Two rides, two big winds

This is not because of the beans, or the milk products, or the raisins, or the pork chop, all of which may bring about some gastric poofiness, but because of the confluence, on Monday and then today, of weather systems that caused significant windspeed. Fortunately for me, the wind was generally in my favour, as on Monday I awoke to a 30 to 40 k wind from the southeast, and on Tuesday I awoke at 5 AM to a doozy of a gale gusting up to 80 k/h from the West, which calmed right down to a manageable 20 ks south wind by 7:30. Both rides in to work were very reasonable indeed.

On the way home on Monday, the wind had shifted to the north, coming in at about 40 ks, which was again quite manageable, and today the wind again shifted, this time to the west, coming in at up to 80 ks! I did the last 3 miles of the ride in 5 minutes! That's spinning out my 44 - 11 cross bike. Good times!

Unfortunately the afternoon ride planned with FR did not seem reasonable, as we'd have had to have taken on that beast of a breeze head on for a good while, and then also manage it from the side for as much or more time. We decided to take a raincheck.

Plans are for a road ride on the Walhalla Loop this Saturday or Sunday with GeeVs and any other brave souls from ABES or Wpg or MIT who might show up. It'll likely be a bit wet, but they're riding in worse in Italy, so we can bring it too.