WOW on the ride itself, and glad you're okay. I wish I had those skills at that automatic level. Hope you are now commensurately relaxing. Scary.
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02-02-2008, 03:25 PM #1
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02-02-2008, 04:25 PM #2
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Holy cow !!! Lee mentioned he didn't pass you guys when he headed back and that your car was gone by the time he returned, so I assumed you may have only done Welch Creek. But geeze, I'm so glad you came out of that OK.
I really dislike Welch Creek - not because it's a tough climb but because the descent is so difficult, you can't relax or enjoy that descent at all.
And if I'm going to suffer on a climb I should at least be able to enjoy the descent !
Looks like we missed out on the rain you expereinced. Timing is everyting...
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02-02-2008, 04:35 PM #3
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Whew! Nice bike handling. Thom must have been scared out of his wits seeing you so close to that mirror.
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02-02-2008, 04:48 PM #4
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Dang Veronica!
I knew you & Thom were in for some exciting riding when you peeled off to go up Welch Creek, but it sounds like you got more than you bargained for.
Glad you're OK!
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02-02-2008, 06:33 PM #5
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Scary! Glad you (and Thom too) are OK.
Welch Creek is pretty scary on a good day. The uphill is enough to cause a coronary, and the downhill is where I discovered that the brakes on my Kelly really don't work well at all. Add in traffic, and I think it stays off my must-do ride list.
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02-02-2008, 09:59 PM #6
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Veronica - Ditto from me re your remarkable bike skills! You are one skilled and tough lady in my book!
I haven't done that road, but from what everyone says, it's one tough climb! Now it sounds like it's one tough descent as well
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02-03-2008, 01:37 AM #7
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It is a tough descent. It is so steep and curvy, you can never let up and just let the bike go because you can't see that far ahead and you really don't have your own lane to take.
Thom says he was about 15 feet behind me when we came upon the truck, so the truck had moved over to his side of the road and Thom had a reasonable amount of room. He did say that distance behind was a little too close for a descent like that because I went from 17 mph to 0 pretty fast!
I really like it (sort of) as a climb. Good news - my knee held up just fine!
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