Rode to work this morning (4C) nice and clear…around 11am, it started to rain and was looking bad…I don’t have rain gear yet…but luckily it cleared early enough for the roads to dry up, but it was windier than usual (80kph and gusty)…I got blown around a lot and the wind was strong enough to limit the speed of my bike (unless I down shifted)…and you were right, it was a couple of feet that I wandered, but that wasn’t the part that surprised me the most…it was the lean angle…wow, heading straight down the hiway and having to lean the bike like I was taking a corner. I figured the lean would be much less, but I guess it was pretty windy…
Just though I would eat some crow…definitely more than a couple of inches…it was enough that the vehicles around me were nervous and gave me a wide berth when they passed…
I took Rab’s advice and rode further toward the wind in my lane, ended up riding most of the way in the center of my lane…better safe than sorry.
A couple of other things too…yesterday I rode to work with my windshield removed, and I put it on this morning to see if there was much difference…all I can say is the windshield is not coming off. The bike may look better without it, but the ride is more calm with it. And there is noticable fatigue after just 30 mins of commute time. In the wind, I think the bike tracks straighter with the windshield. My next bike will have farings!