I am looking for longer routes to work and I tried a new one this morning. I found it on good 'ol bikely.com which is a pretty good site I guess but not necessarily for those who run road bikes. Anyway about five miles in I come to the route that is supposed to take me through the wissahickon. Now The Wissahickon is a huge park in Philadelphia without very many ways to get through it. This is when I notice that this route is unlike most paved routes in that it is unpaved. Gravel actually.
So I figure what the heck I can do this. Cyclocrosses go through worse. So there I am skidding along on my aluminum road bike with mountain bikers and joggers looking at my like, "whats up with this wackjob?" Anyway about five miles later after skidding around curves and burning up my front brake I emerged onto actual pavement. I just wanted to post a commute in which the insanity was entirely the responsibility of the rider not insane drivers.