Out and about this lunch time. Up a hill at 25mph, turned round,
standing on the pedals struggling to maintain 9mph down hill!
No doubt the wind will have turned by the time I go home, making it
hard work all the way.
PhilD
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"PhilD" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Out and about this lunch time. Up a hill at 25mph, turned round,
standing on the pedals struggling to maintain 9mph down hill!No doubt the wind will have turned by the time I go home, making it
hard work all the way.At least it's a warm wind - no chilly north easterlies.
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"PhilD" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Out and about this lunch time. Up a hill at 25mph, turned round,
standing on the pedals struggling to maintain 9mph down hill!No doubt the wind will have turned by the time I go home, making it
hard work all the way.PhilD
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'Twas ever thusTrevor A Panther
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England, United Kingdom.
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PhilD said:
Out and about this lunch time. Up a hill at 25mph, turned round,
standing on the pedals struggling to maintain 9mph down hill!No doubt the wind will have turned by the time I go home, making it
hard work all the way.PhilD
I've noticed the same here in Ipswich (apparently the only place in East
Anglia *with* significant hills).Alex
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"PhilD" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Out and about this lunch time. Up a hill at 25mph, turned round,
standing on the pedals struggling to maintain 9mph down hill!No doubt the wind will have turned by the time I go home, making it
hard work all the way.PhilD
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Same here in Lincoln and it`s getting stronger, but at least I`ve no hills
on my route! (who does turn the wind before hometime ? )Colin N.
Lincolnshire is mostly flat, but...the wind is mostly in my face
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"PhilD" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Out and about this lunch time. Up a hill at 25mph, turned round,
standing on the pedals struggling to maintain 9mph down hill!No doubt the wind will have turned by the time I go home, making it
hard work all the way.When I read the header I thought the subject was going to be about the
expelation of air from the anus!Alan
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Alan Holmes said:
"PhilD" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Out and about this lunch time. Up a hill at 25mph, turned round,
standing on the pedals struggling to maintain 9mph down hill!No doubt the wind will have turned by the time I go home, making it
hard work all the way.When I read the header I thought the subject was going to be about the
expelation of air from the anus!Alan
Ditto, when I saw the title I started thinking about beans, boiled
cabbage and guiness.Surely self produced wind is a help?
laters,
Marz
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Colin Nelson said:
Same here in Lincoln and it`s getting stronger, but at least I`ve no hills
on my route! (who does turn the wind before hometime ? )I came to a virtual standstill on Waterloo Bridge this after, not helped
by the sail aka bag on the front of the Brommie.--
Tony"The best way I know of to win an argument is to start by being in the
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Mr R@t (2.30 zulu-india) said:
I've noticed the same here in Ipswich (apparently the only
place in East Anglia *with* significant hills).there's Witnesham (4 miles north, up Westerfield Rd) which throws 2
'biggies' into my commute ... -
Try BiSoDol, or Windeze, or any other medication with simethicone ;-)
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Alan Holmes said:
When I read the header I thought the subject was going to be about the
expelation of air from the anus!Rocket propulsion is of course an advantage on a bike.
So why would he have talked of "suffering"?--
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Rocket propulsion is of course an advantage on a bike.
So why would he have talked of "suffering"?Maybe he was on a recumbent.
Or stoker on a tandem.
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Mark, UK
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