Unforeseen 'bent hazard (falling leaves)

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Lovely autumn weather. Me out on my HepCat going about 25 mph. Suddenly, face slapped (painfully)
multiple times by wet, falling leaves. *sigh* Still less painful than one time around the block
on a DF!

Take care. Wet leaves on pavement can be a hazard this time of the year, especially for bents. When
you go down you go down fast.

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Lovely autumn weather. Me out on my HepCat going about 25 mph. Suddenly, face slapped (painfully)
multiple times by wet, falling leaves. *sigh* Still less painful than one time around the block on
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Just rode my usual 16 mile paved trail and some part were completely covered with leaves. Could't
see the center line or the pavement edge. I've only dropped a wheel off the edge one time and don't
want to do it again.

I haven't been riding mine in winter, and don't intend to, but are they generaly more prone to
skiding out form under one than MTB etc... ? I drive a 2 wheel

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"PreciousBbird" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...

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Lovely autumn weather. Me out on my HepCat going about 25 mph. Suddenly, face slapped
(painfully) multiple times by wet, falling leaves. *sigh* Still less painful than one time
around the block on a DF!

Take care. Wet leaves on pavement can be a hazard this time of the year, especially for bents.
When you go down you go down fast.

skip

No doubt. Here in the Portland area they fall with the first major rainstorms. Some of the streets
have berms of wet leaves a foot high.

Jeff

skip <[email hidden]> wrote:

: Take care. Wet leaves on pavement can be a hazard this time of the year, especially for bents.
: When you go down you go down fast.

Well I could theoretically lose traction on uphills. Dunno if it was wet leaves that caused a flat
with my Stelvio yesterday but I guess it's the time to go to touring tires. Rear flat can be a bit
scary, my trike was weaving left and right (if you drive you might have experienced that too), at
first I thought I had lost a steering rod.

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The big hazard this time of year for cyclists in Eugene, is piles of leaves dumped in the bike
lanes. The city hauls away piled leaves on all streets with curbs and residents think this allows
them to block the bike lanes. The city tells them to use only the inside half of the lanes for
leaves, but this only gives them license to take up the full width and more. People with bike
trailers need the full lane width. Hitting a dark leaf pile after dark is always a possibility, even
with a good light. Having to suddenly swerve into the main lane to go around one is a big danger. No
enforcement is applied to those who block the bike lanes. Does this problem exist in other cities?

Steve McDonald

I am pretty spolied - they sweep the trails in the park where I go, so there are rarely fallen leaves on the pavement. However - I didn't think of the slipping problem and I will be extra careful thundering through piles of leaves if I happen to see any!

"PreciousBbird" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...

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I am pretty spolied - they sweep the trails in the park where I go, so there are rarely fallen
leaves on the pavement. However - I didn't think of the slipping problem and I will be extra
careful thundering through piles of leaves if I happen to see any!

It's not the piles that concern me so much. If you fall there at least you will have a softer
landing. It's when they are compressed in a thin layer and decomposing (turning black) that they are
the slickest. A southerners version of black ice.

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