Oh go fly a kite!
I rode my hills and parks route in the lee of the wind on the upwind leg of my errands run this morning. Then rode the tailwinds home.
There's always a spoilsport only thinking happy thoughts...
Originally Posted by
Recycle
We had a windy ride, too.
Two weeks ago Mrs Recycle and I were on South Padre Island TX. The main road is 12 miles long and straight as an arrow. We headed northeast from our hotel at the 2 mile mark directly into a steady 40 mph headwind.
It took an hour and a quarter to make the 10 miles to the end of the road, hammering as best we could in the granny gear. It only took about 20 minutes to make it back, and that was with almost no pedaling.
One surreal, other-worldly thing about the trip was the blowing sand. There were several times when we couldn't see the pavement. Another was the wind sound. Heading into the wind we couldn't shout loud enough to be heard from a few feet away. Heading with the wind, we could hear each other from 30ft at almost a whisper.
Photo shows MrsR stopped for a moment at a dune.
Delightfully harsh and brutal.... now that's what I'm talkin about!