LFP CAUTION! 9/30/11! Lots of Water!
Lakefront Path at Oak Street curve (just South of Oak Street Beach) has waves pushing up to the wall (as in, no getting around it). Be careful. I had water pushing up to the bottom of my frame for much of the curve.
At the time, it was still rideable. If you decide to go that route, be patient. My advice is to avoid and go to streets at Oak Street.
Also, just South of Fullerton, have to take the high path and was very crowded with runners and bikers and there was even standing water on the high path.
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Permalink Reply by Carter O'Brien on -
You should have seen the waves crashing just south of the Fullerton rocks - some were large enough to actually reach that "raised" path directly adjacent to LSD!
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Permalink Reply by Mark on -
A good friend of mine was hit by a wave at Fullerton and went down. He and is bike are OK, but his pannier was swept out into the Lake. Be careful out there. The lower path at Fullerton can look clear, but the waves today are CRAZY!
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Permalink Reply by Carter O'Brien on
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Yeah, that was worse than I've ever seen it & I've been using the LFP for decades. My bike ended up upside down on the seat! I'm grateful for my toe-clips, having a foot stuck in one kept me from being washed into the lake - 95% of my total falls as a cyclist have been on that stretch thanks to the slope & black ice and waves.
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Permalink Reply by Steve Courtright on
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Yeah, a friend of mine broke a hip there due to the winter ice. He is riding well now, happily. That is a bad stretch. Glad you are ok.
Carter O'Brien said:Yeah, that was worse than I've ever seen it & I've been using the LFP for decades. My bike ended up upside down on the seat! I'm grateful for my toe-clips, having a foot stuck in one kept me from being washed into the lake - 95% of my total falls as a cyclist have been on that stretch thanks to the slope & black ice and waves.
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Permalink Reply by Mike Zumwalt on -
I love it when the lake does that.
It was funny but not to see that runner fall over but you have to know that area does this a lot.
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Permalink Reply by carfreecommuter on -
The Lake almost got this guy. Check out the 1:20 mark
http://www.myfoxny.com/dpps/news/dangerous-waves-lakefront-lake-mic...
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Permalink Reply by MagMileMarauder on -
Wow...that guy rescued his bike, by what it seemed, about a foot from the lake! Very lucky, I guess.
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Permalink Reply by Brian W on -
I picked a hell of a day to bike to work. I turned around at the curve, and ending up biking the rest of the way to work on streets thru rivernorth and the loop.
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Permalink Reply by chixieonfixie on -
That video was incredibly entertaining and was the perfect ending to a hard week.
My heart goes out to those who were caught up in this mess (riders and runners alike) but hey, you take a risk in this kind of weather heading out that close to the lake...
Scott H said:
I hope no one got seriously injured; but the video was a bit entertaining.
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