Clear and dry here in Bethesda.

Quote from: somegirl on January 19, 2010, 02:23:35 PM
Clear and dry here in Bethesda.

Yeah, but no bike for you 

Thunder and lightning back in the city. Wow what a show down town.

Be careful tonight guys,

especially you, 'Belle, you got a husband and SBK waiting for you at home. 

Quote from: mostrobelle on January 19, 2010, 02:14:10 PM
There's a lot of competition for that title around here.   

no competition ... i am THE IDIOT GOD ... just view my mighty avatar 

Quote from: Drunken Monkey on January 19, 2010, 02:25:27 PM
Yeah, but no bike for you 

I know and my time is quickly running out.

Quote from: mostrobelle on January 19, 2010, 08:33:39 AM
a little bit... a few inches at the toll plaza and of course the Western span of the upper deck had it's usual standing water, as it always does whenever it rains.  The wind blows harder on that side too.  Worst part was just before the island--for some reason there are some really nasty updrafts there.  It's disconcerting on the bike.  It was so powerful that it blew rain up under my visor--which was snapped shut.  WTF?!  I kept my RPM up and my head down--seemed to work OK for getting through it.  

The wind flowing around the island creates a low pressure area at the base compared to the top. This causes the air to flow in the vertical plane. When I fly the approach to Oakland on a day like today you get a bumpy ride as you go over top of the island.

Quote from: mostrobelle on January 19, 2010, 02:14:10 PM
There's a lot of competition for that title around here.   

Only since Dan left.

Quote from: johnc on January 19, 2010, 03:05:42 PM
no competition ... i am THE IDIOT GOD ... just view my mighty avatar 

Seriously bageebaz, What in Krist's name is that freaking thing you're making us look at. 

Quote from: Desmostro on January 19, 2010, 02:46:18 PM
Thunder and lightning back in the city. Wow what a show down town.

Be careful tonight guys,

especially you, 'Belle, you got a husband and SBK waiting for you at home. 

The SBK is in the City, so a right-minded gal would just stay there with it.   

Quote from: ghostrider on January 19, 2010, 04:39:49 PM
The wind flowing around the island creates a low pressure area at the base compared to the top. This causes the air to flow in the vertical plane. When I fly the approach to Oakland on a day like today you get a bumpy ride as you go over top of the island.

Ahhhhh....figured it was something having to do with science n stuff.  Very cool.   

It's supposed to be a bit hairier tomorrow... I'm runnin' out of dry gloves and socks.   

Quote from: Desmostro on January 19, 2010, 05:47:11 PM
Seriously bageebaz, What in Krist's name is that freaking thing you're making us look at. 

johnny o turned me on to the st andrews face transformer program ... very cool web app located @:
http://morph.cs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Transformer/

try it ... it's more fun than a barrel of pinheads. 

This thread makes me wanna ride in tomorrow.  We'll see how gnarly it is. 

It's pretty dang gnarly out here. Lots of rockslides, mud, rivers, and trees.

Pick a bridge and cross it between 11 and 1 tomorrow.  It's supposed to get ka-ra-zie.  60 mph gusts possibly.  Doubt it'll get that windy on the Bay, but I'm pretty sure the gusts I felt today were 30 mph +.  It'll do 40+ on the BB for sure.  Woot!  

Quote from: mostrobelle on January 19, 2010, 07:29:53 PM
Pick a bridge and cross it between 11 and 1 tomorrow.  It's supposed to get ka-ra-zie.  60 mph gusts possibly.  Doubt it'll get that windy on the Bay, but I'm pretty sure the gusts I felt today were 30 mph +.  It'll do 40+ on the BB for sure.  Woot!  

Perfect for a ride with full fairings and extra light wheels, AKA a 'kite'.   

I have gone from being the Idiot that rides his motorcycle in any weather conditions to that Idiot that rides his bicycle in any weather condition...  and i gotta say, the moto is easier, but at least I don't have to deal with any 2000lb+ idiots trying to kill me! (only 50lb+ ones... dogs, kids, etc)