TOM
Maximum Pace
- Apr 9, 2007
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Before I took up cycling as a hobby, I was an ardent mountain stream angler (flyfishing, tenkara, lure, bait) and many a time in the summer season, I was forced to get out of the river because of approaching thundershowers. My carbon fishing rods, all came with a prominently placed warning, beware of high voltage cables and lighting with the typical "inazuma" mark on them.
Now, very curiously, I have found only little and inconclusive literature on the potential danger of riding carbon bikes near thunderclouds... Last weekend as I was riding through Kosuge on my way back to Okutama, dark clouds of a thunderstorm suddenly rolled in...I was scared to hell (I might be suffering from a lightning phobia - the thunder noise "kaminari" itself doesn't scare me at all though ). With carbon being a very conductive material, I feel like a "moving target" for those "inazuma" thunderbolts...
Just how far are my anxieties justified?
Now, very curiously, I have found only little and inconclusive literature on the potential danger of riding carbon bikes near thunderclouds... Last weekend as I was riding through Kosuge on my way back to Okutama, dark clouds of a thunderstorm suddenly rolled in...I was scared to hell (I might be suffering from a lightning phobia - the thunder noise "kaminari" itself doesn't scare me at all though ). With carbon being a very conductive material, I feel like a "moving target" for those "inazuma" thunderbolts...
Just how far are my anxieties justified?