I agree with Mas about sidewalks. If the sidewalks are clear, use ‘em. If I am on the sidewalk and I encounter a walker (rare), I will jump off and walk the bike. Unless it’s an extra-wide one that is made to be shared. Then I just slow way down and smile and wave.
I don’t want to hear “riding on sidewalks is more dangerous for you” or “you should be on the road because it’s your right” or “get cars used to bikes on the road.” Uh uh. No. If you planned to say that, just don’t. I am not a car. I am not going to pretend to be a car. I have two boys often riding with me. And when there’s a safe option for me and them to ride separate from cars that won’t negatively impact anyone else - I’m taking it. And I KNOW the drivers here appreciate it. Bikes make them nervous. Cars make me nervous. It’s nice to have a separation. And if you live where you aren’t disturbing pedestrians, I say no guilt. Sent from my iPad > On Jan 31, 2020, at 2:24 PM, masmojo <masm...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > > Actually, I've been thinking about this a lot lately! I'm only 57, but I > can't go like I used to; when I was 20 my strategy was to ride offensively; > in other words I made a spectacle out of myself by riding, ah, well, maybe > flamboyantly is a good word? A whole mess of activity. > I knew a girl who was riding on Fondren in Houston crossing Westheimer (all > 10 lanes of it) when a car ran the light hit her & threw her over 100 feet. > Somehow she lived, spent 6 months in traction, left with one leg shorter than > the other. Wisely, she decided to hang up riding. > Last time I was in Houston my friend who owns a shop there commented that > many of his long time customers had taken to riding predominantly on the > sidewalks and or bike paths, because since the cell phone, they don't trust > people to be paying attention! I confess that's basically what I do. You > won't often catch me riding on any road that's over 2 lanes. Residential & > side streets only. > It's not just phones, basically anybody can get a driver's license these > days. I was saying the other day that it shouldn't be your God given right to > drive a car. There's 3 things (maybe more) that any idiot can do, but that I > think people should have to pass an IQ test for. Vote, serve on a jury & > drive a car! If you can't tell me what 40% of a dollar is off the top of your > head you have no business doing any one of those 3 things. There's too much > at stake! Actually, 4 things, add buy a gun to that list! > But, at the end of the day you can't cower in your living room watching Fox > News and feeding on paranoia! If you lived this long you've done pretty well, > get a can of fluorescent orange paint, spray yourself & your bike and ride > flamboyantly!!! > > LOL 🤙🏼 > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the Google > Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/8MGpURk85EI/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/f1c0b21b-6d00-4cde-adc2-6660c5a24507%40googlegroups.com. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/BB9CE44A-1D25-47FF-9CFD-288A6B26E5ED%40gmail.com.
