Lets Say I'm A Cheap Wheel Bastard

Forget the wind/disk urban legend. Just wipe it from your mind. :slight_smile: It doesn’t exist.

Crosswinds only affect the front wheel since that is where the bike is steered and due to fork angle a crosswind creates an imbalance.

You can ride a disk is conditions far beyond what a race director would be able to keep the race going…

FWIW my wife (under 130lbs) rides with a disk cover. She can’t even tell the difference and we live in Oklahoma (i.e. it’s pretty dang windy here at times).