Wind
04-05-05, 01:14 PM
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Wind
I'm curious, if you're heading into a fairly stiff headwind (12-15mph/19-24kph) what sort of speed decrease would YOU expect to see over say...10 miles/16 km of rolling terrain, if any at all?
04-05-05, 04:11 PM
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Depends on how fast I'm going and how much effort I want to put into fighting the wind. I've had wind gusts that almost literally stopped me from moving forward.
04-05-05, 04:28 PM
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10 miles into 15 mph headwinds, I'd probably be riding about 10-12 mph at the most.
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04-05-05, 04:49 PM
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Speaking of wind. I was riding on flat going in to head wind doing at first 15 then dropping to 10-12. Comming back I was doing about 30 without putting much of an effort in to it. Any guestimation on what the wind speed was? Mostly where I ride it's a lot of hills, but not much wind. So I don't have a lot of experience to judge this by.
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04-05-05, 04:51 PM
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You can do the calculations on www.analyticcycling.com.
I think the actual wind calculator is at: CLICK ME
I think the actual wind calculator is at: CLICK ME
04-05-05, 05:28 PM
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