Coming back from a ride up north on Highway 10 I had my first experience with real ****ing strong wind gusts. I always thought people were exaggerating on how scary it can be when wind blows perpendicular to your direction of travel. I've ridden in high winds before and it was very manageable. But HOLY ****, this week I tough I was going to die. It literaly felt like a grizzly bear standing on it's hind legs was repeatedly trying to knock me off the bike. I got so scared I was doing 40km/h. After about a kilometer of torture I noped the **** out and took the sideroads where there were trees and buildings to break the wind.
How do you ride when you encounter high gusts of wind? Can they actually knock you off the bike, or does it only feel that way? I never want to experience that again.
