"ComandanteBanana" <nolionnoproblem@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> Having other types of bikes in my collection, I'm about to get off the
> beaten path and get either a ROAD TANDEM BIKE or a FANCY UPRIGHT
> TRIKE. Well, I like them both but the road tandem would necessarily
> put me on the road AMONG THE BEASTS all the time, while the trike I
> can use on the back streets and on a new path being built overlooking
> the ocean (cool). But I'd be tempted to ride it on the streets
> sometimes, squarely TAKING THE LANE because then I'd be more of a
> vehicle.
>
> What's your thought, I'd be safer in the trike than on the road
> tandem, or should I start planning my funerals? ;)
With a trike you want to stay off of streets with much traffic. You will
want quiet streets or ones with paved shoulders where you be out of the
traffic lane.
In general, you want to stay off of streets with much traffic on any kind
of
bike. That business about "squarely taking the lane" will get you killed
sooner or later despite what some others might advise. Stay out of traffic
lanes and you will live longer.
Regards,
Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota
aka
Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota
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