On Jul 15, 1:17 pm, Marty <mgie...@mac.com> wrote:
> Quite the opposite - but perhaps more dangerous - is the "la-de-da,
> happy-happy-joy-joy" trips on Maui. My wife and I threw caution to the
> wind and did the 10,000 foot drop off Haleakala a while back. Started
> out in freezing rain /dense fog on a couple marginally maintained
> Worksman bikes behind a pack of folks who may not have ridden a bike
> since Eisenhower was at the helm, or were missing an episode of Sponge
> Bob to join the adventure. Might have been good for some of them to
> work up a little rage to stay focused and keep a line but they were so
> Mahaloed by then that all I could do was drift further back to avoid
> the pile-up that so often happens on those rides. "You mean them bikes
> have brakes on the handles? I thought you just had to pedal
> backwerds". Of course, the vintage motorcycle helmets they passed out
> at the top were re-assuring, and made certain your center of gravity
> was at least five feet up. "You can wave at the busses coming up the
> hill - just don't hit 'em". We got down OK, but I guarantee I would
> not do it again. Sure, I would do it alone on a Riv in a heatbeat - it
> was a spectacular run - but the "stay close to the person in front of
> you and yell if you have to slam on the brakes" was not the kind of
> group ride I was ready for. Rage or no rage, I was ready for a Mai-tai
> after that ride.
>
Come on, if you are going to ride Haleakala, you need to ride UP
before riding down!
http://www.chainreactionbicycles.com/haleakala.htm
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