Originally Posted by
myrridin
The odds I've seen from getting struck by lighting range from about 1:250000 to 1:750000. Not very high. Unless I were riding on an exposed mountain top or on a wide open plain, I would simply seek cover as reasonably quickly as I could while still riding safely.
Those aren't the actual odds for the OP because they're probably averaged over every american.
If you have the odds from the particular circumstance of a cyclist in a lightning storm, then give those instead.
Originally Posted by
BarracksSi
If you're worried about getting hit by lightning, you probably think you have a good chance of winning the lottery, too.
You can't win the lotto if you don't play.
The odds of you "winning" the lightning lotto shoot way up if you're outside and shoot way down if you're like the majority of people sampled in those stats - safe and indoors.