soding wind!!

[gavroche]

I went out this morning, all dressed and prepared for a cold one but turned back after only 3 miles. The wind was so strong it saps all your energy! Are we going to have this wind until next spring?

 

[jonathanw]

I went out this morning, all dressed and prepared for a cold one but turned back after only 3 miles. The wind was so strong it saps all your energy! Are we going to have this wind until next spring?

It has certainly been brutal this week. Here's hoping for a calmer spell!

 

[MattHB]

I hate the wind. Makes me feel incredibly unfit!!!

 

[HLaB]

For a change the winds weren't too bad here today but they still made it hard work. I don't know what it is about winds either sometimes strong constant winds are less of a problem than weaker energy sapping gusts

 

[cycleruk]

whats worse then a head wind..... a head wind on a straight road!

 

[tyred]

I did a forty miler yesterday morning. Didn't seem too bad setting out so I took my fixed gear. It became very windy and cold shortly after I left and I did the last 20 miles or so through open countryside with no shelter being pelted by hailstones and into a hellish head wind at 10 - 11mph, struggling to maintain a decent cadence on a gear that was way too high for the conditions. My legs were burning.

If only some bright spark could invent a device which allows a cyclist to have a selection of about 18+ gears to choose from....