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Gags
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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 **** 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
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 **** 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