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"TimC" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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How's the radar?

http://mirror.bom.gov.au/products/IDR023.loop.shtml

Yep, that red patch, 5km wide, was over my head the entire trip home
from the goat.

I was crossing that blasted Bridge Road bridge over the Yarra, and I
saw in my trusty rear view, as I took the right hand lane to veer
right, cars behind me. I, as they say, signalled early, and signalled
often. Try balancing that with keeping both hands firmly on the
handlebars, given the icky Y-junction in the tram tracks, and my firm
belief that hands never come off handlebars, near tram tracks,
especially in the wet -- I have once before very nearly made a mess of
myself under a 4WD when I got caught in wet tram tracks, with both
hands on the bars -- caught myself intime, in all cases previous.

So anyways, make it across 3 tracks safely, and take the 4th at an
acute, but not too acute angle (how the heck are you meant to cross a
Y-junction at 90 degrees?). And miss. Go sprawling across the road,
with cars narrowly missing ramming me from behind. Sit there, trying
to shake lose the pedal, and slowly get up (maybe 30 seconds in
total). Drunk girl at tram stop in hysterics, trying to get people to
call an ambulance (her sense of time must be off -- she thought I was
there for ages, although it /did/ take a long enough time for the guy
in car behind to get out and see whether I am OK). Thought I was a
motorbike (musta been the niteflux) hit by a car. Broke my S-Sun
light attached to my helmet (dammit, I like that light -- there is
nothing as bright on the market). And bruised ribs? Ow, everytime I
move my torso or breath slightly deeper.

And now sopping wet. I am listening to my shoes dripping infront of
the heater, and hoping that all my correspondence in my bag is not
soaked through. Rain can make for a fun commute, although you need to
be in the right frame of mind. Was damn cold once I stopped to do
some shopping, but as soon as I got moving again, ahhh, no need to
rush, I'm already as wet as I am going to get.

--
TimC
The other day I overheard that a friend of the family had called their
new kid "Noah". I thinks "Noah? I 'ardly -" and then I bursts out
laughing.. -- Screwtape in RHOD

Owies. You should try not to do that. I've heard it's painful.

"TimC" wrote in message ...

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Ouch Tim, you didn't really need to do that, the rumour is that you had the a.b Crash Bandicoot of the Year 2005 in the bag already.

Parbs

Parbs said:

"TimC" wrote in message ...

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Ouch Tim, you didn't really need to do that, the rumour is that you had the a.b Crash Bandicoot of the Year 2005 in the bag already.

Seriously Tim, I thought you would of PT'd it home in that deluge. Ruddy wet tram tracks - I came a croppy about seven years ago in Brunswick St. Verrry nasty skidding along with the front partially caught in the track with a speeding idiot (I was trying to previously avoid) beeping away behind us. 😠 BTW, have you considered slightly wider treads on the roadie from commuting purposes?

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"TimC" wrote in message ...

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snip Tims's Tam Track Tangle<

Ouch Tim, you didn't really need to do that, the rumour is that you had
the a.b Crash Bandicoot of the Year 2005 in the bag already.

Parbs

Oh I dunno about that. FD was definitely up there.

On 2005-12-02, cfsmtb (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:

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Parbs said:

"TimC" wrote in message ...

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snip Tims's Tam Track Tangle<

Ouch Tim, you didn't really need to do that, the rumour is that you had
the a.b Crash Bandicoot of the Year 2005 in the bag already.

Seriously Tim, I thought you would of PT'd it home in that deluge.

It was barely raining when we left, so I took my chances -- I think it
started pissing down as I was passing work, so I could have detoured
to the station there -- dunno why I didn't. I had to do
some shopping anyway, which I can't do when I take PT home 🙂

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Ruddy wet tram tracks - I came a croppy about seven years ago in
Brunswick St. Verrry nasty skidding along with the front partially
caught in the track with a speeding idiot (I was trying to previously
avoid) beeping away behind us.

Yeah, the reason I wasn't going very slowly and cautiosly was because
of the cars behind. I guess sometimes I forget to ignore the pressures.

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😠 BTW, have you considered slightly
wider treads on the roadie from commuting purposes?

Even touring tires would get stuck in tracks, wouldn't they?

--
TimC
Perl 6 will give you the big knob. -- Larry Wall

Resound said:

Oh I dunno about that. FD was definitely up there.

