I get all the news I need from the weather report...although not yesterday.
Yesterday morning's weather report presented a rather gentle descriptor: "breezy." I'm not sure if this was intended as a meteorologist's euphemism or whether it was another miscalculation. "Windy" would have been a more accurate adjective, although even this latter term would belie the very strong gusts that made my ride in a tough one. The gusts even prevented me from accelerating on downhill stretches. None of this wind caused any real problem for me, except when my preference to move quickly across major intersections was undermined by gusts. In this case, as soon as I pedaled into the crossing of 21st Street and the Bypass I had to fight the biggest crosswinds of the trip.
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Your post is timely since I was searching for information on what wind speed would be unsafe for a cyclist. Couldn't really find anything definite, which I guess means the answer is "it depends".
That's an interesting question....certainly wind is dangerous if it prevents cyclists from moving when the want to move, at the necessary speed. While I did feel some lateral gusts, too, it wasn't enough to tip me left or right more than a few inches.
i was riding on a windy day, recently, and thought to myself that it was funny that spinning spokes would make a solid enough surface for cross winds to push me to the side.
Wind can be really tough for me. Combine it with the high elevation and sometimes I just throw in the towel and drive. Ashamed to admit it but I'm not very good at winds over 40 mph. Had I the money, I'd own an e-bike for windy days.
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