I've been known to stop and walk across some nasty RR tracks, especially in the rain. I don't want to post disaster stories here - or anywhere else, come to think of it.
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05-19-2005, 10:22 AM #1
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Give big space to the festive dog that make sport in the roadway. Avoid entanglement with your wheel spoke.
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05-19-2005, 02:00 PM #2
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Oh, ouch!
I'm glad to hear she's OK, and I hope she will be getting back on her bike...
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05-19-2005, 05:22 PM #3
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A lot of the RR tracks around here (commuter rail) have been smoothed down, so they don't stick up above the ground. I don't know what they do, but there is a bunch of smooth metal about 6 inches on each side of the track, so there's no bumpy stuff or cracks before the tracks. Hey Corsair.... did you live in Tempe? I used to live right near said track on Kyrene and Elliot. I lived s/o Elliot, between Rural and McClintock, behind Kyrene Middle school. This was back in the dark ages ('80s). I used to ride my old Univega 5 speed down Rural Rd to Williams Field (I mean Chandler Blvd) and think I had gone really far!!! This was when Rural Rd was rural.
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05-19-2005, 05:46 PM #4
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that's the nice thing about where we live, people will actually stop to help.
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05-19-2005, 07:28 PM #5
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After spending the day on the couch with an ice pack on her inner thigh Heather is recovering with the help of ice cream. DH has been getting her up to walk around every so often so she won't totally seize up! Glad I'll be at work tomorrow. She is going to be sore and cranky! The tracks she fell on do have those metal plates on either side but they were wet from last night's rain. She seems to think a new bike is in order, even though her current ride is undamaged. I'm thinking nice try!
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05-20-2005, 10:04 AM #6
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Originally Posted by Robyn Maislin
Small world Robyn - I actually lived in Chandler right off Chandler Blvd and Kyrene!!Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, champagne in one hand, strawberries in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming: "Yeah Baby! What a Ride!"
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