Joined: Jan 2009
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From: New York, NY, and High Falls, NY, USA
Bikes: 1962 Rudge Sports, 1971 Raleigh Super Course, 1971 Raleigh Pro Track, 1974 Raleigh International, 1975 Viscount Fixie, 1982 McLean, 1996 Lemond (Ti), 2002 Burley Zydeco tandem
I prefer climbing a steep, long hill to having stiff headwinds or crosswinds. Oh well, I moved to NYC anyway. Man, I had forgotten how windy it is here!
Long ago, I took a tour of the St Lawrence River in Québec, going from Gaspé to Montréal. It was upwind for almost the whole way. We had to pedal downhill. We didn't need our brakes. To stop our bikes, we just stopped pedaling.