Hi Leonard - I was moaning about riding into the wind to a very experienced cycling friend of mine Wilf - he said - "don't let it bother you just put your head down and drop down a cog - don't try and fight it" - very simple advice but it really has helped me riding this winter. Thanks for the videos.

@eilrach299

4 жыл бұрын

Sound advice!

@jollygoodvelo

4 жыл бұрын

Good advice indeed.

The Wind; No Rhyme or Reason. You just have to Learn it, Live it, Love it!!

@jollygoodvelo

4 жыл бұрын

Exactly.

My partner now understands why I hate the wind. Cheers Leonard x

Greetings and salutations from across the pond! As always great video. Keep pedaling my friend! Even into the wind.

@jollygoodvelo

4 жыл бұрын

Let’s hope it’s behind us at some point.

Such an awesome subject for a video. Here in NYC, two things that always happen. (1) Weather forecast is always wrong, and (2) head wind on your way out changes direction with you as you head back and remains an annoying head wind throughout the entire ride.

This was a smart useful video. Thank you.

@jollygoodvelo

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching.

Now I have been on the Bike for 7-8 years now. I an kinda know everything your talking about in your vids.. But yet still here I am every time watching it anyway. Love your work keep it up =)

@jollygoodvelo

4 жыл бұрын

Glad to have you along with us.

@AndrewBlucher

4 жыл бұрын

Its good to hear it again, it solidifies your knowledge. We don't all agree on everything, and we have different experiences, but we are all cyclists. Leonard's vids are like the after-ride chat over coffee. Great work Leonard.

The bicycling gods, or wind gods, or somebody smiled on me today: My outward-bound ride (always uphill) was straight into a headwind. Returning home was downhill with a tailwind. Such things happen so rarely, I must celebrate them. But the wind will be in my face - both ways - again, soon. Alas. Great video, Leonard! No vegan cheese for me, thanks.

@jollygoodvelo

4 жыл бұрын

Tailwind and down hill. You were blessed that day.

I always look forward to watching your videos... Greetings from Melbourne....take care out there...cheers

@jollygoodvelo

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Javier. Love Melbourne.

Sound advice. Here in the NC mountains the winds are literally every direction depending on which hollow you’re passing. I’ve been hit by strong gusts from all four sides in a quarter mile distance. Not riding during midday hours helps if you’re on a road bike which can get perilous but with an MTB and a bit of planning I can use it to brake without touching the levers, sort of like an exhaust brake on a large truck ( lorry). May the wind be always at your back !

@jollygoodvelo

4 жыл бұрын

And you, Randy.

I cycle about 50kms 3 times a week and this is how I do it. I do a circuit from my home in Swords, County Dublin into Dublin City and back again by way of Clontarf, Howth, Sutton, Portmarnock, Malahide and back to Swords again. But, if the wind is blowing a particular way, I do the same circuit, but this time in reverse. This works brilliantly for me. Those head winds for 40 odd kms are soul destroying and eat away at your energy. I've done it many times and it's a killer. Thanks for another great vid from you. I really like them.

@jollygoodvelo

4 жыл бұрын

That’s a great strategy.

I use to cycle around built up areas when it was to windy like city center cycling early morning great video as usual very helpful I’m looking to get back into cycling soon

@jollygoodvelo

3 жыл бұрын

Good luck getting back on it.

@yorkshireman6650

3 жыл бұрын

@@jollygoodvelo thank you and had soon i can get bike I’ll be filming it thank you for your help and advice 👍👍

Living near the coast of the Netherlands wind is always a factor. As you said before we don’t have hills but are more than enough compensated with wind. Great video as always.

@jollygoodvelo

4 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it.

Hi Leonard, great vid as usual, hate cycling into a headwind so if the weather is windy I just go out and ride and dont stick to a set route and use the wind to my advantage set up Kamoot and off I go, always remembering i will at some point have to cycle into it but if it's well planned you can minimise its impact.

@jollygoodvelo

4 жыл бұрын

But you will have to ride into it at some point, I suppose.

yeah thoughtful video. thanks. unfortunately I live on the Northumberland Coast! lovely going out hell coming back!

