Originally Posted by dexter9326

I live South of Buffalo in Orchard Park - in the northern section of the traditional lake effect snow belt area. We had a long, difficult winter with snow from the first week of November until mid April. The spring has been rotten with only a couple of days in the 60s and 70s so far.

I did buy some riding pants, a wind breaker and gloves last fall and I never thought I'd use them as much as I have. I'm usually good to go on nice days with some sun and minimal wind when the temperature is in the upper 40s. But there have been days and days of rain and/or winds blowing in the 20mph range - which is discouraging. The other day I was riding one of my favorite routes and there's a slightly downhill section that I routinely hit 21 mph with minimal effort. On that particular day I was pedaling as hard as I could into a stiff wind and could go no faster than 11 mph. Brutal

Looking forward to some better weather at some point.