I made it, but only just.

phew, lucky escape i guess

Agreed. I once landed about 6ft off the trail doing one of the jumps at the top of Golspie. Gets a tad windy up there.

Tabletops at the top of Cwmcarn anyone? They are lethal in the wind!

The bridge drop at the end of Cwmcarn has claimed many a casualty on a windy day!

Have to say I was having fun on the road bike yesterday (not jumping, I hasten to add…)

The combination of bladed spokes and a 30mph+ cross wind up on the tops made for some uncomfortable wobbles at times.

yup! same happened to me at Innerleithen came out of the trees at the tunnel section over a jump, blown right off the track landed in a heap in the heather.

Other blindingly obvious things not to do are,

pi$$ into the wind.

tug on Supermans cape.

Complete lack of common sense in this thread?

not me by the way………..

it was way too windy to jump yesterday at herts. 🙁

i got caught out a while ago. Needed an op 🙄

New red at Laggan suffers from side winds. Nearly got caught out once. Today wouldn’t be a good day up there, 80mph wind later. I’m just glad we only got torrential rain and “breezy” for the 10UTB. 80mph wind would not have been fun at all.

i should add it was a rogue gust that happened just as i was mid air.

That’s why there used to be a windsock on the top of Cwmcarn. Got blown to shreds though 🙂

i never jump in the wind. i like to be in control 🙂

currently living with a nice imprint of my dmr v12 pedal on my left shin due to a cross wind gust – jump interface

was blood everywhere those wee pins are lethal!

Jumping in crosswinds I learnt/ed that lesson about 20 year ago…

then did it again on a BMX track(with MTB) about 5 years later just to remind myself how stupid an idea it was – with serious bleeding consequences