Against the Wind

I couldn't get the old Bob Seger song out of my head yesterday.  I rode a modified version of the Monaville Loop to allow me to do 50 miles.  The ride heads pretty much straight north--and yesterday that was directly into a headwind.  I was able to hang onto an 18 mph average for the first 25 miles, but was pushing high wattage due to the wind.

From Hempstead back to the car it was all tail wind allowing me to average 23 mph for the second half of the ride with a bit less wattage!

I did learn that when the battery starts to go low on the iBike Power Meter, it starts to produce some sporadic readings.  From mile 30 on, it would periodically think I was climbing a steep hill.  According the manual, that is "normal" when the voltage from the battery gets too low.  I now know how to verify before the ride the battery voltage to avoid this issue in the future. 

Train safe!
-Coach Grant