Scary encounter tonight
Scary encounter tonight
My wife and I road out to Schooners Bike night in Santa Clarita tonight and went for a short ride after. On the way home we "discovered" an unfinished road repair compliments of LA County with no possible way to avoid it. We hit it and it jarred us so violently the trim ring on my stereo head unit popped off. This really pissed me off, however I quickly got over it since a moment later I needed to come to a stop. I applied the brakes using both the hand and foot brake. Surprise! No rear brake! The pedal would not move so I came to a stop with only the front brake. Fortunately this was not a panic stop situation. When I came to a stop I looked down and to my surprise there was the trimming to my head unit hanging on my foot brake pedal wedged between the pedal and the footboard. I bent down, removed it and handed it to my wife and we finished our ride the snapped the trim back in place.
The LA County road crew's laziness could have cost us our lives. Now this really pisses me off!
Bob
The LA County road crew's laziness could have cost us our lives. Now this really pisses me off!
Bob
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Had similar experience today, the state road crew used some kind of newer patching material to fix potholes other than the usual hot patch stuff. They are using a rather fine gravel material sprayed from nozzel called "Pothole Killer" Well they should rename it cycle killer because that stuff is like ice. You would think they would sweep up or vacuum the access from the road surface
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Arnold probably sold the road signs at a yard sale he had a couple of years back. Get an Atty and send The county a very clear message that what they did amounts to why could have been negligent manslaughter. thank God your both ok.
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Wow! What a stroke of bad luck (fricking LA county road crew)...which was followed by (fortunately) a bit of Good luck! At least nothing got seriously damaged or hurt. Glad it all worked out OK.
This thing had about a 1.5" deep ledge and the opening was about 2'x4'. Thank goodness Fat Bobs have solid wheels instead of wire wheels because this was a rim bender.
Bob
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Damn that sucks more than Richard Simmons on a sausage. Glad neither of you were hurt.
I originally thought this thread was going to be about you meeting my ex wife from the thread title. Now that would have probably ended up with you not being so lucky and you would have more than likely been scarred for life...
I originally thought this thread was going to be about you meeting my ex wife from the thread title. Now that would have probably ended up with you not being so lucky and you would have more than likely been scarred for life...
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Around here, some of the roads are resurfaced by putting down a layer of tar, and then covering it with pea gravel. No warning signs. You're riding down the road, and suddenly you're riding on ball bearings.