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Subject:Re: Significant improvment: Less wind deflection
From:Kim Brennan
Date:Fri, 14 Sep 2007 15:51:54 -0400

I've been across the Golden Gate and the Oakland/SanFrancisco Bay
bridge. Frankly, none of those bridges are all that scarey.

Try the Chesapeake Bay Bridge, the Francis Scott Key Bridge, or the
Governor Nice bridge (all in Maryland). Those are all long TALL
bridges, which get up above all the local topographic features to get
real strong winds.

There are some folks that won't drive across the Chesapeake Bay
bridge. The others are a little off the beaten track, but offer
stupendous views (assuming you have the chance to view anything
instead of concentrating on the road...)

On Sep 14, 2007, at 2:28 PM, Geza Polony wrote:

> I tried this and, yes, it works--those high winds across the SF Bay
> bridges
> aren't near so hard to deal with. Steering's also easier and it
> didn't seem
> to make much difference on bumps.  I have questions about tire wear
> at these
> pressures. Has anyone done this long term?