On a bike.

Makes a normally good route just not enjoyable

And a bleedin' hare almost took me off on a fast downhill section

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I thought you were complaining about your headwand.

When the sprogs were little I had a day off and decided to go for a ride on the bike. I had to be back to collect them from school, and hadn't left much margin.

Set off and - although it was a little breezy - all seemed fine. Half way round I was onto some higher ground with no cover - and realised I had a 4 mile stretch of (relatively gentle) uphill, into a 30-odd mph headwind. Hmm. Seemed to take forever and I was bricking it about being late.... hadn't punished my legs like that for years. They were aching for days.

mik said...

When the sprogs were little I had a day off and decided to go for a ride on the bike. I had to be back to collect them from school, and hadn't left much margin.

Set off and - although it was a little breezy - all seemed fine. Half way round I was onto some higher ground with no cover - and realised I had a 4 mile stretch of (relatively gentle) uphill, into a 30-odd mph headwind. Hmm. Seemed to take forever and I was bricking it about being late.... hadn't punished my legs like that for years. They were aching for days.

If only you could have turned round and just headed back!

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I tend to find that the wind always changes direction when I'm on the return leg. So you get a headwind all the way on a circular route. Irritating.

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Jobbo said...

I tend to find that the wind always changes direction when I'm on the return leg. So you get a headwind all the way on a circular route. Irritating.

This. Having to pedal downhill is such a ballache!

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Worse still is the tail wind all the way out as you don't realise how hard it will be to head back. Making such good progress I usually forget and do another 5 mile.

Updated November 9, 2012 at 3:54 PM

Rode 225km this morning, only at the half-way point (it was an out and back route) did I realise why I'd been flying along, as I then faced a headwind for most of the 110km return leg. I did the sensible thing and started slip-steaming lorries

Cheers, Rich

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There aren't many lorries down the "woods" although I was tempted to grab hold of a tractor's trailer as he was trundling up a hill.

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"I've never driven a BMW that I've really loved, except for perhaps the first M Coupe. That was a proper hooligan's hot rod"

David Yu

Reminds me of the charity rides I've done. London to Brighton was easy compared to london to south end - purely because of constant headwind. Even my mate struggled and he managed a 3:20hour marathon on his first attempt!

Updated November 10, 2012 at 4:21 PM

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Cheers

Rich