I have not been riding much at all for the last couple of weeks due to the unusually high winds.
Where I ride, it is mostly hills and climbs. That make the ride challenging enough; there are no flats. Add high winds to mix and it just pisses me off. We have had sustained winds of 15-22mph with pretty constant gusts of around 30mph and many as high as 40mph. It isn't so much the extra effort required to ride in these conditions as much as it just makes mad that I can not go faster and farther. It is very irritating.
My questions are:
1. What is the average wind speed during most of your rides?
2. Would you ride 40+ miles 4-5 times a week in the conditions I mentioned above?
3. What kind of winds would be necessary to keep you off of you bike for a week?
4. Am I just being weak for taking the week off?
Where I ride, it is mostly hills and climbs. That make the ride challenging enough; there are no flats. Add high winds to mix and it just pisses me off. We have had sustained winds of 15-22mph with pretty constant gusts of around 30mph and many as high as 40mph. It isn't so much the extra effort required to ride in these conditions as much as it just makes mad that I can not go faster and farther. It is very irritating.
My questions are:
1. What is the average wind speed during most of your rides?
2. Would you ride 40+ miles 4-5 times a week in the conditions I mentioned above?
3. What kind of winds would be necessary to keep you off of you bike for a week?
4. Am I just being weak for taking the week off?