We get a fair amount of chip seal around here for reasons already stated.
Fatter tires at lower pressures (see the BQ charts for ideas) are very
comfy on them, especially riding a steel or Ti frame, and surefooted as
well. Cornering on loose stuff is of course always best done with caution
and at
On Wed, 2012-08-22 at 05:36 -0500, Bruce Herbitter wrote:
We get a fair amount of chip seal around here for reasons already
stated. Fatter tires at lower pressures (see the BQ charts for ideas)
are very comfy on them, especially riding a steel or Ti frame, and
surefooted as well. Cornering on
Sorry to hear this!
I had a minor bout of road rash last week while on the gravel rail-to-trail
John Wayne Trail. (Enough already, with those pandas while riding!) If you
can get a hold of it, Savlon is amazing.
http://www.savlon.co.uk/products/antiseptic_cream.html
Rob in Seattle
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Pernicious? Perhaps, however, chip-and-seal coating the roads every 8-10 years
adds some 30 years to the service life of the road, meaning it doesn't have to
be dug up and repaved for that many more years. That saves taxpayers a lot of
money and travelers a lot of disruption.
Sorry for your
Never good to hear about a crash. Is good to hear the injuries were just
soft tissue. Here's to a speedy recovery. --Andy
On Monday, August 20, 2012 4:10:14 PM UTC-7, Liesl wrote:
I, too like Eric, have succumbed to the bad road surface. Took a right
turn on to a side street with fresh seal
Glad to hear you're OK, Liesl... I spend more time off-road, and while
I've had my share of endos and crashes on trails, the mere thought of going
down on pavement scares the bejeezus out of me... Wishing you a speedy
recovery to get back on the bike soon.
Peace,
BB
On Tuesday, August 21,
On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 10:22 PM, Manuel Acosta
manueljohnaco...@hotmail.com wrote:
Glad that you're in good spirits about it.
Jameson certainly qualifies as good spirits. Glad to hear it was just a
flesh wound. Hope the healing is quick!
jim m
wc ca
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Having wiped out on sealcoat myself a few times with the scars to show for
it my best wishes go out to you Liesl. Growing up upstate it was always a
nightmare when the decided to re-do the roads, it meant either not riding
for a few weeks while the sealcoat got beat down by the cars or going 2mph,
Wishing you a speedy recovery.
David
On Aug 21, 2012, at 1:22 AM, Manuel Acosta manueljohnaco...@hotmail.com wrote:
Glad that you're in good spirits about it. Glad that the bike came out fine,
scratches on the bike are like medals of honor. Display them proud.
On Monday, August 20, 2012
Wishing you a quick recovery Liesl. Rest and recovery are important. Revel
in them.
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Thanks for everyone's well wishes. I'm doing really pretty well. A few quick
thoughts:
The only thing we had immediately available to wrap the bad wound was...a riv
half mitt and an Irish strap to hold it in place!
On my referring to seal coats as pernisious ...given what happened, I think
I'm curious about this slippery seal coat: is it tar sprayed on
gravel? What makes it so slippery? -- soft tar?
We don't use such barbarous, inferior road surfaces here in God's Own
Land of Enchantment: we go directly from real pavement to dirt.
Continue to let the Jameson's work its magic
It's a layer of tar sprayed on the road surface with gravel laid on top of it.
It's rolled into the surface by cars and trucks and sometimes heavy machinery.
After a few days the loose gravel is swept off. The problem is that the loose
gravel is like riding on ball bearings... Tough on
Thanks; weird -- definitely not a NM or Georgia thing.
Next thread: widest tarmac expansion cracks? Must be documented. My
prizes reach almost 7 inches.
On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 5:45 PM, Tim McNamara tim...@bitstream.net wrote:
It's a layer of tar sprayed on the road surface with gravel laid on
Sorry to hear, Liesl. I, too, have learned the hard way the meaning of the
word debridement. I was pumped full of drugs and I had a pretty nurse
holding my hand while the ER doc scrubbed me clean. I think I told her
that I loved her. No -- I mean it -- I reeeally love you.
Ibuprofen
On Monday, August 20, 2012 7:10:14 PM UTC-4, Liesl wrote:
I, too like Eric, have succumbed to the bad road surface. Took a right
turn on to a side street with fresh seal coat which is a euphemism for
small extremely sharp bits of gravel the consistency of crushed glass mixed
with tar and
!Liesl, So sorry to hear about your mishap! Advice? Not much: More
Jamison's (slightly but not too different from my comfort, see name). But
look on the bright side, no broken collar bone. Heal quickly, Steve
On Monday, August 20, 2012 7:10:14 PM UTC-4, Liesl wrote:
I, too like Eric,
I forgot to add that leather-palmed gloves and a few beefy leather bracelets
saved my palm and wrist. That's what made me think of EricP. There's a big ol'
abrasion on my buffalo hide bracelet. My Mohawk friend says that the spirit of
buffalo is giveaway; thanks buffalo for my wrist!
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Okay, your fall is worse than mine. Muscle and/or ribs are finally
healing. Even got a 40+ mile ride on the SimpleOne yesterday. This
weekend was the first time in two weeks was on a drop bar bike.
Advice - try a Big Ginger - ginger ale and 2 Gingers whiskey. I use diet
Vernors.
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Okay, your fall is worse than mine. Muscle and/or ribs are finally healing.
Even got a 40+ mile ride on the SimpleOne yesterday. This weekend was the
first time in two
I wouldn't say we limp and moan a lot here in Minneapolis, but grog? In a
handsome flask?Definitely--especially on those rare occasions when we have no
choice but to limp and moan because of the City's pernicious and vile habit of
seal coating roads.
Erin reports that I was tough as nails.
Yowzer, hope the healing process doesn't take too long and isn't too
miserable!
On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 7:28 PM, Liesl li...@smm.org wrote:
I wouldn't say we limp and moan a lot here in Minneapolis, but grog? In a
handsome flask?Definitely--especially on those rare occasions when we have
no
Glad that you're in good spirits about it. Glad that the bike came out
fine, scratches on the bike are like medals of honor. Display them proud.
On Monday, August 20, 2012 4:10:14 PM UTC-7, Liesl wrote:
I, too like Eric, have succumbed to the bad road surface. Took a right
turn on to a side
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