Originally Posted by
livedarklions
This was a weird natural experiment because there really wasn't any wind in the heading out direction, then I had the light wind in my face on the hilly part of the return. There was a series of relatively big rolling hills in the 10 miles or so leading to the turnaround, and I rode the same road in both directions.
Feeling no wind in a climb at 90F, hurts a lot. It's a lot more bearable at higher altitudes where it's colder. If only I could, I'd love to move to the mountains and live there for the rest of my life so I never have to deal with hot summers.