No drama and no sniveling, although my friend called his wife when we stopped to eat and he put her on speaker so I told her he was sniveling about forgetting his warm gloves. She laughed.

Yum, concrete open spandrel arch. My favorite. Don’t see those in the Midwest very often. Too susceptible to salt damage.

It's a pretty neat bridge. People were bungy jumping from it at one time. Now there is a "No bungy jumping" sign.
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/hVf4u2yPUo0/maxresdefault.jpg

My Propel with 55mm rims and wide aero frame sections gets knocked around a lot. Even with 30mm rims, it does some side hopping. My Colnago with 45mm rims is pretty stable.

Last summer, I was drafting my 128# wife with a severe cross wind and a gust shifted her sideways. I swear it was at least 6-8”. :lol:

There is another canyon near here that has 2 of these wooden framed bridges. I don't know what they're called but the only other one in the county burned down a few years ago. I think they're from the 30s.
https://i1.wp.com/www.socalregion.co...6/DSCN7160.jpg

Your current situation is you're trapped in a fish torturing device?

If I recall, California has quite a few open spandrel arches on the Pacific Coast Highway. :thumb:

My early Reynolds rims are the worst, and a very close second were the Mavic Kryserium Equipe wheels. Those big fat spokes loved to latch onto the air. Trainer wheels now, and that's fine.

Yep. Here is the other wooden one I can ride to from home.
https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7F4dbe_lt...0/_MG_0166.JPG

I think the problem was, even those it was windy I wasn’t expecting the sudden wall of air. Going down the hill I was shielded by trees, but at the very bottom it opens up and that’s where I got blasted. I was so focused on my non UCI super tucked position I forgot about the wind and it caught me by complete surprise. Plus have you seen the madone from the side? It’s got more surface area than a barn door.

With these facts I rest my case.

Here is the famous one near Big Sur.
https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IVlK_VTqg...0/DSC00458.JPG

I'd cheerfully contribute to a GoFundMe for a mirror.


;)

Classic! :thumb:

As for the wooden ones. They are a little odd. :foo:

I can’t find that in my pocket constitution. Must be a TN thing. Maybe GA, if Newt’s name is on it.

They are. I read an article about them years ago but don't remember much of it. There is a metal arch bridge above Santa Barbara.
https://hosting.photobucket.com/albu...=278&crop=fill

Yes. I get blasts of wind on roads with a deep cut through the hills. As soon as you pass the cut you get strange air flow. You can get the venturi effect while between the sides of the cut and when you come out the other side you don't know what to expect.

My boss always said (jokingly) that we should build a titanium open spandrel arch. :lol:

Love this.

https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...8e61a3244c.jpg

A Yeti on a Caddy.

In Boulder

Nope. I asked a factual question and no one tried to work out the math.

No physics majors here, apparently.

I love everything about this.

Big insurance/medical hates you.

Same.

I don't get what the point of the wooden beams is.

I found a report from CalTrans that said “At least thirteen A-frame truss bridges were constructed by Los Angeles County from 1926 to 1959.” The report shows a pic of the Cayucos Creek Bridge A-Frame truss built in 1940.


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