Splendid visuals, Andre -- thanks! I seem to be forever running into unknown corollaries of Sod's Law, however, so that I have a recurring problem with the content of the visuals, not the style: that is, fierce headwinds where there should be tailwinds. This past July/August, I battled the usual insanely strong head- and crosswinds in the alto plano & high deserts of the western US as I rode west to northern California. Consoled myself with the certainty that going the other way, they'd help me as I would leave the Rockies in Alberta with a nice 60 km/h tailwind, which Everyone Knows is standard operating procedure in those parts.
Sod, however, had other ideas, and his Law ensured that the tailwind morphed into a 60+ km/h easterly, which eased about 1800 kms later, after I had crossed the prairies & reached central Manitoba.
I used to ride my bike when I worked in downtown Ottawa for a few years. In the morning, the default wind was a moderate easterly, so I rode alongside the river with a fresh morning breeze to welcome me. By the end of the day, esp in the summer, the heat had built up, and there was usually a stiff westerly...
