I hate climbing but living on Long Island has taught me that I have headwinds more. 30 mile ride on the race bike wanted to do 40 mi but caved when I could no longer ride above 13mph, had been 20 straight miles into what was a decent wind but still not a storm. Just drags it out of you as the pressure never lets up and it seems to get harder to stay at speed every time there's an extra gust. Still averaged 18.5 but would rather climb. Touring going into the wind with rain, just pitch the tent and call the day done, same rain with the wind pushing, not so bad if the temps are good and the rain coat is keeping you half dry. I'll take extra climbing and west to east any day.