Cindy weather report watch

[jobob]

I bailed out on the Cindy early this morning when the weather report predicted high winds and chance of thundershowers.

Thinking I shouldn't be a complete slug, I headed out from home later in the morning on an easy 25-mile loop. It was sprinkling a bit, which was no biggie, but what got to me was the strong, gusting wind. After only a few miles I decided "OK, enough of this!" and headed back to my warm, dry, and decidedly not windy home.

Those of you braving the weather on the Cindy and down in Solvang, my hat's off to you. I just hope it's not so bad where you are.

Awaiting tales of your adventures!

- Jo.

[snapdragen]

Weather in Solvang looks better than Dublin. Both have 15 mph winds, Dublin is now showing 80% chance of thunderstorms; Solvang is only 60% chance of rain.

snap "snuggling with the dog" dragen

[SadieKate]

The weather up here is just like it was for the Cinderella in 1998. It started hailing as I was putting the bike back in the car that year. I thanked my lucky stars for the good timing. That was the first year I rode that distance by myself. Finishing in that weather and in good shape did wonders for my confidence as a cyclist. I'm wishing the best for all those out there in the winds.

[snapdragen]

I've been watching Weather Underground in facination. The wind seems to be going from 8 - 25 mph. Poor Cindy girls. On the other hand, it seems to be calm in Solvang!

I'm turning into a weather geek.

[slinkedog]

It was so incredibly windy out there, I couldn't believe it! Got rained on climbing Cross rd. (water was literally pouring down my face, but I dried quickly - thank God I got a GoreTex jacket this week) and the after the 2nd rest stop (37miles), the winds were howling. I made it about 2 miles out of the rest stop and turned around and went back. SAG'd to the finish. Had a blast on the portion I did and met some nice ladies in the wagon... there were LOTS of SAGgers and apparently only about 1K ladies showed up today.

MountainPuddles and Carimail both finished strong. I suck, but I was really not having fun anymore. I wanted to have fun.

[Bike Goddess]

At 4:00AM it was pouring rain with wind coming from the south at about 20MPH. Since I've done this ride twice before, I decided to bail out. However, Sheri, one of the women I was going to ride with wanted to go down and see how things looked. Three of us- myself, Sandie (sag4valentine) and I caravaned down. It was windy and cold, BUT no rain. So Sheri went out and Sandie and I had bkfst and then went to find people. We finally found Sheri at the lunch stop- about 30+ miles out. She was tired, but still going strong. We looked for her at the end, but didn't see her.

I'm riding tomorrow- same route with some others who bailed today.