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Chain waxing
On Tuesday, June 12, 2018 at 3:12:13 PM UTC-7, AMuzi wrote:
On 6/12/2018 4:49 PM, James wrote: On 13/06/18 04:33, Frank Krygowski wrote: On Tuesday, June 12, 2018 at 10:18:45 AM UTC-4, Joerg wrote: On 2018-06-11 19:24, Frank Krygowski wrote: Unlike you, my braking is not a constant series of "last second" emergencies. On that ride, as on all others, I planned ahead and slowed sufficiently with ease. I probably came to a complete stop only a few times during that ride home. The main concern here is loose dogs running into your path, from ranches and other properties. Sometimes from behind bushes. Then there are wild animals, some of which would easily win first prize for utmost stupidity. They look you in the eyes _while_ running straight into your path. How do you plan ahead for that? Who is your crystal ball manufacturer? My first seven years of avid adult cycling were in a small town and the surrounding countryside in the U.S. deep south. That's a place where loose dogs abounded and had as many rights as people; just ask their owners. It was abnormal to do a bike ride and not be chased by at least one dog. On many rides we were chased as often as once per mile. We were chased by packs of as many as 12 dogs. And for extra spice, there were times we defended ourselves from attacking dogs (perhaps by using Halt or throwing rocks) and owners yelled at us "You leave my dog alone!" I know all about dogs chasing bikes. Yet I never recall a panic stop necessitated by a dog. That's more Joergian fantasy. My wife collided with a dog that suddenly changed direction and ran in front of her on a shared path. She went over the bars. Last week when I left home early in the morning, I had one wallaby cross the road right in front of me while its mate bounded along the road beside me before turning away, and then another took fright at me passing and (thankfully) darted away rather than across the road in front of me - as they are prone to do. My brother was with a bunch where a wallaby tried to go under another rider's bicycle. That didn't end well. A kangaroo was videoed recently bounding into a cyclist on a road near Brisbane, IIRC. A local fellow was taken off his motorcycle recently, by a wallaby that collided with his bike on a corner within 100m of our house. I'm not saying it happens often. Rare actually. But it does happen. I've hit the brakes a few times recently in fear of a wallaby trying to escape in front of me. I take it as a part of the environment in which I live. Your environment is obviously different. Although 'bravely fought to second place with a mountain lion' would be a great tombstone, lesser critters wreak their revenge on humans from time to time: http://www.wkow.com/story/38124676/2...in-dane-county Having (presumably) disc brakes on the motorcycle didn't help in avoiding the turkey. Braking power is rarely the problem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZrxyijba50 BTW, here is a super-dangerous Cameron Park killer turkey: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIuFsUj4Tew Joerg doesn't need powerful brakes, he needs ninja fighting skills -- or maybe one of those pocket shotguns. https://heizerdefense.com/2015/05/20/ps1/ Load up some .410 rounds with rock salt for the dogs, snakes, motorcyclists, etc., etc. He can keep it in his shorts pocket or somewhere in the panniers, near the CPR mask and the IV stand. -- Jay Beattie. |
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