Wind weenie

[Julietiede]

Well, here is one answer for you. My husband did the 508 a couple of years ago (48 hours, 508 miles) and winds through Death Valley were 50 mph. The only bikes that were blown over were the recumbent bikes. So as long as you are holding on-no time to take your hands off the handle bars you should be good. We rode yesterday in 30 mph winds and it was miserable and we loved it (when it was over with!) We get wind a lot so refuse to change our plans. We always say it makes riding on flats like climbing so it is great training and will power you up! Happy Trails,
Julie

[mariacycle]

How do you handle the wind on your ears? My ears feel like they're being boxed if I ride in extreme cold, wind, or both. Ear warmers? Ear plugs?

[redrhodie]

How do you handle the wind on your ears? My ears feel like they're being boxed if I ride in extreme cold, wind, or both. Ear warmers? Ear plugs?

I wear a headband over my ears.

[nscrbug]

My name is Linda, and I am a wind weenie. There...I said it. I hate the wind...no more like, despise it. That being said, we get a lot of windy days in "the Windy City"...so, I try and not let if affect my decision to ride. The past 2 days have been extremely windy here. My cycling buddy and I headed out at 7am, both today and yesterday. Even at that early hour, the sustained winds were at least 15-18mph, with gusts around 25+mph. And as the morning wore on, the winds only got worse. It was brutal...I literally felt battered and beaten down by the end of the rides. Yesterday was 63 miles, today was 57...and tomorrow doesn't look to be any less windy either, with forecasted winds of 15-25mph out of the N-NW...lovely. I'm secretly kind of hoping that it is still raining in the morning (severe storms forecasted for overnight), so that we can bag the ride for tomorrow and I can recuperate from such a tough riding weekend.

[withm]

25 miles today, winds 20-25mph sustained, and mostly cloudy, so it was downright chilly unless the sun came out from the clouds. Flags sticking straight out everywhere. Still it felt good to finally have a good ride.

If I didn't ride in 20mph winds, I'd never get to ride. I'm a flatlander for sure. No hills but we make up for it with the wind.

[indysteel]

You gals are my heroes. I need to have one of you play devil's advocate the next time I want to bail. Linda, doing 25 miles in high winds is awesome, doing 63 is totally impressive. You rock!!!

[emily_in_nc]

Today the winds were down a bit, though they picked up in the afternoon to 12-15 mph. Tomorrow they're calling for sustained 15-25 with gusts to 35, and of course it's my work at home day (so I could slip out for a lunchtime ride or after I'm done for the day), and forecast to be 83 degrees!! So I'd love to ride again, but I surely wish it weren't going to be so darn windy. I guess we'll make the call when the time comes.

[Chicken Little]

63 mph gust at the airport, and half my states on fire. I'm not trying this.