Originally Posted by
merlinextraligh
If you don't care about how fast you're going that might work for your comfort.
However if you want to go fast, that is completely backwards.
And yet ... after 13 years of riding in wind ... I've discovered I'm signficantly faster when I ride my way than when I do the opposite. Faster and more comfortable. Both of which are essential elements of doing 600K randonnees where there's 400K of headwind.