Dealing with wind

[OakLeaf]

Just by coincidence - here's what my sister in Texas posted on Facebook today:

The good news is, if you get up and ride early, you miss the wind. The bad news is, I don't get up early. The good news is, the wind makes me strong. Very, very strong. Sometimes angry, but always strong.

[dlolide]

I live in Texas too, and the winds lately totally suck. I avoid it as much as I can as well, I am a very small person who doesn't weigh much, so I get blown around a lot.
However, the wind does make you stronger eventually, and as everyone else said, just think positive things while riding.
I used to say to myself when riding, how much the winds sucks, why me?, but I changed my attitude and now say "the wind is my friend, the wind will not beat me, I will win, I will be stronger". I know I might seem crazy but it works for me. You should try it too! Think of how much stronger you will be and when there is no wind, how you will pass people around you because you have trained with your best friend "the wind".

[Biciclista]

I joined my bike club for a 2 day set of rides. On day one, we had to ride 18 miles (from town A to town B) into a headwind. At the end of that ride, i hurt so badly that i didn't ride the next day.
Another ride, my DH was on a tandem with my daughter in law. She wasn't feeling good (and was tired of the headwind) but i was determined to stick it out. When she finally gave up, it felt SO good to turn around and head back home (with a tail wind. I was standing and whooping and carrying on, i felt SO good, I was smiling all the way back!
I would hate to live somewhere (like west Texas) where you have so much wind.
In florida, they call that "their hills"

[Becky]

In florida, they call that "their hills"

The difference being that you can coast down a real hill

Give me hills any day....I'm worthless in the wind.

[Tri Girl]

The difference being that you can coast down a real hill

Give me hills any day....I'm worthless in the wind.

+ a billion!!!

[westtexas]

Seriously, it's been blowing a lot out here lately. But seeing two new threads pop up on wind and from this thread, looks like everyone's been having a windy spring.

Sun-Tues of this week the wind was steady at ~ 25 mph and I didn't go out and ride. Yesterday it was a much more manageable level, ~ 5mph and I got in a good 12 mile ride. Today a little more breezy and as soon as it cools off a little more (into the 80s today) I'm going to venture out. I've been sick too with a horrible cough so that certainly hasn't helped.

I'm definitely a hill person. Gives you a goal. You get to the top and you are done with it, and on the way home you can use it to rest. Wind is just relentless, ugh.

[sundial]

Wind can definitely make you feel frustrated. If you can manage an early morning ride the wind is usually calmer before the heat of the day sets in. Also, when it's really, really windy I like to ride in the hills on the backroads where the trees will block most of it.