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Colin Blackburn said:

It was bloody windy in Durham last night. I set off cycling home and it was okay to start with,
but at about the half way stage the gusts were so severe that I ended up walking the last 2 miles.
Even that was difficult with the bike being caught by every gust. Do recumbent bikes fair any
better or would a trike have been the only answer?

A 'bent will be better into a headwind according to just how reclined it is, simply from the
better aero of laying lower. But those festive sideways gusts you get from sideroads are still a
problem. Being lower you're not quite so easy to topple over, but a trike would certainly be
better than a bike.

It's not the only solution though. I was in town on the Brompton last night, about to head home into
the teeth of the wind. A friend with a car offered me a lift, so I said yes, folded up the bike, and
off we went!

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Colin Blackburn said:

It was bloody windy in Durham last night. I set off cycling home and it was okay to start with, but
at about the half way stage the gusts were so severe that I ended up walking the last 2 miles.

It was not that bad here, but it was very annoying that yesterday I travelled about 24 miles into
the wind and about none back the other way, using the train for that journey. And I had to fight it
again this morning
- it seemed pretty strong. If it's died down by home time I shall be POed.
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Colin Blackburn said:

It was bloody windy in Durham last night. I set off cycling home and it was okay to start with, but
at about the half way stage the gusts were so severe that I ended up walking the last 2 miles.

It was not that bad here, but it was very annoying that yesterday I travelled about 24 miles into
the wind and about none back the other way, using the train for that journey. And I had to fight it
again this morning
- it seemed pretty strong. If it's died down by home time I shall be POed.
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Colin Blackburn said:

It was bloody windy in Durham last night. I set off cycling home and it was okay to start with, but
at about the half way stage the gusts were so severe that I ended up walking the last 2 miles.

It was not that bad here, but it was very annoying that yesterday I travelled about 24 miles into
the wind and about none back the other way, using the train for that journey. And I had to fight it
again this morning
- it seemed pretty strong. If it's died down by home time I shall be POed.
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Colin Blackburn said:

It was bloody windy in Durham last night. I set off cycling home and it was okay to start with, but
at about the half way stage the gusts were so severe that I ended up walking the last 2 miles.

It was not that bad here, but it was very annoying that yesterday I travelled about 24 miles into
the wind and about none back the other way, using the train for that journey. And I had to fight it
again this morning
- it seemed pretty strong. If it's died down by home time I shall be POed.
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Colin Blackburn:

Quoted message said:

It was bloody windy in Durham last night. I set off cycling home and it was okay to start with,
but at about the half way stage the gusts were so severe that I ended up walking the last 2 miles.
Even that was difficult with the bike being caught by every gust. Do recumbent bikes fair any
better or would a trike have been the only answer?

Colin

It might save you from most of the sideways gusts, but even a trike isn't necesarily the answer...
the seat can be remarkably sail-like in the wind...

liz

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Peter Clinch <[email hidden]> wrote: ( ... But those festive ) sideways gusts you get from
sideroads are still a problem. ...

Ah. I've yet to be blown off an upright, but I have been blown about five yards sideways crossing a
sidestreet. Fortunately it was leftwards, and probably frightened the pedestrian on the pavement who
found me heading straight at him marginally more than it disconcerted me.

In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden] says...

Quoted message said:

A 'bent will be better into a headwind according to just how reclined it is, simply from the
better aero of laying lower. But those festive sideways gusts you get from sideroads are still a
problem. Being lower you're not quite so easy to topple over, but a trike would certainly be
better than a bike.

It's not the only solution though. I was in town on the Brompton last night, about to head home
into the teeth of the wind. A friend with a car offered me a lift, so I said yes, folded up the
bike, and off we went!

:-) And, if I had been on my Brompton last night I could have stopped at
a bus stop and gone the last couple of miles on a bus. I could of course have tried to take my
tourer on a bus but I don't think I'd have been let on.

Colin

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Quoted message said:

Colin Blackburn said:

It was bloody windy in Durham last night. I set off cycling home and it was okay to start
with, but at about the half way stage the gusts were so severe that I ended up walking the
last 2 miles.

It was not that bad here, but it was very annoying that yesterday I travelled about 24 miles into
the wind and about none back the other way, using the train for that journey. And I had to fight
it again this morning
- it seemed pretty strong. If it's died down by home time I shall be POed.

Is there and echo in here or am I just hearing quadruple??

David Damerell <[email hidden]> wrote:

[the wind]

Quoted message said:

If it's died down by home time I shall be POed.

Prepare to be PO'd - Sod's Law, and all that. There'll either be no wind at all or a real stinker
of a headwind :-) It's a bit blowy[1] here at the moment, but at least it's sunny and relatively
mild[2] with it. I'm not on the bike today, though.

Simon

[1] - 25-30mph gusts - I've seen worse, usually whilst trying to stop the fence in by back garden
from taking flight across the village ;-)
[2] - 9C, according to amp.york.ac.ukweather.htmlOpen ↗

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Quoted message said:

Colin Blackburn said:

It was bloody windy in Durham last night. I set off cycling home and it was okay to start with,
but at about the half way stage the gusts were so severe that I ended up walking the last 2
miles.

It was not that bad here, but it was very annoying that yesterday I travelled about 24 miles
into the wind and about none back the other

way,

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

using the train for that journey. And I had to fight it again this

morning

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

- it seemed pretty strong. If it's died down by home time I shall be

POed.

Quoted message said:

Is there and echo in here or am I just hearing quadruple??

Surely it's just a problem with your newsreading software 🙂

Tony W said:

"David Damerell" <[email hidden]> wrote in message

Quoted message said:

It was not that bad here, but it was very annoying that yesterday I travelled about 24 miles into
the wind and about none back the other way, using the train for that journey. And I had to fight
it again this morning
- it seemed pretty strong. If it's died down by home time I shall be POed.

Is there and echo in here or am I just hearing quadruple??

Apparently so. Chiark's inews reports things as not posted, but they have been. I'll look suitably
sheepish now.
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