maanantai 22. heinäkuuta 2013

Trucks - cyclist´s good buddies

Trucks are the most massive vehicles moving on the roads, and when you´re cycling on the side of the road, there will be frequently a truck passing you, sometimes far, sometimes close. You would think that it´s at least annoying, even scary to have a box weighting 40 tons passing you with less than 1 meter distance  and 80 km/h speed. But during these trips, it has been one the little joys and reliefs, truck passing, as close as possible.Why?

Truck is such a massive object, that as it pass, it makes a big wind. When moving to the same direction as the puny cyclist, it pushes him forward, making a little turbo-effect. Many times I have been on a tough rise with a headwind coming hard, feeling that I should have been staying home eating cheap chocolate and watching Simpsons. And when you hear the massive vehicle approaching, you know that a relief, small one, but still, is coming.

Thank you very much, truck drivers! When you pass me, do it at close as possible! (still safe) :)

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