My brooklyn loop is all tailwind going out and headwind coming home. I wish it was the opposite because wind along the shore is easily 15mph a few times a week. Pedaling at 6mph does give you time to think, or a Manny put it, sing a song, Haha. On Sep 23, 2012 7:13 PM, "dougP" <dougpn...@cox.net> wrote:
> Every climb has a top somewhere, perhaps hours away, but eventually > you get there. The wind can blow for days. Think about riding a > relaxed 10 MPH but into a 10 MPH headwind. It's pretty the same as > trying to ride 20 MPH. > > Cross country riders often comment that they used gears crossing the > plains (Kansas, et al) that they never needed climbing the Rockies. > Wind is kinda discouraging. > > dougP > > On Sep 22, 8:33 pm, lungimsam <john11.2...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Rode to church and back today. I started thinking....Is one of my brakes > > dragging? What is going on here? > > Then it dawned on me that the wind was blasting in my face on just about > > every road I was on. > > > > This week there have been alot of headwinds here in Maryland. Sure does > > make it frustrating. Going all out and just draggin' along. > > > > Anyone have any tips for tackling headwinds? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
