Originally Posted by
woodway
You gentlemen need to perform a backbone check. A little wind and you jump in your cars? Hah - I spit at the wind (well only if its a tailwind
). I slogged down the Sammamish River Trail this morning averaging about 12MPH - dropping to near zero when the gusts hit. I normally maintain a 20MPH pace down the trail.
When the wind gusts are strong enough to blow me into traffic (or traffic into me!), I pack it in for the day. Novelty Hill and Avondale Rd. are really dangerous when the gusts are up over 35mph. Novelty Hill gets littered with tree branches, which means swerving traffic not paying attention to who might be on the shoulder in front of or next to them. Avondale is high traffic, lots of trucks/trailers, and not much room to manouver in a few spots. No place to go if the wind blows somebody's trailer at you.
