Posts Tagged ‘ Weather ’

Maybe I’m just not as fit as I once was. Or maybe that 44×16 is much for me. Or maybe I’m just getting too old. But it’s amazing how quickly I’m tiring these days, especially when there’s a headwind. My commute is around 15 miles each way - long, but not stupid long. With fair...
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If you were to look at the official stats, you’d think that riding to work was either too cold, too hot, or often, too wet: Look at this month - on average, we can expect almost ten rainy days! The truth of this is of course a little different. Take today for example… Weather forecast was...
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Yesterday it was WINDY. The sort of windy that gets weather warnings, and people writing into the Met. Office saying that they’ve heard there’s a hurricane on the way. OK, so not THAT windy. But definitely more than just breezy. It was forecast to be blowing from the west at 25-35 mph in time for...
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So here’s my challenge for September - ride for every one of its thirty days. More to the point, ride to work for every one of the 21 days that I’m at work too. Now I know that some of you ride to work every day of the year, but for me this is...
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