Wind.

[Thorn]

Today...20mph with gusts to 26. No problem. I just look at the wind as a training partner. A very mean training partner.

We've biked in worse while on a tour--it wasn't van supported and we had to get from one town to the next. 25 with gusts to 40. That was scary getting hit with cross gusts while in traffic.

But, in general, I just find a happy gear and enjoy it. I take it easy on the backroads and save the strength for the busy roads so I can push the pace can get off them as quickly as possible.

But, if the temp is under 40. Nope. I'm a wimp.

[Running Mommy]

25 gusting to 35?? Yeah that was me two weeks ago! Try riding 112 miles in that!
After that race I just have no desire to ride in anything over 10-15 mph. I know I need to, but I've lost that loving feeling...
Oh and it's heating up here, so when it's windy it feels like your riding into a blow dryer!

[teigyr]

Despise the wind. If I see tree branches moving, I go to the gym. Hills, you see, have an end. Wind? You'd THINK if you had a headwind and turned around, you would then have a tailwind. NO! It follows me. Honestly, I've been known to raise my fist to the sky and curse the powers that be.

[withm]

Being at sea level we get LOTS of wind. If I ride to work, it's 13 miles due north. The prevailing wind is usually out of the north, so it's 13 miles of headwinds and no where to get out of the wind since I have the ocean on one side and the bay on the other. Typically the wind shifts in the afternoon, so somedays I am treated to headwinds in both directions. Oh joy. Up to 25 mph is ok I guess, but slow. Very slow.

Somebody famous said: "Hills make you strong, but the wind makes you mean." I don't know who said it, but I believe it wholeheartedly.

[Deanna]

If I need to get some miles in, I'll ride as long as I can move forward and not stand still or go backwards. I figure, I'll eventually get the tailwind. It seems like it's always windy these days, if it ever stops I'll probably feel really strong and fast!

[deedolce]

Wind weanie here. I went out once in 30+ mph, and nearly got blown into traffic, and that was the last time for me! I'd rather do something else and live to ride another day.

[Geonz]

OUt here, if you don't ride in the wind, you don't ride.
TOday's "Saunter" ride was in I think 13 mph winds. I've done 20 & 25 and still had a reasonably good time. Couple of SUndays ago I called a ride and rode out there - the prediction was 20-25 mph and I said people could ride behind me - and thought it was pretty hairy in town... and we went 3/4 a mile towards the prairie and I just figured it was too gusty for stability.
Got home and the weather channel said the wind was 45 mph, gusting to 56. Holey Cow!!! I didn't feel like a weenie then...
... My reality criteria is that if I would be embarrassed telling somebody in the ER why I was out riding *voluntarily* in the conditions that put me there, I should go back home. And I"ll ride one of my heavy bikes and not in a group.