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Old 01-31-13 | 11:49 AM
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Originally Posted by Slaninar
On those occasions when it happens to be blowing in my face i pretend to be climbing a mountain and think of the happy ride back, with the wind at my back.
It's usually on the ride back that I get the headwinds. I've taken to tacking off the direct headwind direction, riding a few miles out of the way, then riding back across to my neighborhood with a crosswind, and completing with about a mile of wind at my back.
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