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I know it is normal for this time of year, but is anyone else looking forward to the end of this wind? I have put in a few hundred miles in the last two weeks, but they have been windy miles. I want to go ride up Lookout Mountain today, but I can hear it howling down here in Denver.
Perhaps some kind of sacrifice to the Mountains is in order...
Anyway, I plan to ride this afternoon no matter what. I am just griping.
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If you're riding home to Denver from Lookout, at least you'll have a tailwind on the way home. I live downtown and work near Colfax & Simms. The headwind while biking to work this morning was a b1tch. Can't wait for the tailwind on the way home though.
Before long it will be afternoon thunderstorm season and we'll have THAT to complain about. :)
I live near Hampden and Wadsworth and bike to my client's site on LODO 3 days a week on my MTB. (better training on the MTB) Yes, the wind has been pretty bad of late. At least in the afternoons. This morning was great until I turned north on the PRT. Then...UGH!
Velo reminds me... I need to go purchase a good rail jacket! :)
Before long it will be afternoon thunderstorm season and we'll have THAT to complain about. :)
Yeah, I just need to HTFU and deal with it. We are lucky to live here. What's a little wind?
I did wimp out on Lookout Mountain though and rode a quick 30 mile loop in Denver. Going NW is lots of fun right now. ;)
I picked a wonderful day to take my first outdoor ride since my accident. Oh my goodness... I forgot what fun a MTB and wind are. It couldn't be the engine could it? :p
I know that wind. I lived in Golden and Wheat Ridge for a long time. Four years car-free. Winds that frequently exceeded hurricane force levels. Lower gears, more sheltered routes, and suck it up and take the buses when it is too windy. Stay off of Highway 93 when the Chinooks are blowing
Oh yeah...the wind. ick. so sick of it. at least during t-storm season you can usually find a chunk of the day that is ridable.
If you want a break from the wind, take your bike to Pueblo for a nice spring ride. Any where between Pueblo and Canon City to start, and ride southwest toward the Greenhorn mountains. The forecast for Sunday is winds 8 mph, sound good? After the ride there are several great little Mom and Pop Italian or Mexican cafe's with very good food.
Here's the forecast for Sunday http://www.weather.com/weather/wxdetail/USCO0323?dayNum=1&from=weekend_topnav_undeclared
I actually rode Lookout on Friday morning (11ish). Man that was tough. The wind literally stopped me dead in my tracks a couple of times. Managed to make it up to the top in 37 minutes though. Not to bad for the brutal conditions IMO. :D
Try this on for size...Deer Trail Road Race today. On the out and backs to Lowland and Agate we had a huge tailwind and we cruised at 35mph w/ no effort. On the way back it was all we could do to maintain 15mph into the headwind. Then, on the second return trip, ,the guy in front of me goes down, I try to ride over him and can't so I go down. I then had to TT into the wind for the next 4 miles. We then turned North and had monster crosswinds (and snow!) for the final section. Arg. Suffering makes us stronger though, right? Right? :)
Must....argh....love....argh.....wind....argh....
Today looks like the perfect day. Forecast is for 5 MPH winds out of the N-NW by this afternoon. Getting the bikes ready now!
There is no wind in the morning on the way to work and a headwind on the way home. Seems like every day....so YES, I'm ready for it to calm down.
Ahh HeyDuke I was up in your hood yesterday at the velodrome. I should PMed you, maybe you could have come down. Man....head full ah puddin'! :(
That's funny - I was there on Saturday.
Did you ride? What did you do? Clean up?
Yesterday we rode to Chattfield res and back. Not so bad, but headwind the whole way back. I really hope to get to Lookout Mountain this week. Hope to be getting a custom bike fit this week too.
Yesterday was wonderful. I hooked the trail-a-bike onto the back of my mountain bike and hauled my 4 year old son from Thornton to REI and back. We made 19 miles... his furthest ride on it yet. The only issue was with how his dad dressed him. Freezing hands! So he now has a pair of cycling gloves from REI.
Getting to lookout is a bit of a pain for me. Instead I think I will hit the wall in superior sometime this week for hill repeats.
Try this on for size...Deer Trail Road Race today. On the out and backs to Lowland and Agate we had a huge tailwind and we cruised at 35mph w/ no effort. On the way back it was all we could do to maintain 15mph into the headwind. Then, on the second return trip, ,the guy in front of me goes down, I try to ride over him and can't so I go down. I then had to TT into the wind for the next 4 miles. We then turned North and had monster crosswinds (and snow!) for the final section. Arg. Suffering makes us stronger though, right? Right? :)
Deer Trail was supposed to be my 1st race of the season, but due to a nimrod move on my part (I thought start was @ 10:30, but it was 10 :mad:) I soloed the course and chalked it up as a training ride. The 12 miles from Agate to w/ a 30mph headwind and snow were the toughest flat 12 miles I've ever done.
