Hydroplaning
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Hydroplaning
Well, for the first time ever, my bike hyroplaned on the freeway. I was riding home in the rain yesterday with some big wind gusts. I'm not sure if it was the wind, the water, or a combination, but I was riding in the right side of the lane and within a matter of a split second I was on the white line on the left side of the lane. I'm just glad I hadn't been on the left side already or I would have been run over by a truck. I pulled over at the next underpass until my heartrate went back down.
This ever happen to anyone else? I've ridden quite a bit and never had it happen to me before.
This ever happen to anyone else? I've ridden quite a bit and never had it happen to me before.
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RE: Hydroplaning
OMG! Luckily that has never happened to me before. I've been bounced around by the wind before but never a push into another lane. I tend to get clamy and tense when riding in the rain. I went back and consulted with my MSF coursebook again after that. Glad to hear you made it through!
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RE: Hydroplaning
I rode into one of those "micro burst" storms a few years back. Despite leaning into the wind at what felt like a 45 degree angle, it STILL pushed me from the far right side of the right lane, to nearly the solid white line on the left side of the left lane.
Hydro planing?? Not yet (knock on wood), and I have ridden in some major downpours. Of course, I slow down too...
Hydro planing?? Not yet (knock on wood), and I have ridden in some major downpours. Of course, I slow down too...
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RE: Hydroplaning
That would be just like riding on ice and a bike wouldn't stay up very long.
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RE: Hydroplaning
Never hydroplaned on a bike. Wrecked the hell out of a car several years back due to hydroplane.Typically during a hydroplane, you azz end is now you front end in a milisecond. I slammed a concrete divider when my rear end came around and rode that divider for several hundred feet until the car finally stopped. Tore the hell out of the whole passenger side of the car.
I don't know if you in fact hydroplaned, but if so I would say you are extremely lucky.
I don't know if you in fact hydroplaned, but if so I would say you are extremely lucky.
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RE: Hydroplaning
I don't know if you in fact hydroplaned, but if so I would say you are extremely lucky.
