It's a miracle
It's a miracle
Today I had a tail wind on the way out and the way back.
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That's because a peleton of bikes were doing the same journey in the opposite direction.
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I once set a personal best in a '10' when the tailwind that had blown me to the turn promptly dropped for the return.
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Someone needs to have a word with the weather bureau. Your supposed to get headwinds bothways
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maxcherry wrote:Must be one of the signs, the Apocalypse is coming
And lo! I have seen a goat with two heads, two tails and eight legs. It's a sign! It's a sign!
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Elizabethsdad wrote:maxcherry wrote:Must be one of the signs, the Apocalypse is coming
And lo! I have seen a goat with two heads, two tails and eight legs. It's a sign! It's a sign!
No I think you're wrong it needs to be a much taller goat.
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"All we are not stares back at what we are"
W H Auden
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Shoogle wrote:Today I had a tail wind on the way out and the way back.
Don't worry. Today is Friday 13th, so no chance.
Suppose that this room is a lift. The support breaks and down we go with ever-increasing velocity.
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--- Arthur Eddington (creator of the Eddington Number).
Let us pass the time by performing physical experiments...
--- Arthur Eddington (creator of the Eddington Number).
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drossall wrote:I once set a personal best in a '10' when the tailwind that had blown me to the turn promptly dropped for the return.
had that a couple of times
Convention? what's that then?
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fluffybunnyuk wrote:Someone needs to have a word with the weather bureau. Your supposed to get headwinds bothways
that was last Sunday's sportive - every direction was into a howling gale!
Convention? what's that then?
Airnimal Chameleon touring, Orbit Pro hack, Orbit Photon audax, Focus Mares AX tour, Peugeot Carbon sportive, Owen Blower vintage race - all running Tulio's finest!
Airnimal Chameleon touring, Orbit Pro hack, Orbit Photon audax, Focus Mares AX tour, Peugeot Carbon sportive, Owen Blower vintage race - all running Tulio's finest!
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It used to annoy me greatly when I was cycle-commuting, that the wind was against me in the morning going in, and against me in the evening coming home.
It never happened that the wind was behind me both ways.
It never happened that the wind was behind me both ways.
Mick F. Cornwall
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Amazing difference it makes though. I've seen speeds from 14 to 18mph average on my commute, and the only factor appears to be wind.
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I experienced almost the same miracle, headwind on the way out AND the way back! I really suffered and enjoyed myself.
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I was once cycling past Speke (John Lennon) airport and clocking 40mph and the wind was still whistling past my ears!
To say I was glad I was travelling the same way as the wind would have been an understatement...
To say I was glad I was travelling the same way as the wind would have been an understatement...