Scary moment today

[Graham1426]

There I was cycling a long at a nice pace minding my own business, when out of nowhere a sudden side wind gust nearly wiped me out, wow that got my heart racing. Could have been nasty having an off at 24 mph.

 

[PJ79LIZARD]

It was windy, my legs deffinately know I covered some miles yesterday!

 

[ianrauk]

One of the things I really hate whilst commuting that is. Sudden gusts of side winds.. aaarrrgghhh!! Hate Hate Hate!

 

[BentMikey]

Yikes!!! Rather scary.

I remember one like that, I got blown nearly across the road. I was on my Hurricane, coming down the hill from Locksbottom and doing 35mph, and then got hit by a big gust of wind round the side of some houses/trees.

 

[Miquel In De Rain]

I hate sudden gusts of lorry/bus.

 

[gaz]

It is something I hate about the 30mm rims I have on my commuter, those sideways gust winds can really push you around.

 

[Melonfish]

Aye, hit the top of an incline this morning, open fields on either side and damned near got thrown into a passing land rover.
thankfully he was giving me plenty of room and i had pretty good control. but yeah, freaky moment when you feel that front wheel shift eh?

 

[Francesca]

yeah, we were out yesterday, and it was pretty scary the way the wind was moving the bike

 

[MrJamie]

Cant think of much i like less than sidewinds in traffic.

Although yesterday i very nearly took a pigeon to the face at about 25mph, which could have been interesting. SMIDSY PIDGEY

 

[hennbell]

When I first got my Madone (16.5 lbs) I was leaning into a right hander putting little weight on the front end. A gust of wind from the right to left picked up the front end of the bike very scary, I am much more aware of it now.

 

[Judderz]

Gotta love sidewinds...45 miler yesterday, not once did I have a tailwind, was blowing from all sides except the back. Worse parts is when you are passing a junction just after some houses, soon as you hit the junction, you're fighting with the handlebars/front wheel/steering as the wind comes up from the side street....31mm deep section rims don't help

 

[Jdratcliffe]

agree side wind not fun! especially i fine when crossing London bridge 3 lanes each way think i covered all three when one gust hit lucky i was heading home later than normal so no traffic.