Beautiful morning, even if it was quite windy. I took a long route this morning, 7 miles instead of 2. It was just beautiful. It rained last night, so the pavement was wet and I took the ZiZZO again, with its full fenders, with the front one extending down nice & low. The wind was out of the south-southwest. I lucked out on this ride:

1) I started heading east, which was downhill, and the slight tailwind.
2) I turned south, into a bit of a head wind, but since the trees on the bike trail blocked the west element of the wind, it wasn't too much. Didn't feel like an 18 mph wind.
3) I turned east again, downhill into the lake basin with an element of a tailwind.
4) I then turned north on Sheridan with a bodacious tailwind. It was only turning west uphill for the last stretch where I felt the brunt of the headwind, but I strategically took back streets so the houses knocked it down a bit; no wide, straight-through streets.

I'll have to try to remember this day as I fight headwinds this spring, feeling like they're always against me.


Mid-50s today. It "should" be in the 20s this time of year in this part of the USA.



Here's the skinny. 1 mph faster than usual for this bike. It didn't "feel like" 38 ° to me...