Originally Posted by noisebeam
4pm edit: Just completed the ride. A bit of a disapointment as the wind was nearly fully from the West. I ride North 6mi and it was a gusty x-wind, felt more like swapping bursts of head and tailwinnd. My speed went from 25 to 21 to 28 to 20 to 26 etc. with about the same effort. Then I got the 2mi eastbound and got stuck behind a slow UPS truck for 1mi then hits a series of closely spaced lights. Still made a 21.4mph average time, but a couple mph short of my best average.
Al
My ride home was very similar. Gusting and changing directions, except for the last 2 miles for me was a strong head wind. According to weather.com I had winds speeds of 22mph with gust up to 30mph.