Wind Advisory for the Bay Area Tomorrow.
04-15-09, 08:19 AM
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No riding for me yesterday, but we alternated between hail, rain and sun during my kids' swim team practice at Dougherty HS in San Ramon yesterday around 5. Windy enough that the kickboards wouldn't stay on the deck - they just blew away.
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04-15-09, 08:27 AM
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Those pictures are awesome - if they were taken in the vicinity of a bike you should really take a moment to post them in the "cool pix you've taken while cycling" thread on the Road forum. It's one of those few constant threads that is a source of inspiration in that forum.
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04-15-09, 10:09 AM
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I made it halfway to work, then my inner ear started giving me the business, so I limped back to Mountain View Light Rail and took it back home and called in sick.
So I didn't ride yesterday past about Sierra Vista and Middlefield. But the volume of debris out there today is most impressive.
So I didn't ride yesterday past about Sierra Vista and Middlefield. But the volume of debris out there today is most impressive.
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04-15-09, 10:40 AM
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I aborted a training ride up the coast after about 10 miles. The head wind was so brutal that I was in the drops on the small chain wheel struggling on the rolling down hills! The quartering gusts then would push me all over the road. The wind noise was near deafening riding into the gusts.
I turned around to head back to Santa Cruz and instantly everything became eerily quiet as I spun out in my top gear even on the rolling up hills being pushed by a 35-45 mph tail wind.
I turned around to head back to Santa Cruz and instantly everything became eerily quiet as I spun out in my top gear even on the rolling up hills being pushed by a 35-45 mph tail wind.
04-15-09, 12:56 PM
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No kidding... My friend and I rode Page Mill Rd to skyline and back yesterday evening, at about 6pm. Pretty wild conditions on the way up and a rather chilly descent. Still better than watching TV!
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