Originally Posted by
Yendor72
I don't race either, but I do like to do tours and 1 day fun rides. I live in a very flat part of the US, so the wind is one of my riding partners. When I go on a tour that has lots of hills, you better believe that I have to train for them. I know I have a very long hill coming this year with upwards of 12% grade. If you think I can just ride when its nice and overcome that, well you believe in me more than I do.
lol: No I can see the sense in that. There are degrees of exercise, levels one can choose, but it looks in your case you don't have much choice. I get about one windy day in 10 or less and even on those days it's relatively mild in the early hours of the morning. When I go up hills I know what I'm in for and it's balanced by the nice fast flat stretches down on the flats. I have been caught out a few times pushing home into a headwind, peddling at 5 km/h, and it takes all the fun out of it. I have never toured though which is a whole other ball game.