Weekend Conditions

September 10, 2008 · 3 Comments

It's starting to look like Hurricane Ike is going to be wreaking havoc this weekend, thus it might put a damper on the Tour de Florence. I don't mind riding in the rain, in fact when the news first came out that we would get rain from Ike I was excited and wasn't throwing in the towel. I love to ride in the rain. As for the wind, growing up in Wyoming riding in the wind was something you had to deal with if you wanted to ride your bike. Normal wind was around 20 miles an hour while it could get breezy at 40 mph. However, the news is now calling for 75 to 100 mph wind along with tornados.

If the Tour de Florence is a bust I'll be throwing in the 1999 Tour De France DVD and see if I can put in at least 3 hours on the trainer. If anybody wants to join in let me know, all you'll need is your bike, your trainer/rollers and maybe a fan.

Weekend Conditions

Tags: Spin/Trainer · Race & Event Rides

3 responses so far ↓

1 331miles // Sep 11, 2008 at 3:30 AM

Be careful up there. I was preparing for Ike and doing some last minute repairs yesterday, but now it looks like it's definitely turning farther north. Be safe, and have fun on the rollers!
2 Jared // Sep 11, 2008 at 6:22 AM

Riding inside is the worst possible kind of suffering. However if Ike does wash out the TdFlorence then I plan on hitting the gym...riding inside with nice scenery is better :-)
3 Bike Noob // Sep 11, 2008 at 6:25 AM

I don't have a trainer, and don't plan to get one. Yech! I might get my wife to give me a guest pass to her gym so I can do a spin class.

I like your idea of doing a metric on the Outlaw Trail route. Let's talk more about that. I will not be riding it at a 20 mph average, though.

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