Headwinds

Uphills build strength. One of my mentors often told me, "Any dammed fool can go fast downhill."

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One of my cycling mentors often said, "Hills build strength and headwinds

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character."

Mike Yankee

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One of my cycling mentors often said, "Hills build strength and headwinds

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character."

Mike Yankee

In my neck of the woods (SW Washington along the Lower Columbia River), headwinds are a way of life.
An out and back course can end up with headwinds in both directions. The only way I can keep this
from driving me crazy, is to imagine I'm climbing. I ride on the top or the hoods and take the full
brunt of the wind with my chest. So, I submit that headwinds build strength also.

Rick

I don't see why either hills or headwinds build strength. You just gear down for both of them.
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I don't see why either hills or headwinds build strength. You just gear down for both of them.

If that's all you do you're going to lose a lot of speed. Spinning a higher gear than everybody else
will take you up that hill faster than everybody else.

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I don't see why either hills or headwinds build strength. You just gear down for both of them.

If that's all you do you're going to lose a lot of speed. Spinning a higher gear than everybody
else will take you up that hill faster than everybody else.

You're just saying that you take wind or hills as a reason to stop pacing yourself perfectly. You
don't need wind or hills for that.
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Per Elmsäter said:

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I don't see why either hills or headwinds build strength. You just gear down for both of them.

If that's all you do you're going to lose a lot of speed. Spinning a

higher

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gear than everybody else will take you up that hill faster than

everybody

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else.

You're just saying that you take wind or hills as a reason to stop pacing yourself perfectly. You
don't need wind or hills for that.

No I'm saying it's the easiest place to drop everybody else. Once I get my opening I'm back to
pacing myself again.

Actually today on a group ride I was having some problems keeping up with the speed and was starting
to get a bit winded. At this point I caught site of maybe five minutes worth of hillclimb ahead of
us. The first thought that entered my mind was. Far out now I get a chance to get my pulse back down
again. I stayed in the paceline and when we were at the top of the hills my pulse had dropped 20
beats. I love hills.

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I don't see why either hills or headwinds build strength. You just gear down for both of them.
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That or you work harder, or no harder. Your choice.

Robin Hubert

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I don't see why either hills or headwinds build strength. You just gear down for both of them.
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Unless you're compulsively competitive ;-)

Rick

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I don't see why either hills or headwinds build strength. You just gear down for both of them.

Well you can change to a gear that will make hills easy but slow. I don't mind hills and enjoy the
challenge of trying to keep a certain speed and gear going up them. I don't care for headwinds
because they are constantly changing. What I hate most are very strong crosswinds, the type that can
almost blow you into the road or into the ditch. But it is part of riding a bike.