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LegalIce
10-14-02, 10:00 AM
Did I say 'joys'? Yuck! Rode in the local Great Pumpkin Metric yesterday. Registered to ride the 65 mile route but bailed to the 34 mile route because of the blasted wind! :cry: :irritated :cry: Temps in the 40s with winds at 20+ MPH at the ride start and never let-up...what a frickin' joy...NOT! At least I rolled over the 500 mile mark for the year...not bad considering I didn't start riding until the beginning of August...

I wanted to get a metric century in before the weather gets really out of hand...have to wait until next year, then get a real century in...(100 miles...:D )...hopefully...

velo
10-14-02, 10:02 AM
Geez, you've got the same problem as me. It was so darn windy today! And it's supposed to be like this for a couple more days...:(
ChipRGW
10-14-02, 10:22 AM
I have been wondering about the wind thing too...

How is it that, when riding an out and back route, you get headwinds, both ways??? I don't ride THAT fast.

Grrrrr...

kewlrunningz
10-14-02, 10:29 AM
Speaking of wind! Yesterday I would be grinding the pedals downhill topping out at .....19mph :rolleyes: It was pretty discouraging so I ended up cutting the ride short. I sure hope it settles down since I'm in the grove right now and need to take advantage of it by putting in some miles not to mention I would like to set a few PR's. :)
threadend
10-14-02, 10:40 AM
Originally posted by LegalIce
...I wanted to get a metric century in before the weather gets really out of hand...have to wait until next year...

Hey, there is still time, Indian Summer comes round nearly every year to tease us into riding in late October or early November.

I'm with you on the wind / temps yesterday, harbinger of things to come soon to the North Central US, brrrr!
LegalIce
10-14-02, 11:41 AM
An Indian summer would be nice...wind not included...;)

However, I bought enough cool weather gear for yesterday's ride to get me well into November...one of the good things about moving back to the middle of the mid-West from Minnesota...
VegasCyclist
10-14-02, 04:29 PM
there tends to be a lot of wind here (it's a desert duh ;)) but I try not to let it get me down... I just get in the drops and power through it, I also find that with wind, it's a good time to work on my areo form, (hey it's a free wind tunnel :lol: ) but then again whatever doesn't kill you only makes you stronger...