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Road Cycling “It is by riding a bicycle that you learn the contours of a country best, since you have to sweat up the hills and coast down them. Thus you remember them as they actually are, while in a motor car only a high hill impresses you, and you have no such accurate remembrance of country you have driven through as you gain by riding a bicycle.” -- Ernest Hemingway

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Old 07-28-09, 03:30 PM
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Phil Ligget seems like a great guy, but
when he calls a 15 mph wind a light breeze, it drives me crazy.
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Old 07-28-09, 03:36 PM
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Its the Scotch talking.
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What is a 15mph wind? Light breeze seems like an appropriate description.
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15mph=Light Breeze.

You wimp.
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This is a light breeze

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Nah. It is a gale force wind.
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Originally Posted by DataJunkie
Nah. It is a gale force wind.
Hellacious headwind.
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Old 07-28-09, 04:06 PM
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tailwind - 15 mph = light breeze
headwind - 15 mph = strong winds
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Originally Posted by ImaPoser
tailwind - 15 mph = light breeze
headwind - 15 mph = strong winds
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Originally Posted by wf_mike
when he calls a 15 mph wind a light breeze, it drives me crazy.
you obviously know nothing about quality commentating, amongst other things.
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15mph is light...atleast in west texas
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Originally Posted by botto
you obviously know nothing about quality commentating, amongst other things.

And you obviously know nothing...period
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I brought enough for everybody.
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Originally Posted by wf_mike
And you obviously know nothing...period
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Originally Posted by wf_mike
And you obviously know nothing...period
Great comeback

Phil is a bit of a legend. 15mph winds, whilst not inconsiderable are far from bad. Talk to me when most of your rides involve a 25mph+ headwind. Seems to be my experience at the moment.
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15 mph is categorized as a "moderate breeze" on the Beaufort scale.
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Originally Posted by cyclefreaksix
15mph=Light Breeze.

You wimp.
No doubt.

15mph = jacks to open here in texas.

htfu
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According to this chart (the Beaufort Scale), 15 mph is a Moderate Breeze. 25 mph is a Strong Breeze.



Edit: Took too long to find the original pic, VA Cyclist beat me to it.
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15+mph is when you go from "Tapping out a rhythm" to "Dancing on the pedals" over 20mph and you have to "Dance a Tango"

Over 30 mph and you'd better open your "Suitcase of courage"
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i thought i had shut the suitcase of courage until next summer.

thanks, mongo.
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Old 07-28-09, 06:10 PM
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Would that be the Fred's "Suitcase of courage":



... or the try-athlete's "Pain Cave"?:

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Originally Posted by ok_commuter
i thought i had shut the suitcase of courage until next summer.

thanks, mongo.

VO2 Max Airlines lost my suitcase of courage on my last flight to Anaerobia...
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Originally Posted by DScott
VO2 Max Airlines lost my suitcase of courage on my last flight to Anaerobia...
Is that because the elastic has snapped?
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Originally Posted by haimtoeg
Is that because the elastic has snapped?
Pretty much after the heads of state had started to turn the pedals with mild annoyance, the riders getting a bit twitchy even...
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i miss him already. so. much.

remember when he talked about stealing soap? :weepy:
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