Summernight wrote:
On a similar note, back to this morning's adventures: On the corner of Spring and Collins/Macarthur I had my first proper fall.
Hope you've recovered from your misadventure with those plastic humps! I've inadvertently crossed them on McArthur as well, turning right across the tram lines, luckily without incident.
Straight home on Friday afternoon, nothing eventful.
This morning I was a bit apprehensive about riding along the Darebin Creek Trail after the weekend's heavy rains in Melbourne.
Decided to go for it anyway, but proceeded with caution. This was just as well, as the paths were a mess, with debris and mud in several locations.
Notably, a massive chunk of bitumen, at least a 1.5m section in one piece, had been lifted up from a section of the path that climbs from creek level to street level at the underpass at Dunne St, and washed down over the path. Just had time to hit the brakes and lift the front over. Had to walk the rest of the underpass up to street level.
Further down, there was a matress on the path
- at least that would have been a soft landing had I hit it.
The wooden bridges were atrociously slippery with debris and I felt my rear slide on several occasions.
All up, an intense ride in the early morning darkness.
Am attending a tech certification course in St Kilda Rd from this morning til Wednesday, so will ride down there later. This also means that I'll be leaving a couple of hours later than usual in the afternoons, so mostly likely the rides will be in the dark too.
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