Michael O'Hair
This is a Portland topic but the basics go everywhere.
The isotherm ( fancy word for "Hey! It just got slippery") on Dosch Road is about 700 meters from the top (Patton Road). Don't know about the east side but I'm sure there's a similar road out there. It behooves you to know where it is out of simple self-preservation.
One of the big dangers of this transition is air-heads in various vehicles (typically 4WD) who are going uphill at thirty-five MPH or more who suddenly hit the ice and start sliding. Once, long ago, I was creeping down Dosch and some A-H coming uphill hit a patch of ice and started spinning across the road towards me. I think I still hold the bunnyhop record for both vertical & horizontal distance. Once was enough.
----- Original Message -----
From: Mark J. Ginsberg
1:30 pm, monday
just came off the fairmont loop of counsel crest and it is not ridable, unless you like falling off your bike. whole road is a sheet of ice.
Mark
--- On Mon, 1/26/09, David Auker wrote:
From: David Auker
Subject: [OBRA Chat] Icy road conditions
To: "obra chat"
Date: Monday, January 26, 2009, 11:41 AM
Late morning conditions on SW Fairmount, Humphrey, Hewitt: enough ice to makeriding a bit dicey, enough time slowing down (maybe walking) to mitigate anytraining effect (unless when your heart beats fast "Am I gonna falldown" gets you fit!). Dosch is fine.
~David_______________________________________________OBRA mailing listobra@list.obra.orghttp://list.obra.org/mailman/listinfo/obraUnsubscribe: obra-unsubscribe@list.obra.org
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