Friday, May 2nd, 2008Biking in the Wind For other bikers out there they know...there is nothing like biking into the wind. Last summer I biked from New Haven, CT to San Fran.....most of the time....against the wind. And today, while on a short ride around Springfield...I had the feeling I had when I was biking through Utah and Nevada.... hellish headwind that made biking very difficult.
I would rather bike the rockies than bike through a day full of head wind. Best part of not having to bike across country anymore......you can head east. Today I headed down Koke Mill onto Illes......headedstraight out west until I could go no further....turned around....and BAMN...smooth sailing all the way home. Barely even had to pedal it was awesome. It is the closest thing I have had to biking up hills in Illinois....if you bike hard for half the ride you get rewarded with a speedy decent. Well in this case it wasn't a decent.....but a tail wind.
Man I love biking.
I would rather bike hills than wind any day, mostly because you can prepare for hills. You know where they are and can plan days in advance. I would love to do the Springfield Century this year, but it all depends on wind. There's no way I'm riding 100 miles in strong winds. Last century I did was bad enough with 15mph winds, 'cause you're in the middle of nowhere getting the full force of the wind. Yikes.