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Originally Posted by onyerleft
I don't understand this aversion to headwinds. Sure, I don't go out of my way to encounter them, but when I do encounter them, I deal with them gracefully and magnanimously as part of the entire experience of cycling, just like changes in elevation or roads that go from glass-like surface to slurry seal. Just sayin.
Point taken. I have done quite a bit of touring (and non-touring) and bored through a lot of headwinds. Agreed, it is part of the experience. But I just thought it might be fun to try a ride with no set plan or destination, and no headwinds. Just for the sheer hell of it.
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