Was on the way to work this morning at about 0600h......very dark except for my light.....was cruising along a gravel part of the Yarra Trail with a nice tail wind (couple of k's before Burke Rd) at prob about 30 km/h or so. Wasn't really concentrating too hard and next thing I know there is a huge tree all the way across the path about 8-10m in front of me. I grabbed the rear brake, dropped a foot and threw the rear tyre out to the left.........I was pretty lucky in that I managed to stop with at least half a metre to spare, with the bike at right angles to the direction I was originally travelling and parallel to the tree.
Scared the [censored] out of me as the tree sorta blended in with the dark background and so I didn't see it until the last minute. Could have been nasty!!
On the way home I stopped to check out my skid mark (the one on the trail, not in my knicks) and I noticed that there was a couple of other ones as well!!
Hopefully the council will get around to removing it before someone gets hurt as it is way to big to move without cutting it up first.
Take care if you are riding the Yarra Trail early in the morning!!
[QUOTE]Originally posted by Gags <snip downed tree story>
Yes, I had to dodge a fallen tree out in Croydon the other night. I think the high winds knocked a few of them down. Council guys were cutting it up the next morning.
Who got soggy riding home last night?
Who had on wet shoes to help FREEZE!! their toes this morning?
Originally posted by Gags <snip downed tree story>
Yes, I had to dodge a fallen tree out in Croydon the other night. I think the high winds knocked a few of them down. Council guys were cutting it up the next morning.
Who got soggy riding home last night?
Who had on wet shoes to help FREEZE!! their toes this morning?
Originally posted by ritcho Small fan heater + wet shoes + a few hours in a small room = >dried shoes. Not that it matters here in Sydney...
Larger gas heater w/ fan + wet shoes + large unit with no doors to seal off huge open space = wet shoes + higher energy bill 🙁
I'm grew up elsewhere, I'm not afraid to say Melbourne's weather sucks! 🙂
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Fill your shoes with newspaper, I mean stuff 'em absolutely full. Really helps to dry the shoes out. Then put them in front of a heater. Even better, put them in a laundry with a clothes dryer venting onto them. T
Originally posted by hippy You must've missed my tagline: "Blue-Toe Wonder".
That's in reference to my toes turning from white to blue to red as they warmed up this morning in the shower after my commute.
I want more material on my feet not less! :-)
I have no problems here in Canberra - occasional foggy morns, usually ride home after dark.
Socks + Roubaix booties + GroundEffect Lucifers + Sandals. The Lucifers claim to be socks but they are a bit thick and windproof. I loosen the sandal straps for winter.
Originally posted by ritcho Small fan heater + wet shoes + a few hours in a small room = >dried shoes. Not that it matters here in Sydney...
Larger gas heater w/ fan + wet shoes + large unit with no doors to seal off huge open space = wet shoes + higher energy bill 🙁
I'm grew up elsewhere, I'm not afraid to say Melbourne's weather sucks! 🙂
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Fill your shoes with newspaper, I mean stuff 'em absolutely full. Really helps to dry the shoes out. Then put them in front of a heater. Even better, put them in a laundry with a clothes dryer venting onto them. T
I aquired one of those old fashioned ladies hair dryers (blows warm air into a plastic hat thing) as the air coming out of the hose is warm, not hot, putting the end of the hose in the shoe works well, Use it for drying shoes, ski boots, gloves.
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Was on the way to work this morning at about 0600h......very dark except for my light.....was cruising along a gravel part of the Yarra Trail with a nice tail wind (couple of k's before Burke Rd) at prob about 30 km/h or so. Wasn't really concentrating too hard and next thing I know there is a huge tree all the way across the path about 8-10m in front of me. I grabbed the rear brake, dropped a foot and threw the rear tyre out to the left.........I was pretty lucky in that I managed to stop with at least half a metre to spare, with the bike at right angles to the direction I was originally travelling and parallel to the tree.
Scared the [censored] out of me as the tree sorta blended in with the dark background and so I didn't see it until the last minute. Could have been nasty!!
On the way home I stopped to check out my skid mark (the one on the trail, not in my knicks) and I noticed that there was a couple of other ones as well!!
Hopefully the council will get around to removing it before someone gets hurt as it is way to big to move without cutting it up first.
Take care if you are riding the Yarra Trail early in the morning!!
Ride On,
Gags
I was in a small club race once in farmland around Bunbury (in WA). It was three or four laps of about a twenty km circuit. The local farmers were burning off along the road verge and there was an area where we had to ride through a bit of smoke. Anyway, we were going down this long stretch of straight road and I was taking a turn at the front. My head was down and I was going for it. One of the guys at the back of the group yelled something. I ignored it. Then he yelled again louder to stop! I looked up and saw a small tree fallen across the road. We skidded to a halt and shuffled around the fallen tree. Once we got going again I apologised for my lack of attention but the guy that yelled out said he had seen the tree fall in front of us just as we got close to it. Lucky someone was watching! (However I AM known for pointing out potholes too late.)
