Had a windy ride today found out we had a Hurricane not too far away. Tailwind meant I was faster up a 5% slope than those coming down it and I definitely knew when I had a headwind.

In 2001 I did a metric and the weather forecast was not good. Rain all day and high winds- gusting. It did rain all day and the 60mph headwind for the last 10 miles across an open Moor meant that the Rain was horizontal. We had to ride a pace line- At 5mph at best- just to keep moving- but you got to the head and slipped straight off it again. Those that were not in a pace line- gave up. Ever done a ride where you can see pace lines everywhere?