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I think it was a bit windy today. About 2 gear's worth I think, as I
was 2 gears lower on the Brom every time I was heading east. Except for one point where I had the interesting experience of being stationary! Slightly up hill, a massive gust right in my face and the bike stopped! No idea how I managed to stay upright I'll admit but I am sure the wheels had stopped turning or near enough. Didn't help that it was raining. And cold. And that most of the trip home is in an easterly direction. Not one of my more enjoyable times on a bicycle. Ah well that's what I get for moving to the far less aerodynamic dark side. Zebee |
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"Zebee Johnstone" wrote in message ... Except for one point where I had the interesting experience of being stationary! Slightly up hill, a massive gust right in my face and the bike stopped! Next step is a track bike! T. |
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On 10/08/2012 8:51 PM, Tomasso wrote:
"Zebee Johnstone" wrote in message ... Except for one point where I had the interesting experience of being stationary! Slightly up hill, a massive gust right in my face and the bike stopped! Next step is a track bike! T. No. Next step will be one of those monocycles they use at gyms. ;-) |
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On 2012-08-10, Zebee Johnstone (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea: I think it was a bit windy today. About 2 gear's worth I think, as I was 2 gears lower on the Brom every time I was heading east. Except for one point where I had the interesting experience of being stationary! Slightly up hill, a massive gust right in my face and the bike stopped! No idea how I managed to stay upright I'll admit but I am sure the wheels had stopped turning or near enough. Didn't help that it was raining. And cold. And that most of the trip home is in an easterly direction. Not one of my more enjoyable times on a bicycle. Ah well that's what I get for moving to the far less aerodynamic dark side. I once rode with a touring group on a loop that was meant to be 150km around. Heading West out of Melbourne, we rode in a 2 wide formation, and were going full pelt at 10km/h. At one stage, the 2 front riders stopped, and the rest of us were slightly protected from the gust so nearly formed a mass pile up. We stopped at a small town and realised one of our party was suffering hypothermia. We set her up with soup and called her family, and continued on, cutting off about 50km from the planned loop. Then we headed back into Melbourne along a 80km/h dual carriageway, barely being overtaken by the cars. Zipping along at 70km/h on the flat sure was exhilarating after the trials of that morning. One of the rare rides I've done where the headwind turns to a tailwind after turning around 180degrees, rather than magically turning back into a headwind as is per usual (what happens when 2 cyclists ride in opposite directions? Does God blow up in a massive cataclysmic explosion of paradoxicality?) I got a new bike and I like riding through the mud with it, so today's crap weather didn't faze me. -- TimC All theoretical chemistry is really physics; and all theoretical chemists know it. -- Richard P. Feynman |
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