Rode in at my normal time, 4:30am. Had to fight a brutal 15-25mph headwind out of the west. Temp 31f (19f windchill)Altho it didn't feel like it to me. But the wind was something else. I left 10 mins early anticipating the strong winds. Whenever I rode south on my route the wind was knocking me sideways. I think I felt a couple of those 35mph gusts. Thank goodness I have Aero-bars, they helped alot. Came upon a driver on the service road off of 161 who actually stopped to see what the hell was coming toward him. I have two battery headlights, one is blinking. And this guy couldn't figure out what the hell he was looking at as I approached him. He had this incredulous/scared look on his face as I came up on him. I laughed to myself. I get that alot at that time of the morning. I've had cops slow down to see what it was they were looking at. Anyway, this aftn I rode the bikepath to Whitney Av. making my way thru Worthington, north to Worthington-Galena Rd over to Westerville via Main St. My recomendation for winter pants are the SportHill 3SP pants. Those things are awesome. They're not cheap, but are worth every penny. They are totally windproof and I don't feel any of the cold. No need to layer, maybe down in the single digits, so I've read. But they rock. I got mine at Sierra Trading Post at 50% off. All sold out now. SportHill is definetly the stuff to have in cold weather.
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