March 26, 2008

The Cattle Guard

I recently had a conversation with another cyclist about cattle guards. My only experience with them was on the climb up Mauna Kea on the big island of Hawaii. I was too afraid to ride over them so I got off and walked the bike across. Apparently, the trick is to hit them at full speed on your bike and everything will be fine.

Rob negotiating a cattle guard on Mauna Kea Observatory Road

3 comments:

Melissa said...

i walk the bike over anything. Mulch, twigs, water, snow, ice, pot-holes, mud, rocks, hills. with my shoddy sense of balance, i just can't be too careful. you can bet i would walk it over a cattle guard.

Anonymous said...

Meli, you are SOOOOO FUNNY!!!! That is an AWESOME PHOTO...... another interesting view of the ISLANDS..... I probably wouldn't even want to WALK across them,,,,,,,,,,, let alone ride a BIKE -- AT FULL SPEED NO LESS!!!!!!! Hmmmmmmm-- hugs, nan

Anonymous said...

I LOST A FLIP-FLOP SHOE DOWN ONE OF THOSE THINGS ABOUT 46 YEARS AGO IN KINMUNDY, ILLINOIS! NOW THAT WASN'T TOO BRIGHT CROSSING ONE IN FLIP FLOPS! WONDER IF IT'S STILL THERE?

MOM SCHO