Originally Posted by
tarwheel
Crazy weather in NC this week (and last). A northeaster is sitting off the coast, and cool NE winds have been blowing here for the past week. Yesterday there were 20 mph sustained winds and gusts up to 30 mph, and it's supposed to be even windier today. That made for an easy ride to work this morning as my morning commute is generally heading south. Too bad I got caught by every red light along the way, or I would have made great time.
The problem is, the winds don't really kick up until the afternoon - so I got very little boost on my ride south this morning, but the ride north going home will be hell this afternoon.
I'll probably take the back way home today. a 30-40mph headwind will likely slow me to the point that I won't want to deal with arterial traffic.