Originally Posted by
abshipp
Fun ride today. A bit of a chilly 55° at the start for shorts and a summer jersey + baselayer but I'm glad I didn't overdress. Ended up with 45 miles and 4000'.
For the railroad fans, here's Runaway Track #2 on the now decommissioned
Saluda Grade, the steepest standard gauge mainline railway grade in the US.
I remember riding along on somebody's trip west on Rt 30 across the Appalachians. I gotta say, the "Runaway Truck Road 1/2 Mile Ahead" signs we slightly anxiety inducing. Especially because one of the trips I was in our pastor's VW microbus. He took 30 instead of the Turnpike because the Turnpike had a 45mph minimum speed. So, 30 was kinda like a rollercoaster - slowly crawling up to the crest of the hill, and then zooming down.
And, being a ute, not even thinking about there being only a window and a little bit of sheetmetal between myself and anything we might run into.