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From: Frank Krygowski <frkrygow@sbcglobal.net>
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Subject: Re: Thoughts on industrial design
Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2025 23:20:01 -0400
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On 4/30/2025 6:33 PM, Joy Beeson wrote:
> On Tue, 29 Apr 2025 07:30:18 -0500, AMuzi
> <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:
> 
>>    Our culture has embraced road salt, excessively and
>> maniacally, with predictable results.
> 
> A few years before the turn of the century, when we lived
> between New Salem and Voorheesville, a driver attempted to
> stop for the intersection at the bottom of New Salem Hill,
> spun out on the salt, missed the gas pump by inches, and
> took out a whole row of newly-repaired Saabs.

My first ever moving on-road fall was due to road salt. I was riding 
home from work at night, descending a super steep one block hill in the 
center of the city (steep enough that the road has since been closed). I 
was riding very slowly because of the heavy dose of road salt on the 
hill. At one spot I suddenly realized that the debris in front of me was 
not salt, but broken glass. When I turned to avoid it, my front wheel 
slid out on the salt.

That first fall was after 30+ years of road cycling, so I was very 
disappointed. I scratched a knee and tore a nice jacket.

-- 
- Frank Krygowski