@jollygoodvelo

4 жыл бұрын

Same here in Hampshire.

I love the wind! A good gauge for stamina and strength.

@jollygoodvelo

4 жыл бұрын

Thats putting a very positive spin on it.

Nice gag about the typhoid. Gonna use that today lol

Great, humorous, informative video. As I live on Cape Cod I face similar conditions on every ride and find your tips helpful. Riding the Cape Cod Canal path ( 15 miles roundtrip)can be 22 mph downwind and a heartbreaker at 8-9 mph coming back. Also, your advice to ride in wooded areas is great advice. The crazy windy days I ride through the lowland cranberry bogs with heavy vegetation and it makes wind negligible. I find the biggest aid to be riding a recumbent ( trike or 2 wheeler) as positioning really decreases wind resistance and of course the tight fitting Lycra suits and only weighing 170 lbs!

@jollygoodvelo

4 жыл бұрын

A few people have said that wind effect should be less on a recumbent. It’s interesting to hear you view, Mark.

@markfeldman6509

4 жыл бұрын

leonardmlee .... having ridden a conventional DF for years before transitioning to a long wheel base recumbent then to Catrikes I can really attest to the ease of riding in heavy winds on any recumbent , especially a trike.

Got to love that tailwind though.

Same weather here in NL for the past weeks, such a bummer. I've got my hopes up for tomorrow. Planning to do a 4Bft headwind start and have a nice tailwind as reward on the way back. At least it *should* be dry for a few hours in the morning ... Keep up the good work, much appreciated

@jollygoodvelo

4 жыл бұрын

I’ll keep my fingers crossed for you.

@CanyonWanderer

4 жыл бұрын

@@jollygoodvelo Many thanks, just saw the 4Bft winds got upgraded to 6Bft .. might as well go anyway and see what happens, more than 1 month of sitting inside somehow gets to you ... We'll see. Anyway: many thanks and enjoying your videos whatever the weaether !

@jollygoodvelo

4 жыл бұрын

Codefoto Good luck.

Great video m8 I been out to work every night and i recently found out lighter bikes handle badly against the wind so if you got a heavier bike that can help you keep it straight and steady not fun tho to be in a headwind and only fools and horses bit was funny lol

@jollygoodvelo

4 жыл бұрын

Heavy has its advantages.

Great informative video Leonard - chapeau my friend

@jollygoodvelo

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks John

That My Windsock website looks useful, thanks for telling us about it👍👍

@jollygoodvelo

4 жыл бұрын

It’s great, isn’t it. I’ve just discovered the virtual ride feature that is fantastic.

The reason why road bicyclists don't like wind is that they base their rides on length instead of time. You need to have a heart rate monitor and a timer, and then base your ride upon time and effort, not distance. Leave the odometer at home. And then windy rides become the most enjoyable rides, because you're basing your ride on effort and not by distance covered. Too many cyclists get obsessed with x miles.

@jollygoodvelo

4 жыл бұрын

That’s a very clever strategy.

One of my regular rides is an out and back route. When its windy, I swear it's a headwind in both directions. I've leaned to live with it and look at it as a little extra leg work, especially since it's a pretty flat route. Can't really do much to change it, just adapt and keep going.

@jollygoodvelo

4 жыл бұрын

Probably is a headwind in both directions. I’m sure it follows us at times.

If I want to explain basics to my seven years old son I just play your videos. Keep up the good work. GCN is charging fortune to ride with them, would pay the same to ride with you mate. Greetings from Ireland.

@jollygoodvelo

4 жыл бұрын

I’ve been invited to ride over in The South of France with the Pyrenees.cc and they have extended the invitation to the viewers of the channel. If you would like to join us give them a shout.

You must have a lot of spare cameras Leonard because you keep leaving them in hedges ;)

@jollygoodvelo

4 жыл бұрын

I do go back and collect them! Thankfully I haven’t had one stolen or crushed under the wheel of a car yet.

@Violetsafari

4 жыл бұрын

That is funny 😀🤣

After have bought watt pedals my hate of headwind not the same. I ride on watt instead of speed then and do myself small as a bullet and can have quite good speed to. Great video!

