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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.
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Originally Posted by noglider
(Post 18843882)
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.
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That's why I won't ride in high winds; not only does it try to push me off into the culvert, but it tries to push the highway drivers into me. Just not worth it.
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Originally Posted by noglider
(Post 18843882)
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.
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Originally Posted by tjspiel
(Post 18843348)
Outside of a storm we'll get things called small craft advisories and lake-wind advisories so you might see sustained winds of 40 mph but that's pretty rare. During the winter, high winds and cold temps or snow can combine to create some pretty dangerous conditions.
In a decade of fairly dedicated bike commuting though I can't think of a single time that wind alone has kept me off the bike. I can think of plenty of times where it's made it not so fun. |
I updated my profile with where I live. This valley is the soaring capitol of the World. Most of the altitude records as well as the distance records have been done here. We get zephyrs that gliders can soar for hundreds of miles. We had a wind storm a few years back that snapped over 100 power poles like twigs, so yeah we get a little wind.
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Originally Posted by Korina
(Post 18845512)
That's why I won't ride in high winds; not only does it try to push me off into the culvert, but it tries to push the highway drivers into me. Just not worth it.
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Originally Posted by phughes
(Post 18845999)
Sometimes you just get caught in it with no choice.
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Out here on the Great Plains if I stayed home on days with wind gusts over 30 mph I wouldn't be able to ride most days out of the year.
Below zero degrees F, I have been known to stay home if the wind is topping 40-50 mph. Above zero though, I don't let wind stop me. That doesn't mean I like it, though. |
Originally Posted by Tundra_Man
(Post 18846827)
Out here on the Great Plains if I stayed home on days with wind gusts over 30 mph I wouldn't be able to ride most days out of the year.
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Originally Posted by phughes
(Post 18845999)
Sometimes you just get caught in it with no choice.
But yes, sometimes wind happens. |
Well yeah, but that's the Dakotas. You're special. :-)
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Summer is here which means wind speeds are way down. It feels like I have a tail wind!
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i hate the wind. i usually take in a 30-40 mile ride after work that includes some decent grades. I tend to get head wind both directions because by the time i turn around the wind is changing and then about the time im done it dies off. a couple times last summer i was having to ride around broken branches/tree limbs. :mad:
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