On the subject of fixing your bike -- I've had a bike hanging in my garage for years, long enough for the grease to dry up and the rubber to crack. It's a good frame and crankset, but the bike needs to be torn down and rebuilt.

Along comes the REI Comprehensive Bike Maintenance Course and for the cost of taking this course I get to take it all apart and learn how to build a bike by doing it myself. Along the way I'll replace the tubes and tires, brake pads, clean and relube the whole thing and make sure I really have a useable tool kit under the seat.

Back to the original subject. . . yeah some places the head wind can be tough 10 mph into a hot 40 mph wind and you don't go far.