I was trailing some dude coming down Eastlake when he decided to try and slow down on a patch of ice. He ate shit and then I ate shit into him. We slid on the frosty road for about 20 feet, but neither of us got hurt. Luckily we just laughed it off.
zuvembi
Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2007 10:22 am
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Almost, I started sliding on a turn and just about ate it. Luckily I was transitioning from road to path and hit some grooves that kind of bumped me upright.
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bott
Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2007 10:40 am
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i kept a watchful eye on the road and managed to keep the rubber-side down.
i was surprised that i didn't see too much carnage on my commute.
lantius
Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2007 10:41 am
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yeah, i almost bit it twice last night right near my house. what is it with slick roads and this year? i can't remember it ever being this slippery this many times in years previous.
joeball
Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2007 10:51 am
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lantius wrote:
what is it with slick roads and this year? i can't remember it ever being this slippery this many times in years previous.
I was thinking the same thing.
It was all clear last night so where did the moisture to freeze come from?
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Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2007 10:55 am
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Temperature dew point spread = 0, which means all the moisture in the air has to go somewhere. so it freezes to anything, dust, car windows, and the road. I am not used to this effect because we don't have much moisture in the air back home. It must have something to do with all these large bodies of water around us.
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Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2007 11:04 am
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It was pretty crazy riding in today. I went from crystal clear skies up north to dense fog near the UW bridge.
Razi
Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2007 11:10 am
Joined: 16 Dec 2005Posts: 866Location: Seattle
The Hunter is right. Our daytime temperatures are enough to boost the humidity enough that as nighttime temperatures drop, the colder air quickly becomes saturated with moisture and deposits frost on just about every imaginable surface.
I am extremely thankful that I had the intersection of 7th and Bell all to myself this morning. That frost was completely invisible, and as I peeled off 7th and headed west on Bell I found myself horizontal and sliding across the entire road. Oh man, if there had been traffic, it would have been a Very Bad Thing.
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I had some white-knuckle moments with my rear wheel locked up coming down Armor. I didn't eat it but I was wishing pretty hard that the #33 didn't choose that moment to appear, as I wasn't going to be stopping at the sign.
ME Park was pretty frosty, so I just dialed it up a notch and went a little slower so as to not die.
the dreaded ben
Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2007 11:21 am
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Hayduke wrote:
Temperature dew point spread = 0, which means all the moisture in the air has to go somewhere. so it freezes to anything, dust, car windows, and the road. I am not used to this effect because we don't have much moisture in the air back home. It must have something to do with all these large bodies of water around us.
you are a better man than i.
i just couldn't bring myself to write an explantion of condensation to a hydrologic engineer.
davis
Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2007 11:59 am
Joined: 26 Aug 2005Posts: 113Location: The northern waste
Razi wrote:
Anyone else eat shit on the way to work today?
I've had generally good luck with slick roads lately -- I haven't eaten shit in any of the nasty weather we've had. Maybe it's the fact that I'm riding relatively fat tires (30 in front, 28 in rear).
zuvembi
Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2007 12:13 pm
Joined: 24 Jul 2005Posts: 942Location: Little Addis Ababa
davis wrote:
Razi wrote:
Anyone else eat shit on the way to work today?
I've had generally good luck with slick roads lately -- I haven't eaten shit in any of the nasty weather we've had. Maybe it's the fact that I'm riding relatively fat tires (30 in front, 28 in rear).
I've found fat tires don't really help much. I'm running 28/28 for what it's worth.
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mork the delayer
Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2007 12:21 pm
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I slid a little bit once or twice, but I stayed upright. north of UW campus it was not so foggy, but the road was still frosty.
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pete jr
Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2007 12:52 pm
Joined: 13 Dec 2005Posts: 1930Location: balls deepx
I always fear this when on the trail that runs along the east side of I5 from cap hill. It gets quite icy and there's a nice dip followed by a metal post that I imagine would hurt to hit.
Happy Stick Person
Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2007 12:56 pm
Joined: 20 Sep 2006Posts: 1168Location: Leschi
pete jr wrote:
I always fear this when on the trail that runs along the east side of I5 from cap hill. It gets quite icy and there's a nice dip followed by a metal post that I imagine would hurt to hit.
haha yeah I've eaten shit there a couple times, there is that bit of runoff water that is ALWAYS there no matter the time of year.
Razi
Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2007 1:26 pm
Joined: 16 Dec 2005Posts: 866Location: Seattle
Happy Stick Person wrote:
pete jr wrote:
I always fear this when on the trail that runs along the east side of I5 from cap hill. It gets quite icy and there's a nice dip followed by a metal post that I imagine would hurt to hit.
haha yeah I've eaten shit there a couple times, there is that bit of runoff water that is ALWAYS there no matter the time of year.
Word. That is one place where I resist the speed demon if it is anywhere near freezing out. I have nearly hit that post too many times in the blush of summer, let alone coldwetfreezingnasty.
Joined: 26 Aug 2005Posts: 113Location: The northern waste
Happy Stick Person wrote:
pete jr wrote:
I always fear this when on the trail that runs along the east side of I5 from cap hill. It gets quite icy and there's a nice dip followed by a metal post that I imagine would hurt to hit.
haha yeah I've eaten shit there a couple times, there is that bit of runoff water that is ALWAYS there no matter the time of year.
During the snowstorm aftermath I stopped and walked that part. That spot never seems to be dry, ever.
TrikerTrev
Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2007 2:34 pm
Joined: 23 Oct 2006Posts: 2303Location: FOCO, MOFO!!!
I actually followed the sanding truck down off Maple Leaf hill (good thing 'cause I was sliding as opposed to actually stopping) to Northgate Way then down to LCW.
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