ah headwind ... how I love thee

[sydney_b]

You prevent the sweat from running into my eyes.
You transform a long gentle climb into a mountainous trial.
You whip the snot from my nostrils preventing drips on my new jersey.
You help me practice creative new strings of swear words.
You make me strong.
And, what a heckuva ride you'll give when I round the bend.



Happy pedaling.

[maillotpois]

Fantastic!

[Tater]

I'll have to remember this on today's ride!!

[MomOnBike]

Hills make you strong.

Headwinds make you mean.

I'm not mean or strong enough. I'm going for a ride today.

[sydney_b]

Hills make you strong.

Headwinds make you mean.

I'm not mean or strong enough. I'm going for a ride today.

You know, I think you're right. Headwinds definitely bring out the edge.

/s

[Brandi]

yea headwinds make me mad! So I get even with them!

[KSH]

You prevent the sweat from running into my eyes.
You transform a long gentle climb into a mountainous trial.
You whip the snot from my nostrils preventing drips on my new jersey.
You help me practice creative new strings of swear words.
You make me strong.
And, what a heckuva ride you'll give when I round the bend.



Happy pedaling.

All I know is that when I get to ride WITHOUT a 20-30 MPH headwind... I will be FLYING down the road.

What doesn't kill you... makes you stronger!

I threw my neck out from it. Or I should say woke up the next day and couldn't look to the left without crying out.

I have a bad habit of tensing up my shoulders when I ride in wind. I too had neck pain like that after a windy ride the day before. Now days, I remind myself to not tense up, and I try to move my head around in circles to stretch it out while riding. So far, so good.

[Veronica]

I just gotta ask - do you look up the wind speed in your area, or are you estimating how much wind there is?

Ar 25 mph you should hear whistling in the wires and 38 mph is considered a near gale.

Here's is an interesting site that describes what you experience at various windspeeds.

http://www.flexifoil.com/roughguide/...ind_speeds.php


Also part of the wind you feel when you ride, is apparent wind (a sailing term) a combination of the actual wind and your movement through the air.

V.

[SadieKate]

I've been thinking about this same thing for a while. Because of you I finally found the Beaufort Scale. Thanks, Teach.

I'm getting to like wikipedia. Find all kinds of interesting stuff.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaufort_scale

I like the little pictures on this site.
http://www.stormfax.com/beaufort.htm

Then, of course, there is our buddy NOAA.
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/lix/html/hailwind.html

[SadieKate]

And, just for Veronica:

Estimating Wind Speed
Almost everyone overestimates wind speed in the mountains. . . . 60 mph-Similar to walking up a steep hill with a sack of rocks on your back

Taken from: http://www.mountainweb.com/learn2cli...earntoclimb=38

[fixedgeargirl]

Estimating Wind Speed
Almost everyone overestimates wind speed in the mountains. . . . 60 mph-Similar to walking up a steep hill with a sack of rocks on your back

How big is the sack?

[Brandi]

got the wind speed off our local weather site bfore we went out the other day. The wind is a major thing around here so you can always find out how fast it is blowing from our local weather site. Anyone else have that?

[Jen]

I rode into a headwind at the beach one time that was equal to climbing a steep mountain. In addition, the sand was blowing so hard, I got a free skin abrasion on my face. I'll Never forget it.