I'am looking for advice on dealing with headwinds. Fall is approaching and here comes shifting winds also. Please let Me know

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, just do what I do. Accept the fact that they are there and curse and swear as you ride into them. Somedays they make me wish I was at home relaxing on the couch. They have the ability of turning a fast solid ride into a toilet flush.......


Try a route perpenicular do the wind direction. This is the only decent advice that I could provide. Any other takers??


JJ


I'am looking for advice on dealing with headwinds. Fall is approaching and here comes shifting winds also. Please let Me know

No expert here.However,locally there have been 21-25MPH sustained winds for the last week or so.I have just been finding a route that I can start by biking 20 or so miles into the headwind then return with it to my back.

Kinda rewarding to work then be able to spin a large gear out on the return ride.

As for biking into it,just find a gear you can comfortably spin and have at it.

I'am looking for advice on dealing with headwinds. Fall is approaching and here comes shifting winds also. Please let Me know

Headwinds can be a great training tool. Nothing can put more hurt on your legs than a nice 20mph headwind. For a little extra fun try doing some sprints into the wind and for even more fun try powerstarts into the wind. Now that's fun.

I'm in the central plains. We get a lot of wind. Not many trees to block it, just corn, and they will be cutting all the corn down shortly.

I put the aerobars back on the bike a week ago. Racing season is over and the winds are picking up. The winds will be here all fall, winter and into spring. And the bars will stay on.

With high winds you can really develop your tuck. You can feel the pressure in your legs increase and decrease as you do things right or wrong. Winter is even better. You can feel where the wind is hitting and going around your body by the the cold spots. I can make my back cold by tucking down an inch or my chest cold by raising up an inch.

Think of the wind as a poor mans wind tunnel. Ride with your knees in, hands together, shoulders scrunched into the ears. Back flat. The sun is getting low now so it is easy to watch your shaddow. If the sun is from behind you can move your head and shoulders around to see how it effects your frontal profile. If it is from the side you can see how flat you back is and how horizontal it is to the top tube of the bike.

I also got a pair of older aerowheels I put on when it gets real windy. The trick is not to get blown over by the side gusts.

I find I can hold 20 in the flats with a headon 15-20 MPH wind if I get the position right.

I'am looking for advice on dealing with headwinds. Fall is approaching and here comes shifting winds also. Please let Me know

I'm in the central plains. We get a lot of wind. Not many trees to block it, just corn, and they will be cutting all the corn down shortly.

I put the aerobars back on the bike a week ago. Racing season is over and the winds are picking up. The winds will be here all fall, winter and into spring. And the bars will stay on.

With high winds you can really develop your tuck. You can feel the pressure in your legs increase and decrease as you do things right or wrong. Winter is even better. You can feel where the wind is hitting and going around your body by the the cold spots. I can make my back cold by tucking down an inch or my chest cold by raising up an inch.

Think of the wind as a poor mans wind tunnel. Ride with your knees in, hands together, shoulders scrunched into the ears. Back flat. The sun is getting low now so it is easy to watch your shaddow. If the sun is from behind you can move your head and shoulders around to see how it effects your frontal profile. If it is from the side you can see how flat you back is and how horizontal it is to the top tube of the bike.

I also got a pair of older aerowheels I put on when it gets real windy. The trick is not to get blown over by the side gusts.

I find I can hold 20 in the flats with a headon 15-20 MPH wind if I get the position right.

Those are a bunch of good suggestions...

That being said, you should implement those things into your everyday riding style/position. Aero = faster all of the time, not just into a headwind during the offseason.

I'm in the central plains. We get a lot of wind. Not many trees to block it, just corn, and they will be cutting all the corn down shortly.

I put the aerobars back on the bike a week ago. Racing season is over and the winds are picking up. The winds will be here all fall, winter and into spring. And the bars will stay on.

With high winds you can really develop your tuck. You can feel the pressure in your legs increase and decrease as you do things right or wrong. Winter is even better. You can feel where the wind is hitting and going around your body by the the cold spots. I can make my back cold by tucking down an inch or my chest cold by raising up an inch.

Think of the wind as a poor mans wind tunnel. Ride with your knees in, hands together, shoulders scrunched into the ears. Back flat. The sun is getting low now so it is easy to watch your shaddow. If the sun is from behind you can move your head and shoulders around to see how it effects your frontal profile. If it is from the side you can see how flat you back is and how horizontal it is to the top tube of the bike.

I also got a pair of older aerowheels I put on when it gets real windy. The trick is not to get blown over by the side gusts.

I find I can hold 20 in the flats with a headon 15-20 MPH wind if I get the position right. Thanks Bimini !!! That really helps a Newbie like Myself deal with those brutal headwinds..