that sounds like it would be very hard to peddle!!!!!
I've got this whole fashionable thing going with one trouser leg rolled up!
Is the wind really a factor?
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I've got this whole fashionable thing going with one trouser leg rolled up!
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Easytigers
Guru
Have really enjoyed reading all of the stuff that you guys have come back with but anyone got any stats etc that show (or disprove) the fact that wind on a circular route does not affect overall effort i.e. Does the tailwind make up for the effort given in the headwind? For me it always seems so much harder on a breezy (or downright windy day) but it is all in my head?
Read the article pointed out to me earlier btw but not sure that answered my question (although a very good read!)
Read the article pointed out to me earlier btw but not sure that answered my question (although a very good read!)
Get In The Van
Senior Member
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- West Lothian
Headwind is a pain, but today the sidewind was just as hard going, went climbing and it felt like most of the run was being hit by a unrelenting sidewide coming up from the River Forth.
As for stats, alas i have none, but my legs tell me its hard going
As for stats, alas i have none, but my legs tell me its hard going
MattHB
Proud Daddy
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- Deepest darkest Dorset
According to the sites calc that I put up earlier..
200lb rider, 16mph, flat
0mph wind - 48.13 watts
10mph head - 206.5 watts
10mph tail - 2.5 watts
So it looks very clear that the extra power needed to push through the headwind isn't returned on the way back.
200lb rider, 16mph, flat
0mph wind - 48.13 watts
10mph head - 206.5 watts
10mph tail - 2.5 watts
So it looks very clear that the extra power needed to push through the headwind isn't returned on the way back.
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Easytigers
Guru
Wow...that's a massive difference and glad that I can tell the wife that I'm not a Jessie for moaning about the wind!
