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Old 01-30-09 | 08:30 PM
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John C. Ratliff
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From: Beaverton, Oregon

Bikes: Rans Stratus, Trek 1420, Rivendell Rambouillet

I don't ride on Fridays, so I have nothing to report for today other then it was freezing fog. Yesterday, the same, and I did ride. There is a wooden walkway in the first part of my commute, and approaching it I said to myself, "You'd better get off and walk that walkway." I did, and I'm surely glad too! There was a thick, almost invisible, layer of ice over the entire walkway. I slipped, but didn't fall, just walking the bike. At one point, with one step my body slid sideways without effort or desire. I breathed easier when I got past the wood, and rode the rest of the way on my "vehicle avoidance route," which meant bike paths, back roads and sidewalks (nobody was walking).

John
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