Originally Posted by
Tycho Brahe
I hate hate hate wind.
I was once talking to a cyclist from the Netherlands and I was telling him that the Netherlands would be a boring place for me to cyclist since I love climbs. The bigger the climb, the better. His response that they had wind to make cycling harder and that it was equivalent to hills. He made cycling in the Netherlands go from bad to worse.
Ha!
I think some of it is psychological. I mean, you can SEE a hill and prepare yourself, pace yourself, or at least formulate some sort of plan of attack.
The wind? - You can't see it...it can gust unpredictably...and it can make a cool day feel cold.