Originally Posted by
Jim from Boston
Seemingly innocuous puddles that can hide potholes (anytime, but worse in winter) or overlay ice on the road surface.
Great thread; should be a sticky.
I went back and re-read the list more thoroughly:
Originally Posted by
lasauge
18) Pavement immediately before a stoplight where the exhaust from idling cars melts some of the ice, eventually forming a perfect slick - flat ice topped with a thin layer of liquid water…
Missed that one. I have though encountered puddles with underlying ice in random spots, with more than just a thin layer of water, looking like typical puddles of a centimeter or more deep.
I wrote this rule, and amendment to the thread,
"The Communtinati":
Originally Posted by
Jim from Boston
“If you cannot
directly see the Road surface (due to a reflecting puddle, a pile of leaves, or whatever), a pothole may lurk.”
Originally Posted by
Jim from Boston
….“Even if you can see the road surface at the bottom of a puddle, at freezing temperatures and especially without studded tires, it’s best to avoid all puddles.”
Originally Posted by
modernjess
…25) responding to the inevitable, "You didn't ride today did you?" queries posed by non riders…
For me, that’s not a hazard, but a motivation. In my experience, it's always asked in the negative. rather than
"Did you ride your bike today?." My wife once chided me on a bad-weather day,
"You just want to ride your bike today so you can write about it on Bikeforums."
Originally Posted by
jwarner
- Getting avalanched by passing plows
- Snow plowing boxing cyclists into dangerous situations (ie no way to get out the way, or being forced into a bad traffic situation)…
One of the first and best threads on winter riding I have read on Bike Forums, also in a list format, aptly described encounters with snowplows:
Originally Posted by
buzzman
…#5) Snowplow drivers are super dangerous. Don't mess with them. They have often been driving the plow in horrible conditions without sleep for 24-48 hours and are soused in coffee and possibly worse and they may not be able to discern whether your reflectorized vest and blinkie is an alien spacecraft landing or the beginning of a migraine headache but the last thing they'll expect it to be is a bicyclist.
#10) Winter cyclists are definitely marching to the beat of a different drummer.
