genejockey 

There are a lot of roads where I grew up in rural PA that have no center line, and everyone seems to manage not to run into oncoming cars.

Well, ALMOST everyone.

big john

Here is one more road without lines or cars. They do clean the rocks off of it eventually. It tees into an open highway at the top.

WhyFi

I'm thinking that your conditions will be a smidge less severe.

FWIW, though, some "all season" tires are pretty lackluster on slippery stuff. I don't know what they were, but the stock tires on the Jetta were pretty bad on snow/ice. We once got caught in a storm, with them on the car, while traversing IN. It was very slippery and I could occasionally feel the strong side winds push the car towards the shoulder. That leg of the journey was a stressful crawl and we've since made a point of having the snow tires on the car for any VA trips between ~November and April

Velo Vol 

That's because the horses know not to run into each other.

WhyFi

It's been said that intersections without traffic controls are one of the better ways to cut down on accidents. I'm pretty open-minded, but man, that would be an interesting transition period.

WhyFi

Ugh. Currently -7°A. Out of pure stubbornness, I'm still thinking that I'll walk to the grocery store and bakery.

Should prolly bring an insulated bag so that the food doesn't freeze, though.

Velo Vol 

Anything with a smooth surface (or even claws) is going to slide on ice. It's physics.

bampilot06

I don’t think I have ever have wanted winter to end, as I do this year. I think I have mentioned it before, by house is at the bottom of a hill and my yard slopes to the rear. My back yard has been solid mud this whole winter, so my daughter hasn’t been to use her play ground. Keeping her entertained is hard, and there is not that many options that don’t cost money for things to do.

Plan was to higher a landscaper in the spring to fix the yard, but we didn’t get back what we expected on our taxes so now that’s not going to happen either.

WhyFi

And you call yourself a quasi-northerner. SMH

abshipp 

Yep. And even considering your second case, there's the infrastructure here to easily preemptively salt the roads. I bet after the last few weeks the ground is cold enough now that if we got rain there would be some risk of icing, if the roads weren't already white with salt.

I'm so looking forward to a nice rain to wash off the roads and get the SLT off of the trainer.

Velo Vol 

If I understand correctly the hip bursa acts up when you have leg muscles rubbing the point of the hip.

But the stretches that are supposed to help require you to (painfully) stretch those same muscles across the hip.

Velo Vol 

I can barely make it to the starting position.

Trsnrtr

My CBT class recommended doing something for someone to perk up your mood so I shoveled two of my neighbor's drives. One is an old couple that are housebound and the other is a young couple who work long hours, one on third shift. I also did about a thousand feet of sidewalk for the dog walkers because they pick their poop up.

Trsnrtr

This has been a rough winter for both cold and nuisance snows.

Things that have paid for themselves and/or showed their worth this winter are:

Wahoo Kickr
Snow blower
Snow shovel
Netflix
Prime Movies
4WD

I'm sure that I've forgotten some but I've used all of them almost daily the last month or so.

LesterOfPuppets

Preferably slowing down without using your brakes very much.

Man, that's some carnage! Wonder if that's a 75mph speed limit road, 80mph cruising speed.

LesterOfPuppets

Only my right leg can comfortably get into the starting position. MY left knee disagrees with the whole idea for some reason.

LesterOfPuppets

In the early '90s when I moved to the 'hood in NE Portland there were many intersections with no stop signs. Totally insane 'til you learned to look for stop signs on the crossing road.

We called them 4-way No Stops.

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WhyFi

Ugh. I so miss riding on the Cervelo. It's currently residing in the basement and I carry it up for trainer sessions - it's a reminder that it's so light and lovely compared to the studded tank that I've been riding.

WhyFi

I do like the idea, but would be afraid of the carnage until everyone got the memo. Hell, I'm living in a area where, despite their presence for a handful of years, many still don't know how to navigate a traffic circle.

genejockey 

The Square in Gettysburg is really a traffic circle, and I can tell you, most people don't know how to handle it, and a lot of them freeze.

Velo Vol 

Football injury?

rjones28 

We've been having midday sunshine lately. Still cold, but, sun.

WhyFi

Yeah, it's silly. I've seen people stop before entering, when there's no other traffic in the circle, I've seen people in the circle stop and yield to people waiting to enter, and I've seen people go the wrong way around.

ls01

Yes, slowly.

Velo Vol 

This is a rare post from you that sounds inviting.