I just suffer here in Oklahoma. Otherwise, I try to go to in the wind and fro with the wind at my back.
Matt in OKC On Monday, March 14, 2022 at 2:13:33 PM UTC-5 row.n.2...@gmail.com wrote: > Ditto Richard > Only I am 70..There Is always a wind in Colorado > If wind is above 12MPH I choose a trail that is sheltered from the wind. > My bikes have bars that position me upright. > A day riding into a head wind is better than no ride at all. > > > On Mon, Mar 14, 2022, 1:01 PM Richard Rose <rmro...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I am a couple of months shy of 67. Been riding since I was 20. Had all >> kinds of bikes. Back surgery 2 years ago convinced me I should stop riding >> drops, or at least get them up really high. Now my non mountain bike looks >> a lot like the one in the pic. My Clem has the Tosco bars up very high. I >> am supremely comfortable. Into the wind I have at least two alternate hand >> positions that get me into either a traditional “hoods” position or an >> almost time trial position. The later is for very short periods of time. It >> helps, but mostly I just have lower expectations these days regarding >> making time into the wind. The best & my favorite way to combat the wind is >> to ride my mountain bike in the woods.:) >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Mar 14, 2022, at 2:32 PM, lconley <lco...@brph.com> wrote: >> >> I rarely sit bolt-upright (no pull back bars, just Nitto Wavies), but >> most of my bikes have the bars are considerably higher than the seat so I >> am fairly upright. I am a couple weeks shy of 66, but I just feel too tippy >> bolt upright, I have been riding mostly drops for 50 years. When riding the >> levees recently on my single speed Mystery Bike, 1st I chose the direction >> of the ride carefully - start into the wind, there is a handy weather >> station at the getting on the levee start point and I look at which way the >> wind vane is pointing. Last weekend the winds were in the 10-20 mph range >> and the single gear is 60. I have a Da Brim on my helmet and the wind can >> definitely move my head around when it is gusty. I just ride into the wind >> with elbows bent, slide back on the seat, for as long as I can (a little >> more than an hour for now) at slightly over 6 mph then turn around and get >> an assist on the return. >> 15-20 years ago, I used to get sent down to Ascension Island (South >> Atlantic - about halfway between South America and Africa) as a civilian >> contractor and I took my Bike Friday (1x7 gearing) with me. The wind there >> was 20 mph or more from the east, fortunately the base on on the west side >> of the island, so I could ride out into the wind. I had to pedal down the >> hills. It was about three hours out to the old NASA site and 1/2 hour >> getting back, barely had to pedal uphill. Bars were a little above the seat. >> >> [image: 081 (2).jpg] >> >> [image: 046 (2).jpg] >> >> I am now working on my Mean Green Levee Riding Machine - putting gears on >> my formerly single speed Rosco Bubbe V1. It will remain upright, with the >> shifters on the downtube to discourage shifting unless needed (2x9 - 48/34 >> with 12-29) with Rene Herse 700 x 44 tires. Should be easier into the wind. >> Just for grins - here is my Guv'nor with three speed shifter mounted on >> the seatpost - pretty much impossible to shift while on the bike - stop and >> dismount to shift >> >> [image: IMG_1535 (2).jpg] >> >> Laing >> >> On Monday, March 14, 2022 at 1:36:14 PM UTC-4 Patrick Moore wrote: >> >>> I ask those of you who often ride in high winds: How do you deal with >>> strong headwinds when you are sitting bolt upright, particularly if you are >>> riding a Quickbeam or Uno? >>> >>> Winds require more power, so a bolt upright position is tiring both >>> because of wind resistance, and because an insufficient angle between torso >>> and hips means it's hard to generate torque -- or so I've always found. >>> >>> So if you are riding a bike set up like this one, how do you deal with >>> strong headwinds? >>> >>> [image: image.png] >>> >>> Here in Albuquerque we are entering Spring Wind season -- ABQ is breezy >>> year round, in fact -- which can start as early as late February and last >>> through June in a bad year; but routine W and SW winds of 20 mph with gusts >>> to 40 not uncommon are common from late March through May. >>> >>> When I started riding fixed a great deal back about the turn of the 20th >>> century I found headwinds hugely annoying, and it took me several years to >>> overcome the biggest handicap, a mental one, by, basically, reducing my >>> expectations. You learn to accept riding at half speed in order to maintain >>> sustainable levels of exertion. >>> >>> But I also fine tuned my bikes' setup and my riding position so that I >>> can ride in the hooks of drop bars for several miles at a stretch, and I >>> certainly find that riding low makes a huge difference to reducing the >>> wind's force and to making it easier to generate pedal force. >>> >>> Now, 67, I've finally conceded the need to compensate for failing >>> strength with newfangled technology, and when a ride involves headwinds I >>> have a choice of drivetrains with multiple gears you can shift from the >>> saddle. The Matthews 1 has a 2X10 derailleur system, Matthews 2 has the >>> 72"/65"/56" hub gear -- 65" is just right for long shallow inclines and >>> modest headwinds on the flat, but I occasionaly find the 56" low a relief >>> for strong winds even on flat surfaces; and the 1999 Joe Starck gofast will >>> God willing [rims and hubs sent off to Earle Young last Friday] shortly >>> have in addition to the main Phil fixed/fixed flip flop 76"/67" wheel a TF >>> fixed rear wheel with 57" low in addition to the 76" cruising gear for >>> hilly rides and for strong winds, plus a TC wheel giving 76" and 67" for >>> rolling terrain and 20 mph headwinds. 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