We can empathise with that, went out on the fixed [what else], on the first gentle uphill, not warmed up we are cruising at over 18 mph without effort, guess which way the wind was blowing? When the side wind hit with gusts of well over 40 mph it was an interesting to see dr_pink leaning one way and the bike completely the opposite. The real fun began however when we headed directly into what felt was a physical barrier on a nearly 2 mile climb. I made a huge mistake earlier by raising dr_pink's saddle by 11mm, I just made her quicker, sigh. 21 miles, it was enough.
You've gotta be a bit of a cycling addict to do 50 miles in today's winds. I was having a look at my car earlier, and the wind repeatedly closed the bonnet against the force of the gas strut keeping it open. Later on when I forgot to put the handbrake on a gust of wind moved the car backwards about a foot.
Nonsense, I'm not addicted, I can give it up anytime I want to ... <Sniff>
