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From: Ted Heise <theise@panix.com>
Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.tech
Subject: Re: Maybe spring
Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2025 23:25:56 -0000 (UTC)
Organization: My own, such as it is
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On Wed, 23 Apr 2025 15:15:25 -0500,
  Mark J cleary <mcleary08@comcast.net> wrote:
>  Today the first real day that I can say in Central Illinois 
>  spring is upon us for riding. Wind was down early and I am 
>  still in long pants riding. I have some running pants I wear 
>  and find that they are a good option even if warm can protect 
>  skin. Cold does rob the overall speed average but these days I 
>  take any turns with caution,

We had temps in the 70s, here in the Lafayette, IN area.  First 
short sleeve ride of the year, yay!

 
>  One thing that for me is relatively harder is a 180 degree turn 
>  on the 2 lane chip seal that I mostly ride. I try to find 
>  intersections to do the turn if I want to go back the opposite 
>  direction. Two things throw me and one is the small gravel that 
>  can accumulate on edges and intersections you can slide. THe 
>  other is my riding skills probably leave much to worked on. 
>  Sometimes a tight turn it is easy to spill a bike. Probably 
>  should unclip the inside leg I am turning on, mostly the left 
>  leg. I don't the best way.

Ugh,  I avoid chip and seal as much as possible.  Not only hard to 
do 180s on (especially on the tandem!), they are somewhat dicey 
just going straight--risk being proportional to freshness.

-- 
Ted Heise      <theise@panix.com>       West Lafayette, IN, USA