Shoot just noticed the half dozen other posts following the one I quoted. Great minds I guess.
The gearing issues are interesting.
Funny you mention headwinds. Came across an article once titled "Riding the Mountains of Nebraska". Being from Nebraska originally I was confused, don't remember mountains. Turns out the writer was comparing the incessant winds to riding a sustained mountain grade.
They got that right. Rode the Cowboy trail a month later and experienced biblical level winds. There weren't many trees to hide behind either.