Wet leaves on smooth seal on a hairpin corner on the Parapara makes the riding surface more slippery than a Very Slippery Thing crossed with a greasy politician's palm on a snot-covered mirror-polished Beehive doorknob.
That is all.
Wet leaves on smooth seal on a hairpin corner on the Parapara makes the riding surface more slippery than a Very Slippery Thing crossed with a greasy politician's palm on a snot-covered mirror-polished Beehive doorknob.
That is all.
And beware the shaded corner when the sun is low, everything slippy lives in the shadows.
Manopausal.
Thanks, yes, rubber side stayed down but more luck than skill. I was on a light bike (Vrod) and when the back started out and before I could vocalize more than 2 syllables (i.e. "Oh Sh-") we got some traction back where the seal was worn down to bits o' scoria (not that I saw that at the time, only later when I parked and walked back to, uh, collect my thoughts - yes that was it, collect my thoughts...) and we recovered with a bit of throttle from a nefariously steep angle, I believe. Not an experience I be keen to repeat.
Went for a quick ride before sparrow-chip this morning. (just before dawn is nice because you can see nimbus and reflections from oncoming headlights before you get line-of-sight... of course the flaw in that argument as if they're running without headlights...).
Leafwise much less of a problem after the winds recently.
BUT
Paradoxically, with all but two of the most significant slips filled in to 2 lane-widths again, gotta watch out for slippery clay more than ever as cars are running through the recently repaired strips carting a lot of mud/dirt downrange, not to mention gravel.
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