Originally Posted by
eja_ bottecchia
I have gephyrophobia, fear of bridges, especially long and/or high bridges.
We have a bunch of covered bridges around Oregon. I've been meaning to do a tour of the covered bridges.
It looks like Lane County, Oregon has about 20 covered bridges (I only knew of about a half dozen) that one could cover in about a 200 mile ride.
As far as bridges, my brother took me up to a train trestle along either the John Wayne Trail or Columbia ? trail in Washington. Substructure, no superstructure, no improvements, no guard rails, bare ties. I didn't go out on it, but just getting close to it made me nervous. The ties should be about 8 foot long, so it should be OK (assuming they weren't overly rotten). Still, if I did the trail, I might have to work my around some of those trestles.
Going up hills usually is fine. But, going down can be a bit bothersome, but if that is the case, time to burn some brakes.
I do remember Crater Lake, cresting the passes, and suddenly hitting the wind (with my bike and panniers like a big sail). Whew!!!