Qld weather venting posts
- foo on patrol
- Posts: 9071
- Joined: Sat Dec 19, 2009 11:12 am
- Location: Sanstone Point QLD
Re: Qld weather venting posts
Postby foo on patrol » Sat Jan 04, 2014 4:44 am
Foo
Goal 6000km
- cancan64
- Posts: 1971
- Joined: Tue Oct 22, 2013 9:13 pm
- Location: Raglan NZ
Re: Qld weather venting posts
Postby cancan64 » Sat Jan 04, 2014 12:34 pm
Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk
- foo on patrol
- Posts: 9071
- Joined: Sat Dec 19, 2009 11:12 am
- Location: Sanstone Point QLD
Re: Qld weather venting posts
Postby foo on patrol » Sat Jan 04, 2014 1:19 pm
Foo
Goal 6000km
-
- Posts: 12224
- Joined: Thu Feb 24, 2011 3:40 pm
- Location: Brisbane
Re: Qld weather venting posts
Postby jasonc » Sat Jan 04, 2014 1:36 pm
-
- Posts: 77
- Joined: Sat Jan 04, 2014 3:40 pm
- Location: Brisbane Western Suburbs
Re: Qld weather venting posts
Postby Waccofozzy » Sat Jan 04, 2014 3:57 pm
- Lukeyboy
- Posts: 3621
- Joined: Tue May 29, 2012 2:38 am
Re: Qld weather venting posts
Postby Lukeyboy » Sat Jan 04, 2014 7:48 pm
- The 2nd Womble
- Posts: 3058
- Joined: Wed Jul 27, 2011 1:21 pm
- Location: Brisbane
- Contact:
Re: Qld weather venting posts
Postby The 2nd Womble » Sat Jan 04, 2014 8:22 pm
I also cracked an egg on the pave outside our house, but the crows ate it. The egg white was starti g to go cloudy after 5 minutes. Took pics of all this again today but Photobucket is completely unusable after the recent app upgrade. The developers have now utterly destroyed it.
Huge fan of booted RGers who just can't help themselves
- ldrcycles
- Posts: 9594
- Joined: Thu Oct 28, 2010 3:19 pm
- Location: Kin Kin, Queensland
Re: Qld weather venting posts
Postby ldrcycles » Sat Jan 04, 2014 8:43 pm
-
- Posts: 12224
- Joined: Thu Feb 24, 2011 3:40 pm
- Location: Brisbane
Re: Qld weather venting posts
Postby jasonc » Sun Jan 05, 2014 7:35 am
interesting first post - you live around the corner from meWaccofozzy wrote:44.5 Deg C here in Jamboree Heights at 1445
-
- Posts: 77
- Joined: Sat Jan 04, 2014 3:40 pm
- Location: Brisbane Western Suburbs
Re: Qld weather venting posts
Postby Waccofozzy » Sun Jan 05, 2014 9:21 am
- K2
- Posts: 172
- Joined: Thu May 19, 2011 5:35 am
Re: Qld weather venting posts
Postby K2 » Sun Jan 05, 2014 1:01 pm
Yesterday morning about 5:30am I pulled onto the esplanade at the pier and thought I'd mistakenly turned into a wind tunnel. I was using climbing gears to push an impressive 17kph passing Peppers (it's flat)! Fortunately that was the worst of it and the returns from Gatakers made it worth the considerable increase in effort getting there.
When I finished and explained to the Mrs that the reason I looked like I'd just traversed the Nullabor was because it was gusting at way over 35kph out there, she scoffed (she seems to do that a lot ). How could I possibly know that? Well Sweetness, that'd be because I regularly travel at about that speed on calm days and can gauge the similar feel when things are reversed (ie. when I'm still and the wind is doing the moving), and am getting better at guesstimating it even when I'm struggling into it (both from the effort required and visual clues)(although strangely I almost always underestimate how much assistance it's providing until I turn back into it....and have to drop several gears....and accept that I am not the superman ). Hmmmpfff was the response.
