Yesterday we had a severe wind storm in Michigan. We had winds that were 50-60
miles an hour sustained. In one place , where there was a gust that was 127
miles an hour. This might not seem like much to people who live in Florida or
Centeral America, who experience hurricanes, but that is QUITE high for us. Any
way, getting to the part about unicycling. . . . I tried to unicycle for about
1/3 of a mile during a part of the storm where it wasn’t raining or snowing. It
is REALLY HARD WORK!!! I have been up some really steep hils (I.E. 55 degrees
or so), and this topped them all! It took me about 6 minutes to ride just that
little bit! Has anyone else had an experience similiar to this?? If so could
you tell us??
> Yesterday we had a severe wind storm in Michigan. We had winds that were 50-60 > miles an hour sustained. In one place , where there was a gust that was 127 > miles an hour. This might not seem like much to
Another day of Michigan weather. Sometimes I regret moving away…
> ride just that little bit! Has anyone else had an experience similiar to > this?? If so could you tell us??
I remember riding to the beach once with Ken Fuchs with big wheels on the Jones
Beach bike path. This goes for 5 miles alongside the Wantagh parkway, surrounded
mostly by the Great South Bay on both sides. Not a lot of trees or tall plants,
so it’s an area that lends itself to wind. There was a strong wind blowing from
the south (the ocean). The ride down was a lot of work, and when we tried to
cross one of the giant beach parking lots, diagonal to the wind, we couldn’t
even ride in a straight line. We had to “tack” the big wheels (40" and 45") just
to get where we wanted to go! And this wind was a lot less than 50 mph. But the
ride back was a “breeze”!
Sounds like you rode 1/3 mile in the wrong direction…
A good stiff breeze is great fun, especially if the wind is shifting directions.
When the wind is not quite fast enough, then I have a lot of fun by putting on a
sprinter’s parachute. (This is used for strengthing leg muscles of football
players.) The parachute whips back and forth, pulling me off balance randomly.
It’s like fighting up an uneven hill with all the waves in the road surface
invisible and unpredictable.
If there’s no wind, then it’s really hard to go fast enough to keep the chute
off the ground. Maybe it would be good for racing practice.
The Cline’s wrote: > > Yesterday we had a severe wind storm in Michigan. We had winds that were 50-60 > miles an hour sustained. In one place , where there was a gust that was 127 > miles an hour. This might not seem like much to people who live in Florida or > Centeral America, who experience hurricanes, but that is QUITE high for us. > Any way, getting to the part about unicycling. . . . I tried to unicycle for > about 1/3 of a mile during a part of the storm where it wasn’t raining or > snowing. It is REALLY HARD WORK!!! I have been up some really steep hils (I.E. > 55 degrees or so), and this topped them all! It took me about 6 minutes to > ride just that little bit! Has anyone else had an experience similiar to > this?? If so could you tell us?? > > Thanks, > Chris
i love riding in the wind, you put your arms out and you can actually get a lot
of control by ‘winging’ it. It would seem a lot like jumping out of an airplane
on a cycle. It’s pretty close to flying.
On the ultimate wheel it’s even more fun since there less ‘apparatus’ between
and the thing castors so quickly and easily. You do, in this situation,
literally have your hands full, as the hands are your only link to control in
strong winds.