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Some of these weather news reporters really need to get a grip. Some laughable comments on BBC News.
Reporter calls a passing cyclist "foolish" for venturing out on a bike in "such conditions" yet earlier in the report said she had recorded peak gusts of 30-40mph (only) at her location. Of course the sanity of the numerous passing car drivers was not questioned.
Another reporter says there is "water as far as the eye can see" yet later in the report pans round to reveal an adjacent Tesco and road and reports "people are shopping for emergency supplies in Tesco".
Can't watch anymore of this sensationalised ****
I would go out for a ride on my bike but for the fear of being deemed foolish 🙄
[i]Of course the sanity of the numerous passing car drivers was not questioned[/i]
Takes a bit more to blow a car over than a bike! I wouldn't ride in wind this strong, side winds on the road are lethal.
I stopped watching BBC News years ago.
30-40mph gusts are pretty common up on the moors near where I live, so I'll ride in them quite regular. It just takes a bit of caution in the cross winds (not a problem at all if you stake it slow), which I'll try to avoid when possible. If the wind's behind you, it's great. And if it's in front of you, it's hellish (but not particularly dangerous).
Days like today, when it's 60+mph (according to the met office), I stay in the house. I was actually blown off last time it was like this.
So was I butcher,perks of staying in 😉
I like to play
bingo whilst watching the news. To my way of thinking, news of terminal cancer could be deemed a nightmare! A bit of floodwater and a delayed train is merely an inconvenience. Is it a west country thing?nightmare!
I took the road bike rather than the train home on the 24th. A good number of hours in that storm. I was better off than on the trains that got cancelled. Foolish maybe but fun, mostly.
I went out on the bike earlier.
managed 20 minutes
far to gusty to be fun, dangerous even maybe.
thejesmonddingo - Member
So was I butcher,perks of staying in
😆 Too subtle for some, I think. Thank goodness for my purile mind...
😀
Last night was my brothers annual poker night. For me the evening started with a lovely ride out in a sharp frost under twinkling stars before I went round to his for the game. It ended cycling home at 2.30am on empty roads in driving rain and winds gusting at 50mph (I checked the met site when I got home). A fun night all round.
in the floods round here i on a bike can get through far more than i could in a car, so which is foolish?
The BBC are just a bunch of pedophile-protecting government shills.
ITV / Sky News are no better.
I've given up and put the road bike on the turbo 🙁
stuck to the woods today, had a couple of hours around esholt checking out some steep cheeky slippy stuff that i havent ridden in ages, it was mint, in the woods the wind is not a problem
For me the worry isn't being blown off the bike but being blown very slightly further into the road to be hit by the usual cretin passing a micron or two from your elbow.
MTB no problem if you can stay away from traffic.
The foolishness of the drivers was the speed that they were driving through floodwater - was I the only one hoping for them to flood their engines on national TV?
in the floods round here i on a bike can get through far more than i could in a car, so which is foolish?
There isn't a limit.
It is possible for them both to be foolish.
I enjoyed the ride in on the 24th. Water above my bottom bracket and I couldn't help feeling just a little smug as I pedaled past queues of traffic, firemen rescuing stranded vehicles and a policeman telling me I would have to turn back as the road was flooded. The policeman was OK when I asked him how deep the water was. He'd just been speaking to car drivers all morning. In retrospect though I think it was risky and perhaps a little foolish because the flood waters can remove man hole covers.
For me the worry isn't being blown off the bike but being blown very slightly further into the road to be hit by the usual cretin passing a micron or two from your elbow.
Fair comment on this one. Most of my commute is on quiet roads or off-road but there is a short section on a busy road and this would have been a worry if i was commuting today.
In some ways I feel safer on a bike than in a car in such conditions. At least on a bike you approach obstacles, e.g.fallen trees, slowly and can lift the bike over them, although bike or car if you're unlucky you can still be in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Floodwaters are a bit different though. Have commuted through floodwater half a wheel deep but anymore gets me thinking. Was doing a Kenny Wilson epic solo in the summer going through Glen Kinglass with the rivers in spate.
Crossing the Abhainn Shira less than waist deep with bike on shoulder and lost footing halfway across, luckily I had had the sense to cross in front on the submerged stepping stones which stopped me slipping any further and I regained my footing. Wasn't serious really and I would have been ok but it was a lesson in the force a fast flowing river can exert.