Crosswinds/Headwinds/Tailwinds!
Hey Guys, just got home from a long ride in a very strong quartering headwind highway ride. I didn't get very good mileage at all, even though conditions warranted lower speeds due to ice buildup on the highway and bad visibility in blowing snow. Usually at 75ish km/hr I get awesome mileage (40mpg) but today was 24.2mpg for the trip. I actually got 27ish as I turned directly into the wind. Winds were NW 35 gust 48 km/h. I was driving north.
I'm finding that a quartering headwind is the worst for mileage. Does anyone else find this?
Last week I got an awesome tailwind and got 50mpg for most of my trip driving at 90km/hr. Happy!
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