Daughter joined a road cycling team and the had a learning day up there to see what the track guys do. I didn't ride (long story) but she did. She was a little timid at first, I think the "no brakes" thing kinda freaked her out. By the end of the day she was riding above the blue line, that was a good thing. Had a great time, all in all.
No cleaning, it had already been done. But we did partake in the free food though. :D
Since misery loves company, here's my weekend story. Get out Sunday morning, its glorious out, a little chilly but supposed to be warming up. So I head up Goden Gate Canyon about 8:30am, by the time I got to the first summit I was damp almost everywhere from climbing, then froze going down towards Centennial Cone, then kind of warmed up again heading back up towards GG park, then the 30mph trip home I lost feeling in my feet, lower legs, cheeks, anything exposed, brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr, took a 30 minute hot shower when I got home, sorry mother earth.
Yesterday was wonderful. I hooked the trail-a-bike onto the back of my mountain bike and hauled my 4 year old son from Thornton to REI and back. We made 19 miles... his furthest ride on it yet. The only issue was with how his dad dressed him. Freezing hands! So he now has a pair of cycling gloves from REI.
Getting to lookout is a bit of a pain for me. Instead I think I will hit the wall in superior sometime this week for hill repeats.
When we hit REI on the way back, there were a bunch of tour busses there, shipping in people who definitely didn't look like they needed outdoor equipment.
What is the wall in Superior? Never heard of it.
Thanks
Since misery loves company, here's my weekend story. Get out Sunday morning, its glorious out, a little chilly but supposed to be warming up. So I head up Goden Gate Canyon about 8:30am, by the time I got to the first summit I was damp almost everywhere from climbing, then froze going down towards Centennial Cone, then kind of warmed up again heading back up towards GG park, then the 30mph trip home I lost feeling in my feet, lower legs, cheeks, anything exposed, brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr, took a 30 minute hot shower when I got home, sorry mother earth.
How does traffic do with you on that ride? I have driven that route and the road is narrow. Been thinking about trying it on my bike anyway, but I will wait until it is warmer, if I do.
When we hit REI on the way back, there were a bunch of tour busses there, shipping in people who definitely didn't look like they needed outdoor equipment.
What is the wall in Superior? Never heard of it.
Thanks
That is what they call the part of mccaslin heading south to 120th. Freaking steep hill.
I have ridden it all of 4 times.
1- Me and Bill just about killed ourselves climbing.
2- Pwnt and I went screaming down it.
3- I went up the dang thing on my fixed gear. Had to stop near the top.
4- Took my tarmac and finally made it up without stopping.
How does traffic do with you on that ride? I have driven that route and the road is narrow. Been thinking about trying it on my bike anyway, but I will wait until it is warmer, if I do.
I like that ride in summer and have yet to have issues with traffic. It helps that traffic tends to move a bit slowly due to the grade and the switchbacks. Plus, it is nowhere near as crowded as lookout.
I like to take golden canyon and loop it around using the peak to peak highway, coal creek canyon, and 93.
It turns out to be something like 50 miles with a fair amount of climbing. Bikely or routeslip says something like 6000 feet of climbing but that can be off. I have yet to ride it with my garmin to see how much climbing it is.
How does traffic do with you on that ride? I have driven that route and the road is narrow. Been thinking about trying it on my bike anyway, but I will wait until it is warmer, if I do.
I only ride it on Sunday mornings so traffic is about as light as it will get. While it is narrow the traffic is generally very light and I haven't had any problems, becuase the first half is pretty tight turns and such, traffic isn't going that fast to begin with. You hear the cars coming before they get near you and just hug the line and I can't remember ever being buzzed or had any close calls.
In the summer, I like to head out around 6am, it is heaven, some mornings I have run across more dear than cars, they can kind of freak you out when they start thrashing through the brush near you.
The trip down is as close to heaven as you can get, the pitch is just about perfect for keeping a steady low 30s and only having to break in the really steep turns, the rest of the time you are just gliding in and out of the wide turns.
I have gone once on a Saturday afternoon, not the same experience at all. Too much traffic and impatient folk.
That is what they call the part of mccaslin heading south to 120th. Freaking steep hill.
I have ridden it all of 4 times.
1- Me and Bill just about killed ourselves climbing.
2- Pwnt and I went screaming down it.
3- I went up the dang thing on my fixed gear. Had to stop near the top.
4- Took my tarmac and finally made it up without stopping.
Now I know what your talking about, thank God for my SRAM 11-26. Whats nice is just when you think you are about done it kicks up a little steeper toward the end and all :o
I like to take golden canyon and loop it around using the peak to peak highway, coal creek canyon, and 93.
That was the plan, just forgot that when its in the 40s down in Golden its in the 20s at 9500feet, again, brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
Now I know what your talking about, thank God for my SRAM 11-26. Whats nice is just when you think you are about done it kicks up a little steeper toward the end and all :o
I found the trick was to stare at your front wheel. Don't look up or back. Maybe a little to the side and that is it. :D
Hmm, I will have to give it a try. Looking for some climbing training, but I will check it out in my topo program first to see if it scares me away :D
Worst fall, winter and spring I can ever remember for wind. It is horrible up here in Laramie. If this is what climate change brings to us, I will seriously contemplate moving.