@jollygoodvelo

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks.

Fun video. Also been hit by the storms here in SE which has made for hard graft. Hedgerows and buildings can be good shelter but watch out for gaps, sudden gusts can move even us big boys which on the road can be dangerous. It interesting how different people ride in the wind. I see many friends with a death grip on the bars which in my experience just makes things worse

@jollygoodvelo

4 жыл бұрын

A light grip and a relaxed position works wonders in the wind. Look at the tress: the flexible ones stay upright while the solid ones get blown over.

@rivergladesgardenrailroad8834

4 жыл бұрын

Indeed Leonard

You were lucky*. We over here in Sweden had the same storms, but partly with below freezing temps... (*Could not resist... ;) ) You make darn nice videos, btw. Please do keep them coming!

@jollygoodvelo

4 жыл бұрын

The temperature is starting to drop here now too.

We have a rule of thumb when flying, a tailwind will never equal a headwind. There is always a crosswind component that steals tailwind energy. Great vid!

@jollygoodvelo

4 жыл бұрын

That’s interesting but sad to know that a tail wind will never give you the same push.

Those weight weenies with their ultra-light bikes suffer double (especially with high rims) . My bike is pretty sturdy with low rims and I weigh it down myself so I'm good and stable (although aerodynamically challenged like a brick)... except for side wind gusts which almost blew me straight into the canal the other day.. scary stuff. But yes, the downwind part did give me some strava segment PR's and just pretty cool high speeds (50+Kph woohoo)

@jollygoodvelo

4 жыл бұрын

It’s swings and roundabouts. More stable being heavy but more of a sail because of being bigger.

One of the early (as in 1970's) American bike advocates, Tom Cuthbertson, wrote a book called Bike Tripping which has an entire chapter on wind. He also had a now outdated repair book (Anybody's Bike Book) as well as one called My Lawnmower Hates Me, all published by Phil Woods' (he of the eponymous sealed bearing hubs and bbs) Ten-Speed Press.

@jollygoodvelo

4 жыл бұрын

Love the My Lawn mower Hates Me title.

Hi! Just one ride for me so far. And it was in a strong wind. Very fast ride with the tail wind and a good workout back home ( is that a wind wind sitution ? ) Maybe not funny, but i like your humor. Have a nice day!

@jollygoodvelo

4 жыл бұрын

Wind wind. Made me laugh!

Living in South Florida when the winds are 20 to 30 mph it's not fun at all. Also dangerous I just skip windy days.

@davidm793

4 жыл бұрын

Ty Rou yep...l headwind or tailwind happy.... but sidewinds/gusts are indeed dangerous. That said, your warm wind will be better than my nw of england wind:)

my imaginary cycling buddies are all too happy to shelter me from the wind, and i happily reciprocate once they're tired! :)

@jollygoodvelo

4 жыл бұрын

Let’s hope you wear them out soon!

Second comment! As always, love your vids mate 👍

@jollygoodvelo

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Greg. Not sure it was quite the second comment but thanks for taking the time to write something.

@marksimpson1670

4 жыл бұрын

Better luck next time Greg🤪😂👍

@FNQ_BEES

4 жыл бұрын

Dammit... pipped during typing apparently!

I put on about a stone and a half this winter, and boy, cycling into a 20 mph head wind really depletes ones energy, far more than climbing up a steep gradient. I once cycled from the UK to Copenhagen and for two and half weeks rode into a mercilessly strong and unrelenting head wind. I took one look at that Pont du Normandy when I was cycling home to catch the ferry once and decided tp use the Caen port instead of Le Harve as those brigdes are a nightmare, having once crossed the Loire at its estaury ...never again !

@jollygoodvelo

4 жыл бұрын

That ride sounds like one long massive slog. I bet you were glad when you got there.

hi leonard and good afternoon from gale swept yorkshire, been out on bike this morning and gave up after 30mins and got blown home, by the way, next time your up this way, room and food in our home free of charge mate, would not have got back into biking without your inspiration,

@jollygoodvelo

4 жыл бұрын

Thank Eric. You are brave going out for even 30 minutes. I should be up in May/ June time. Would be good to meet up.

