Wild Goose

**Cataboo** · 10-14-2010, 08:44 AM

I'm bringing my boats. And a lot of hope

**ny biker** · 10-14-2010, 08:50 AM

I won't be there this weekend, but I am planning to do a PPTC ride up around Thurmont/Gettysburg and I hate hate hate riding in wind so I've been watching the forecast pretty closely. The only consistent things I'm seeing are (1) they expect sunshine and (2) the other details keep changing.

I think the worst wind gusts will be tomorrow and Saturday will be windy but less bad. Most recent Capital Weather Gang forecast says 10-20 mph gusts on Saturday.

And it's always good to bring hope!!

**7rider** · 10-14-2010, 08:50 AM

Have fun on Saturday (and on the ride, which is when? Sunday?).
I'll be thinking of you while I'm slogging my way through my 5K in Baltimore. hon.

**Cataboo** · 10-14-2010, 10:31 AM

The winds are looking a bit vicious:
http://www.windfinder.com/forecast/c...choptank_river

I'll paddle on Saturday irregardless - but you guys in rec boats may not have a good time in that.

**withm** · 10-14-2010, 12:44 PM

Ha Ha. For me it's more of old rack installed on new car, and have never finishted the "fitting" for the boat to sit in the saddles/rollers. I think it's close, but no doubt roller and saddle position will need adjustments. Doing this in the rain/dark tonight won't happen. Doing it Friday night in the wind and in the dark may not happen either. So my car will probably be the one with the kayak rack but no kayak. LOL.

**divingbiker** · 10-14-2010, 01:06 PM

Kmehrzad and I are leaving our boats at home.

**withm** · 10-14-2010, 01:42 PM

OK, I'm convinced. I'll leave the boat at home.

I noticed that the bike routes do not route us through Wildlife Dr as they did the 1st year. Whether 700 or 900 cyclists are too much stress on the wildlife there, or what - but I'll for sure go through there on Sat to watch critters for a while.

**Cataboo** · 10-14-2010, 02:17 PM

Sissies.

I'm bringing my boats. I'll paddle Saturday, and I'll probably take Victoria out Sunday after the ride if the winds have let up.

**7rider** · 10-14-2010, 03:18 PM

Originally Posted by divingbiker

Kmehrzad and I are leaving our boats at home.

Why????
Where we paddled the other year was pretty protected. The wind shouldn't be a major problem. More of an adventure with the boats as sails on the car than being on the water.

**Cataboo** · 10-14-2010, 03:26 PM

Originally Posted by 7rider

Why????
Where we paddled the other year was pretty protected. The wind shouldn't be a major problem. More of an adventure with the boats as sails on the car than being on the water.

Just make sure to tie down the boats well and the sails isn't a bit deal.

Blackwater river's fairly protected from what I remember.

Either way, excellent day to umbrella sail - just bring a big golf umbrella, hang on to it, and we'll go with the wind and set up a shuttle downstream some distance.

We'll fly.

**divingbiker** · 10-14-2010, 03:55 PM

Originally Posted by 7rider;

More of an adventure with the boats as sails on the car than being on the water.

Bingo.

**Cataboo** · 10-14-2010, 07:26 PM

Can't say I've ever had problems with the boats on the car in the wind - granted, I do have narrower more aerodynamic yaks than you guys. And I pretty regularly go 80 mph with 2 kayaks on my roof (and have done so for 19 hours straight a couple times) - the wind generated by that speed makes 20-30mph winds insignificant. I generally head for the shore with kayaks and kite surfing stuff if I know there is going to be high winds to go have fun & play in the waves.

Just tether the front & back well, and the straps over the cradles. Rope & a prussik knot works way better than the webbing that is sold to tether the back & front of yaks.

**divingbiker** · 10-15-2010, 02:21 AM

Fine, I'm a wuss. I'm ok with that. Sitting on the water in <60F weather with 30 mph wind does not sound like one bit of fun to me. I'm not even sure I'll want to ride my bike in that.

**Cataboo** · 10-15-2010, 06:01 AM

I'm kayaking because I'm too wussy to ride my bike in that ****. Kayaking, I'm fine with.

**owlice** · 10-18-2010, 04:37 AM

Except for the wind, the weather was perfect!!!!

This was my first metric century. Two friends and I spent the weekend in Cambridge; one had no real biking experience and did the 19-mile ride (which impresses me hugely), and the other friend and I did the metric. I'm not sure I'd have stuck with it if not for the other friend, who has much more riding experience than I do and is in much better shape than I. We had a little extra mileage on our bikes from backtracking and riding in the parking lot and so on; when we were within about three miles of the end, she joked that once she hit 62.5 miles, she was stopping and calling our other friend to come get her. Not five minutes later, her rear tire blew. (Not just the tube, but the tire; it was impressively shredded.) Her mileage? Just a shade over 62.5; I guess her tire was done!

I was the last person in. Absolute dead last.

I had a blast!!!

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