Re: Where the cyclists in America belong: back alleys, gutters and sidewalks

On Tue, 15 Apr 2008 10:18:11 -0500, Cheapo Groovo <ccsj@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>In article <e09cfb36-654a-4f72-96fd-
>277ae5ce690c@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>says...
>> Just Saturday morning I was almost attacked for doing the right thing
>> on the Causeway to Hell (the name is due to the many incidents I had
>> there, this being the third one that day). The guy blew the horn as I
>> was riding the bike nicely, and I gave him the finger. I shouldn't
>> have, but he didn't have to harass me with the horn. He stopped,
>> insulted me, wanted to fight me, and spit at me before taking off. It
>> just happens that I'm supposed to walk the bike on the sidewalk across
>> its bridges! No more biking on that road, or any other road shared
>> with traffic. Predators like this will always be encouraged to
>> mistreat cyclists due to the lack of respect given to us. No more than
>> blacks that were forced to ride in the back of buses...
>> 
>> NOTE: For the reasons given above, I do NOT recommend that you give
>> the finger to anyone. Not because they don't deserve it, but because
>> the lion is waiting for any excuse to eat the monkey. Instead, I do
>> recommend you give them the finger in a nice civilized way. Something
>> like "You can eat my banana" on the back of the T-****rt will still
>> give them the finger, but with vaseline, so to speak.
>> 
>> That was my best route out... I've found instead an alley that takes me
>> into town. That's where the cyclists in America belong: back alleys,
>> gutters and sidewalks.
>> 
>> 
>> WHY THE BANANA REVOLUTION? ;)
>> http://webspawner.com/users/bananarevolution
>> 
>> BIKE FOR PEACE
>> http://webspawner.com/users/bikeforpeace
>> 
>Glad the debate is civil here. :-))
>
>You won't be picking on bike riders much longer. When gas hits $4.50 a 
>gallon and the roads you drive are all foreign operated tollways!
>
>The skyway is $3 one way, and the IN toll road costs 13 cents a mile w/o 
>the transponder.
>
>http://www.cheapogroovo.com


Its gonna be hard for me to ride one of my bikes..yes I do also ride
bicycles...to work every day with the 900 lbs of tools, welders and
parts that I drag around for the average 135 miles per day that I
drive.

On the other hand..its bad kharma to leave a bike rider a red smear on
the roadway because the spandex clad dip**** decided that he is above
all traffic laws and the laws of physics dont apply to the big assed
trucks he cuts in front of. Much like the rainbow stickered idjits in
tiny cars who do the same.

You can be right..you may have that 5 second edge in right of
way...but all too often they are dead...and right when they swing out
in front of an overtaking vehicle from behind a row of parked cars and
get launched into the ditch.

my two biggest fears when driving are kids chasing a ball across the
roadway, and some yutz on a bike deciding he is immune to becoming a
street pizza.
Gunner


"[L]iberals are afraid to state what they truly believe in, for to do so 
would result in even less votes than they currently receive. Their 
methodology is to lie about their real agenda in the hopes of regaining 
power, at which point they will do whatever they damn well please. The 
problem is they have concealed and obfuscated for so long that, as a
group, 
they themselves are no longer sure of their goals. They are a collection
of 
wild-eyed splinter groups, all holding a grab-bag of dreams and wishes.
Some 
want a Socialist, secular-humanist state, others the repeal of the Second 
Amendment. Some want same ***/different species marriage, others want
voting 
rights for trees, fish, coal and bugs. Some want cradle to grave care and 
complete subservience to the government nanny state, others want a culture

that walks in lockstep and speaks only with intonations of political 
correctness. I view the American liberals in much the same way I view the 
competing factions of Islamic
fundamentalists. The latter hate each other to the core, and only join 
forces to attack the US or Israel. The former hate themselves to the core,

and only join forces to attack George Bush and conservatives." --Ron Marr