Originally Posted by
Old Army
Where I have had problems is a couple of miles up the Curtis trail where it crosses under Washington Blvd. There's a spot before the bridge that doesn't drain well. The speed this area encourages combined with smooth pavement and copious amounts of wet leaves has seen me in a slight two wheel drift a couple of times!
I know the spot you are talking about. Here are some pics from my visit there a few weeks ago:
It was a completely dry day out. Therefore, I wasn't prepared for it being extremely wet under that smoothly paved underpass. I was coming into it from the uphill side and slowed down to enter it with a slight lean (perhaps 10-15mph?). My side slid out from under me so fast I didn't even have time to throw an arm out to break my fall. That's probably a good thing.
As for the S-bend.. I've never had a problem with that and I've always taken it slow. After reading this thread, I'll be especially careful in the future because it sounds like I have just been lucky not to hit some road debris even while at slow speeds. I'll admit that the smooth, shiny road line has always caught my eye as being especially dangerous through there. I've also noticed the new "caution" signage.