skinny

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neurocycler

Nice! I ride in Lethbridge, Canada with the local bike club, it's windy enough here that our club name is the Headwinds. But 60 mph seems a bit much...

lopsided

Looks like current weather for central Oklahoma.

Pharmr

winds here in west texas were at 55 this morning with gusts to 75+.....I thought about a ride heading west to break the land speed record, but the blowing dirt changed my mind!!!

TheKillerPenguin

nice. I rode in wind like that biking from Vegas to Death Valley via Pahrump. 50mph crosswiind on a heavily travelled road with a 6 inch shoulder. Trucks would go by and block the wind for a second causing us to fly into traffic

We took a cab after making it 8 miles. My bro got blown off his bike. Good times.

evictionsurplus

In DFW Texas today the sky was full of west Texas red dirt. I went on a very short ride. I started into the wind, turned around and I was outgeared by the wind. I was probably doing 30mph on flat land. It was great on the way home. The sky was surreal. The landscape was sepia-toned from all the dirt in the air. Dustbowl II!
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flipflop

Was gusting 45 thursday...

Got there 5 minutes early, got back 15 minutes later than normal!

slim_77

not if it is straight on your back!!

skinny

Found this story from last year:https://www.cyclingnews.com/news.php?...v06/nov14news2

"Paul Crake to undergo surgery in New Zealand
Australian cycling medallist and stair climbing champion, Paul Crake, 29, will undergo surgery in New Zealand's Christchurch Hospital after suffering spinal injuries in a crash during Saturday's stage of the Powernet Tour of Southland.

Crake was one of five cyclists blown off the road by a powerful wind gust as they headed into the final two kilometres of the 79 kilometre eighth stage from Te Anau to Lumsden. He was taken to the local hospital by ambulance and on Sunday flown by air ambulance to Christchurch.

Scans have revealed minor fractures to his C1 and C2 cervical vertebrae and dislocations of his T5 and T6 thoracic vertebrae. He also sustained numerous cuts and bruising. Doctors say it is too early to predict the full impact of his injuries but will operate to stabilise his cervical vertebrae and to pin and secure the T5 and T6 vertebrae.

ACT Cycling Federation President and competitive cyclist, Steve Blair, was by his teammate's side within moments of the crash occurring. "Two kilometres from the finish of the stage they came down a slight descent and it was just incredibly windy and they were caught by a gust and blown down the bank," said Blair. "Four riders got up but Paul didn't.

"Paul hit his back on a fence post at the bottom and lost consciousness for four or five minutes but when he came around he was quite lucid and all his vitals were good," he said. "The race doctor was on the scene really quickly and did all the right things to immobilise him and get him to hospital.

"Paul is fully aware of his situation and the nature of his injuries and his Mom and Dad are here along with friends to give him all the support he needs as he recovers from the surgery," said Mr Blair."

Be careful out there folks. Remember, crash on a bike and you could ride home in an ambulance.

stapfam

Several years ago I did a metric century in 50mph winds and rain. Horizontal rain into that headwind was not pleasant. I now do not pre-enter that ride as I wait for the Weather forecast.Well the ride is in October and I have to travel 120 miles to get to it. Mind you last year- It was a warm day at 65 degreesF and brilliant sun all day long.

patentcad

Not a Zipp 808 kinda day I suppose.

skinny

I stopped pre-registration years ago. You never know what's going to happen, and oddly, you never get your entry fee back, even if the ride is canceled.

I'm not sure what to think of these guys. Is it just me, or are these guys complete buffoons? Does this cross the line between responsible and irresponsible? Is this even good for the sport? Taken from another cycling news group/forum:

"This past Saturday, in 60 plus mph winds; N..., D... ,
J.... and I the "OK is OK" Perm. For a paltry 200k, here's a
brief bio of the ride:

In Celeste - mile 15 just as it started raining pretty hard I had a
rear blow out.

A few miles later the strong cross winds blew J... literally off the
road, he didn't fall (yet)

Ten miles later, J.... front wheel lodged into an uneven railroad
crossing, and he fell hard. Minimal bike damage (to a new carbon Felt
D... bought J... for Christmat), though J... got cut up.

Another ten miles later, the wind blew me into D.... My front wheel
caught his rear wheel, and according to J... who was directly behind
me, my bike violently shook as he thought I was going down hard. Due
to almost 45 years of bike handling skills, I used the wind and was
able to push off. Since J..... already had two mishaps, he ran
himself off the road on purpose in fear that I was able to fall and he
would have crashed right on top of me.

Although extremely windy, we made it over the beautiful bridge and
into the control in Achile.

Ten miles after leaving the control and about 5 miles before the red
river we saw what we thought was a cloud of smoke from a fire. What
we didnt' know at the time was we were ENTERING THE TWILIGHT ZONE.
J..... and N.... were 25 yards in front of me and they disappeared.
Once I entered it was immediately physically obvious it was the most
intense, painful sand storm I've ever seen. We later found out the
cross winds were blowing at 60-70 mph. The sand pelting the skin
literally made me cry. I had no idea how long it would last, so I
tried to ride through it. I could ride no faster than 3-4 mph. All I
could think was "God, don't let some idiot drive up from behind and
kill me". As J.... said, you couldn't see the white line on the
road, and barely could see your own front tire. What seemed like 30
minutes of constant pelting, and probably about 1 mile, I came upon
N.... on the side of the road. J..... was laying in a ditch. N....
and I quickly joined him. That gave no relief from the barrage of
pain. We laid in the ditch probably 30-45 minutes. A truck came by
and two monster figures came through the clouds and said "hey boys,
the sand storm ends in about 200 yards". So we pushed our way through
the rest of the storm and across the Red River.

By the way, has anyone ever seen WHITE CAPS on Red River. WE
DID !!!!!

We waited for D....., who walked his bike through the sand storm.
N.... and D.....' gears were so caked with sand they couldn't shift.
We limped 10 miles to the next control in Bonham. We cleaned up, if
that was possible as people looked at us as if we were aliens! People
told us the winds were gusting up there at 70mph. We believe
them !!!!

Well, all of us unbelievably finished the epic ride before the cut off
time. I was still trembeling when I got home and couldn't sleep until
4am. I had nightmares all night.

But you know what? I honestly got up Sunday morning, went to church
and began thinking about my next ride. I sent G.... an e-mail asking
to ride "El Caballo de Simon" this Saturday.

btw: I took my bike to Bikes Inc. yesterday and they said they were
going to have to take it completely apart to clean every component,
bearing, cable, etc...

I LOVE THIS SPORT..."

I like this:

"All I could think was "God, don't let some idiot drive up from behind and kill me"."

Ummm, who you callin' an idiot?

Mr.Mavic

I remember being out here durring the fall and going for a ride into 35-45 mph winds. That ride was so much fun! Sure, going 7 or 8 mph into the wind was depressing, but watching my friends lean so much into the cross wind was amazing, and so was going 35 w/ out any effort