i am well aware of that. nevertheless, taking that into account, i have been on many rides in which i felt i had an actual headwind in different directions on different parts of the ride. part of this is probably due to jeffpoulin's comment, but i'm also pretty sure i've seen flags blowing different ways on the same ride.

i realize wind doesn't really just spontaneously reverse directions when i turn around.

EDIT: previous post went up twice for some reason...

I have come to hate wind more and more

From the front porch of my house I can see 42 1.5 megawatt wind turbines. The closest is 1/2 mile away.

One bonus: I ALWAYS know which way the wind is blowing.

The other bonus, I can literally watch the wind change direction as the turbines turn, confirming that God wants me to always ride in head and cross winds.

Come to think of it, the same happened to me the other day. No wonder I sucked air on the way down

Absolutely my experience.

incorrect; anecdote=data, plural of anecdote is 'proof'

That's not even enough to run 1 Heavy Duty Super-Colliding Super Button

Most of my rides are in cross/quartering winds that started out as a headwind. I am going generally south or north and the wind is west to east. I know i will not get any help on the return trip. The only thing i can hope for is the the winds die down some what. I look at the flags and usually its blowing hard across. Today it was supposed to be windy but it was mostly calm with breezes 5 to 10mph. Last five miles wind kicked up to 15 to 20 headwind. Did 60 miles.

Pointlessly enough I experienced a tail wind almost the entire time doing loops this morning on Fiesta Island.

No , sometimes it does...like sunday this week it actually shifted 180 for the ride back. Frikkin unbelievable but i try and console myself by saying i don't have hills out here, so pretend the wind is my hill.

nah, anecdote = datum (singular), the plural is date

+7

Most of the time I notice the wind dies or switches near sundown.

its not the part about going slow that gets me, its not getting a break. its almost as bad as a trainer.

I know I've been in the 99% more times than I want. When riding to and from the house the route I usually take is a half mile long straight street that in reality has a very slight incline on my return (barely visible). But after a long ride, I know that road is actually a 90% incline with headwinds at about 50 mph. :-)

I break wind.

Don't you love cresting a big hill, only to have to downshift when the wind hits you head on?

I watch the 5-9mph south by south east winds blow past my window at work every day until about 4:30, then it shifts to 20 mph from the north west, just in time for the ride home, headed north and west.

If I move to the southeast of my office I may be responsible for local climate change.

No such thing as tailwind. There is headwind or you are having a really great day. (Mercx, or words to that effect)

That is mentally very defeating-having to shift to an easier gear going downhill.

i definitely agree. i think it's even more than that, though, because the same is true of hills, but i'd rather ride up a hill than into a headwind.

I am glad to hear that all of you have the same issues with wind. I bought my first road bike 2 weeks ago and we have had nothing but rain and heavy winds. Past two days 18 - 20 mph winds. I was starting to think it was all my fault.

Now we know why it's been so windy the past couple of weeks!

That's why I switched to powerboats.

ftfy

I'm no fan of the wind and after two months of pretty much daily 20-30mph wind around here it's enough already. But I'd still rather ride in the wind (to a point) than on the trainer.