Do you like it? How do you deal with it? -- body position, gear choice, pedaling style.
I just had very enjoyable short ride, <15 miles, on the 76" 18 lb Joe fixed custom, deliberately choosing upwind routes because they were upwind and not for the return downwind spinning. It took me almost literally 10 years to adapt my fixed gear pedaling style and, above all, mental style, to adapt to riding fixed against headwinds -- about 1996 to mid '00s; very clear recollection about this. But I finally learned to "go with it" instead of "fighting it," and now I greatly enjoy it, just as I enjoy riding up hills fixed; at least, if the distances are shortish and I'm feeling good, the last bit very important. But the biggest factor is how you think of riding into the wind. One reason I like drop bars all the time and only drop bars, besides my very sensitive left palm, is that they let me get down in the hooks with bent elbows and hands light on bar when riding into a strong wind. Patrick Moore, who meant to stop and take a pic of the mudflats in the almost-dry Rio Grande where it passes under the Paseo del Norte and Montano Boulevard bridges but who was going so fast that he couldn't stop. -- Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Executive resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, letters, and other writing services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *When thou didst not, savage, k**now thine own meaning,* *But wouldst gabble like a** thing most brutish,* *I endowed thy purposes w**ith words that made them known.* -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CALuTfgtxO6-OzQ175W%2BGo1G9H7f39oiwWvQRvot1NTea--e7BQ%40mail.gmail.com.
