Fallen Tree

[Gags]

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

 

[hippy]

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?

hippy a.k.a Captain Soggy a.k.a. Blue-Toe Wonder

 

[ritcho]

Originally posted by hippy

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?

hippy a.k.a Captain Soggy a.k.a. Blue-Toe Wonder

Small fan heater + wet shoes + a few hours in a small room = dried shoes. Not that it matters here in Sydney...

Ritch

 

[hippy]

>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!

 

[aeek]

wet shoes

Wear sandals (only shimano?). Sandals don't get wet, and socks are easy to dry or swap.

 

[Tamyka Bell]

hippy wrote:
>
> >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!
>
>
> --

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

 

[Tamyka Bell]

aeek wrote:
>
> wrote:
> > wet shoes
>
> Wear sandals (only shimano?). Sandals don't get wet, and
> socks are easy to dry or swap.
>
> --
I don't think they stop your feet from freezing though.

Tam

 

[hippy]

Originally posted by aeek
Wear sandals (only shimano?). Sandals don't get wet, and socks are easy to dry or swap.

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!

 

[aeek]

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.

 

[hippy]

>Originally posted by aeek
>Socks + Roubaix booties + GroundEffect Lucifers + Sandals.

Just thin socks and Nike shoes for me. I do have neoprene toe
warmers, but I haven't used them in AGES! Would've been a top
morning for them though..

 

[Ted Linnell]

Tamyka Bell <[email protected]> wrote:

>hippy wrote:
>>
>> >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!
>>
>>
>> --
>
>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.

Ted.
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| Ted Linnell <[email protected]> |
| |
| Nunawading, Victoria , Australia |
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[Marty]

"Gags" <tba@tba> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> 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

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.)

Marty