On friday I took my bike out for a ride along marine drive on the columbia river as I live in Portland Oregon. I noticed that I was the only person on a bike as the wind was blowing very hard, I would guess 35 to 40 mph. If any of you know anything about the Columbia River and the winds we get from time to time here, you know the only other place that gets these types of windy conditions is Hawaii. A good indicator of the high winds were the kite surfers (about 5 on the river). The wind was blowing from the east to the west, so on my first 10 miles west I was going 30mph with out too much work, however on the way back I was in a very low gear doing about 12mph with a higher heart rate, and a couple of times I felt like I was going to get blown off my bike, and I weigh 185 pounds. Have any of you rode in these types of conditions? I am riding in the Kona 1/2 Ironman in May, is this what I can expect? I was glade I did not have my deep dish Zipp 404's on my bike and was riding my Mavic Kysriums.
"You're guaranteed to miss 100% of the shots you never take" - Wayne Gretzky
"You're guaranteed to miss 100% of the shots you never take" - Wayne Gretzky