The coolest roundabout ever!

[Rudy]

Paint creek, my favorite local trail. I like starting at Rochester Mills Brewery, riding to Lake Orion, and then the much easier ride back. Then I get to treat myself with a couple brews after the ride. Been a few years since I did that.

I think I tried it with my better half three years ago but it was too busy and we turned back. My last full run was probably 2015 or 2016. I usually park off of the Clinton River trail and ride through downtown Rochester, which gets me nearly 20 miles round trip.

I'm itching to get back on the trails but I can't afford to take 3-4 hours out of the day to do it anymore. But I may try to work in a chunk of time once every week or two. I miss being out on the trails.

 

[Thermionics]

Is the speed limit 33.33 mph?

Technically, 45 and 78 are also supported.

 

[mhardy6647]

Dave Barry once articulated the Florida way of driving:
Death before yielding.

It's pretty much that way in much of New England -- although the old ways of rotary etiquette (the densest stream of traffic had - took - the right of way) [edit] have been supplanted by, you know, the law . Nowadays, traffic entering rotaries does, usually, yield. The delays at rush hour are often of Biblical proportions.

I don't think I've ever tried to ride a bike through a busy Massachusetts rotary, come to think of it.

 

[RoadDawgWest]

Technically, 45 and 78 are also supported.

@Thermionics Sure is. Wonder what vehicle could traverse that round about at 45 or 78 mph. 🤣

 

[Rudy]

Even at 78 km/h, that's a dicey proposition right there... 😁

 

[Olson_jr]

 

[Wntrmute2]

Well, windmills cause cancer. Right?

 

[Thermionics]

@Thermionics Sure is. Wonder what vehicle could traverse that round about at 45 or 78 mph. 🤣

Depends on your definition of traverse, now doesn't it?

 

[Thermionics]

File with 'windmills cause cancer'

 

[prime minister]

This is one of my favourites.

 

[gortnipper]

@Thermionics Sure is. Wonder what vehicle could traverse that round about at 45 or 78 mph. 🤣

 

[Thermionics]

This is one of my favourites.

"Ran when parked."

 

[MikeT.]

My German teacher in high school told us about the first time he encountered the Champs-Élysées. He somehow got stuck in one of the inner lanes and had to make 8 or 9 circuits before he was able to get to the lane he needed to exit.

I made a trip to Paris when in the US Army stationed in Europe and I was driving my 3-speed, push-button automatic Renault and was caught in the Arc de Triomphe roundabout for at least five, maybe six turns before I found my way out. Acceleration wasn’t its strong suit. But what an experience.

 

[RoadDawgWest]

Depends on your definition of traverse, now doesn't it?

I remember that one, and been down that street a couple of times. 🤣 🤣

 

[Rudy]

Well, windmills cause cancer. Right?

I thought it was our new electronic power meters, but what the heck do I know? 🤷‍♂️

Can I take off the collander yet?

 

[gortnipper]

[Media]

 

[Thermionics]

I thought it was our new electronic power meters, but what the heck do I know? 🤷‍♂️

Can I take off the collander yet?

No. the colander helps with PRAT.

 

[Rudy]

No. the colander helps with PRAT.

From the power meter?

 

[Redboy]

Things get kind of weird after jerk.

fourth derivative: distance per (time)^4 = snap (or jounce)
fifth derivative: distance per (time)^5 = crackle
sixth derivative: distance per (time)^6 = pop

You mean to tell me that these guys... are physicists?!

 

[JoeThePop]

You mean to tell me that these guys... are physicists?!

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Obviously. They’re wearing physicists hats.