Mixed Emotions
 

'You're not the only one... with mixed emotions...'


Went for a two hour ride yesterday.

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=2788806


Not too bad. Temp was about a high of 17C or so with a 20kmh wind out of
the West Northwest. As that was my outbound direction I was going uphill and
up wind on the outbound leg but mostly down and down coming back.

The mixed emotions? Several SUV's pass with bikes loaded on. Now I try not
to get to high in my saddle and moralize but it still irks me a little. Not
just carrying bike on autos but SUV's. Even the oil companies have come to
accept the facts of climate change.

Oh well, it was still a pleasant ride.

Mixed Emotions
 

On May 4, 5:51*am, "recycled" wrote:
*'You're not the only one... with mixed emotions...'

*Went for a two hour ride yesterday.

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=2788806

*Not too bad. Temp was about a high of 17C or so with a 20kmh wind out of
the West Northwest. As that was my outbound direction I was going uphill and
up wind on the outbound leg but mostly down and down coming back.

*The mixed emotions? Several SUV's pass with bikes loaded on. Now I try not
to get to high in my saddle and moralize



I'm not entirely sure that you succeeded ;-)



but it still irks me a little. Not
just carrying bike on autos but SUV's. Even the oil companies have come to
accept the facts of climate change.

*Oh well, it was still a pleasant ride.

Mixed Emotions
 

In article ,
"recycled" writes:

'You're not the only one... with mixed emotions...'


Went for a two hour ride yesterday.

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=2788806


Not too bad. Temp was about a high of 17C or so with a 20kmh wind out of
the West Northwest. As that was my outbound direction I was going uphill and
up wind on the outbound leg but mostly down and down coming back.

The mixed emotions? Several SUV's pass with bikes loaded on. Now I try not
to get to high in my saddle and moralize but it still irks me a little. Not
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
just carrying bike on autos but SUV's. Even the oil companies have come to
accept the facts of climate change.

Oh well, it was still a pleasant ride.

On Saturday, I was resting in a park near a popular
bike route. I observed a woman pushing a stroller,
with a couple of toddlers in tow, crossing the street.
The driver of an approaching car dutifully and sociably
stopped to let the pedestrians across.

Then a hell-bent-for-leather cyclist came juggernauting
up from behind the car, and passed it on its right side,
narrowly missing the group of pedestrians.

I think my heart stopped for a moment. I infer the rider
simply saw the the stopped car as an obstacle to get around,
and didn't consider that maybe it was stopped for a reason.

So, today's sermon is: "don't pass on the right." ;-)

Where the heck is Tom Sherman these days?
I hope he's okay.


cheers,
Tom

--
Nothing is safe from me.
I'm really at:
tkeats curlicue vcn dot bc dot ca

Mixed Emotions
 

Tom Keats wrote:
[...]
Where the heck is Tom Sherman these days?
I hope he's okay.

Who? ;)

The traffic has been low here on RBM, so most of my recent posts have
been on RBT.

--
Tom Sherman - 42.435731,-83.985007
LOCAL CACTUS EATS CYCLIST - datakoll

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In article ,
Tom_Sherman writes:
Tom Keats wrote:
[...]
Where the heck is Tom Sherman these days?
I hope he's okay.

Who? ;)

The traffic has been low here on RBM, so most of my recent posts have
been on RBT.

You were conspicuous by your absence, and
I'm such a worry wart.

It's good to hear from you again.


cheers,
Tom

--
Nothing is safe from me.
I'm really at:
tkeats curlicue vcn dot bc dot ca

Mixed Emotions
 

On May 4, 4:51*am, "recycled" wrote:
*'You're not the only one... with mixed emotions...'

*Went for a two hour ride yesterday.

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=2788806

*Not too bad. Temp was about a high of 17C or so with a 20kmh wind out of
the West Northwest. As that was my outbound direction I was going uphill and
up wind on the outbound leg but mostly down and down coming back.

*The mixed emotions? Several SUV's pass with bikes loaded on. Now I try not
to get to high in my saddle and moralize but it still irks me a little. Not
just carrying bike on autos but SUV's.

Not surprising. When my brother, who lives in Germany, came over to
visit us in Arizona in the mid-70s he commented that he had never seen
so many bicycles being carried on cars - nor so few bikes being ridden.

Mixed Emotions
 

Guilty as charged. Well, not quite as bad, I drive a 4-Cyl Ford Ranger
and get up to 30 MPG.

But in response to your observation of carrying a bike in the bed of my
truck, many of the places I like to ride, especially up in the Blue
Ridge are simply too far away to ride to. Over a hundred miles in some
cases.

Should I forgo the pleasure of enjoying these placed in a "green" manner
simply because they would be otherwise inaccessable?

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