Um...I don't mean to be rude, but how do you know i'm not using a headlight? I have a headlight, but I took it off last night because I intended to make a few stops along the way, and didn't want to risk getting it stolen, as it's rather expensive. I think i'm done on this topic, and I guess I shouldn't be surprised by the negativity in messages like yours. Especially after you state there's nothing special about riding on the AP boardwalk. It's just another example of somebody who could care less about something that doesn't interest themselves, and isn't willing to consider other peoples opinion. Thanks for listening everybody. I'm now going to devote my attention to another topic that concerns me. Stand Up For Asbury.org
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "vinny" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/commuter/bike/regulations.shtm > > My question is where was your headlight? If you are riding at night > without a headlight and you "damage" yourself or your bike then that > is your fault. Especially when you know the road is in disrepair. > Accept the responsibility. > > Also, if you want to do something do what others have suggested, don't > just complain here and expect things to change overnight. > > Before you go off on me, I ride and race on the bike. I've ridden in > major cities around the US including St. Louis and DC both during the > day and night. I've also ridden on the boardwalk in AP and don't see > the appeal. > > In summary, do what you want, just realize there are consequences to > your actions. You make the choices in your life so take > responsibility for them. > > vinny > > --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "Hinge" <hinge98@> wrote: > > > > I'd like to ride my bike. > > I'd like to ride my bike on the boardwalk at 11 pm. > > Thats all i'd like to do, but I can't. And people apparently don't > want me to be able to do > > so, because they don't think bikes and people mix at 11 pm. > > > > I figured i'd change the title of this topic in order to force > people to understand what i'm > > asking, because everybody is focusing on the daylight hours, where I > agreed over and over > > that bikes should be banned on the boardwalk. At no time in my > posting did I ask to be > > able to ride during the day. In repeat... I agreed time and time > again that biking should be > > restricted during the beach going hours. It was always at night, > around 11 pm. I get the > > feeling that people are only reading the title of the topic, and > merely skimming across the > > rest of the thread. > > > > Last night, I went for a ride at 10:30 pm. It was a beautiful night. > I didn't ride on the > > boardwalk. Instead, I stuck to Ocean Ave. > > The streetlights on Ocean Ave. were off, so I couldn't see any of > the potholes or other > > things that may damage me or my bike. > > The boardwalk was deserted. I can assure you of that, because I > walked my bike to the > > boardwalk and sat on a bench for awhile to see how many people I > might be endangering > > at that hour. There we're literally no people there. Perhaps I saw > one in the distance > > coming out of Convention Hall. Maybe one or two more sitting quitely > on the benches like > > I was. > > > > So, I get back on my bike, and ride on Ocean Ave, in the dark, > fending off potholes and the > > handful of cars cruising what was once the Circuit. Smelling their > exhaust in the cool night > > air. > > > > Sounds like a good time, huh? > > > > So I ask you this, at 11 pm when I'd like to ride, do the rules > still apply that say bikes and > > pedestrians don't exist? When there are no pedestrians? Isn't my > well being affected when I > > have to ride on a dark bumpy unsafe road? To be honest, I'd feel > much safer riding on the > > well lit empty boardwalk. > > > > If any of you think that there's a clash between pedestrians and > cyclists at 11 pm, i'm sorry > > to say you are quite wrong, unless this is the 6th Sense and i'm > endangering the afterlives > > of the ghosts of boardwalkers past. > > > > But this isn't the 6th Sense, and I don't see dead people. I see an > empty, beautiful, well lit > > boardwalk that I love, where i'm not allowed to ride. > > > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