So after breakfast, cleaning up, etc, I finally sit down at the 'puter to see what the BOM site has to say on the matter. 33kph gusting to 46kph at 10am with highest of 54kph a little earlier. Judging by the reduction in wind noise around the house, trees and wires by then, I'd speculate that it was averaging a fair bit more when I began. Not surprising then that I didn't see a single other happy face in my travels.
The tricky conditions and sandblasting received around Shelly/Torquay were a minor inconvenience however compared to the lack of swimming due to the NNWers blowing gazillions of blubber jellyfish onto the beaches. Who goes to the beach and doesn't swim?....for more than a week?....in this weather?
An old man cannot live by cycling alone.
- foo on patrol
- Posts: 9071
- Joined: Sat Dec 19, 2009 11:12 am
- Location: Sanstone Point QLD
Re: Qld weather venting posts
Postby foo on patrol » Sun Jan 05, 2014 1:31 pm
Foo
Goal 6000km
- RonK
- Posts: 11508
- Joined: Mon Aug 24, 2009 2:08 pm
- Location: If you need to know, ask me
- Contact:
Qld weather venting posts
Postby RonK » Sun Jan 05, 2014 2:26 pm
- Ropecharmer
- Posts: 27
- Joined: Sat Mar 16, 2013 6:20 pm
Re: Qld weather venting posts
Postby Ropecharmer » Sun Jan 05, 2014 5:45 pm
The ice neck / wrist / vest gear seems to be gaining popularity on mine sites in the Pilbara.
- Lukeyboy
- Posts: 3621
- Joined: Tue May 29, 2012 2:38 am
Re: Qld weather venting posts
Postby Lukeyboy » Sun Jan 05, 2014 5:55 pm
- Ropecharmer
- Posts: 27
- Joined: Sat Mar 16, 2013 6:20 pm
Re: Qld weather venting posts
Postby Ropecharmer » Sun Jan 05, 2014 6:06 pm
Heatwaves kill more people in Australia than all other natural disasters combined. I guess rigor is one way to HTFU.Lukeyboy wrote:Rule 5 seems to do the job nicely
- Lukeyboy
- Posts: 3621
- Joined: Tue May 29, 2012 2:38 am
Re: Qld weather venting posts
Postby Lukeyboy » Sun Jan 05, 2014 6:37 pm
- RonK
- Posts: 11508
- Joined: Mon Aug 24, 2009 2:08 pm
- Location: If you need to know, ask me
- Contact:
Re: Qld weather venting posts
Postby RonK » Sun Jan 05, 2014 7:01 pm
Not many places in Qld where it's 40deg at 5:30am.Ropecharmer wrote:Anyone feel like sharing their favourite temperature control trick/s? I wear a long-sleeve white jersey (keeping it wet with water from the second bidon) for hot weather, and go the full Ice vest when the weather gets north of 40deg.
The ice neck / wrist / vest gear seems to be gaining popularity on mine sites in the Pilbara.
- elantra
- Posts: 3186
- Joined: Tue Jan 13, 2009 6:01 am
- Location: NSW and QLD
Re: Qld weather venting posts
Postby elantra » Mon Jan 06, 2014 12:08 am
In a humid environment like coastal Qld it also helps to wear as little clothing as possible.Lukeyboy wrote:Then use common bloody sense. If you are of age or fitness where you suffer in the heat then don't go out in it or keep drinking water before, during and after. If its going to be a scorcher don't go and venture on a 150km ride. Use your brain. Its really that simple.
Occasionally it might be necessary to strip down to shorts and shoes only- but don't get sunburnt !
But sunburn is not likely to be a problem before 6am or after 6pm.
As Luke says, in very hot weather conditions do not attempt to ride 150 km.
It is sometimes necessary to shorten a ride plan, or call someone for a car ride home or find a train station.
Sometimes, the stubbornness of the group or individual gets in the way of the change of plans.
