White's Ferry, MD

[americancyclo]

Thanks, I'll check it out. I don't think you could set the elevation manually on the 750.

You can set elevation on the 705. It's what I'm using.

[vvill]

I have a similar issue with the 500. I'll have to see if I can do that as well.

Same here. Most of my ride yesterday was negative elevation. I've only had the 500 for a couple weeks so I'm still trying to figure out it's quirks.

[ronwalf]

I have a similar issue with the 500. I'll have to see if I can do that as well.

You definitely can. I have elevation points set for my home and work. The only time it doesn't help is if I'm on a long ride and have to turn the unit off and back on while taking a break.

[creadinger]

Ouch man, that sucks. What a terrible time of year to break yourself. How did a speed bump toss you like that? I hit the speed bumps in my neighborhood going down hill around 20mph and they've never done that. Granted I'm on a mountain bike.

I know the speed bump he's talking about. It's not a "hump" like you have in neighborhoods to slow cars down. It's more like a Mexican topee that is shaped like the Shenandoah ridge on the relatively flat plain of the east coast. It's really narrow and really steep. I went over it 2 weeks ago and it was such a jolt that I think it reset my computer.

[brendan]

A friend had a near mishap when heading west on the W&OD. Upon arriving at the west end of the trail in Purcellville, he was so excited to see us waiting at the bike shop that he rolled right over the elevated seal in the pavement at the end of the trail without seeing it. He did manage to recover without dropping the bike, but it was close...





Also, I believe that part of whites ferry road may be private property, so I doubt you'd get much traction trying to increase the safety there.

Brendan

[dcv]

A friend had a near mishap when heading west on the W&OD. Upon arriving at the west end of the trail in Purcellville, he was so excited to see us waiting at the bike shop that he rolled right over the elevated seal in the pavement at the end of the trail without seeing it. He did manage to recover without dropping the bike, but it was close...





Also, I believe that part of whites ferry road may be private property, so I doubt you'd get much traction trying to increase the safety there.

Brendan

My friend did the exact same thing except she wasn't so lucky, she went down.

[vvill]

Never seen that before! The one time I made it out there it was under construction. *ok face*

[mstone]

ugh. why on earth would they think that was better than making it flush?

[CCrew]

ugh. why on earth would they think that was better than making it flush?

The yellow traffic paint one would think would be a dead giveaway.

[brendan]

The yellow traffic paint one would think would be a dead giveaway.

For a while. As you can see in the first picture, it is sometimes nearly entirely worn away, presumably due to unintentional jumps?

Brendan