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Nearly bought the farm

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July 20, 2017, 10:35 AM
Leemur
Nearly bought the farm
Or at the very least would've been mine in a settlement. The roads where I live are rather narrow and on the way home from the gym a guy driving a huge honey spreader was right in the middle of the road in a curve and hill. Why? Clear as day I could see him fiddling with his damn phone. Mad
July 20, 2017, 01:06 PM
Sailor1911
Almost screwed the poop. ;-)

Glad you are OK.



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July 20, 2017, 01:19 PM
vinnybass
Manure lucky it came out okay.


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July 20, 2017, 03:17 PM
SigSAC
If he had run up and on to your vehicle, it would have made him a pooper scooper!
July 21, 2017, 10:05 AM
pbslinger
I about bit it on my bicycle last week. Tight downhill blind turn and come upon a lawn service truck going the other direction 2 feet across the centerline. My first thought was "This is going to hurt really bad" I was able to change my line and miss him. Closing speed between us was likely over 40 MPH.
July 21, 2017, 10:43 AM
Russ59
quote:
Originally posted by pbslinger:
I about bit it on my bicycle last week. Tight downhill blind turn and come upon a lawn service truck going the other direction 2 feet across the centerline. My first thought was "This is going to hurt really bad" I was able to change my line and miss him. Closing speed between us was likely over 40 MPH.


Drift - PBS, aren't you in Cali? I'm in Roseville (NorCal) and ride regularly in the foothills around here.


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July 21, 2017, 02:53 PM
pbslinger
quote:
Originally posted by Russ59:
quote:
Originally posted by pbslinger:
I about bit it on my bicycle last week. Tight downhill blind turn and come upon a lawn service truck going the other direction 2 feet across the centerline. My first thought was "This is going to hurt really bad" I was able to change my line and miss him. Closing speed between us was likely over 40 MPH.


Drift - PBS, aren't you in Cali? I'm in Roseville (NorCal) and ride regularly in the foothills around here.


About a half hour east of Kansas City, Mo on a little residential lake. The roads at the ends of the coves are tight dips with pretty steep hills on both sides.

A compounding factor was I was riding fixed gear which meant changing line could result in a pedal strike. Luckily my SpeedPlay Frog pedals are low profile. A pedal strike in that instance likely would have lifted the tires and caused the bike to slip out. Not good.