Nice video! The first few times I rode in wind I couldn't figure out why I was struggling so much, as I had transitioned to cycling from running, so there always seemed to be a stiff headwind. In general, I ride a specific route as I know approximately how long it will take, and if wind makes me work a bit harder, so be it. That said, when I plan longer rides, I do take wind into account and do what you suggest...start with the headwind and get a boost with the tailwind on the return part of the loop.

@jollygoodvelo

4 жыл бұрын

I was wondering how wind effects runners.

@jaydesimone4297

4 жыл бұрын

@@jollygoodvelo There's an effect but it's nowhere nearly as noticeable as being on a bike. Generally for runners the headwind is nice for cooling purposes.

For me headwinds aren't as terrible as sidewinds... they are dangerous, the headwinds just means it uncomfortable, sidewinds, by contrast, are rather dangerous. Built up areas are a pain, yesterday I turned a corner and I was blown into the street, luckily the Dutch are used to it, it meant I hadn't an accident because the car made an emergency stop...

@jollygoodvelo

4 жыл бұрын

What the Netherlands lacks in hills it makes up for in wind. There’s a reason why they have a lot of windmills.

That's why I want to invest in an E-bike...Those damn windy days....Hills too. 😝

@jollygoodvelo

4 жыл бұрын

I have yet to try an e-bike but I like the purer challenge of myself against the climbs and occasionally, the wind.

Sails made me laugh, I’m a bloody parachute.

@jollygoodvelo

4 жыл бұрын

Pretty much the same thing!

@thomashenkler4969

4 жыл бұрын

I think of my midsection more like a wind deflector that is mounted on the cab of a truck.

if it were not for having to ride with cars on the road I think more of us would like to try recumbent bikes which I suppose are less affect by headwind.

@jollygoodvelo

4 жыл бұрын

Lower profile, less wind!

My dayly 20 takes me uphill when I'm fresh, headwind on the way back. So I tend to use the wind to burnout my legs. Trying to keep my steelframed 47c tire above 19mph in a headwind, is making noticable differance in fitness.

@jollygoodvelo

4 жыл бұрын

That’s still a pretty respectable average speed.

@dominicwalker9947

4 жыл бұрын

@@jollygoodvelo have you heard of channel's Luescher Teknik or Hambini? Thought you may find their content entertaining and informative. Hambini's a bit on the mouthy side, but he's young. As well, he knows his stuff. Another I found good was OZ cycle.

@jollygoodvelo

4 жыл бұрын

I’ve heard of Hanbini but not the others. From what I’ve seen of his content, he’s a bit to technical and engineering based for my taste.

@dominicwalker9947

4 жыл бұрын

@@jollygoodvelo Totally get that. The other two less so. They keep these big names honest, is why I brought them up. I like your content. The english towns and countryside are great backdrops.

@hansdegroot8549

4 жыл бұрын

19 mph in a headwind? I am happy when I have an average of 19 kmh overall.

Left my house this morning for a ride along the regular route hit strong head winds pretty much from the off it didn't stop until halfway through the ride 10 miles in I'm not that fit and and wanted to turn around 2 miles in it was a slog and demoralising putting so much effort in and not going anywhere I've been in head winds before never for that long

Hills are my nemesis and challenge but at least going up them in a head wind the hill itself helps blunt the wind. The hill can be your friend in that case😃!

@jollygoodvelo

4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely.

07:12 I have never found anyone large enough to draft me but I can draft 5 at a time 😂

@jollygoodvelo

4 жыл бұрын

Same here!

At 72 living in Idaho in the spring time the always blows.wind in your face It 's the best way to start a ride

@jollygoodvelo

4 жыл бұрын

Certainly bracing if nothing else.

I live in the (north) Netherlands, or in another word, the windlands. Even if there is no wind there is wind.

I ride a city bike, so I ride upright. That can be really rough when it's windy here. Like you said, it feels like even though I keep peddling, I don't feel like I'm going anywhere. :/

@jollygoodvelo

4 жыл бұрын

Sometimes all you can do is just put your head down and get through it the best you can.

