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Cobwebs and cycling
Mike A Schwab wrote:
There is a bicycle trail in Springfield IL that is very busy during the day. One evening about 4 years ago I went for a group ride on the trail. It was a summer evening about 6:10 pm, I am sure a couple of hundred of riders had rode that trail that day. There had been a short, light rainshower just before the starting time, I happened to be least scared of getting wet, so I was the lead rider out. Perhaps an hour had elapsed since the last rider had come through. Sure could not tell that by the cobwebs though. They were thick. Stretched all the way across the trail, 8 feet from tree to tree. Did this for at least a mile. That is why you put a front fairing (Zzipper or Mueller) on your 'bent and duck your head down behind it. -- Tom Sherman - 42.435731,-83.985007 The right to arm bears does not make armed bears right.- Anon. |
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Cobwebs and cycling
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Tom Sherman °_° writes: Mike A Schwab wrote: There is a bicycle trail in Springfield IL that is very busy during the day. One evening about 4 years ago I went for a group ride on the trail. It was a summer evening about 6:10 pm, I am sure a couple of hundred of riders had rode that trail that day. There had been a short, light rainshower just before the starting time, I happened to be least scared of getting wet, so I was the lead rider out. Perhaps an hour had elapsed since the last rider had come through. Sure could not tell that by the cobwebs though. They were thick. Stretched all the way across the trail, 8 feet from tree to tree. Did this for at least a mile. That is why you put a front fairing (Zzipper or Mueller) on your 'bent and duck your head down behind it. I still vividly recall once riding through a swarm of baby spiders, wafting in the air on their silken natural hang gliders. I washed my copious hair multiple times daily for a couple of weeks after that. And then there are those tiny flies, like midges, mayflies and no-see-ums. You get one in one eye and reflexively blink on it, thereby squashing it into your eye. As you try to extracate its remains, you get another one in the other eye. In the words of Dizzy Dean, you are then "blounded." They feel like single coffee grounds stuck in each eye, with extra adhesive properties. cheers, Tom -- Nothing is safe from me. I'm really at: tkeats curlicue vcn dot bc dot ca |
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Cobwebs and cycling
On Jul 23, 4:30*am, (Tom Keats) wrote:
In article , * * * * Tom Sherman °_° writes: Mike A Schwab wrote: There is a bicycle trail in Springfield IL that is very busy during the day. *One evening about 4 years ago I went for a group ride on the trail. *It was a summer evening about 6:10 pm, I am sure a couple of hundred of riders had rode that trail that day. There had been a short, light rainshower just before the starting time, I happened to be least scared of getting wet, so I was the lead rider out. *Perhaps an hour had elapsed since the last rider had come through. *Sure could not tell that by the cobwebs though. *They were thick. *Stretched all the way across the trail, 8 feet from tree to tree. *Did this for at least a mile. That is why you put a front fairing (Zzipper or Mueller) on your 'bent and duck your head down behind it. I still vividly recall once riding through a swarm of baby spiders, wafting in the air on their silken natural hang gliders. *I washed my copious hair multiple times daily for a couple of weeks after that. And then there are those tiny flies, like midges, mayflies and no-see-ums. *You get one in one eye and reflexively blink on it, thereby squashing it into your eye. *As you try to extracate its remains, you get another one in the other eye. *In the words of Dizzy Dean, you are then "blounded." And they like flying just at dusk when it is so beautiful that, even if you aren't gasping air open-mouthed from your exertions, you are singing for the joy of it. And then some gogga gets in your throat. Yech. Even the Japanese wouldn't dip those in chocolate. -- Andre Jute |
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