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charliedid
02-09-2020, 01:10 PM
https://cdn.road.cc/sites/default/files/styles/main_width/public/dutch-headwind-championships-2020.PNG

https://road.cc/content/news/271009-dutch-national-headwind-championships-abandoned-due-wind-video?fbclid=IwAR3as1uT28JhVoEuNvTX6afnP_Wyk-jNVVNw6bP60b4741XlP3EukNGp2F0

https://apnews.com/1608827d3dba3105c7a0466befe45a03
jischr
02-09-2020, 01:16 PM
"gusts of up to 10 kilometres an hour predicted" Really? Six mile an hour? I presume its a typo and should have been 100 kmh.
unterhausen
02-09-2020, 01:21 PM
60mph is no joke. I tried to ride 200km on a day with 50mph wind gusts and over 30mph steady wind.
charliedid
02-09-2020, 01:29 PM
Vomit Area provided at the end. :p
robt57
02-09-2020, 01:43 PM
Vomit Area provided at the end. :p

With stops along the route.

Reminds me of a ride up a whopping 3.5% grade into a 20+ stead direct headwind here a few years back. Felt like a 15% grade, and then a 40MPH gust hit me and stopped me dead. And I flew puddle jumpers and loved the challenges of windy and cross wind practice landing. I think my wind speed estimate stand a good chance of not being too exaggerated.

Had it not been directly head on, it surely would have blew me over. I hoped off after a brief track stand and turned to walk off to the right and the back of the bike flagged 90^ instantly.

My old motocross days pay off in skills still [we won't talk about the broken bone barometers]
charliedid
02-09-2020, 05:40 PM
With stops along the route.

Reminds me of a ride up a whopping 3.5% grade into a 20+ stead direct headwind here a few years back. Felt like a 15% grade, and then a 40MPH gust hit me and stopped me dead. And I flew puddle jumpers and loved the challenges of windy and cross wind practice landing. I think my wind speed estimate stand a good chance of not being too exaggerated.

Had it not been directly head on, it surely would have blew me over. I hoped off after a brief track stand and turned to walk off to the right and the back of the bike flagged 90^ instantly.

My old motocross days pay off in skills still [we won't talk about the broken bone barometers]

I've been knocked over a couple times. It's awful :)