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Old 06-08-11 | 04:27 PM
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From: Greenwood Indiana

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Well, 94-97 degree weather aint that big a deal. I intended to start out slow and slow down, but it turned into a typical commute time. Pretty warm, biggest problem is sweat in my eyes. At about 11.0 miles a Caddy pulled out in front of me, stopped and just set there, not pulling out onto the road from the intersection we were at. They were waiting for the road to be clear for 10 miles in either direction before they pulled out. Because she had cut in front of me, not dangerous, I seen her coming, just pretty damn rude I was probably a foot behind her back dual exhaust back bumper. About a minute the sweat had soaked into my eyes and I could barely see, then after a minute or so I realized I really could barely see and I was starting to have a hard time breating. The fumes from the caddy were really starting to get to me must have not been fuel injected, it was stinking rich. There was a pickup truck right behind me and really no place I could go. About the time I was about to get off my bike and jsut sit down somewhere the caddy finally pulled out. It was so clear me and the truck behind me pulled out too, soon I could breath and see. It was still pretty warm and I was a moving wet spot. thank goodness for the 20mph head wind, kept me cool while I pedaled twice as hard. Still had about 4 miles to go. One more drink of warm water and I was moving pretty good again.

Sounds like I am complaining dont it? Not really it still beat the heck outta drivin.
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