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Joined: Sun Oct 26, 2008 3:29 am Posts: 294 Location: Salem, OR
I have a blue bike. I know that in stronger cross winds, it's going to get moved around a "little bit," but not too much. Disconcerting when setting up for a curve and the wind blows me off course a little. If the wind is really bad, I just don't ride in it. I don't need to.
Light cross winds are refreshing because they bring the smell of the countryside with them.
Joined: Thu Sep 25, 2008 7:25 pm Posts: 757 Location: New Mexico USA
Olequa wrote:
I know that in stronger cross winds, it's going to get moved around a "little bit," but not too much. Disconcerting when setting up for a curve and the wind blows me off course a little.
I found it curious that I didn't feel drawn off course at all by the super strong winds in my storm on Sunday. I just found the bike leaning into it in ways I didn't expect (to put it mildly). She just kept steady and I really did feel like she was saying to me "I know it's freaking you out, but don't worry honey, I got this."
Olequa wrote:
Light cross winds are refreshing because they bring the smell of the countryside with them.
Delightful! The most pleasant smell I usually encounter is Burger King.
Joined: Mon Apr 13, 2009 12:22 am Posts: 72 Location: Sterling Heights, Michigan
Being a short rider and somewhat light weight (about 135 lbs). I had the bike lowered 2". Are there any other shorter riders that had their bikes lowered that have any tips on keeping the bike stable in windy conditions? Almost soiled pants when wind gusts like to send me to other side of lane on highways!!
Joined: Sun May 11, 2008 9:44 am Posts: 275 Location: Albertville, Al.
Well I'm not going to lie about it, I have been caught twice in winds that blew this bike all over the road and made it darn near impossible to steer. I got caught last summer in a bad storm that popped up out of no where, the winds were probably around 40mph sustained with gusts up to 55mph or so. I had nowhere to pull over, in fact I couldn't force the bike to the road side, I stuck it out and slowed down to about 20mph, any slower and I would have been blown over. It was a very scary ride, in 25 years of riding i have never been caught in that kind of rain and wind on my bikes. In mild gusts of 10mph or so the bike is great anything above 25mph and it will be blown around quite a bit. There is a big difference in riding with a breeze and heavy wind.
Oh, and yea I was tired of the what colors faster thing about 10 minutes after it started. That BS sounds so childish.
I'm a noobie, but I felt that this bike definitely handled strong winds very well. One of the first times I had this on an open road, I was flying about 90 down some back country roads with a strong cross wind (about 35 mph) with gusts up to about 45-50mph and this bike would just lean, but still I would stay going straight. It didn't feel like I was fighting to keep the bike straight in the wind, it felt more like I was riding a weeble wobble toy
this bike handles like a champ in the wind. get on a 250 and ride in some crosswinds, hold on for your LIFE!!
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