@kc3718

4 жыл бұрын

I've seen Dutch cyclists lay their shoulders down onto the handle bars when going into the wind, some even have a flat board attached to make it more comfy !

@RafaelSantos-vd6be

4 жыл бұрын

This bijes frint FORK IS INSTALLED BACKWARDS. YOU MUST TURN FORK FACING FRONTWARDS AND REINSTSTALL TO DA FRONT BRAKE.

@jollygoodvelo

4 жыл бұрын

k c No-one knows more about riding into headwinds than the Dutch.

@jollygoodvelo

4 жыл бұрын

Rafael Santos Look again. I think you many have made a mistake.

I’ve scoured the online bike shops for a pink tutu and came up empty handed. Must be a seasonal item. Oh well!

@jollygoodvelo

4 жыл бұрын

I’ve loads. Believe me, they aren’t seasonal.

Hi can you tell me the make of the cycling gloves seen at 2mins 21 sec ? .. they're green coloured. Are they waterproof or windproof ? Many thanks and a nice video again.

@jollygoodvelo

4 жыл бұрын

They are just basic Halfords ones. They aren’t waterproof or wind proof. They just take the edge off the cold.

@davidkeel

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this Leonard. They may not be what I wanted though.

Here in Tasmania , the wind ( from where I live in Kingston ) blows from the North in the morning ( head wind ) and from the south later in the day , however if I'm lucky the north wind won't change until almost home , the same thing with regard to the south wind , It will behind me on the first leg and against me on the return , but that's cycling ?

@jollygoodvelo

4 жыл бұрын

It certainly is.

Head down and grind into it. You have to go out every day to get the benefits, so I'm just resolved to it.

Very sound advice. If you are considering getting your kicks on Route 66; what Bobby Troup, who wrote the song, didn't mention is that if you Ride from Chicago to LA/ you get bastard headwinds all the way, At least I did. Hundreds of miles of it right on the nose and temperature around 30C. It was like riding into a blast furnace, very tiring. So tiring in fact that I bailed out after about 1000 miles. BTW according to Hambini the greatest thing you can do to improve your aerodynamics on your bike is ride on the drops; paying an arm and a leg for a fancy frame is pretty much a waste of money.

@jollygoodvelo

4 жыл бұрын

A thousand miles on Route 66 is still an amazing ride. You should be proud of yourself.

@trek520rider2

4 жыл бұрын

@@jollygoodvelo I wrote this in case anybody out there is thinking of doing 66. Going the other way would have been a blast, but it wouldn't match the song.

@jollygoodvelo

4 жыл бұрын

Trek520 rider Have to admit going the other way hadn’t crossed my mind but now you mention it, it sounds amazing.

Could use a recumbent bike. Enjoyed the video.

@jollygoodvelo

4 жыл бұрын

I’d like to try one

I used to hate right-to-left crosswinds when commuting. You end up leaning into the wind until you get passed by a bus. At that point the wind suddenly drops and it's like getting sucked across the road into the side of the vehicle.

@jollygoodvelo

4 жыл бұрын

You have to watch out for that!

I've been up in Carlisle for a couple of weeks away from my usual SW Birmingham base and the gusty winds have been bad here. Couple that with flooding its been interesting cycling indeed. I even managed to cycle into Scotland, does that count as an international border? 😄

@jollygoodvelo

4 жыл бұрын

I suppose it does...sort of.

First of all, lovely video/editing. Secondly, here in SW Florida the wind can be very strong (yesterday it was 16-18mph, no hills though). As the wind almost always blowing North to South (or vice versa), and as most rides are North/South, well you can do the math. Finally, inquiring minds want to know . . . you mentioned a couple videos ago that your freehub had stopped engaging during a ride. What was the issue?

@jollygoodvelo

4 жыл бұрын

Sounds like you’ve got lighter winds than we have at the moment. I plan to cover the wheel issue in a bit more depth in Tuesdays vlog.

