July 28, 2020
Shakedown Ride
I’ve used the Arkel rack and bag on the single speed before, but I thought it would be prudent to do a ride with everything I’ll be carrying on the trip, just to be sure.
I rode one of my usual routes (50 miles), and everything worked fine, although the ride did reveal that my chain is in dire need of lubing.
I’ll do that tomorrow.
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Mike AylingHe wanted to self terminate. Very common here in Oz to the extent that the media usually reports of "an incident" causing train delays.
He was listening to loud music through headphones and did not hear the train
4 years ago
He was listening to loud music through headphones and did not hear the train
4 years ago
John PescatoreTo Mike AylingI had a close call as a kid, when a friend of mine and I were playing on elevated rail tracks and almost got caught on a bridge when a train came speeding by. Trains can be surprisingly quiet (unless the engineer is blowing the horn) and move amazingly fast.
I do a lot of hiking, rarely on the tracks, but often near them. Not unusual to think "what is that noise?" and then seconds later a high speed train comes flying by. Throw in reduced hearing in older people and there you go.
Around here it is more often people misjudging train speed and trying to run across the tracks ahead of the train.
4 years ago
I do a lot of hiking, rarely on the tracks, but often near them. Not unusual to think "what is that noise?" and then seconds later a high speed train comes flying by. Throw in reduced hearing in older people and there you go.
Around here it is more often people misjudging train speed and trying to run across the tracks ahead of the train.
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