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Bicycle touring and the wind

 
1. Do you do research around the prevailing wind directions for your next tour in advance of it's start?
Yes
No
 
2. If you researched wind direction in advance of the tour did the wind directions you received match somewhat closely? (Skip the question if you didn't research)
Yes
No
 
3. When planning a tour do you find yourself worrying a great deal about the impact of potential head winds on a tour?
Yes
No
 
4. Have you ever gone on a tour where you simply traveled wherever the wind pushed you until the last few days when you headed for your ending point?
Yes
No
 
5. When looking back on your best touring days did most of them include a wonderful tailwind?
Yes
No
 
6. Looking back on your windiest tour what percentage of your riding time did you actually experience head winds?
0 - 24 %
25 - 49%
50 - 74%
75 - 100%
 
7. Looking back on your windiest tour how many days of consecutive headwinds did you experience?
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9+
 
8. When faced with a head wind on flat ground or a very steep hill/mountain to climb with no headwind at all which would you prefer?
Hill/Mountain/No wind
Headwind/Flat ground
 
9. A lot of people seem to plan cross-continental tours based on a belief that the winds come from the west far more often then they come from the east. Based on your own touring experience would you plan a cross-continental tour so that you go west to east assuming that no other factors played a role?
Yes
No
 
10. When it gets windy you find that using the drops on your handlebars really makes a difference?
Yes
No
 
11. When touring you've discovered that the winds are the heaviest during what general time period?
Early morning (Before 9:00)
Late morning (9:01 to 11:59)
Early afternoon (12:00 to 14:59)
Late afternoon (15:00 to 17:59)
Early evening (18:00 to 20:59)
Late evening (21:00 to 23:59)
 
12. You like to get up with the sun when touring?
Yes
No
 
13. A major reason why you get up with the sun is to try to avoid heavy winds later in the day?
Yes
No
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