What needs changing on bikes?

[EckyH]

He was assisted by a bloke with similar thoughts regarding wind direction.

The assistant probably was a person from the Netherlands.
To compensate the lack of mountains in the area here, there are things called "Dutch Mountains".
They are invisible to the naked eye, vary in steepness from day to day, the ascends are tens of kilometres long, they change their position quite quickly and no matter where you ride - there will be a Dutch Mountain with an ascend for you.

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[ColinJ]

To compensate the lack of mountains in the area here, there are things called "Dutch Mountains".
They are invisible to the naked eye, vary in steepness from day to day, the ascends are tens of kilometres long, they change their position quite quickly and no matter where you ride - there will be a Dutch Mountain with an ascend for you.

We have the opposite concept round here 'War of the Roses plains'... These mythical flatlands in Pennine Yorkshire and Lancashire are also invisible to the naked eye. They are tens of metres long and change their position quite quickly so they are pretty tricky to spot!