"ComandanteBanana" <nolionnoproblem@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> 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?
You will need your own lane, i.e., a paved shoulder. Either that or ride
your trike on the sidewalks to get you to a quiet residential street.
Regards,
Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota
aka
Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota
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