40 mph crosswinds = no fun

[bcityroller]

So different commute today b/c I'm hosting a conference downtown Boston vs. living and working north of the city normally. Ride in this morning was fun - no issues but the ride home was a little tense for me as a front is blowing in rapidly. This meant 40+ mph gusty crosswinds when I rode across the Tobin (tall-ish bridge) on the way home. It was really blowing me all over the place, there was construction so I was in a narrow lane of jersey barrier and guardrail and traffic was doing erratic speeds. All and all one of the least pleasant 5-10 minutes I've spent on the bike since I first learned to ride three summers ago. Prolly no big deal for some but it would take me some getting used to if I was going to do that on a regular basis.

 

[pjstud1v]

Yeah, I had that problem this past weekend. It was awful riding on Saturday with the huge gusts around here. Happy to hear you made it back ok!

 

[cv_rider]

Yeah, that sucks. I almost got blown into the guardrail of the Golden Gate Bridge last week. Wasn't really THAT close, but it pushed me about 2 feet form the center of the lane towards it. I had to serve to get centered again. Scary.

 

[CrazyBiker]

yeahh theyy suck .. Rode today in 34-38 mph winds - Sportbikes.net

 

[Norm]

Yep, know the bridge well. Glad you're OK.

 

[crabby117]

Las Vegas is a very windy city, with substantial gusts. I took a ride this past weekend from Vegas to LA and the gusts were in the 40's I believe, almost end to end. It's especially challenging over a long distance because the winds didn't let up until I got within the city limits of LA. It makes for a tiring trip, that's for sure!

 

[BusyWeb]

Las Vegas is a very windy city, with substantial gusts. I took a ride this past weekend from Vegas to LA and the gusts were in the 40's I believe, almost end to end. It's especially challenging over a long distance because the winds didn't let up until I got within the city limits of LA. It makes for a tiring trip, that's for sure!

I took I-15 last weekend too.....windy as usual.
And I had some heavy loading at the rear-bag, which made my bike sailing and dancing on the highway.... ha ha ha...
I had to release some air from my tires to get over the side-cross-wind...
One of the photos from last weekend riding, you will see bad gear loading methods... ha ha ha
http://lh6.ggpht.com/_DRYwefLR_YE/SfUfNGLUs_I/AAAAAAAAEKk/2DTlDbhlcuY/s640/SDC12488.JPG

AND my tire pressure was aired by bad pressure-guage >>> i even didn't noticed until i and my fz6 danced on the windy highway >>> fixed after back home.

 

[crabby117]

I took I-15 last weekend too.....windy as usual.

Hey, maybe we passed each other. I went westbound on Saturday and eastbound on Sunday.

 

[spamthefood]

We definitely get a lot of pretty terrible gusty winds where I'm at, once you get out of the valley it tends to ease up a lot thankfully.

Riding in the wind is by far one of the scariest things I've done on my bike...especially when passing big vehicles that are just huge wind catchers.

 

[jazzpaintball]

I have the same problem going across the Narrows Bridge in Tacoma, WA. Bridges just have a nasty habbit of blowing you around, much less the one that got destroyed in the 70's by wind...