Originally Posted by
noglider
My wife and I have ridden two or three times in recent days, and we've been having a lot of wind. She's only 110 pounds, and the side gusts have nearly thrown her off her bike. She's complaining her bike is too light for heavy wind, and she has a point. There's only so much strength she can build at her size. She notices that 50-pound Citi Bike bikes are less vulnerable.
Side gusts can be brutal. Last year a sudden side gust surprised me and blew me right off the road. I wasn't ready for it.