Annoyances
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The small stuff, in one drawer, with what to do about it and what to say afterwards. None of these will end your trip. Most of them will end up being…
7 written upHazards
Gravel on the apex, diesel at the junction, dogs, buses on your line, smoke, and the drop with nothing beside it.
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Takeaway · CC BY 3.0Gravel on the apex, diesel at the junction, and the drop with nothing beside it.
Brake fade
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Dragging a brake down a long descent heats it until it stops converting speed into heat as well as it did. On a small automatic with a drum rear…
Buses and pickups on your line
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Route 1095 and the mountain half of Route 108 are two lanes, and the minibuses, songthaews and delivery trucks that serve these towns take a hairpin…
Gravel on the apex
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Sand, grit and washed gravel collect on the inside line of a hairpin and at the exit of a cutting. It is the most common surface hazard on this…
Riding after dark
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Once the sun is down the circuit has no ambient light at all outside the towns, and a rented bike's headlight is usually a single bulb of unknown age.
Riding in the smoke
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In March and April the measured PM2.5 on this circuit sits above the US 24-hour standard on most days. On a bike you are breathing hard, at volume…
The low sun
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Late afternoon on a westward leg in the cool season puts the sun directly down the road. A dusty visor turns it into a white sheet.