Wind resistance while cycling.

[tasdrouille]

Originally Posted by MetroMPG

In the right crosswind, I pretend that I can "sail" myself forward by twisting my upper body to generate forward lift. :P

So I'm not alone doing this! I hate wind so much when I commute on my bike. Maybe twisting my upper body in a sail like manner don't do anything useful, but the placebo effect sure makes it better on my nerves.

[Peakster]

Just arrived home from work. The crosswind wasn't too bad. It's interesting how in-tuned I am to the weather/wind speed now that I'm cycling.

[NoCO2]

I have found while riding in windy conditions that, although a headwind requires more effort to pedal through, for safety reasons, I never ride with a strong cross wind simply because it tends to toss my bike from side to side and I don't want to get pushed into passing traffic. The only time I ever really noticed such strong winds though was at the beach while riding on the road that runs right along the shore, so that's easily 20mph+.

[Peakster]

I only wish those were the highest wind speeds I see. Today the winds are gusting up to 35-mph from the east. Again, great going to work, sucky coming back (although they do die down to 12-mph by then).