Originally Posted by Rodney Crater
I learned a lot of lessons about wind yesterday, like: When stopping and heavy wind is hitting you on the unclipped side, give more lean toward the foot you took out of the clip or the wind will blow you over to the clipped in leg side at the stop; If you have a bucket on the back for carrying stuff and you stop unhook the bungies and take things out to add more to your clothing, hang on to the bucket or you will be chasing it down the road; If you stop for any reason don’t leave the bike alone positioned with the wind coming at it from the stand side or it will blow the bike over; and finally if you crash, remember to make sure the water bottles are still on the bike or you might get up the road a mile and have to turn around into the wind and go back and get them. Other than that it was a great workout
The bike is fine.
Glad to hear that you and the bike are fine.
Experience helps when dealing with the wind. Their is a lot of small adjustments you can make to deal with varying wind speeds. Living west of the windy city gives me plenty of experience.
I used to shoot competitve archery and that taught me to work with the wind. By paying attention to the wind, you can judge when the majority of the gusts and lulls are coming. Of course mother nature will through in a sudden gust to keep you on your toes.
