was you on the Avonmouth Bridge cycle path, was it? laugh

 

I rode the Portway outbound on Monday and struggled to hit 14 mph till I got to Bridge Valley  Road then all of a sudden I was freewheeling at 24 mph. I suffered the same fate on the return journey, nice nad easy till I got to the bend at the bottom then single figure speed to the lights.

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Jimbomitch | 8 years ago
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Just to keep things bang on trend.............was the guy going uphill mechanical doping??

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Kapelmuur replied to Jimbomitch | 8 years ago
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Jimbomitch wrote:

Just to keep things bang on trend.............was the guy going uphill mechanical doping??

 

He had a big grin on his face, is that evidence of cheating?

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Argos74 | 8 years ago
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You get a wind assisted KOM on a rigid steel MTB.

 

I deleted the ride from my Garmin, as I'll probably never go that fast ever again unless I ride out the back of an aeroplane with a parachute on.

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Yorkshie Whippet | 8 years ago
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Sheep are flying backwards!

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rjfrussell | 8 years ago
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you are overtaken by leaves

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