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Evening peeps of the org, here's a question.
This current spell of ridiculous wind has the bike doing all sorts of funny things. Normally I'm alright in the wind, when it's constant and never been this strong, but this evening on the way home I got hit by the fastest side wind ever and it nearly caught me out. What's the best way to handle the sons winds/ how do you do it? Is it just to stay "loose" and let the bike sort itself out?
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the worst thing you can do is to try and counter it too much as you'll then go the other way erratically.
I find it best to allow the wind to move you a bit, then to gently apply a counteracting force and see if you need to apply more or less. In this weather I make more of a conscious decision to steer very wide of all vehicles, from MPV's to HGV's. |
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Avoid the brussels sprouts at xmas
![]() The way I was told to deal with high winds, and seems to work well, is to actively countersteer to counteract the wind blasts. If you don't already know how to countersteer, then you really should learn. There's plenty of threads on here about it, and probably huge numbers of articles on the web. |
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Relax with the death grip on the bars and grip tighter with the knees. The bike will move you can't fight that but I find this way you stay in control better.
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Don't go out in it, I won't purposely go out in high winds, it's too unpredictable, I've rode in some bad side winds up on the m6 by the Scottish border last year, worst I've encountered, I had to slow to 35mph and passed a cop with a wind speed recorder which I suspect they were thinking of closing the road.
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Cheers for the replies guys, I'm ok with counter steering and the constant winds.
It's the sudden gusts that I'm concerned with. Checked out some of that link which has helped, but it's long so will take a bit of time. I'm not intentionally going out in the strong winds, but I do have to get to work. It's not far, about 8 miles. But there is a road on my route which is like a tunnel where the gusts get kind of circulated.
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Don't overtake is good advice. I had an interesting overtaking experience in high winds once. There was an oncoming car but i had plenty of time. I leaned the bike over to pull back into my lane but the side wind kept me from changing back into my lane. For a few seconds I was in parpsville.
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Best to avoid using the roads until the gales have subsided.
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Off road wouldn't be any easier
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