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Nice first ride in the COLD.

 

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For as dry and tight as I get I think if I rode a bit longer I could just turn my legs into the equivalent of Beef Jerky.

This morning was tough with the wind blowing from the south.

With the wind gust in one of the intersection, I think I moved backward while pedaling forward.

Wind, wind, go away and skip it on another day!  It could be worse, of course; we could be on the east side of a Great Lake buried in five feet of snow with more on the way.
 
Andy Moss 9.5 said:

My legs are fried from 2 days of riding into these winds.  But think of how you're preserving your brake pads, by not needing to use them.
 
JustWill said:

This morning was tough with the wind blowing from the south.

With the wind gust in one of the intersection, I think I moved backward while pedaling forward.


Andy Moss 9.5 said:

Right!  And fat bikes are probably selling at a premium in the region!

As much as I love bikes, I think the folks in Buffalo probably skipped right over fat bikes and went straight to dog sleds and snowmobiles.

Pretty nasty out there into the wind, but not  as bad as Tuesday. 

Yeah the more moderate temps made the wind a little more bearable, however the wind sucks it big time.  I have a zig zag ride that either has me going into the wind and then going with it, problem is all the speed I gain going with it is scrubbed the second I turned in a northerly direction.

The wind has sucked, but my tired legs (and weather app) assure me that it's not coming "from the south."

 

Fortunately, we'll get wind from the south tomorrow to blow this cold front away.

People who ride East have had a pretty lucky week.

But we have to ride west to go home. :-(

David of the North (David606xx) said:

People who ride East have had a pretty lucky week.

Ymmv, but as someone who has been riding west and south in the am and east and north in the pm this week, I'm happier hitting the wind in the when fresh and catching the extra push on the way home.

Lisa Curcio 4.1mi said:

But we have to ride west to go home. :-(

David of the North (David606xx) said:

People who ride East have had a pretty lucky week.

Hurt notably less compared to yesterday. 

I wonder of the calories I burn what % is for locomotion and what % to maintain body temperature. 

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