Quick survey: if you were to go on an out-and-back ride, would you prefer:
(a) to have the headwind on the out leg and tailwind on the way home, or
(b) to have the tailwind on the way out and the headwind on the back leg?
Wind was no fun today: I felt like I was slaloming along Bailey Rd (dead flat with a crosswind) and ended up getting blown into the ditch on McKean (keeping the rubber down, but eventually having to dismount to get back on the tarmac). And I'm a big guy. That said, I'm sure the Sea Ottererers must be pretty beaten down by this weekend's weather, which included both biblical downpours and Sahara-like dry winds (at least that's what we had here). A hard way to spend three (four?) days outdoors.
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And it's not my job to comment on pro cycling, but anyway: I sorta liked O'Grady's win at Paris-Roubaix today. He hasn't had the legs to burn past the other sprinters in bunch sprints for the past couple of years, always leaving him in top-five but not top spot it seems (compare to Freire at Milan-Sanremo, who apparently just blew past the other finishers). His biggest successes that I've known of have come from long breakaways (including getting into the TdF yellow jersey one year). And then there he was, really just riding away from everyone else on the cobbles for the last 25 km. It'll leave a few high-profile Belgians muttering into their Duvel, anyway...
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1 comment:
my choice would depend on the day, cuz sometimes when i haven't ridden for a number of days i know i'll be going better after 2-3 hours, so maybe headwind on the way back would be okay...but any other time head wind on the way out.
i like stuey. i like a race where the tactics get jumbled up a bit by the weather. i like the winner coming from an early break. and powering away solo, that's just classic.
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