funrover 

There are very few weather related issues for me when it comes to biking. Really only 3 make me not want to be out: Hail, lightning and high winds. The wind around here lately seem to be relentless. I keep wanting to commute to work, however we are in Red Flag warning everyday. Anyone else hate the wind?

Thanks for letting me rant

bautieri

I have a love/hate relationship with the wind. I love tail winds, hate strong wind in just about any other direction.

RichardGlover

I don't mind headwinds or tailwinds. But crosswinds are a pain if I'm riding in traffic.

txvintage

This time of year in North Texas we have hellacious winds. It seems like they will never end, and yes they change directions when you do.

iforgotmename

I did 53 miles yesterday and loved the wind for the first part of the ride.

DGozinya

Headwinds are the worst. It is not like a hill, where you have a visual clue that the ride should be difficult. With wind, I look ahead and see a flat stretch and think to myself "yay! easy riding" but then add an invisible 20mph blast and my spirit drops.

Jtgyk

I really hate it when I have to pedal to keep from slowing down on a downhill. Coming back up was a breeze (if you'll pardon the pun).

jethro56 

I hate wind. It don't want to ride into a headwind at the end of my ride so it dictates my route. If you dress for a headwind you're too hot when riding with the wind.

Mr. Beanz

I love the wind. Give me a 40 mph wind and I'll have fun with it.

My thing is that a big wind can make it tough in one dierection, then easy on the return or vice versa. If the rt is a llop, then tough a couple of place and easy on others. Heck, I've even done mountain climbs with big winds. BUT, I wouldn't ride aorund heavy traffic in a big wind.

Gina used to be afraid of the wind too but after riding with me a few times, she's learned to enjoy it!.

check out the wind on this ride. Blowing trees, broken limbs. Started at 45 winds, then calmed down a bit. Another clyde poster was supposed to meet us for the ride but his wife timed the baby just right haha!



check out the first minue of this video, sights and sounds


Check out Gina's hair dancing, and the sand/dirt in the air.

I_like_cereal

Here are some Cobb Cycling positioning videos that helped me reposition myself.

A backs are those that can lay flat or nearly flat. B backs are those that have a slight hump in the back and cannot lay nearly as flat.

Cobb is known for his aerodynamic studies of pro racers.

cyclokitty 

Crosswinds are horrible in traffic and I hate them. But I try and pretend headwinds are making me a better cyclist, albeit a whining, sniffling suckybaby of a cyclist because the wind is s-l-o-w-i-n-g me down. Tailwinds are pure myth for me.

Crazydad

I abhor the wind. Like the OP said, there aren't too many conditions that will stop me from riding but a constant, strong wind is one of them. I was going to do a lunch ride today but with 15-25mph winds with gusts up to 35mph (and has been like that all week), it just makes it no fun. Normally when it is this windy I just hit the MTB trails, but they are too far away for a lunch ride. Oh well, hopefully I can hit the trails after work.

cyclist2000

Its a love/hate relationship for me, I hate them but they make me so much better.

Tony N.

I hate the wind at the beach. Any beach. In the summertime. If it blows with you at your back, you die for lack of a breeze and then when you turn around, it nearly stops you dead in your tracks. and the sand will blast the paint off a good frame. Just sayin...............

Seve

The only times I don't like it it when it is so high that all sorts of things are blowing across the roads and crosswinds. Tree branches, limbs, trash cans, dust and dirt etc. Getting those things caught up in your bike is no fun nor is having you and your bike suddenly get shoved over to the right or left by a couple of feet by a sudden crosswind.

Other than that it doesn't seem to bother me any more than when playing golf or even fishing when the wind is up.

meatlump

Hate the wind. Can't tell if I've got a tailwind but loathe headwinds and get annoyed by side winds. Maybe if I learn to recognize when I'm benefiting from a tailwind I'll change my mind a bit.

Kerrvillian

Not just North Texas!

jgjulio

+1
+1 Bigtime!

Wogster

Especially with the nitwits in Toronto that they give drivers licences to.... I hated riding in that overgrown hamlet, might be better this year with gas at $1.29L now, it's going to be a buck and a half by July, and a lot of people with be parking their 25L/100km SUV's for the summer.

nixternal

I live in Chicago, so wind is our hills. I love wind for the first 20 miles. After that I start to hate it!

engstrom

+1

I actually like hills but the difference is you can see the hill and know if you're getting near the top. Wind just blows.

cyclokitty 

I hope so! A high school friend on Facebook wrote about paying nearly $90 to fill her gas tank -- I have no idea how much she drives her rather enormous SUV that only carries her, so I can't tell if that lasts her a week or 10 days or a month. But I still left a snarky reply that my bike ride cost me a 50 cent cookie.

It's breezy today so that means I get to ride my laundry into a headwind. Soon I'll get to ride gardening supplies, odds are with a crosswind that'll try to permanently smear me into the side of a truck.

Homeyba

How's this for a little sand/dirt in the air?


It's not a real wind unless you can see it...is it?

Here we're riding past a tornado in Kansas. Luckily it gave us quite a tailwind...

Wogster

Head wind, give me the road bike, tail wind give me the mountain bike, cross wind, give me a road with no motor traffic.

marmot

I never learn. When I have a tailwind I always attribute the swift, easy ride to my powerful thighs and magnificent conditioning. Then I turn around and realize, too late, that I'm facing a nasty headwind to get myself home. I have done this, I dunno, dozens of times over the years. Slow learner I guess.
Hills at least reward you with a nice view, a sense of accomplishment and an easy, fast descent. A headwind is just hard work.