beware the devil. beware the intoxication that an exciting descent offers. on several attempts, to beat personal records, on public roads, I've had safety related regrets afterwards
I'm reminded of the scene in "The Right Stuff" where Chuck Yaeger attempts too much altitude, goes into
an unrecoverable flat spin & has to eject
- on one of my favorite hills I pedal like crazy, then tuck. on that one I have to feather my brakes due to a curve & yes, traffic!
- on another, this summer, I just kept cranking. got passed by a car, while I was doing 37 in a 30 zone. at least the guy waited until the other side of the yellow line had room for him, but he was annoyed that he had to kick it up to 40+? to get passed me