Today's ride was a frustrating one. Although it was not exceptionally windy, there was a pretty healthy breeze out of the north, that kept strengthening as my ride continued. By the end it was 17 mph, and as I was riding the last couple of miles directly into the teeth of it, I had all the challenge I wanted! I started at 9:15 in balmy 46° conditions, and by the end, it had skyrocketed to 47°!
The wind kept tangling the tornadoes (AKA spinners, or windmills) on the back of my trike. They'd get caught around each other so that, of course, they wouldn't spin. I had to stop five times to get up and disentangle them within a stretch of just a few hundred yards after I turned back from Marsh Park. Finally, after the last time, I gave up and decided to just leave them that way for the rest of the ride.
Accordingly, I decided to settle for a single round trip to the park today, covering the 10 miles in 1:13. And I think I'm going to address this problem (with which I've dealt in the past) by removing one of them, and only riding with two in the future on perfectly calm days.
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