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welcome to the biannual skinny tires suck thread
i say to hell with those grape smuggling spandex wearing peddlers
----- Original Message -----
From: "Aki Damme" <01dyna@...>
Sent: Thu, June 25, 2009 8:27
Subject:Re: [dc-cycles] Bicyclists - Re: Best GPS for cage while
I'mworkingreal estate
I guess for me, if they want to ride on the road, that's ok but don't
be an intentional rolling roadblock. I've seen that
happen where there's cars backed up for a mile or more because
cyclists are four abreast going 5mph. That's when
I get pissed. Especially on winding roads where it's unsafe to pass them.
My feeling is that if they want to yell they have the same rights as
cars to be on the road, great, then require bikes to be
safety inspected, licensed and the rider to be properly trained and
licensed on traffic laws on two wheels.
Many of them seem to be totally ignorant of traffic laws once they
leave a cage and get on a bicycle. I can't count how
many times I've seen them blast through an intersection when the light is
red.
-aki
On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 6:45 AM, <amaurer@...> wrote:
> As between someone legally riding their bike on the road and someone who
is so
incensed at having to wait 30 seconds or a minute, max, before twisting the
throttle or pressing the accelerator that they are moved to threats of
violence, I
guess you and I come to different conclusions as to who is the "selfish
twit."
>
> Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Mike B." <omni@...>
>
> Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:05:30
> To: DC-Cycles list<dc-cycles@...>
> Subject: Re: [dc-cycles] Bicyclists - Re: Best GPS for cage while I'm
> working real estate
>
>
> Aaron wrote:
>> Gee, Mike, being the omniscient one that you are, I would think that you
>> would realize that bicyclists have every right to ride in the road, even
>> when there is a bicycle path. Riding at 20 mph is much safer on Falls
>> Rd. than on the bike path with the hazards found there (walkers,
>> joggers, poor concrete, branches, etc.)
>
> The bike path is generally deserted, and is in good repair.
>
> Yes, they have a right to ride on the road, just as I have a right to
> drive down it at 20 mph and let traffic back up behind me if I so
> choose...but I don't so choose, because I'm not a selfish twit.
>
> I don't get pissed at them for riding in the road when that's the only
> choice...I get pissed at them for riding in the road and inconveniencing
> everyone else when they have a perfectly good option that lets them ride
> without inconveniencing everyone else. Falls was just one example.
> MacArthur is another.
>
>> We're all on two wheels. I hope you remember your attitude here if a
>> pick-up truck driver, in a fit of pique, decides to "shove" some stupid
>> Harley rider out of the way one day.
>
> It's been tried. One guy down in Florida actually did it to a couple of
> riders a few years ago. When he found out who he'd killed, he was
> requesting a seat in "Ol' Sparky" rather than a life sentence...that
> wasn't likely to be all that long. (if you don't remember the event, he
> killed a couple of Outlaws).
>
> -- Mike B.
> --
>
> '04 FLSTCI (H-D Softail Heritage Classic with EFI for the non-Harleyfolks)
>
> Learning from your mistakes is good. Learning from someone else's
> mistakes is better.
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i say to hell with those grape smuggling spandex wearing peddlers
----- Original Message -----
From: "Aki Damme" <01dyna@...>
Sent: Thu, June 25, 2009 8:27
Subject:Re: [dc-cycles] Bicyclists - Re: Best GPS for cage while
I'mworkingreal estate
I guess for me, if they want to ride on the road, that's ok but don't
be an intentional rolling roadblock. I've seen that
happen where there's cars backed up for a mile or more because
cyclists are four abreast going 5mph. That's when
I get pissed. Especially on winding roads where it's unsafe to pass them.
My feeling is that if they want to yell they have the same rights as
cars to be on the road, great, then require bikes to be
safety inspected, licensed and the rider to be properly trained and
licensed on traffic laws on two wheels.
Many of them seem to be totally ignorant of traffic laws once they
leave a cage and get on a bicycle. I can't count how
many times I've seen them blast through an intersection when the light is
red.
-aki
On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 6:45 AM, <amaurer@...> wrote:
> As between someone legally riding their bike on the road and someone who
is so
incensed at having to wait 30 seconds or a minute, max, before twisting the
throttle or pressing the accelerator that they are moved to threats of
violence, I
guess you and I come to different conclusions as to who is the "selfish
twit."
>
> Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Mike B." <omni@...>
>
> Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:05:30
> To: DC-Cycles list<dc-cycles@...>
> Subject: Re: [dc-cycles] Bicyclists - Re: Best GPS for cage while I'm
> working real estate
>
>
> Aaron wrote:
>> Gee, Mike, being the omniscient one that you are, I would think that you
>> would realize that bicyclists have every right to ride in the road, even
>> when there is a bicycle path. Riding at 20 mph is much safer on Falls
>> Rd. than on the bike path with the hazards found there (walkers,
>> joggers, poor concrete, branches, etc.)
>
> The bike path is generally deserted, and is in good repair.
>
> Yes, they have a right to ride on the road, just as I have a right to
> drive down it at 20 mph and let traffic back up behind me if I so
> choose...but I don't so choose, because I'm not a selfish twit.
>
> I don't get pissed at them for riding in the road when that's the only
> choice...I get pissed at them for riding in the road and inconveniencing
> everyone else when they have a perfectly good option that lets them ride
> without inconveniencing everyone else. Falls was just one example.
> MacArthur is another.
>
>> We're all on two wheels. I hope you remember your attitude here if a
>> pick-up truck driver, in a fit of pique, decides to "shove" some stupid
>> Harley rider out of the way one day.
>
> It's been tried. One guy down in Florida actually did it to a couple of
> riders a few years ago. When he found out who he'd killed, he was
> requesting a seat in "Ol' Sparky" rather than a life sentence...that
> wasn't likely to be all that long. (if you don't remember the event, he
> killed a couple of Outlaws).
>
> -- Mike B.
> --
>
> '04 FLSTCI (H-D Softail Heritage Classic with EFI for the non-Harley
>
> Learning from your mistakes is good. Learning from someone else's
> mistakes is better.
> _______________________________________________
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