:eek:

i resemble that remark! 🙄

6 months ago i was straddling the lofty heights that Tim now pervaes,
however he has since elevated to (until now) a level previously unchartered by any cyclist that has gone before him.

If he got a haircut (and a real job) you might spot the lil' yellow-n-black cross-haired-circles on his scone

F"usurped crash test dummy"Dutch

On 2005-12-03, flyingdutch (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:

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6 months ago i was straddling the lofty heights that Tim now pervaes,
however he has since elevated to (until now) a level previously
unchartered by any cyclist that has gone before him.

Although, I am yet to crash at a race.

Tune in next week, while we....

--
TimC
I'm doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won't be big and
professional like gnu) for 386(486) AT clones. -- Linus Torvalds, 1991

TimC said:

How's the radar?

http://mirror.bom.gov.au/products/IDR023.loop.shtml

Yep, that red patch, 5km wide, was over my head the entire trip home
from the goat.

I was crossing that blasted Bridge Road bridge over the Yarra, and I
saw in my trusty rear view, as I took the right hand lane to veer
right, cars behind me. I, as they say, signalled early, and signalled
often. Try balancing that with keeping both hands firmly on the
handlebars, given the icky Y-junction in the tram tracks, and my firm
belief that hands never come off handlebars, near tram tracks,
especially in the wet -- I have once before very nearly made a mess of
myself under a 4WD when I got caught in wet tram tracks, with both
hands on the bars -- caught myself intime, in all cases previous.

So anyways, make it across 3 tracks safely, and take the 4th at an
acute, but not too acute angle (how the heck are you meant to cross a
Y-junction at 90 degrees?). And miss. Go sprawling across the road,
with cars narrowly missing ramming me from behind. Sit there, trying
to shake lose the pedal, and slowly get up (maybe 30 seconds in
total). Drunk girl at tram stop in hysterics, trying to get people to
call an ambulance (her sense of time must be off -- she thought I was
there for ages, although it /did/ take a long enough time for the guy
in car behind to get out and see whether I am OK). Thought I was a
motorbike (musta been the niteflux) hit by a car. Broke my S-Sun
light attached to my helmet (dammit, I like that light -- there is
nothing as bright on the market). And bruised ribs? Ow, everytime I
move my torso or breath slightly deeper.

And now sopping wet. I am listening to my shoes dripping infront of
the heater, and hoping that all my correspondence in my bag is not
soaked through. Rain can make for a fun commute, although you need to
be in the right frame of mind. Was damn cold once I stopped to do
some shopping, but as soon as I got moving again, ahhh, no need to
rush, I'm already as wet as I am going to get.

Again? Tim. Nooooooooooo

Tram tracks are lethal in the wet. Even on the motorbike I will go far
out of my way and take many chances with car doors to avoid crossing
them. If you happen to cross where some oil has been spilled the thing
may well trow itself at the ground.

On the pushy in the wet.. 90 degrees or walking speed I reckon.

Lethel bloody things

Dave

Parbs said:

"TimC" wrote in message ...

Quoted message said:

snip Tims's Tam Track Tangle<

Ouch Tim, you didn't really need to do that, the rumour is that you had the a.b Crash Bandicoot of the Year 2005 in the bag already.

Parbs

Indeed. Now up for the red bitumen award.

A trier our Tim

Dave

On 2005-12-03, dave (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:

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Tram tracks are lethal in the wet.

I was thinking that. We don't often have rain in Melbourne, so I
don't get much of a chance to practice (that, and my commute doesn't
involve tram tracks except for Camberwell Junction).

However, you never know if they're not just a patch of water on a
track somewhere. Better to stay clear of them all the time[1].

The way I have been getting across single rails is to check the
mirror, then do a very sharp S-bend. But I imagine, if I were to look
at my bike when doing this, I probably am no more than 10 or 20
degrees from parallel when crossing the track. Combine that with a
few metres per second lateral movement, if I were to get stuck, that's
a few metres per second lateral movement at my head, and 0 m/s at the
wheels, which translates to a fall you have no chance to catch
yourself from, particularly with cleats. Hmmm, might have to
re-evaluate that maneuver.

