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By the end of my ride today, the temperature dropped from 47 to 33
degrees because a cold front blew down from the north. Luckily, the wind blew up the long climb from the foot of the dam to the top of the ridge west of town, so I sat bolt upright and enjoyed a wind-assisted 13 mph climbing speed where I normally stay down on the drops and am happy to see 8-10 mph. Half-way up the ridge, I began to hear an odd repeating noise that seemed to come from somewhere below and behind me. Whoosh-whoosh-whoosh! Maybe my leg or foot was brushing something? I felt nothing, but the noise seemed to be keeping pace with my pedaling. Whoosh-whoosh-whoosh! A quick look down showed no shoe straps dangling, no torn pants flapping, no embarrassing streamer of toilet paper stuck to either heel. Whoosh-whoosh-whoosh! I ducked my head further and peered back down at my rear wheel, but there was no trash stuck in my spokes. Whoosh-whoosh-whoosh! A more careful look showed that my rear tire wasn't brushing the right side of my frame. Whoosh-whoosh-whoosh! Another look showed nothing brushing the left side of my frame, but-- Whoosh-whoosh-whoosh! Ten feet behind me was a damned tumbleweed, keeping perfect pace with me as it blew up the highway, bouncing up and down as it tumbled and making a fairly regular whoosh-whoosh-whoosh noise as it kept hitting the asphalt. Cheers, Carl Fogel |
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wrote: (clip) Whoosh-whoosh-whoosh! (clip) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ I would get that fixed before it fails catastrophically. |
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Kristian M Zoerhoff wrote: On 2007-02-28, wrote: Whoosh-whoosh-whoosh! Ten feet behind me was a damned tumbleweed, keeping perfect pace with me as it blew up the highway, bouncing up and down as it tumbled and making a fairly regular whoosh-whoosh-whoosh noise as it kept hitting the asphalt. Did you scold it for jumping on your wheel without asking first? Oh those tumbleweeds are notorious wheelsuckers, and you just can't talk to them. -- Ryan Cousineau http://www.wiredcola.com/ "I don't want kids who are thinking about going into mathematics to think that they have to take drugs to succeed." -Paul Erdos |
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On Thu, 01 Mar 2007 06:46:16 GMT, Ryan Cousineau
wrote: In article , Kristian M Zoerhoff wrote: On 2007-02-28, wrote: Whoosh-whoosh-whoosh! Ten feet behind me was a damned tumbleweed, keeping perfect pace with me as it blew up the highway, bouncing up and down as it tumbled and making a fairly regular whoosh-whoosh-whoosh noise as it kept hitting the asphalt. Did you scold it for jumping on your wheel without asking first? Oh those tumbleweeds are notorious wheelsuckers, and you just can't talk to them. Dear Kristian & Ryan, Here's the peloton on a previous ride: http://i1.tinypic.com/2dir7t0.jpg Click on the lower right to expand in Explorer. Cheers, Carl Fogel |
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On Thu, 01 Mar 2007 06:46:16 GMT, Ryan Cousineau wrote: In article , Kristian M Zoerhoff wrote: On 2007-02-28, wrote: Whoosh-whoosh-whoosh! Ten feet behind me was a damned tumbleweed, keeping perfect pace with me as it blew up the highway, bouncing up and down as it tumbled and making a fairly regular whoosh-whoosh-whoosh noise as it kept hitting the asphalt. Did you scold it for jumping on your wheel without asking first? Oh those tumbleweeds are notorious wheelsuckers, and you just can't talk to them. Dear Kristian & Ryan, Here's the peloton on a previous ride: http://i1.tinypic.com/2dir7t0.jpg Click on the lower right to expand in Explorer. Cheers, Carl Fogel wild! |
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On Thu, 01 Mar 2007 07:29:34 -0700, Paul Cassel
wrote: wrote: By the end of my ride today, the temperature dropped from 47 to 33 degrees because a cold front blew down from the north. Think how disorienting it would have been had that cold front blown in from the south. Here too Russian thistles are a springtime hazard. Dear Paul, Strangely, cold fronts that blow up from the south bring the heaviest snowstorms to Pueblo. When moist air from the Gulf of Mexico wanders up from the south and a low pressure system sets up over Albuquerque, New Mexico, the front stalls against the mountains, cools, and dumps heavy snow, sometimes for several days: "ALBUQUERQUE LOW - When a low pressure system is over or near Albuquerque, New Mexico. During the winter season, a low in this position can bring heavy snow to parts of southeast Colorado." http://www.crh.noaa.gov/pub/wcm/media.pdf In contrast, cold fronts from the north usually blow through Pueblo in a few hours and bring little snow. The one that caught me out riding yesterday left about a quarter-inch of snow, which has all melted this morning. Cheers, Carl Fogel |
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wrote: On Thu, 01 Mar 2007 06:46:16 GMT, Ryan Cousineau wrote: In article , Kristian M Zoerhoff wrote: On 2007-02-28, wrote: Whoosh-whoosh-whoosh! Ten feet behind me was a damned tumbleweed, keeping perfect pace with me as it blew up the highway, bouncing up and down as it tumbled and making a fairly regular whoosh-whoosh-whoosh noise as it kept hitting the asphalt. Did you scold it for jumping on your wheel without asking first? Oh those tumbleweeds are notorious wheelsuckers, and you just can't talk to them. Dear Kristian & Ryan, Here's the peloton on a previous ride: http://i1.tinypic.com/2dir7t0.jpg That's just flat-out creepy. I mean, wow. I guess you get used to it, but surely the first time you see this sight, you're compelled to get your camera out and... Right. Neat shot, Carl! -- Ryan Cousineau http://www.wiredcola.com/ "I don't want kids who are thinking about going into mathematics to think that they have to take drugs to succeed." -Paul Erdos |
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there's a morel!! off course. never ever not once lest you turn into a
blue horny toad squashed on the interstate ride on hearing a noise can't be identified and not stop to figure just what the *&^%!!!! ()*&SOB is going on there! |
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