I went on a club ride with some of the racers and a few of us slower folks with the main goal of getting some climbing in early in the season. So we took off and did a 3 1/2 mi climb up the side of one of our "mountains" with the pitch as steep as 16%. After we came down, the wind had picked up considerably (25 sustained, 40gusts ) which we were going straight into. I stayed hidden a lot of the time (well, when those pesky men didn't decide to take off without some of the others). Who would have thought that a ride back to the cars on the flat would be more difficult than that climb? Oh, how I love thee the wind