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I joined the "Scooter Club"
ChadTower:
Not sure how I missed this thread the first time. Must have been during my hiatus.
If you think people don't respect scooters on the roads you should try riding a bicycle regularly. When the weather is appropriate here and I'm in training I do ~25 miles a couple times a week. Bicyclists are targets, plain and simple. Best case you're ever going to get is someone ignoring you. People will gun their engines at you, cut you off intentionally, throw stuff at you. I learned from the triathlon community that most bicycling injuries aren't accidents. They are caused by motorists, either intentionally, or just by screwing around with you and making you dump off the bike. I have been lucky so far that this hasn't happened to me but I have had close calls and I've seen it happen to other people firsthand.
Commuting to work on a bike sounds like a nice idea but from a safety standpoint it may be the least safe method mentioned in this thread.
patrickl:
--- Quote from: ChadTower on January 09, 2009, 01:14:45 pm ---Commuting to work on a bike sounds like a nice idea but from a safety standpoint it may be the least safe method mentioned in this thread.
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In the Netherlands it feels like we have more bike paths than roads for cars.
ChadTower:
--- Quote from: patrickl on January 09, 2009, 01:22:56 pm ---In the Netherlands it feels like we have more bike paths than roads for cars.
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Yeah, I've heard that. Lots of places do. Not so here, though. I'm about 12 miles from work so that commute on a bike for me would be a simple one in terms of work. Problem is that it's all twisty back roads that idiots texting on cell phones are doing 50 in a 35. The shoulder is probably 12" wide and it's mostly stone walls and hazards just off of it. I would be dead in a month.
HaRuMaN:
*Chips in to buy CT a bike*
;D
ChadTower:
--- Quote from: HarumaN on January 09, 2009, 01:38:18 pm ---*Chips in to buy CT a bike*
;D
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Get a nice enough racing bike and I will start commuting that way. ;D
Best arrangement I've seen is when someone has a workplace with a locker room. Then they can bring clothes in a bag, shower there, and hopefully store the bike someplace safe. It sucks to be on the far end of a ride and have something cause you to walk home. Biking to work that distance, in your work clothes, really isn't feasible. Too much road grime or bike grease to look presentable if you work in an office or someplace like that.
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