Great ride today on the open road (as opposed to on bike trails). Beautiful, crisp Fall day with coolish temps and foliage in full(ish) Autumn bloom. Simply a perfect day for a bike ride! As to riding downhill w/ the wind at my back… the outbound leg of today’s ride was “all that”! But on the return leg it was time to pay homage to the gravity Gods! I am firmly convinced that there is no such thing as “free miles” while gliding downhill. I am not a scientist, not even close, but I do seem to remember something about “potential energy” and “the conservation of energy” from one of my Physics classes at “dear old RPI”, so I’m thinking that the watts I save on the “way down” are at least equal to the watts I put in “getting back on top”. Anyway, it is still a blast rocketing down the decent and it still a challenge climbing back up at the end of the ride! But hey it makes that beer at the end of the ride all the more enjoyable!