http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Tag: yuck - Recent Posts en Wed, 13 May 2026 01:52:34 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8363#post-83835 Fri, 07 Sep 2012 12:28:37 +0000 Dave 83835@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@LB: I thought an upright escort bike would be better for pulling into the wind! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8363#post-83830 Fri, 07 Sep 2012 11:49:32 +0000 Darkerside 83830@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>On Tuesday I averaged just under 50kph on the flat coming down the coastal road towards Helensburgh. Stonking tailwind - I'm pretty sure a similar feat could have been achieved on a shopping trolley. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8363#post-83826 Fri, 07 Sep 2012 11:39:34 +0000 LaidBack 83826@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Weather ideal for lower things tho.... at least one forumer now has a fairing on a trike. </p> <p>8mph - that couldn't have been on the Raptobike then? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8363#post-83817 Fri, 07 Sep 2012 11:08:43 +0000 Dave 83817@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>8mph on canal to Ratho, 22mph on the way back (on the clear bits between bridges, obviously).</p> <p>Strava 2nd place without going faster than walking speed around the corners so I think a 'safe' ride could crack the KOM :) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8363#post-83795 Fri, 07 Sep 2012 09:35:59 +0000 cb 83795@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yesterday's wind gave me a 9mph advantage on the way home eastbound on part of my route.</p> <p>I was breaking the speed limit by 5mph, but the car ahead was still gaining on me. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8363#post-83783 Fri, 07 Sep 2012 08:54:48 +0000 fimm 83783@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I didn't think it was too bad.<br /> On Wednesday I took the slightly longer route home and still managed to average 29km/h!!! I think there might have been a bit of a tailwind... (I was on the road bike, not the Brompton, before anyone asks...) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8363#post-83729 Thu, 06 Sep 2012 19:06:39 +0000 gembo 83729@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Not so bad tonight as Monday but then I came up WOL path at a lick a I was racing nice chap on MTB. As I said to him when I took the stps and he was headed to the end, I wouldn't have kept up if we ad swapped bikes </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8363#post-83727 Thu, 06 Sep 2012 18:13:31 +0000 LivM 83727@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>We'll be coming up to the <a href="http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/reports/philip-eden/Ex-hurricanes-blow-our-way.htm">equinoctial gales</a> soon... :) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8363#post-83721 Thu, 06 Sep 2012 16:24:02 +0000 Baldcyclist 83721@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Has it been anything other than windy this week? Monday seemed especially bad on the mute home. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8363#post-83718 Thu, 06 Sep 2012 15:33:12 +0000 minus six 83718@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>i went over FRB at around 1pm, some hefty gusts whipping round the towers.</p> <p>45mph winds not so good on the carbon whippet. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8363#post-83717 Thu, 06 Sep 2012 15:13:48 +0000 Instography 83717@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>... gusting to 40mph.</p> <p>Due to fade slightly in the evening. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8363#post-83712 Thu, 06 Sep 2012 14:51:23 +0000 chdot 83712@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Full-on headwind over the moor to West Linton. Rain at The Borders border too. </p> <p>Nice soup and scone in WL. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8363#post-83689 Thu, 06 Sep 2012 12:41:06 +0000 crowriver 83689@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>That's a bit of an understatement. </p> <p>More than a tad blowy, I would say. 23mph gusting to...? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8363#post-83677 Thu, 06 Sep 2012 11:51:21 +0000 lionfish 83677@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The forecast this morning said something about gales this afternoon?</p> <p><a href="http://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/abs/Weathercam/station/hour.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/abs/Weathercam/station/hour.html</a></p> <p>(edit: that might have been for the highlands though, met office says nothing about it).</p> <p>(edit 2: 24-hours looks nicer... <a href="http://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/abs/Weathercam/station/24hours.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/abs/Weathercam/station/24hours.html</a> ) </p>