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    • CommentAuthorNIK
    • CommentTimeOct 8th 2008
     
    i'm doing a lot of riding in open countryside, and the wind is quite strong. just wondering what best tactic is, do i try and power through it to build my legs so over time it becomes difficult, or do i just flick down a gear and spin through it?
    • CommentAuthorFesterban
    • CommentTimeOct 8th 2008
     
    hahaha!

    Was just thinking about writing a thread like this. I almost got blown sideways in front of an oncoming bus earlier, it was proper scary :neutral:
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      CommentAuthoroverdrive
    • CommentTimeOct 8th 2008
     
    Just make yourself small.Try and curl up into a ball on the bike but make sure you look up every now and again for oncoming tractors.OOOH AHHH.
    • CommentAuthorNIK
    • CommentTimeOct 8th 2008
     
    hmmm, making myself small, i shall try this next time, but at 6ft 2 and a bit this maybe difficult.

    also on a side note, what roads can u use and more to the point which ones cant u use in USA, am cycling acroos it in summer and am starting my route planning soon.
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      CommentAuthorUr-Ma
    • CommentTimeOct 10th 2008
     
    if you cant make yourself small make yourself narrow... think of your chest as the main sail that catches wind so bring your hands to the center of the bars and try and create a spoil (disturbance) for the wind which make it softer to cycle at...
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    And open your elbows, so that the wind flows through and under your armpits.
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      CommentAuthorredrum
    • CommentTimeOct 10th 2008
     
    walk
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    Or just HTFU.
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      CommentAuthorShedhead
    • CommentTimeOct 10th 2008
     
    Ride backwards so the wind's at your back
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    "open your elbows, so that the wind flows through"

    So that's what you were doing the other day when you looked like a spastic duck trying to take flight.
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    I am a sitting duck.
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    Git rid of the deep v's. I was riding my road bike's front wheel yesterday and I couldn't belive what a difference a shallow rim makes in the wind.
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      CommentAuthorwill
    • CommentTimeOct 11th 2008
     
    on a similar theme am I the only one to find that farting is a lot trickier on fixed than on freewheel?
    • CommentAuthorJP
    • CommentTimeOct 11th 2008 edited
     
    You've got to coordinate the fart with a slight elevation of the buttocks from the saddle and time the pedal stroke with the squeeze for a satisfying experience...
    I farted in some roadies face the other day, he overtook me agressively so I pulled in front and let loose with the tail gun... A nice juicy, curry fueled corker! :bigsmile:
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    @Nhatt
    That's why you don't see Glasgow couriers with spoke cards in their front wheels.
    • CommentAuthorNIK
    • CommentTimeOct 11th 2008
     
    no deep v's on any of my bikes. am doing a small ride tomorrow bout 25 miles so will c how these techniques work out.

    thanks for the advice
    NIK
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      CommentAuthorwinston
    • CommentTimeOct 12th 2008
     
    What you wear is one of the most important factors, there's a reason the pros don't ride around in hoodies....
    • CommentAuthorNIK
    • CommentTimeOct 12th 2008
     
    when i do my proper training am in full lycra, + bag with books, labcoat and general stuff in it, cos i do training on way to uni
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      CommentAuthorGertie
    • CommentTimeOct 12th 2008
     
    An old family story has it that great aunt Margaret cycled from Treorchy to Mountain Ash - up out of the valley and down into the next one- to have tea with a friend, into a vicious head wind all the way. After a lovely cuppa and a good gossip with her friend she popped into the Chapel before heading home, and after asking our lord to look out for her friends and family she prayed "Lord, I don't often ask for things for myself, but that vicious wind on the way here almost killed me. Please oh please could you change the direction of the wind"
    And the good lord in his beneficence did change the wind around. So on the way home my great-aunt rode all the way into ...

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