Happy new year gravel trap
12-31-2014 | 08:50 PM
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MotoGP
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From: NYC
Happy new year gravel trap
First off Happy New Year to you guys.
Out on a ride tonight in a really cold 28*F. (felt colder since we havent seen these temps this year). Coming over a hill on Queens Blvd, I am greeted with about 250' of a gravel spill! No way to avoid it safely (it spanned 2 lanes) so just rode right through.
Fun part was that it continued right through the intersection I needed to turn right. I became my own antilock linked braking and tiptoed around the turn. Crisis averted.
Out on a ride tonight in a really cold 28*F. (felt colder since we havent seen these temps this year). Coming over a hill on Queens Blvd, I am greeted with about 250' of a gravel spill! No way to avoid it safely (it spanned 2 lanes) so just rode right through.
Fun part was that it continued right through the intersection I needed to turn right. I became my own antilock linked braking and tiptoed around the turn. Crisis averted.
01-01-2015 | 11:34 AM
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Squid
Joined: Aug 2013
Posts: 35
Well done Joe. Gravel is hard on the finish,(rider as well as bike). On these mountian secondary roads gravel is a nasty surprise around a curve, more problem during spring/summer shower season than this time of year.
The Dragons Tail runs through my back yard
The Dragons Tail runs through my back yard
01-22-2015 | 02:21 PM
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Squid
Joined: Oct 2014
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Made the mistake about 15 years ago. It was a rare 50 degree day in the middle of Winter. Was making a right turn hit a patch of gravel and dumped the bike before I realized what was going on. Would like to think I learned since then, but it did give me an excuse to buy a new exhaust and intake setup.
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