Not the easiest ride of my life this morning. 29F/-2C with 15-20 MPH winds out of the NE. The first part of my ride across the wind wasn't too bad, but it took me a couple minutes to get warmed up. As soon as I made the right turn to head NE the wind made itself known! 1.5 miles straight into that headwind had me in toiling away in the lowest couple gears available on the rear. Didn't have to drop into the smallest chainring though. Grin and bare it, right?
Then just as I reached the apex of my ride, which really isn't anymore than a slight hill, I a couple trashcans got blown right into my path, not more than 10 feet ahead of me... fortunately I wasn't moving too fast and was able to brake, steer left and kick them out of the way so I didn't have the ride over/ thru them. Still stopped briefly just to make sure nothing was damaged...
If the wind keeps up this evening, I anticipate a fast ride home...