{"id":58,"date":"2008-05-23T00:24:47","date_gmt":"2008-05-23T04:24:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/?p=58"},"modified":"2008-05-24T22:44:15","modified_gmt":"2008-05-25T02:44:15","slug":"unexpected-sand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/2008\/05\/23\/unexpected-sand\/","title":{"rendered":"Unexpected Sand"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This is what happens when there is a thin layer of trail colored dirt covering the bottom of a downhill area, right in the area I need to turn at. Oops!<\/p>\n

I was heading down a slight, maybe 20′ hill, which has a 90 degree right turn at the bottom, then immediately crosses a partially buried corrugated metal drain pipe. The center of the pipe is nicely covered and smooth to ride over, so I aim for this area. I’ve ridden down this a number of times in the past, but this time a portion of the bottom of the hill was very sandy, with a slight covering of dirt over it. As I was starting my turn on this the bike slid a bit, and I instead pointed at the mud just beyond the wholly exposed end of the drain pipe.<\/p>\n

When the front wheel hit the mud it too slid, and I went falling \/ sliding on some mixed dirt and gravel. Thankfully I didn’t hit the drainpipe like the edge of my seat did<\/a>, otherwise I might have a bit more than a skinned knee \/ shin. Thankfully it didn’t hurt at the time, and now it’s only a mild (but widespread) sting caused by a whole bunch of parallel scratches. And yes, that large clump at the top is a blood \/ dirt clot.<\/p>\n

I’d also fallen two other times today causing other mild scratches, but these were because I was being dumb and trying to climb over ~5″ logs while going way too slow.<\/p>\n

All in all, it was a nice ride today. and I headed off from my house, down 22 Mile to River Bends Park, back through the normal trail and a bunch of the (very narrow) single track, then up to Ryan, back to Shelby Road, down 21 Mile, through a subdivision, then back down 22 Mile to my house. Hopefully tomorrow I’ll get a bunch more riding in, and then maybe a Dodge Park to Metro Beach and back ride on Saturday morning.<\/p>\n

UPDATE:<\/strong> If you happen to want it, today’s KMZ is here: 22-May-2008.kmz<\/a>. Unfortunately something somehow glitched and made it look as if one of the points on my route was at 19 Mile and Ryan, quite a ways from where I really was.
\nOh, and the damage to the seat helps answer the possibly-selling-the-bike question. I think I’ll keep the bike and do what I can to work with it. My torso is longer than normal for someone with 30″ legs (I’m made weird, or something), and pedal reach is just fine, so I think (hope) that just a bit of tweaking will help things out. Maybe something like On-One’s Mary<\/a> could help as well. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is what happens when there is a thin layer of trail colored dirt covering the bottom of a downhill area, right in the area…<\/p>\n

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