tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14852171.post7328994189153350418..comments2023-11-02T04:23:00.400-06:00Comments on Cyclelicious: 20 mph tailwindsYokota Fritzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04808661100114872654noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14852171.post-5367083945500885572009-10-29T09:41:37.724-06:002009-10-29T09:41:37.724-06:00@Roger - I had those headwinds yesterday morning :...@Roger - I had those headwinds yesterday morning :-) Luckily I could take the train to get past most of it.<br /><br />@Jon - That snow looks like fun. Loved your <a href="http://grinderswheels.blogspot.com/2009/10/snowy-commute.html" rel="nofollow">blog post</a> on biking through the snow yesterday!Yokota Fritzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04808661100114872654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14852171.post-79734603304709480922009-10-29T07:53:59.505-06:002009-10-29T07:53:59.505-06:00Hi, from Colorado! My usual 35 minute commute too...Hi, from Colorado! My usual 35 minute commute took me 1:05:35, according to my cyclometer, today. I actually had to seek out auto traffic so I could ride, as the side streets habe 12 to 18 inches of snow on them, and i just can't maintain any headway.<br /><br />The ride home promises to be...interesting.Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15989502925369231042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14852171.post-12675307429629074442009-10-28T20:07:18.637-06:002009-10-28T20:07:18.637-06:00Nothing sweeter than 20 mph tailwinds! Nothing wor...Nothing sweeter than 20 mph tailwinds! Nothing worse than 20 mph headwinds. I've experienced them both in the great Midwest!<br /><br />As for the latter, a friend and I came up with a cycling prayer a few years back: "Thank you, Lord, for the breeze that cools our faces and builds our thighs and calves!"Rogerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06299633199465525149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14852171.post-10153876136572324862009-10-28T11:09:44.424-06:002009-10-28T11:09:44.424-06:00@Mark - indeed a breezy ride this AM! And I was on...@Mark - indeed a breezy ride this AM! And I was on mountain bike today so I couldn't hunker down as much as I would have liked.<br /><br />@Doc - I did that manually with GIMP for this post, but Weather Underground has their <a href="http://www.wunderground.com/wundermap/?lat=37.44325&lon=-122.14983&zoom=12&type=map&units=english&pin=Palo%20Alto,%20CA&plat=37.44325&plon=-122.14983&rad=1&rad.num=1&rad.spd=25&rad.opa=70&rad.stm=0&rad.type=N0R&rad.smo=1&rad.mrg=0&wxsn=1&wxsn.mode=tw&svr=0&cams=0&sat=0&riv=0&mm=0&hur=0&fire=0&tor=0&ndfd=0&pix=0&dir=0" rel="nofollow">own mashup they call the Wunder Map</a> that's pretty cool.<br /><br />@Sioux - no snarky comments comparing this against your breezes this time? :-)Yokota Fritzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04808661100114872654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14852171.post-18358977236950196052009-10-28T09:26:38.435-06:002009-10-28T09:26:38.435-06:00My commute home takes me from Santa Clara (near la...My commute home takes me from Santa Clara (near lawrence and central) to downtown San Jose - it was a very fast ride home, but it was more work than usual to ride in this morning!Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08249587780584872894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14852171.post-88127089248241443152009-10-28T06:11:44.444-06:002009-10-28T06:11:44.444-06:00How do you get the wind forecast on Google maps?How do you get the wind forecast on Google maps?Dochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18199009437010015707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14852171.post-53835598779287459622009-10-27T17:35:46.903-06:002009-10-27T17:35:46.903-06:00Sweeeeeet :)Sweeeeeet :)SiouxGeonzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14852040976080951492noreply@blogger.com