White’s Ferry, MD

[tgill]

This is my first post, but I have been lurking ever since I got a bike 18 months ago.
Am I the only one who has ever been so excited to be on pavement after biking 20 miles on the C&O from Brunswick to W.F. that when they go flying onto the access road down to the boat they happen to not notice the invisible, unpainted speed bump and go flying over the bars, and skidding along the pavement that was seconds ago the object of such joy? They really need to paint that thing! I have road burn from chest to thigh, cut up leg and knee, and a left wrist that broke the fall, and now can’t open a jar of peanut butter.
On a brighter note, I completed my first metric century of my life today- W&OD @ rte 28 to Clarks Gap Rd to Lovettsville to Brunswick down the C&O, across the river, down 15 and then again ten more miles of the old rail trail back to the car. 62.6 miles.

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[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]

@mstone 17006 wrote:

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]

@CCrew 17012 wrote:

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

[MCL1981]

@CCrew 17012 wrote:

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

It would be as long as you’re paying attention. But if you’re distracted by someone or something, hitting something in front of you is likely regardless of the color.

[mstone]

@CCrew 17012 wrote:

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

That doesn’t really answer the question. “Why wouldn’t they make it flush?” “So they can put bright paint on it to reduce the danger.”

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