Wind sucks ... Did a 30 mile ride last Saturday with between 20 and 30 mph winds, the way out was with us but the 15 miles back was hard work (especially the last 5), one section we normally do between 14 and 16 mph easily we were struggling to do 5.5 mph.
Our short 20 mile mid week ride, the last few miles is across a gravel track that's lumpier, wetter and a bit softer than ideal and it's virtually always into a strong headwind ..... the combination of that and the not great terrain totally sucks the speed out of you and every single one of the group has come to hate that last stretch with a vengeance but we all know the pubs at the end
