After a calm and pleasantly warm (66*) and calm Sunday, today: 25 to 35 gusts to 50 W/WSW today. Am not riding today but hope to tomorrow. Tomorrow: 25 to 35, gusts to 40, NW.
How deal with this? One way is to ride early before they really kick up, but tomorrow that would mean getting up early enough to ride before a 9 am East Coast client call and (1) I’m not a morning person and (2) I’ve got a lot to do in the morning which would mean getting up at 5 am, and at 7-8 am winds forecast at 15 WNW anyway. [One annoying circumstance of my life and travels is that I very often travel North in the morning against NW winds and then return in the afternoon against SW winds. But I guess this builds character. I had one gig 20 years ago where I happily rode South in the morning at 25 mph and returned North in the evening at 25 mph.] Another way to do it is Rule #5 (“Man Up”) and really, I rather like riding against wind or up hills if I’m feeling good and the distances are relatively short. This method requires a sufficiently low position in the drops. But again, I’m curious what riders do who sit upright with wide sweepback handlebars. How do you deal with strong headwinds? Do you not ride when the winds are high, or do you live in some windless Utopia? Patrick “time to convert the 1999 Joe Starck gofast from Phil + Dingle to SA TC or even TF with new shifting system using Suntour 6-speed indexed barcon” Moore On Fri, Feb 28, 2025 at 3:43 PM Patrick Moore <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: > That is great; I laughed (out loud). I see that they’re averaging 17-18 > mph against ~30 mph winds over the ~5 mile course; damned good! Think what > they could do with drop bars! > > Patrick Moore, who wishes he could still average 18 mph over a 20 mile > still flat course, in ABQ, NM. (Hey. Back in my day as a slender > 40-something I’d average in the mid-19s for 18 mile hilly routes with 4-way > stops and stoplights. This while smoking 15 cigs a day.) > > On Fri, Feb 28, 2025 at 9:43 AM Ted Durant <teddur...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> On Feb 27, 2025, at 5:07 PM, Patrick Moore <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> I’m curious how those who ride very upright, with say a 58 cm Bosco 6” >> above saddle, deal with riding straight into strong winds if you live in >> windy areas; say 22 gusts to 28 which is pretty common here in Spring >> >> >> [image: 1200px-NK_tegenwindfietsen_2020.jpeg] >> >> Dutch Headwind Cycling Championships >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_Headwind_Cycling_Championships> >> en.wikipedia.org >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_Headwind_Cycling_Championships> >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_Headwind_Cycling_Championships> >> >> Ted Durant >> Milwaukee, WI USA >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/90586393-F7BE-4189-9CD9-1379ACA2CC9D%40gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/90586393-F7BE-4189-9CD9-1379ACA2CC9D%40gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > > > -- > > Patrick Moore > Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Executive resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, letters, and other writing > services > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > *When thou didst not, savage, k**now thine own meaning,* > > *But wouldst gabble like a** thing most brutish,* > > *I endowed thy purposes w**ith words that made them known.* > -- Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Executive resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, letters, and other writing services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *When thou didst not, savage, k**now thine own meaning,* *But wouldst gabble like a** thing most brutish,* *I endowed thy purposes w**ith words that made them known.* -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CALuTfgv4xdxRhvR1dWqvGCk-LeQGW6qgdtwKBzAz7Ejp2t7Ldg%40mail.gmail.com.
