Comments on: Headwind sucks! http://www.bikecommuters.com/2008/04/08/headwind-sucks/ Bike Your Drive! Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:39:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Quinn http://www.bikecommuters.com/2008/04/08/headwind-sucks/#comment-9900 Quinn Wed, 09 Apr 2008 17:01:49 +0000 http://www.bikecommuters.com/2008/04/08/headwind-sucks/#comment-9900 12,15,18 mph is common here in Reno, try 40 mph, Uphill is torture, down is hella fun! 12,15,18 mph is common here in Reno, try 40 mph, Uphill is torture, down is hella fun!

]]> By: Val http://www.bikecommuters.com/2008/04/08/headwind-sucks/#comment-9892 Val Wed, 09 Apr 2008 16:45:41 +0000 http://www.bikecommuters.com/2008/04/08/headwind-sucks/#comment-9892 You have the right idea in getting as low as you can; if you really think it isn't helping, sit back up and see what happens. Aside from that, your best tool for cutting through a headwind is attitude. Visualize yourself as one of those salmon leaping up the rapids of a raging river, or one of the bulls in Pamplona scattering townspeople left and right as he charges down the street. Make the wind your opponent in the racemuting match; call it names, taunt it, call it out- "That all you got?! I'm still moving, you pathetic little breeze!" If you still feel like it's too much for you, try thinking of Jill, up in Alaska: http://tinyurl.com/5eyckc and http://tinyurl.com/68trk6 She does this stuff for fun! Whenever I feel like complaining about any sort of weather, I just think of her, and tell myself to man up, and deal with it. She's a constant inspiration. You have the right idea in getting as low as you can; if you really think it isn’t helping, sit back up and see what happens. Aside from that, your best tool for cutting through a headwind is attitude. Visualize yourself as one of those salmon leaping up the rapids of a raging river, or one of the bulls in Pamplona scattering townspeople left and right as he charges down the street. Make the wind your opponent in the racemuting match; call it names, taunt it, call it out- “That all you got?! I’m still moving, you pathetic little breeze!” If you still feel like it’s too much for you, try thinking of Jill, up in Alaska: http://tinyurl.com/5eyckc and http://tinyurl.com/68trk6
She does this stuff for fun! Whenever I feel like complaining about any sort of weather, I just think of her, and tell myself to man up, and deal with it. She’s a constant inspiration.

]]> By: Gabriel http://www.bikecommuters.com/2008/04/08/headwind-sucks/#comment-9859 Gabriel Wed, 09 Apr 2008 04:12:49 +0000 http://www.bikecommuters.com/2008/04/08/headwind-sucks/#comment-9859 Because of my location and climate, I frequently get a strong (12-18 mph, sometimes more when the afternoon thunderstorms are rolling in) headwind on the way home at certain times of year. Riding with my hands together and forearms on the bars (I have a flat-handlebar bike) gives me another mph or two... other than this and motorpacing, all I know to do is grind it out! Because of my location and climate, I frequently get a strong (12-18 mph, sometimes more when the afternoon thunderstorms are rolling in) headwind on the way home at certain times of year.

Riding with my hands together and forearms on the bars (I have a flat-handlebar bike) gives me another mph or two… other than this and motorpacing, all I know to do is grind it out!

]]> By: Moe http://www.bikecommuters.com/2008/04/08/headwind-sucks/#comment-9856 Moe Wed, 09 Apr 2008 03:10:01 +0000 http://www.bikecommuters.com/2008/04/08/headwind-sucks/#comment-9856 I have one too, check out www.ratemybicycle.com and search for MUTT. I have one too, check out http://www.ratemybicycle.com and search for MUTT.

]]> By: Daniel James http://www.bikecommuters.com/2008/04/08/headwind-sucks/#comment-9853 Daniel James Wed, 09 Apr 2008 02:49:28 +0000 http://www.bikecommuters.com/2008/04/08/headwind-sucks/#comment-9853 Hey I'm not the only one with a Ibex RSR. I guess that confirms that putting an xtracycle on it is possible :) Hey I’m not the only one with a Ibex RSR. I guess that confirms that putting an xtracycle on it is possible :)

]]> By: Mike http://www.bikecommuters.com/2008/04/08/headwind-sucks/#comment-9851 Mike Wed, 09 Apr 2008 00:56:09 +0000 http://www.bikecommuters.com/2008/04/08/headwind-sucks/#comment-9851 Easy. Make sure you are going downhill. Easy. Make sure you are going downhill.

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