Capricious wind; yes indeed. The Sturmey Archer AM hub is perfect for winds
and modest hills, though -- 10% drop, then 75% (from high/direct). It
doesn't give quite the low of an AW, but that sort of gearing is perfect if
you want a cruising gear, a wind gear, and a hill gear. I've set my fixed
gea
Back when promoting conducting a (growing) regional stage race
memorializing a local cycling hero in the Ozark Mountains we'd get calls at
the shop from riders and shops in the flatlands asking "what gears are you
using in that terrain?"
We thought it was funny since the idea of picking and cho
Garth: Where do you live? Care to share any photos of your walking areas?
I am very fortunate to live within a couple of hundred yards of the Rio
Grande bosque, and there are miles of old "acequia" trails and dirt Rio
Grande Conservancy District maintenance roads for walking -- with
appropriate se
Depends:
Most of the time I try to get my ride in early in the morning to avoid wind.
If I don’t and the wind picks up I will be mightily discouraged from getting
out. If I’m out and there is wind, I will admit to having re-routed myself in
order to catch a tailwind and shoot for a new person
Deacon P, if you ever get blown to Tennessee, look me up!
In Nashville, where the wind doesn’t usually seem to bad factor in to my riding
decisions,
Edwin
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I really don't mind about what the wind speed is for riding as far
exertion, it's that with my narrow roads and not being able to have full
control over the steering in the swirls and gusts it's not worth it. My
Frankin bike with lower trail handles fairly well in any wind, the Bombadil
ca
When the wind gets strong enough for the gusts to blow me either across the
road into the oncoming lane or off the road into the ditch is where I draw
the line. That starts to happen when it's blowing somewhere around 70-80kph.
On a tandem tour of Victoria many years ago we encountered a wind li
