Has this ever happened to you?

[FlyingScot]

This particular gust pulled up some large trees and damaged a few roofs. I had been knocked around quite a bit prior to it but this gust was really unusual. Probably never happen again in my lifetime.

[ny biker]

This particular gust pulled up some large trees and damaged a few roofs. I had been knocked around quite a bit prior to it but this gust was really unusual. Probably never happen again in my lifetime.

A couple of years ago, we had a summer thunderstorm that included a gust of straight-line winds that knocked down or severly damaged about 60 trees in the neighborhood where I live. I saw some fairly large, mature trees snapped in half like toothpicks. The wind also blew out some car windows nearby.

Nature can be pretty dangerous.

[OakLeaf]

First ride I ever did with the club in Florida, there was an unexpected rain and it was super windy going over the bridge. It was definitely scary - even on a normal day, winds are something else on these high hurricane-resistant bridges. At the bottom, the guys decided to turn around and go back. I never have understood that, since at that point we had to go back over the bridge regardless of whether we finished the rest of the ride or not.

Anyway, glad you're okay!

[chincitop]

Holy crap! @_@ I was out in pretty intense wind today on the new road bike, and I got off and walked, because I was pretty intimidated. I'm glad to hear you're okay!

[AppleTree]

That is SO scary. It's why I don't mind rain TOO much, but I hate to go out if there is a strong wind. So lucky you weren't hurt or there wasn't a car nearby.

[zoom-zoom]

There have been a couple of times where I thought it was going to happen, and found myself wishing for a steel mountain bike with bombproof wheels

Yep, me too. It was worse with my previous bike...aluminum with larger, sort of triangular tubes. That thing was like a sail. My current bike is lighter, but the tubes are smaller and more round. I still won't ride if it's super windy, though. I'm paranoid of things like trash cans or branches flying in front of me.

[Owlie]

Yep, me too. It was worse with my previous bike...aluminum with larger, sort of triangular tubes. That thing was like a sail. My current bike is lighter, but the tubes are smaller and more round. I still won't ride if it's super windy, though. I'm paranoid of things like trash cans or branches flying in front of me.

My bike is the same kind of construction as your old one. I've certainly felt it shimmy or scoot sideways on windy days, but I've never been worried about it tipping. I don't ride when it's really really windy though, either. There aren't enough windbreaks where I ride.

[marni]

somewhere on you tube there is a video of the Dutch biking team out training on a windy day, and one of the guys is trying to remount his bike which is blowing out parallel to the ground.

I haven't ever been blown off my bike but I have been blown off the road on my bike.

marni

[shootingstar]

Glad you're safe...Flying Scot!

[Anelia]

YEs, this happened to me in the mountains. We weren't riding but were lying on the ground and holding our bikes. Still, the wind lifted me and tried to carry me somewhere else. The others held me and stopped me. It was scary.