Went out on a 20 mile ride today trying to beat an approaching snowstorm that's supposed to drop over two feet on us by the middle of next week. Some fairly stiff winds in the open areas and coming off the lake. At one point I had a death grip on the bars and was seriously leaning into the wind just to stay out of the middle of the road. Then on the return I ran into a gust that took me from about 15 mph to 0 in no time. Barely got my foot unclipped and out before I went over. I've never had that happen before. Needless to say I made good time for the few miles the wind was at my back! Dang aero Rolf wheels were like sails today but my other two rides are down for repair and with winter fast approaching I didn't want to pass up the chance to ride.

Yikes dude! That was quite an adventure.

Cool story bro. Wind sucks.

Or does it...

Wow. I've had some pretty horrible wind but never any that literally stopped me in my tracks. Good thing that didn't hit you as a crosswind.

I always remember biking down the Oregon coast on the way to past San Fran. Fully loaded, these gusts came wooshing along and pushed me up a little steep bit on some twisty, low guard rail bits with good drops off the sides. I am sure all the panniers front and back made a good sail, but I vividly recall the feeling of being pushed up hardly pedalling. Remember also holding on like heck and keeping my distance from the guardrail in case a weird side gust came up (didnt, but had me worried).

strong head winds are so demoralizing. I'll take a good steep climb over headwinds any day of the week.

What part of utah are you in? I was riding home from work in the Draper area and I've never felt wind like that before. I made the mistake of blowing my nose right when a gust came and I was left one handed with my wheel pointing one way and me desperately leaning the other way trying to stay upright.

I'm in the Ogden Valley. Of course now we've got about 8 inches of snow on the ground and more coming. Don't think the LeMond can handle that, LOL!!

Aero rims are no fun in crosswind, and worse when it is commuting. During the summer months, I have a 20+ crosswind on most of my rides, You do get used to riding in it, but it still sucks!

So , how do you like the Zurich compared to your Circuit now that you have had more time on the bike . frisky

wind blows.

Well I'm too much of a novice to say that I notice much of a difference. But the Zurich has set PR for time on standard 20 and 24 mile routes I ride routinely. I still seem to pick the Circuit more than the Zurich though because the Circuit's fit does my bad knees well. I've emulated the fit as best I can on the Zurich but just can't get it right for the knees. Really jacked up my right one about two weeks ago (I've been putting off surgery on the meniscus since April) and while it does not hurt biking and really aches the rest of the time. But the circuit is down for repairs on the rear wheel after being clipped but a truck a couple of weeks ago so the Zurich is all I 've got functioning right now.