On Mar 31, 1:41 pm, "Papa Tom" <TomMontalb...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Where I live, Long Island, New York, you'd barely get out of your garage
on
> the trike without someone trying to run you off the road. When I ran my
> bike recycling program a few years ago, I had the op****tunities to test
ride
> a few trikes AND a quad. I thought riding the quad on the main street
> running through my town might raise some awareness of alternate
> trans****tation options, so off I went...only to return ten minutes later
> having been honked off the road and forced onto the sidewalk more than a
> dozen times.
>
> I guess the answer to your question is largely dependent on where you
live
> and what the attitude toward cyclists is in that area.
It sounds like where I live...
But what would happen if I step off my door and into the three lane
road, where the marked speed is 30MPH, but the real speeds are closer
to 50MPH? Would I be able to stand my ground or just give in to the
law of the jungle?
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