Originally Posted by
corrado33
I have evidence for not believing the high wind claims here.
Here are videos from the cape town cycle tour in march of this year.
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Seriously, go there and watch the videos. The bikers are LITERALLY getting blown off their bikes.
Now, let's check the weather history for that day in cape town.
https://www.wunderground.com/history...ic=&reqdb.wmo=
Max wind gust of 39 MPH hu? Interesting. Even if wunderground doesn't have the best data... race organizers guessed 60 MPH wind... max.
I'm calling BS to the "I biked in 50-60-100 MPH wind" tales above.
That clip has been covered, look at the tall builds... ever been in down town Chicago? The micro burst of winds are insane when the wind comes off the lake and hit those buildings. I watch a woman get lifted off her feet and blown down; but to check the wind speed for the city on that day and you'd never see report that would justify winds that powerful.
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