Now I know what your talking about, thank God for my SRAM 11-26. Whats nice is just when you think you are about done it kicks up a little steeper toward the end and all

That was the plan, just forgot that when its in the 40s down in Golden its in the 20s at 9500feet, again, brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

I found the trick was to stare at your front wheel. Don't look up or back. Maybe a little to the side and that is it.

Hmm, I will have to give it a try. Looking for some climbing training, but I will check it out in my topo program first to see if it scares me away

Worst fall, winter and spring I can ever remember for wind. It is horrible up here in Laramie. If this is what climate change brings to us, I will seriously contemplate moving.

It was more of a ride than I wanted to do after the Central City Expressway on Sautrday and handball (which just really beats me up these days) on friday, but let some of the local hammerheads talk me into it. We started at the top up where 46 and 119 intersect. If you saw a group of four riders coming down all covered in heavy tights and gloves and jackets then you saw us! We started out around 9:30 and got into Golden perhaps 10:15 or so. The wind was brutal up top.
We did see a lot of people coming up the canyon as we bombed down. I thought they all looked pitifully under-dressed.

I sure thought it looked calm today, but just got back from a loop out from Denver to Morrison and by Red Rocks, and it is sure blowing out of the South. Nothing like last week though.

New here and still figuring the site out. We were coming down G.G. canyon that morning. Got to golden between 10-10:30. did see a bunch of folks coming up, all who seemed badly under dressed. If yo saw a groupf four guys bound up in heavy tights, gloves, jackets - that was us. Brutal wind up top that day. I was destroyed on the way up. Guy Hill had me turning the cranks around 30 rpm, if that.

Wind is my worst enemy. When I check the weather report, I'll check wind direction at a certain time of day over temp or precipitation. I loathe a headwind, and headwinds comprise about 90% of my rides :-\

It seems as if all of my rides are plagued by wind. The thing that gets to me are the perpetual head winds up here. I'll head north to ward fighting a headwind and then turn around and - VOILA ! - head south into a head wind. How does that work?
Its all good but I look forward to less windier days. I got pushed about two feet to the right on Monday coming around a curve on 119.

The we definitely passed each other, I was one of the woefully underdressed lone wolfs in my blaze yellow PI wind jacket and knee warmers.

Someday the wind will let up. Someday.

I went out to the wall (aka mccaslin) and had my rear handed to me. 11 miles with 800 feet of climbing shouldn't be a problem. Not today.
My list of excuses:
1) In the midst of allergy season and getting half the sleep normally the last 4 days.
2) Just had PT on my arm an hr before riding down and up mccaslin.
3) 6 weeks no riding due to accident
4) Last but not least... 20-30 mph side wind.

My god that was a bad idea. So, what are hill repeats done once?
Till next week.

Wow, and it looked calm today, but I got fooled by that yesterday. I am missing out on today because my bike is at the shop getting new bars after my fitting. Tomorrow is supposed to be rain and snow. If it isn't windy, I will probably ride anyway.

I wish I could get up earlier, but I work from home for an east-coast tech company and I work eastern hours. That gets me out in the afternoons, but that is when it is windy.

It wasn't too horrible but the wind tends to pick up in open space. I have had rides that I have had to lean a good 30 degrees into the wind to stay upright. It is more along the lines that I should have listened to my body and stayed home or rode on the platte trail.
I have never had that short of a ride where when I was finished my hands were shaking. *sigh*

Yeah, a crosswind makes you really tense. So much for holding the bars lightly...

Sigh...I've been fighting this so far this year. The cold-ish temps make me clench up somewhat and then the swirling winds add to that. Result? A nagging shimmy on thw downhills.
On the upside - yesterday was relatively calm up here. I did Gap Rd. to Mtn Base down to 46, up to 119 and then back home. 16 miles with a much decreased, though still annoying wind.
Waiting for my computer to get back to telling me I average 15mph on rides.

Hey, I just stepped outside and there is not a bit of wind. Rain and snow, but no wind. I pick my bike up from the shop today with new bars on it and all my pro fit dialed in. I will be very tempted to ride it, unless the snow is accumulating.

The d*mned wind is still blowing in the mountains... looking at up to 10" of snow today too... this is getting a bit old

Hey, the forecast for Sunday in Denver has low 60's and windspeeds of 1-2 MPH! I know it is too early to predict CO weather for Sunday, but fingers crossed.

Maybe you need to come down the hill for a day of cycling.

I am already packing the car