And the miserable condition of our residential streets is due to poor/no plowing, not an issue with salting. On Feb 12, 2013 4:08 PM, "Larry D. Nelson" <[email protected]> wrote:
> The local streets in my neighborhood are bumpy to drive on and dangerous to > walk on. I take my Stormy Kromer Cap off to those brave soles who are > biking. > > I suspect that our road crews are getting tired. > > Personally, I remain troubled by the amount of salt we are applying and the > damage it does to our water resources. Unfortunately, I just don't have an > easy solution (no pun intended.) > > > Larry D. Nelson, P.E. > > 1506 Cameron Drive > Madison, WI 53711 > 608 630 6532 (C) > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2013 2:31 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Bikies] Winter Challenge: The Errandonnee > > I lived in the D.C. area prior to moving here. > > In normal times Madison had the advantage of more consistently cold > temperatures, which avoided the thaw and freeze cycle that makes roads and > sidewalks so perilous. D.C. would get snow, which would melt, then freeze, > making for awful conditions. > > This winter we've had the pleasure of constant up and down jags in > temperature and, recently, frequent precipitation of every variety. So our > usual advantage has been nullified. > > Still, there are no palm trees in D.C. 33 degrees with wind and rain can be > bone chilling. > > > On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 10:46 AM, Robbie Webber > > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > >> Sorry, people who issue a "winter bike challenge" from Washington, DC > >> cannot be taken seriously. > > > > > > Now, now - let us not be weather snobs ;-> From the overall tone of > > the blog, I don't think "seriousness" involved. Besides, didn't they > > just get > > 3 feet out there, while we got rain? > > > > Plus everybody wins! Well, anybody who finishes ... get's a button or > > something. And something to blog about. > > > > > > -- > > > > a > > > > Andy Bach, > > [email protected] > > 608 658-1890 cell > > 608 261-5738 wk > > _______________________________________________ > > Bikies mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org > > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org >
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