Leaves on the line.
Leaves on the line.
It's that time of year again folks. I banked the bike into a well known corner at the normal speed for a wet day, the back wheel probably ran over a couple of leaves I noticed in passing and behold there was a rear end slide. I recovered it - long wheelbase touring frames have their good points - but I'll be easing off when it's wet for a while now.
Tyres by the way were ordinary Marathons which normally bite into dodgy surfaces quite well.
Tyres by the way were ordinary Marathons which normally bite into dodgy surfaces quite well.
If at first you don't succeed - cheat!!
Well done on the recovery its no fun going down
I noticed quite a few leafy corners yesterday,but the one situation causing the most bewilderment was two council workers with leaf blowers on the hill upto the parish church in Lymm Cheshire these two were blowing three inch deep leaf litter into the road!!!!!! causing three inch deep leaf litter from the curb three feet wide toward the middle of the road,so I had to ride on the white line to get some tarmac
Am I the only person who thinks leaf blowers are a complete waste of energy,resources and manpower? especially with a changable wind.
I noticed quite a few leafy corners yesterday,but the one situation causing the most bewilderment was two council workers with leaf blowers on the hill upto the parish church in Lymm Cheshire these two were blowing three inch deep leaf litter into the road!!!!!! causing three inch deep leaf litter from the curb three feet wide toward the middle of the road,so I had to ride on the white line to get some tarmac
Am I the only person who thinks leaf blowers are a complete waste of energy,resources and manpower? especially with a changable wind.
What are leaf blowers about? I completely fail to see the point?
The first time I saw somebody using one I was really perplexed. I thought "that leaf vacuum cleaner is rubbish, it's just blowing them about".
Speaking of slippy, there's a road near me leads into Sankey Valley Park and as you turn the corner there's a strip of cobbles which are deadly in the wet.
You need to be aware that they're there so that as you come round the corner you have time to straighten up.
One morning I'd overtaken a lad on a bike about a 100m further back and as I was slowing for this corner he shot past cranked over (in the wet), next thing I just saw him and his bike disappearing under the bushes.
I was desperate to laugh, I'm sure my "you alright mate?" had an hysterical tinge to it. (He was mentally scarred, but otherwise OK).
The first time I saw somebody using one I was really perplexed. I thought "that leaf vacuum cleaner is rubbish, it's just blowing them about".
Speaking of slippy, there's a road near me leads into Sankey Valley Park and as you turn the corner there's a strip of cobbles which are deadly in the wet.
You need to be aware that they're there so that as you come round the corner you have time to straighten up.
One morning I'd overtaken a lad on a bike about a 100m further back and as I was slowing for this corner he shot past cranked over (in the wet), next thing I just saw him and his bike disappearing under the bushes.
I was desperate to laugh, I'm sure my "you alright mate?" had an hysterical tinge to it. (He was mentally scarred, but otherwise OK).
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Si wrote:Am I the only person who thinks leaf blowers are a complete waste of energy,resources and manpower? especially with a changable wind.
I think that leaf blowers rank along side the "May contain nuts." message on packets of peanuts as the final indicators of the death of the Enlightenment.
Whassamatter? Dont you approve of handing your problems over to the next chap?
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What about those speed lozengers (square speed bumps, usually 2 or 3 spaced across the road).
Any decent sized car has a wide enough track to ignore them with the caveat they need to line themselves up.
So they don't slow people down and give them something to concentrate on instead of looking where they're going.
Wet manhole covers are a nightmare - particularly for motorcyclists. Why are they always on the 'racing line'?
Any decent sized car has a wide enough track to ignore them with the caveat they need to line themselves up.
So they don't slow people down and give them something to concentrate on instead of looking where they're going.
Wet manhole covers are a nightmare - particularly for motorcyclists. Why are they always on the 'racing line'?
I totally agree on this one!Leaf blowers are one of the human race's three most pointless inventions.
I reckon too, that that yellow banana case from Lakeland plastics takes the biscuit for useless, ah.. hang on, they've just bought out a special tea bag squeezer, just incase your spoon against the side of your cup isn't sufficient.
There really are some useless inventions ready to strip you of your cash arnt there!
Mary
Manx Cat wrote:I totally agree on this one!Leaf blowers are one of the human race's three most pointless inventions.
I reckon too, that that yellow banana case from Lakeland plastics takes the biscuit for useless, ah.. hang on, they've just bought out a special tea bag squeezer, just incase your spoon against the side of your cup isn't sufficient.
There really are some useless inventions ready to strip you of your cash arnt there!
Mary
Manxcat I'm with you on the banana holster but will have to differ on the teabag squeezer I'v been using one of these very useful itms for years and find I don't miss my finger ends stained brown or drips of tea on the floor from teacup to bin.Teabag squeezer for PM