My near crash ... (Richmond Park).

[Elyob]

Coming down the steep run towards Robin Hood Gate on the Jasmin trail, some muppets were officially
putting down soft sand into the bumps, and then using a flattening machine to sort it out. Erm ...
it's still really soft, front wheel wipeout stuff. And it just happens to be on the line that every
single cyclist has taken for ages. My reactions were quick enough, but it is really bloody
dangerous. Will be until the soft sand has been removed by cycle tyres or cyclist faceplants.
Unbelievable.

Any friends of Richmond Park able to bring this to the attention of the proper authorities? I will
look out for wardens tomorrow.

Ta.

[]Not Responding]

On Tue, 24 Feb 2004 00:50:41 GMT, "elyob" <newsprofile@hotmail.com>
wrote:

>Coming down the steep run towards Robin Hood Gate on the Jasmin trail, some muppets were officially
>putting down soft sand into the bumps, and then using a flattening machine to sort it out. Erm ...
>it's still really soft, front wheel wipeout stuff. And it just happens to be on the line that every
>single cyclist has taken for ages. My reactions were quick enough, but it is really bloody
>dangerous. Will be until the soft sand has been removed by cycle tyres or cyclist faceplants.
>Unbelievable.
>

Reminds me of a trip to France during Foot & Mouth. All vehicles had to pass through a deep pit of
really soft sand and, presumably, anti-viral detergent.

As it was dark whenthe ferry arrived and everyone was half asleep you can imagine the fun this
caused the disembarking cyclists.

[Dave Kahn]

"elyob" <newsprofile@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:<Bdx_b.730$KJ6.6995104@news-text.cableinet.net>...

> And it just happens to be on the line that every single cyclist has taken for ages.

Apart from the sensible roadies, of course. :-)

--
Dave...

[Tony Raven]

elyob wrote:
> Coming down the steep run towards Robin Hood Gate on the Jasmin trail, some muppets were
> officially putting down soft sand into the bumps, and then using a flattening machine to sort it
> out. Erm ... it's still really soft, front wheel wipeout stuff. And it just happens to be on the
> line that every single cyclist has taken for ages. My reactions were quick enough, but it is
> really bloody dangerous. Will be until the soft sand has been removed by cycle tyres or cyclist
> faceplants. Unbelievable.
>
> Any friends of Richmond Park able to bring this to the attention of the proper authorities? I will
> look out for wardens tomorrow.
>
> Ta.

Riding off road you need to be prepared for and anticipate such things. Yes it would be better if
they hadn't put down such soft sand but OTOH I presume you saw what they were doing and didn't slow
down to check the new surface conditions. If its soft it will pretty quickly be marked up by tyres
so its only non-obvious to the first one or two through. If you ride in places like Thetford Forest
there are loads of "sand traps" which come and go according to the weather.

Tony

[Elyob]

"Tony Raven" <junk@raven-family.com> wrote in message
news:c1g1vo$1hpgc2$2@ID-178940.news.uni-berlin.de...
> elyob wrote:
> > Coming down the steep run towards Robin Hood Gate on the Jasmin trail,
some
> > muppets were officially putting down soft sand into the bumps, and then using a flattening
> > machine to sort it out. Erm ... it's still really
soft,
> > front wheel wipeout stuff. And it just happens to be on the line that
every
> > single cyclist has taken for ages. My reactions were quick enough, but
it is
> > really bloody dangerous. Will be until the soft sand has been removed by cycle tyres or cyclist
> > faceplants. Unbelievable.
> >
> > Any friends of Richmond Park able to bring this to the attention of the proper authorities? I
> > will look out for wardens tomorrow.
> >
> > Ta.
>
> Riding off road you need to be prepared for and anticipate such things.
Yes
> it would be better if they hadn't put down such soft sand but OTOH I
presume
> you saw what they were doing and didn't slow down to check the new surface conditions. If its soft
> it will pretty quickly be marked up by tyres so
its
> only non-obvious to the first one or two through. If you ride in places
like
> Thetford Forest there are loads of "sand traps" which come and go
according to
> the weather.
>

I tested it as I actually saw them putting it down, yes I did slow down.. However, it was far more
soft than soft could be. As mentioned "my reactions were quick enough", however I had already seen
the danger being laid down. It's other cyclists, perhaps at night, that have been cycling around
there for years that will not have seen this poor method of repairing natural water-made gulleys.

[Elyob]

"Dave Kahn" <dkahn400@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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> "elyob" <newsprofile@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> > And it just happens to be on the line that every single cyclist has taken for ages.
>
> Apart from the sensible roadies, of course. :-)

Heh, you're missing all the fun ;)