@stevengraham2217

4 жыл бұрын

16 - 18 mph is barely a gentle breeze in Scotland. 😁🤗

Cycling in a head wind has two big advantages: You spend more time on your bike and you burn more calories. Ideal when you love cycling and you want to lose weight. Does there exist a "bicycle song" with words on the melody of "Candle in the wind" by Elton John. If not, I claim the title "Cycling in the wind" and all together we should make the lyrics.

@jollygoodvelo

4 жыл бұрын

It’s not quite so much fun in the wind, though.

@hansdegroot8549

4 жыл бұрын

@@jollygoodvelo I know. I longing for better weather. Still (wet) snow and a lot of wind. Last weekend I received a new (really new, the second in my life) bicycle. I'm curious because the bicycle was a surprise for my birthday. I didn't choose it. So I only noticed that it has two wheels and theoretically 24 gears. 3x8. It'll be more suitable to my height than the bicycle I rode on the last 4 years. Hopefully a maiden trip on Sunday (but I don't know if March 8th, 15th or 22th or even later, the weather is the boss)

For me (a rider of moderate weight), riding up a hill is hard and slow, but it feels natural to add power, the sensations all make sense, and there is a sense of accomplishment at the crest. A headwind, on the other hand, doesn’t engage the leg muscles in the same way, feels incongruous, and gives no sense of satisfaction whatsoever. Add a climb and headwind together and it feels like the world is plotting against me. Clearly, featherweight riders are built for climbs and heavier riders aren’t. But my guess is that even heavy riders would prefer a climb, rather than the wind, in front of their handlebars. True?

@jollygoodvelo

4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely. Give me a climb any day.

Use Windy.com myself and living on the prairies of central Canada pay attention to the gust number as a gust can last 15-20 minutes

@jollygoodvelo

4 жыл бұрын

I’ll have to look it up.

I have a route that actually funnels the prevailing winds through the buildings and embankments.

@jollygoodvelo

4 жыл бұрын

Hopefully funnels it as a tail wind.

👍

Ahhh...The magic of using a last summer film to produce a new winter film.

@jollygoodvelo

4 жыл бұрын

It’s a well needed dose of sunshine.

Take a train and return home with back wind ;)

@sudonum3108

4 жыл бұрын

I did something like that a few years ago on a ride that my club does annually but I’ve never fancied doing. We got the train from Glasgow to Ayr, cycled from the west coast over to Edinburgh on the east coast and then the train back to Glasgow. The only reason I did it was because of a 24mph tail wind directly behind us all the way giving us an average of 19mph.

First again!!!!!! Yayyyyy!🤪🤪😂😂

@jollygoodvelo

4 жыл бұрын

Mark Simpson Champagne for everyone!!!!

The hardest wind I ever bucked was 60 MPH and it took me 1 hour to get there. and I ran out of water, make sure you don't run out of that. low gear all the way.

@nathanwoodruff9422

4 жыл бұрын

I rode in a hurricane... connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/1971714429 With gusts up to 40mph... www.weather.gov/ffc/2017_Irma

I feel your pain brother! You are speaking my language, West Texan! Wind is almost daily here! I use a weather mesonet site from Texas Tech University. rain.ttu.edu/tech/1-output/current.php. Several area sites in almost real time. Get a pretty good wind forecast from the app for the same site. But when it changes and wasn’t forecast to change...... Well, you know! Thanks for the video! Always good info!

@jollygoodvelo

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the link.

7:50 truth... can’t stand the uninvited who ride your wheel without returning the favor...

@jollygoodvelo

4 жыл бұрын

Basic road manners!

@CycoWarriorx

4 жыл бұрын

leonardmlee Absolutely!

@trek520rider2

4 жыл бұрын

It's known as wheel sucking.

@AndrewBlucher

4 жыл бұрын

The least they can do is say thanks!

@jameshoran8

4 жыл бұрын

If I following a relatively slow moving truck, I always make sure I see his mirror so I know he can see me. Most drivers know what I am doing.

Forgot recumbent bikes and wind fairings. Also bike sails. How to whine about the wind? Horizontal or prone bike riding for less air resistance.

@jollygoodvelo

4 жыл бұрын

It’s amazing how giving advice can be seen as whining??

@thomassutherland5188

4 жыл бұрын

@@jollygoodvelo just having fun......i whine but still do.

