Re: [RBW] Wind!

2025-03-03 Thread Patrick Moore
After a calm and pleasantly warm (66*) and calm Sunday, today: 25 to 35 gusts to 50 W/WSW today. Am not riding today but hope to tomorrow. Tomorrow: 25 to 35, gusts to 40, NW. How deal with this? One way is to ride early before they really kick up, but tomorrow that would mean getting up early eno

Re: [RBW] Wind!

2025-03-01 Thread Ted Durant
> On Feb 27, 2025, at 5:07 PM, Patrick Moore wrote: > > I’m curious how those who ride very upright, with say a 58 cm Bosco 6” above > saddle, deal with riding straight into strong winds if you live in windy > areas; say 22 gusts to 28 which is pretty common here in Spring https://en.wikipedi

Re: [RBW] Wind!

2025-02-28 Thread Ted Durant
> On Feb 28, 2025, at 8:37 PM, Eamon Nordquist wrote: > > I wonder if there is any correlation between the crank length that works best > for people and the cadence they prefer to ride? I have a suspicion that some > people with longer legs who favor a slower cadence might do better with long

Re: [RBW] Wind!!!

2011-03-25 Thread PATRICK MOORE
I feel more like a boy trapped in an old man's body. On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 5:59 AM, robert zeidler wrote: > Just a man trapped in a boy's body. Pretty good speed, kid, > considering that wind. > > On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 6:46 PM, PATRICK MOORE > wrote: > > To and from Mom's today to pick up a

Re: [RBW] Wind!!!

2011-03-25 Thread robert zeidler
Just a man trapped in a boy's body. Pretty good speed, kid, considering that wind. On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 6:46 PM, PATRICK MOORE wrote: > To and from Mom's today to pick up and deliver her mail, 23+ mile rt. The > inbound route to Rio Rancho involves some 3 or 4 miles of climbing and it is > al

Re: [RBW] Wind!

2010-04-21 Thread PATRICK MOORE
Search Axiom Dutch Pannier and Alfred E Bike; they were there a couple of weeks ago; and they are elsewhere on the web, too. Will post photos of SH when I can. PAM On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 6:47 PM, James Dinneen wrote: > Cannot find the web page for A&E. Pictures would be good. Jim D. > Massachu

Re: [RBW] Wind!

2010-04-21 Thread James Dinneen
Cannot find the web page for A&E. Pictures would be good. Jim  D.    Massachusetts --- On Wed, 4/21/10, PATRICK MOORE wrote: From: PATRICK MOORE Subject: [RBW] Wind! To: "rbw-owners-bunch" Date: Wednesday, April 21, 2010, 5:35 PM A Sam Hill with big, boxy Axiom Panniers and a big, boxy Ostri

Re: [RBW] Wind!

2010-04-21 Thread Steve Palincsar
On Wed, 2010-04-21 at 15:35 -0600, PATRICK MOORE wrote: > Oh, and big bar bags act like wind rudders in gusty sidewinds; keep a > firm grip on your bar! Well, not necessarily. I have two of the biggest handlebar bags out there, Gilles Berthoud GB28 and 2886. They're considerably larger than an