On 4/15/2021 1:26 AM, jbeattie wrote:
On Wednesday, April 14, 2021 at 5:26:51 PM UTC-7, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 4/14/2021 5:08 PM, jbeattie wrote:


I see tons of cyclists every day, well at least I did before the plague, and the only people riding on the wrong side of the road were homeless or DUII cyclists on BMX bikes -- or just assholes, like the guy headed straight at me doing a wheelie. I can't remember the last wrong-way cyclist who didn't fit into one of those categories. Maybe Ohio needs better driver's training.

I'm sure Ohio needs better training of both drivers and cyclists. But if
you claim the only salmon riders you've seen really were smelly sub
human types (am I putting words in your mouth?) I think you're
forgetting more than a few. The behavior isn't seen every day, but it's
common enough to have its own nickname.

True story: The last salmon rider I saw was out my window about two or
three days ago. She was a middle aged woman in normal clothes, not
cycling clothes. She was riding an upright handlebar "comfort bike",
heading south on my street, then turning left into the street that forms
a T intersection and continued on the left until she was out of sight.
Given our community, she was probably middle to upper class.

Do you live on a divided street? On parts of my rides, you just have to decide where the other lane is.

My street is not divided. It's 18 feet wide, IIRC, with no lane lines or
sidewalks. The woman I described was riding within about a foot of the
left edge of the asphalt. No cars came by while she was in view, but if
one had, it would certainly have gone around her on her right.

Totally O.T., but...

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- Frank Krygowski