It was more of a ride than I wanted to do after the Central City Expressway on Sautrday and handball (which just really beats me up these days) on friday, but let some of the local hammerheads talk me into it. We started at the top up where 46 and 119 intersect. If you saw a group of four riders coming down all covered in heavy tights and gloves and jackets then you saw us! We started out around 9:30 and got into Golden perhaps 10:15 or so. The wind was brutal up top.
We did see a lot of people coming up the canyon as we bombed down. I thought they all looked pitifully under-dressed.
I sure thought it looked calm today, but just got back from a loop out from Denver to Morrison and by Red Rocks, and it is sure blowing out of the South. Nothing like last week though.
Since misery loves company, here's my weekend story. Get out Sunday morning, its glorious out, a little chilly but supposed to be warming up. So I head up Goden Gate Canyon about 8:30am, by the time I got to the first summit I was damp almost everywhere from climbing, then froze going down towards Centennial Cone, then kind of warmed up again heading back up towards GG park, then the 30mph trip home I lost feeling in my feet, lower legs, cheeks, anything exposed, brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr, took a 30 minute hot shower when I got home, sorry mother earth.
New here and still figuring the site out. We were coming down G.G. canyon that morning. Got to golden between 10-10:30. did see a bunch of folks coming up, all who seemed badly under dressed. If yo saw a groupf four guys bound up in heavy tights, gloves, jackets - that was us. Brutal wind up top that day. I was destroyed on the way up. Guy Hill had me turning the cranks around 30 rpm, if that.
Wind is my worst enemy. When I check the weather report, I'll check wind direction at a certain time of day over temp or precipitation. I loathe a headwind, and headwinds comprise about 90% of my rides :-\
It seems as if all of my rides are plagued by wind. The thing that gets to me are the perpetual head winds up here. I'll head north to ward fighting a headwind and then turn around and - VOILA ! - head south into a head wind. How does that work?
Its all good but I look forward to less windier days. I got pushed about two feet to the right on Monday coming around a curve on 119.
New here and still figuring the site out. We were coming down G.G. canyon that morning. Got to golden between 10-10:30. did see a bunch of folks coming up, all who seemed badly under dressed. If yo saw a groupf four guys bound up in heavy tights, gloves, jackets - that was us. Brutal wind up top that day. I was destroyed on the way up. Guy Hill had me turning the cranks around 30 rpm, if that.
The we definitely passed each other, I was one of the woefully underdressed lone wolfs in my blaze yellow PI wind jacket and knee warmers.
Someday the wind will let up. Someday.
I went out to the wall (aka mccaslin) and had my rear handed to me. 11 miles with 800 feet of climbing shouldn't be a problem. Not today.
My list of excuses:
1) In the midst of allergy season and getting half the sleep normally the last 4 days.
2) Just had PT on my arm an hr before riding down and up mccaslin.
3) 6 weeks no riding due to accident
4) Last but not least... 20-30 mph side wind.
My god that was a bad idea. So, what are hill repeats done once? :p
Till next week.
Wow, and it looked calm today, but I got fooled by that yesterday. I am missing out on today because my bike is at the shop getting new bars after my fitting. Tomorrow is supposed to be rain and snow. If it isn't windy, I will probably ride anyway.
I wish I could get up earlier, but I work from home for an east-coast tech company and I work eastern hours. That gets me out in the afternoons, but that is when it is windy.
It wasn't too horrible but the wind tends to pick up in open space. I have had rides that I have had to lean a good 30 degrees into the wind to stay upright. It is more along the lines that I should have listened to my body and stayed home or rode on the platte trail.
I have never had that short of a ride where when I was finished my hands were shaking. *sigh*
Yeah, a crosswind makes you really tense. So much for holding the bars lightly...
So much for holding the bars lightly...
Sigh...I've been fighting this so far this year. The cold-ish temps make me clench up somewhat and then the swirling winds add to that. Result? A nagging shimmy on thw downhills.
On the upside - yesterday was relatively calm up here. I did Gap Rd. to Mtn Base down to 46, up to 119 and then back home. 16 miles with a much decreased, though still annoying wind.
Waiting for my computer to get back to telling me I average 15mph on rides.
Hey, I just stepped outside and there is not a bit of wind. Rain and snow, but no wind. I pick my bike up from the shop today with new bars on it and all my pro fit dialed in. I will be very tempted to ride it, unless the snow is accumulating.
The d*mned wind is still blowing in the mountains...:( looking at up to 10" of snow today too... :eek: this is getting a bit old
The d*mned wind is still blowing in the mountains...:( looking at up to 10" of snow today too... :eek: this is getting a bit old
Hey, the forecast for Sunday in Denver has low 60's and windspeeds of 1-2 MPH! I know it is too early to predict CO weather for Sunday, but fingers crossed.
Maybe you need to come down the hill for a day of cycling.
I am already packing the car :D
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