Headwinds bummer....need tips...

[lungimsam]

Rode to church and back today. I started thinking....Is one of my brakes dragging? What is going on here?

Then it dawned on me that the wind was blasting in my face on just about every road I was on.

 

This week there have been alot of headwinds here in Maryland. Sure does make it frustrating. Going all out and just draggin' along.

 

Anyone have any tips for tackling headwinds?

 

 

[Peter Morgano]

College Football, cold beer and some pretzels is how I battled bad weather today.

 

 

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[ted]

get low, minimize frontal area, plan to work harder and go slower

[Matt Beebe]

Headwinds are one of those occasions when I get into the drops on my noodle bars (steep hills is another one).    But it also helps to adopt a new standard of speed,  mentally, when you are dealing with a headwind-    just downshift and slow it down for a bit-   unless you are crossing one of the plains states, which is a whole 'nother story, eventually the winds will shift or you will turn.

[IanA]

I have ridden through Patagonia and faced phenomenal winds.  I found the best thing to do is push up against the wind and then find your rhythm (or cadence or whatever) and then plod on.  Think of it as an invisible hill. 

[Lyle Bogart]

keep your head down, your spirits up, and don't stop pedaling.

Cheers!

lyle

 

 

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[Kelly]

Not saying you do this but cover the speedometer. Don't look and don't chase a speed any speed.
Just like a hill, a very long hill find a comfortable pedal stroke and go. For me it's the noise of headwinds more than the effort that sucks.

Kelly

[Bertin753]

Riding fixed where the winds are pretty strong, I've learned to find a "groove" with a cadence slow enough to stay aerobic -- with a bit of experience this becomes natural. Basic rule: learn not to push it.

Patrick Moore
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[Bill Gibson]

Airspeed, not roadspeed, is what I count. I recently got a Kestrel wind meter off ebay, can't wait to see if I can justify my slow upwind progress...

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[Manuel Acosta]

Invest in learning how to sing. That always works

[David T.]

Hills go up, and hills go down, but the wind never pays back its debts.

[IanA]

Tailwinds

[dougP]

Every climb has a top somewhere, perhaps hours away, but eventually
you get there. The wind can blow for days. Think about riding a
relaxed 10 MPH but into a 10 MPH headwind. It's pretty the same as
trying to ride 20 MPH.

Cross country riders often comment that they used gears crossing the
plains (Kansas, et al) that they never needed climbing the Rockies.
Wind is kinda discouraging.

dougP

On Sep 22, 8:33 pm, lungimsam <john11.2...@gmail.com> wrote:

[Peter Morgano]

My brooklyn loop is all tailwind going out and headwind coming home. I wish it was the opposite because wind along the shore is easily 15mph a few times a week. Pedaling at 6mph does give you time to think, or a Manny put it, sing a song, Haha.