You have far more stamina than I do to ride for hours into that kind of wind. I HATE wind. I'm not a strong rider in the first place, and the wind just makes it worse. One day last summer I was at the end of a 50 mile ride (which took me pratically all day!) and the bikepath turned into the wind, which, by that time, was really starting to whip up in the late afternoon. At one point I decided to get off and walk for a while for a break. I wasn't feeling any better and then realized that I was leaning into the wind, walking! No wonder I couldn't ride into it; I could barely walk into it! I hate the wind..........