Wind.

[ianrauk]

Lay off the beans for a while.

 

[andrewsdad]

 

[50000tears]

After recovering from an accident just about enough to attempt the Dorset Air Ambulace coat to coast ride this Sunday I have just looked at the weather. Nice and dry but will have a 15mph headwind for the entire route. Eeek!

 

[nickyboy]

Posted something on My Ride Today thread. I rode up this "hill" into a really strong SW wind. Probably 25mph

https://www.strava.com/segments/4696935

I managed all of 12.9km/hr giving it full effort. It was the only time on a bike I would have happily chucked it in a ditch and called a taxi

 

[andrewsdad]

Posted something on My Ride Today thread. I rode up this "hill" into a really strong SW wind. Probably 25mph

https://www.strava.com/segments/4696935

I managed all of 12.9km/hr giving it full effort. It was the only time on a bike I would have happily chucked it in a ditch and called a taxi

I like to think of it as resistance training, stops me hopping off and walking.

 

[Joshua Plumtree]

I have a cunning plan worked out for a late afternoon spin. Head out with a tail wind into a southerly direction just long enough before the wind veers around to the East, enabling me to loop around into a cross wind for 4-5 miles before heading home with the wind behind me again.

Of course, this cunning plan is entirely reliant on the accuracy of the BBC online forecast, and also on the wind changing direction precisely at the end of each hour!