Originally Posted by
hueyhoolihan
to demonstrate the effects of side winds. carry ten or twenty 4x8 sheets of plywood 100 yds, or so, in the wind. change the angle of the plywood WRT the wind every once in a while. you'll get a clear idea of what's what soon enough.
or better yet... get yourself, alone, in a canoe, out in the middle of big lake sometime in a 20MPH wind. head out in one direction, then return. depending on the wind direction you may never get to your destination, or you may never get back.
That's kinda my point. It's a hell of a lot easier to carry an extension ladder in a crosswind than it is to carry a sheet of plywood. So, what is the balance between riding the ladder or the plywood? Assuming that you do not have a team or the cash to keep a garage full of excellent bikes.