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Last time I was in those conditions I'd ridden 4hrs to the race only for it to be cancelled because the spray was bad for visibility. I wonder who decides the spray cancellation thresholds.
I understand what you mean when there's been a recent cycling death and how it can knock you. I was in two of those races and knew Mike :(
hippy-
Last time I was in those conditions I'd ridden 4hrs to the race only for it to be cancelled because the spray was bad for visibility. I wonder who decides the spray cancellation thresholds.
I expect it would be the organiser's call to cancel if he judged it was unsafe for any reason. I'm not aware of any actual measure or threshold of spray.
DC courses are obviously not great in spray, especially ones like the F1 which have a fair bit of traffic and run north-south, hence prone to crosswinds. I was once on the R8 / A40 Abergavenny course on a wet day. I do remember not being able to see much when riding west, more from rain on my visor than spray. It was quite early and the traffic was light, and I got a PB so I was happy.
frank9755
They probably are a bit quieter, and in my case it wasn’t so much the traffic alone as the combination of bad weather and traffic. When a rider with a strong rear light who passed me became invisible in the spray only 100m in front, combined with HGVs not slowing a jot for the conditions it became pretty scary.
That said I may have been additionally sensitised by the tragedies in IPWR/TABR/TCR and another local fatality. Anyway, I’m going to stick to other stuff until I get my fast course mojo back.