JonnyB
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| 09/14/2008 5:15 PM |
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I just finished an afternoon of full contact mountain biking...and it was strangely fun. All the popping and cracking of trees was an adrenaline rush...not to mention all the flying debris, I think I saw a house and that witch from the Wizard of OZ flying around. I got all the way around the golf course and all of Cherokee except no-net where I got a flat from blazing some new trail around impassables. Plenty of trees down that may cause for more than a trail day...more like a trail month! I did have it lucky though...there were some trail runners that were wishing they they had the protection of a helmet.
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| 09/14/2008 7:19 PM |
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| I rode the lake trail down here. A ton of mostly smaller stuff out in the trail, and trees popping all the way. Coming back in from the spillway, it got quiet. Got back to my truck just as the rain started. The crew from Indy Cycle were parked in the 192 lot and another van with bike racks with Missouri tags was there too. I'm guessing they were on the Bee Rock side of 192. I hope they made it back in ok. Not the best day to be out. |
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GIant_Mike
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| 09/14/2008 10:05 PM |
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Yeah, Northern Kentucky was "technically" hit by a minor hurricane. (stage 1 or whatever the name is) I take it everything south wasn't much better, Cave Run was pretty blown around. Didn't get to check out any trails though, can't imagine they're clear.
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s0ckeyeus
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| 09/15/2008 9:16 AM |
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Hopefully you went in the morning, any other time would just be crazy (not in a good way). A helmet won't provide much protection from falling limbs and whole trees crashing down. Not worth the risk in my book.
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Chris Ward
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| 09/15/2008 1:05 PM |
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I can't believe people were actually out riding in that yesterday. That was far more dangerous than a lot of the severe thunder storms we have around here. You wouldn't ride in a severe thunderstorm would you? I agree with others, yesterday was not the day to be on the trails, the risk was too big.
I didn't feel safe on the side walk or in my back yard yesterday. I walked passed a car yesterday parked on my street. After I was about 20 yards away from the car I heard some loud popping and turned around to see several large limbs fall from the tree the care was park under and every window in the car broke and the roof was damaged. It was wild out there yesterday. |
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JonnyB
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| 09/15/2008 3:25 PM |
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| I actually started before the wind picked up thinking I had plenty of time to get a ride in. I expected rain to be come before it got bad...then it seemed to come out of nowhere. Given the same conditions known in advance...would never do it again. Although that could be an idea for a true "adventure" race...with an added element of surprise. |
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JonnyB
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| 09/15/2008 3:29 PM |
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| It was probably safer in the woods than on a side walk or back yard. At least the other trees provide deflection and some blockage when something did come down while all the open space on the streets and back yards provide none. |
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| 09/15/2008 4:37 PM |
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| I rode the road. I didn't know there was that many walnut trees on McWhorter road. Never got hit by any. Just nuts all over the road, plus leaves and branches. |
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GIant_Mike
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| 09/15/2008 9:00 PM |
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Well, out at our archery club we had a 2 foot thick oak tree down over the road. And that's not all :o
We got lucky somehow, we missed the brunt of the storm when we were driving south, and it was just rough winds down at cave run. |
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