I have been hoping to ride more outdoors this Winter than in the past...but I'm finding that my asthmatic lungs may not allow this. Today I rode 24 miles with friends into a lot of wind and really struggled (temps weren't even all that cold...upper 30s). In the Summer it's a piece of cake for me to finish a ride with an average speed of 16mph or faster for 4x that distance. Today our average was <15 and I was hurting. Tonite my lungs are really angry and my throat feels so raw.

So...I think I might be able to do some slower rides on my cyclocross bike or mtn. bike, but even with dry roads I may have to give up on faster road bike rides.

I'd give anything to have an even average set of lungs.