Karl or rather Prudence.
"There are old pilots and there are bold pilots. However, there are no old bold pilots."
Joe
hey Joe
At only 63 i'm not old!!!!!
My cool job at Chevron is Major Capital Project Quantitative Risk Assessment.
We assess the risks of all significant activities during engineering, manufacturing, fabrication, construction and installation of offshore facilities, including the actual derrick(s) lift of topsides onto the jacket. 25mi offshore, 25,000,000 pound structures, wind and waves are a risk "consideration".
Assess the risk & develop/implement mitigation plans;
Chevron creed = "do it safely or not at all"
IMO running a bike on asphalt into a strong straight headwind has virtually no more risk than dead air.
As the head wind becomes more quartering, risk increases; if the wind is gusting, risk REALLY increases.
In Texas we always seem to have a wind, and we make a judgement on every pass.
I parked my bike on Sat & Sun after the 1st 7:30-8am pass bc wind came up. IMO the steady 10-15mph wind at 10am wasn't at all risky, just saw no point in going slower.
PeterJack's judgement of "horseshoes"? I disagree.
LSR has risk from one end to the other.
Driving to the track is risky.
Telling yr wife you are going to do 3 events in Oct (Mojave, Texas, Maxton) is very risky.
We assess and mitigate.
There is NO black & white.
Karl
see you at Maxton, if the wife doesn't kill me.
BTW: My Chevron boss does not like my risky LSR obsession at all, corporate culture is ZERO risk