Catrin: 2 and Wind: 0

[Catrin]

Only a 35 minute ride today due to 18-20 mph winds. With my current skills that is pretty strong! The wind came close to knocking me over twice, but wasn't successful. I decided not to give it a third chance

Great fun though - the first time I've been able to ride when it was really warm and it was fantastic! It just gets better...and better... perhaps it is almost time to think about hitting country roads

[abejita]

Yea for you!!! I have come to realize that I hate the wind more than the cold.

Hubs and I went out for our ride on Saturday. It was like riding in a hurricane. It was actually pretty miserable. I got hit by a trashcan and pushed into the curb and I almost fell over. Our fifty mile ride took an hour longer than usual because it was so windy.

Watching the news that night, we saw that we had 40+mph sustained winds and gusts up to 55+mph!

I just try to keep reminding myself that I will be stronger this summer when all this wind stops!

[PamNY]

Catrin, that's great. I found there was a real learning curve for riding in wind. I still don't like it, but it feels good to be not intimidated.

[tangentgirl]

Nice, Catrin!

[ny biker]

I hate riding in the wind!!! But it does give you a good workout. And makes you appreciate the sunny unwindy days even more.

[marni]

headwinds, like hills, make your butt stronger. The best piece of advice about riding in the headwinds that I ever got was to think narrow- you can get low, but it makes a big difference if you can also ride narrow to cut down on the resistance. That being said, riding in the winds is a mixed pleasure. I did a 45 mile ride yesterday and on the8 miles where I had a tailwind instead of a headwind or quartering headwind/side wind, I was going 25-30 mph while my overall speed for the whole ride was 16. It's a matter of resignation and soldiering on in most cases.

tomorrow it's supposed to be 20-35 with gust stronger. I'm of mixed minds about riding or the gym.

marni