Rule number 5 is a recipe for disaster in the extreme weather scenario.
As they say, discretion is the better part of valour.
Edit - also beware - mobile phones can occasionally stop working properly in extreme heat.
-
- Posts: 12224
- Joined: Thu Feb 24, 2011 3:40 pm
- Location: Brisbane
Re: Qld weather venting posts
Postby jasonc » Mon Jan 06, 2014 7:59 am
FTFYelantra wrote:Edit - also beware - poorly designed mobile phones can occasionally stop working properly in extreme heat.
- K2
- Posts: 172
- Joined: Thu May 19, 2011 5:35 am
Re: Qld weather venting posts
Postby K2 » Mon Jan 06, 2014 10:36 am
You mean am I the sort of person who'd feel the need to prove a point I'd already adequately addressed by seeking hard data then waving it in her face whilst smugly uttering "I told you so."?foo on patrol wrote:Yeah but did you say well come here and look at the Bom site, ye of little faith woman?
Unfortunately, yes.
Did manage a short swim yesterday. There was only one jellyfish washed up on the beach so we thought it worth the risk. Of course the Mrs encountered its mate very much alive and kicking in the drink! She's not having a great week.
- DTdotcom
- Posts: 955
- Joined: Sat Nov 13, 2010 12:35 pm
- Location: Brisbane
Re: Qld weather venting posts
Postby DTdotcom » Fri Jan 17, 2014 11:50 am
-
- Posts: 2039
- Joined: Mon Jul 26, 2010 2:12 pm
- Location: Southside Brisbane
Re: Qld weather venting posts
Postby marinmomma » Fri Jan 17, 2014 10:04 pm
Checked the radar at 4:30 and went back to bed...Fridays are bad enough on the RL on a dry morning, sounds like I made a good decisionDimma wrote:So this mornings greasy roads caught a lot of ppl off guard, plenty of carnage on the River loop
- Lukeyboy
- Posts: 3621
- Joined: Tue May 29, 2012 2:38 am
Re: Qld weather venting posts
Postby Lukeyboy » Fri Jan 17, 2014 10:26 pm
-
- Posts: 12224
- Joined: Thu Feb 24, 2011 3:40 pm
- Location: Brisbane
Re: Qld weather venting posts
Postby jasonc » Fri Jan 17, 2014 11:08 pm
i got wet. who cares? I was commuting. had a shower at work anyway.
- General Australian Cycling Topics
- Info / announcements
- Buying a bike / parts
- General Cycling Discussion
- The Bike Shed
- Cycling Health
- Cycling Safety and Advocacy
- Women's Cycling
- Bike & Gear Reviews
- Cycling Trade
- Stolen Bikes
- Bicycle FAQs
- The Market Place
- Member to Member Bike and Gear Sales
- Want to Buy, Group Buy, Swap
- My Bikes or Gear Elsewhere
- Serious Biking
- Audax / Randonneuring
- Retro biking
- Commuting
- MTB
- Recumbents
- Fixed Gear/ Single Speed
- Track
- Electric Bicycles
- Cyclocross and Gravel Grinding
- Dragsters / Lowriders / Cruisers
- Children's Bikes
- Cargo Bikes and Utility Cycling
- Road Racing
- Road Biking
- Training
- Time Trial
- Triathlon
- International and National Tours and Events
- Cycle Touring
- Touring Australia
- Touring Overseas
- Touring Bikes and Equipment
- Australia
- Western Australia
- New South Wales
- Queensland
- South Australia
- Victoria
- ACT
- Tasmania
- Northern Territory
- Country & Regional
Who is online
Users browsing this forum: No registered users
- All times are UTC+10:00
- Top
- Delete cookies
About the Australian Cycling Forums
The Australian Cycling Forums is a welcoming community where you can ask questions and talk about the type of bikes and cycling topics you like.
Bicycles Network Australia
Forum Information
Connect with BNA
This website uses affiliate links to retail platforms including ebay, amazon, proviz and ribble.