I Rode - Spring 2011

Gorgeous sunrise on LFP today.  So glad Spring is only a few days away!!!

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Permalink Reply by Far'arned Retrogrumpalunkus #63 on June 20, 2011 at 3:09am

Riding in the street in a city with buildings and street lighting nearby makes the chance of being struck on the street pretty remote.  Lightning takes the path of least resistance and that is almost always athe highest/best-grounded object in the area.  Make sure that isn't YOU!  Also, most people who are struck by lightning survive the encounter.  There are even a few people who have been struck multiple times and survived.

 

Most people who are killed by lightning are killed when they were near a higher object that took the strike and they were nearby when the object (such as a tree) exploded into deadly shards or simply fell on them.

 

That said, as an electrician, I have a lot of respect for the elctromagentic forces of nature and electrocution is not the way I plan on dying if I have a choice.  If I were forced to choose, and dying in my sleep at a ripe old age was not an option, I think I would choose sexecution by either Natalie Portman or Summer Glau.  Other than that I think I'll just pass.   As John Meloncamp said, "Dying, to me, don't sound like all that much fun...' 

Permalink Reply by Julie Aberman (Hochstadter) on June 20, 2011 at 3:31am
Didn't see many folks on the lfp this morning from 7-7:30. Damn it was wet and windy!
Permalink Reply by Natalie on June 20, 2011 at 3:57am

Since a tropical climate is apparently our new reality, I think I need better rain gear.

A few years ago a man in Vancouver was running during a thunderstorm, listening to his iPod, when lightning struck a nearby tree. The electricity was conducted through the wet ground and into the runner, throwing him about eight feet from the tree. The electricity, focused on the metal wires of his earbuds, caused linear burns on his chest, neck, and ears. Both of his eardrums were ruptured, too, although this may happen with any lightning strike, not just a lightning strike while wearing earbuds.

Permalink Reply by Jeremy on June 20, 2011 at 5:00am
I wasn't too worried about getting hit by lightning this morning, but I am giving anyone who walks by my office an eye-full of my pants as I try to get them dry enough to wear this evening. 
Permalink Reply by JeffB on June 20, 2011 at 8:12am
Has anyone come across shoe covers that are actually waterproof?  I splurged on the Sugoi ones at REI and they're really only effective if its a light shower on a <30min ride.  They're open on the soles, so eventually water spraying up from the pavement seeps in along the base of your shoe. 
Permalink Reply by David Barish on June 20, 2011 at 8:27am


For days like today cycling sandals are great. Your feet get wet but the rubber sandals don't mind getting wet. You don't have any socks to get wet and a towel at your destination is all you need to feel dry. 


JeffB said:

Has anyone come across shoe covers that are actually waterproof?  I splurged on the Sugoi ones at REI and they're really only effective if its a light shower on a <30min ride.  They're open on the soles, so eventually water spraying up from the pavement seeps in along the base of your shoe. 
Permalink Reply by igz on June 20, 2011 at 9:31am

these are ugly, and not exactly sporty, but guess what...on a deluge like this morning...my feet and shoes were perfectly dry:

 

 

http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/SERVUS-Overboot-4CY13?Pid=search

JeffB said:

Has anyone come across shoe covers that are actually waterproof?  I splurged on the Sugoi ones at REI and they're really only effective if its a light shower on a <30min ride.  They're open on the soles, so eventually water spraying up from the pavement seeps in along the base of your shoe. 
Permalink Reply by in it to win it 8.0 mi on June 21, 2011 at 3:54am

NICE on LFP today!  A little headwind, but hey, that's just a better workout, right?

 

Permalink Reply by Shay on June 21, 2011 at 4:12am

Agreed.  I haven't ridden to work in a couple of weeks and I was rather surprised by how many people were on the path at 7 a.m.  A bit more than there were when it was only 50 degrees at 7 a.m.



in it to win it said:

NICE on LFP today!  A little headwind, but hey, that's just a better workout, right?

 

Permalink Reply by Julie Aberman (Hochstadter) on June 21, 2011 at 5:53am
Today I took Clark to my office. Saw a bunch of cyclists.  Yeah!
Permalink Reply by Far'arned Retrogrumpalunkus #63 on June 21, 2011 at 6:47am
They could even give the wearer a money-back guarantee if they do get struck by lightning!

H3N3 said:
And they'll protect you from lightning too!


Permalink Reply by Kevin Mulcky on June 21, 2011 at 7:07am

I used Riv Splats this winter and can't complain. They work great with normal shoes. They're are open on the bottom, but since i have fenders it's not a problem.

 

You can always use plastic bags...

JeffB said:

Has anyone come across shoe covers that are actually waterproof?  I splurged on the Sugoi ones at REI and they're really only effective if its a light shower on a <30min ride.  They're open on the soles, so eventually water spraying up from the pavement seeps in along the base of your shoe. 

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