Originally Posted by clevernamehere
For me, one that so far has been ok, but has potential to be really nasty:
I cross a freeway bridge over a river (cyclists must use the sidewalk on this bridge according to the city bylaws).
The problem is that the railing is quite low. I'm 6'1" with an appropriately sized bike, so the railing is at about my seat height. I'm always very aware of the wind situation. A good cross wind gust & I could end up in the river
(especially when the sidewalk is icey)
Right now I'd have about a 50/50 chance of hitting floating ice or simply splashing into the fridgid river... If it's really windy, I'll walk across.
I've heard there have been several people blown off the 10th Ave. Bridge and killed in Minneapolis, including a woman on a tall bike. Be careful, and stay away from that railing.
On another note, those deeply frozen ruts are nasty too, especially when people making the ruts couldn't/didn't keep a straight line through it. That crash last winter also resulting in a long walk to catch up to the bike, that was happy to keep going without me. I broke one of those damn little caps that say "Ultegra" off a shifter in that one. Everytime I saw it missing, my hip hurt, so I finally paid the $8 or whatever to replace it. Grr.