Ahh memories of Vermont... How sweet they are...
>>>>> "Rod" == Rod Plunkett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
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Rod> A new young OBCer, Matthew Ladd, asked me for a lift and we
Rod> departed Ottawa around noon on Friday, 3 Aug and arrived
Rod> around 5 PM. There was more construction on the 417 than I
Rod> expected and the traffic was quite heavy through Montreal.
Rod> After checking in,
[snip]
To avoid the dreaded Montreal traffic, it is often better to go
through Cornwall and across US11 and cross at Rousses Pt.
[snip]
Rod> Avery had some trouble on the way
Rod> down - his Eclipse frame started to shimmy and he had to
Rod> stop. He told us he was picking out a soft spot for landing
Rod> but luckily did not fall. He said he thought he had blown a
Rod> tire and that it was the first time he had encountered frame
Rod> shimmying.
Smugglers notch is always fun. Bram got to ride his tandem solo down
from the top because his stoker (yours truly) was riding Roger's
Guillemette's bike down. Roger had a nice trip down in a pickup. Some
of those corners can be fun. Fortunately, everyone survived... :-)
And speaking of shimmy and Jay's Peak. The year the tour stayed at
"Eagle Lodge" (the tour was much smaller then) Roberto Gualtieri
reported some shimmy on his custom Bertrand. Bram checked it out and
was seem riding no-hands down from Jay Peak. (That year Bram's
"granny gear" was a 21 :-).
..greg
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