@jollygoodvelo

4 жыл бұрын

Thomas Sutherland It’s always rather difficult to guess someone’s tone in a written comment. This being KZread, it’s possible that it’s not always positive!

That's one of the joys of riding in wind. Every turn you make you get to know that the wind will most certainly be a head wind. Could be worse.

@jollygoodvelo

4 жыл бұрын

Amazing how it doesn’t matter which direction you are riding sometimes. It will always be against you.

Never fails. Riding to work with a head wind. Riding home from work with a head wind. Doesn't matter the time of day. The gusts are what kill me the most.

@jollygoodvelo

4 жыл бұрын

I know exactly what you mean.

Leonard...Your going to get a nastygram from Cathy for digging up that pink toto film!

@jollygoodvelo

4 жыл бұрын

Ah, that wasn’t Cathy. Not sure who it was.

It`s still pretty bad today, wind and rain. I haven`t been out for about 2 weeks. Terrible.

@jollygoodvelo

4 жыл бұрын

I know. It’s wet and windy right now here. I think it’s been about three weeks since I last did an actual road ride. Very annoying.

If you eat plenty of pickled onions and beans you can give yourself a self propelled rocket wind out the rear end.

Wind sucks. Or does it blow?

@jollygoodvelo

4 жыл бұрын

I wish it did suck.

“Breaking wind” or “braking wind”? I think “breaking wind” isn’t too low, it above the knees (not “stooping” too low - am I?)

@jollygoodvelo

3 жыл бұрын

You are a bad man Albert. I like you.

@BlaqRaq

3 жыл бұрын

@@jollygoodvelo 😂

This was like school poems until I’m in it.

@jollygoodvelo

4 жыл бұрын

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Tyfoid? Very funny,

I just shout and cus at the wind, much to the amusement of passing motorists.

@jollygoodvelo

4 жыл бұрын

I just shout and cuss for no reason. Everyone stays away from me.

Head wind? It's been coming from all directions at once lately!

@jollygoodvelo

4 жыл бұрын

Can’t tell where it’d from at the moment.

Head winds are the top of my hate list

@jollygoodvelo

4 жыл бұрын

Mine too.

Nice! Keep it up! Would you like to be KZread friends? :]

how to ride in the wind...grin and bare it...oh..and keep pedaling or you'll fall over lol

@jollygoodvelo

4 жыл бұрын

That’s all we can do.

Another way of combating the wind is to get an E.bike...😆

@jollygoodvelo

4 жыл бұрын

It’s one solution.

Some refer to our manly stature as pudgy?

@jollygoodvelo

4 жыл бұрын

The less enlightened people do.

@thomassutherland5188

4 жыл бұрын

@@jollygoodvelo lol..you need to lighten up..

@jollygoodvelo

4 жыл бұрын

You sound like my doctor!

@thomassutherland5188

4 жыл бұрын

@@jollygoodvelo I am 6 foot 270 pounds ..also pudgy..but working on it. lol

Best tip for windy weather, get an ebike.

@jollygoodvelo

4 жыл бұрын

It’s a thought but what about those of us that still want to pit ourselves against the elements?

"How To Cycle In The Wind" ? Buy an electric motor and cycle in the woods, simples!

@jollygoodvelo

4 жыл бұрын

Ebikes seem to be pretty popular at the moment.

@kevinshort3943

4 жыл бұрын

@@jollygoodvelo I kept finding excuses not to go out (mostly weather related), so I stuck a motor on my bike. I now go out a lot more - unless it's raining or so windy it will blow me off the bike.

@jollygoodvelo

4 жыл бұрын

Kevin Short While I am generally all in favour of ebikes, could you say that is truly cycling? It’s ebiking??

@kevinshort3943

4 жыл бұрын

@@jollygoodvelo "could you say that is truly cycling?" With a torque sensing motor, most definitely. The best description I have seen is "it's like cycling with a strong wind behind you". With a cadence sensor or throttle, NO it's electric mopeding/motorbiking/trials biking.

@jollygoodvelo

4 жыл бұрын

I’m going to be trying an electric bike soon.

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