[1] Oh, and as to touring tires: The last time I had a nasty (that I
caught myself from -- was quite spectacular), I was on the MTB.
Probably last time it rained in Melbourne 🙂

--
TimC
A new verb was accidently created during a discussion about KDE 3 and Debian.
It was said that KDE 3 will sid soon. -- Debian Weekly News Jan 14,2003

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>> "dave" == dave <[email hidden]> writes:

dave> On the pushy in the wet.. 90 degrees or walking speed I
dave> reckon.

If I can't cross at 90 degrees, I get off the bike, on to the pavement
and make like a pedestrian until I get to the direction I'm going.
--
Cheers | ~~ __@
Euan | ~~ _-\<,
Melbourne, Australia | ~ (*)/ (*)

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>> "dave" == dave <[email hidden]> writes:

dave> On the pushy in the wet.. 90 degrees or walking speed I
dave> reckon.

If I can't cross at 90 degrees, I get off the bike, on to the pavement
and make like a pedestrian until I get to the direction I'm going.
--
Cheers | ~~ __@
Euan | ~~ _-\<,
Melbourne, Australia | ~ (*)/ (*)

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>> "dave" == dave <[email hidden]> writes:

dave> On the pushy in the wet.. 90 degrees or walking speed I
dave> reckon.

If I can't cross at 90 degrees, I get off the bike, on to the pavement
and make like a pedestrian until I get to the direction I'm going.
--
Cheers | ~~ __@
Euan | ~~ _-\<,
Melbourne, Australia | ~ (*)/ (*)

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>> "dave" == dave <[email hidden]> writes:

dave> On the pushy in the wet.. 90 degrees or walking speed I
dave> reckon.

If I can't cross at 90 degrees, I get off the bike, on to the pavement
and make like a pedestrian until I get to the direction I'm going.
--
Cheers | ~~ __@
Euan | ~~ _-\<,
Melbourne, Australia | ~ (*)/ (*)

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>> "dave" == dave <[email hidden]> writes:

dave> On the pushy in the wet.. 90 degrees or walking speed I
dave> reckon.

If I can't cross at 90 degrees, I get off the bike, on to the pavement
and make like a pedestrian until I get to the direction I'm going.
--
Cheers | ~~ __@
Euan | ~~ _-\<,
Melbourne, Australia | ~ (*)/ (*)

"TimC" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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The way I have been getting across single rails is to check the
mirror, then do a very sharp S-bend. But I imagine, if I were to look
at my bike when doing this, I probably am no more than 10 or 20
degrees from parallel when crossing the track.

Years ago I tried crossing a tram track at 45 degrees in the wet.
Only once. Never again. Fortunately it was only a minor graze.
In the wet it has to be 90 degrees or no weight on the front wheel.

Alternatively you could try getting both wheels airborne
as you cross the tracks :-)

On 2005-12-03, Russell Lang (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:

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"TimC" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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The way I have been getting across single rails is to check the
mirror, then do a very sharp S-bend. But I imagine, if I were to look
at my bike when doing this, I probably am no more than 10 or 20
degrees from parallel when crossing the track.

Years ago I tried crossing a tram track at 45 degrees in the wet.
Only once. Never again. Fortunately it was only a minor graze.
In the wet it has to be 90 degrees or no weight on the front wheel.

No weight on the front wheel? That previous time on the MTB I
mentioned was made interesting by the fact it was my back wheel
getting stuck. My front wheel kept on travelling at the 30degrees-off-
parallel that I was attempting to travel. When the back wheel finally
came out, I nearly found myself in front of an oncoming 4WD.

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Alternatively you could try getting both wheels airborne
as you cross the tracks :-)

Nice and safe in the wet 🙂

--
TimC
I read [.doc files] with "rm". All you lose is the microsoft-specific
font selections, the macro viruses and the luser babblings.
-- Gary "Wolf" Barnes

Tim, if its any recompense, I came off tonight while journeying home from Melb Cup on Wheels. Reason?

Avoiding a cat.

Now trying to find ice in the freezer with a elbow & knee that won't bend too well. 🙁

And Bikesoilers up at Kona24 (cfsmtb goes off & sooks quietly)

Euan said:

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>>>"dave" == dave <[email hidden]> writes:

dave> On the pushy in the wet.. 90 degrees or walking speed I
dave> reckon.

If I can't cross at 90 degrees, I get off the bike, on to the pavement
and make like a pedestrian until I get to the direction I'm going.

Prettty much yeah 🙂

Dave