99.9% of cyclists

99.9% of cyclists do not ride in the bike lane that's why they become
part of the road.

Mike Rice wrote:
On 18 Jan 2006 18:11:18 -0800, "river college"
wrote:

99.9% of cyclists do not ride in the bike lane that's why they become
part of the road.

So true, but don't you mean 'one with the road'? Kinda Zen.

Good of you to notice that most roads do not have bike lanes, they
are a pain lots of the time anyway. Wide lanes and wide shoulders are
much better than designated bike lanes, I agree 100% (a 0.1%
improvement over your statistic, by the way).

Indiana Mike

Perhaps he meant that, because 99.9% of cyclists don't use them for
their intended purpose, the bike lanes "become part of the road" to be
used for parking motor vehicles.

Regards,
Bob Hunt

Mike Rice wrote:
On 18 Jan 2006 18:11:18 -0800, "river college"
wrote:

99.9% of cyclists do not ride in the bike lane that's why they become
part of the road.

So true, but don't you mean 'one with the road'? Kinda Zen.

Good of you to notice that most roads do not have bike lanes, they
are a pain lots of the time anyway. Wide lanes and wide shoulders are
much better than designated bike lanes, I agree 100% (a 0.1%
improvement over your statistic, by the way).

How very true! One of the joys of cycling is it seems to be very
easy to enter into the 'Flow' of the task. It's an enjoyable state
to be in and the miles seem to zoom by. Some of my best programming
occurs in this 'flow' state (though not usually on the bike).

Unfortunately it's hard to achieve this state at work, because of the
abundance of distractions. So of course, all my best coding is reserved
for home.

:-/

--
Dane Buson -
"Every group has a couple of experts. And every group has at least one
idiot. Thus are balance and harmony (and discord) maintained. It's
sometimes hard to remember this in the bulk of the flamewars that all
of the hassle and pain is generally caused by one or two highly-motivated,
caustic twits." - Chuq Von Rospach, about Usenet

"Bob" wrote in
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Mike Rice wrote:
On 18 Jan 2006 18:11:18 -0800, "river college"
wrote:

99.9% of cyclists do not ride in the bike lane that's why they
become part of the road.

So true, but don't you mean 'one with the road'? Kinda Zen.

Good of you to notice that most roads do not have bike lanes, they
are a pain lots of the time anyway. Wide lanes and wide shoulders are
much better than designated bike lanes, I agree 100% (a 0.1%
improvement over your statistic, by the way).

Indiana Mike

Perhaps he meant that, because 99.9% of cyclists don't use them for
their intended purpose, the bike lanes "become part of the road" to be
used for parking motor vehicles.

Regards,
Bob Hunt


I agree with Bob, about class 2 bike lanes being a pain.

The cyclist is forced to ride in an area frequented by parked cars.
When a cyclist passes a parked car he is forced to ride in the dreaded
"DOOR ZONE."
Every driveway becomes an intersection.
A white line offers no real protection from moving vehicles.

Drivers of cars see the white line as limit to the area a bicycle can be
operated within and as evidence that they then own the road.

Get out there and take back the streets; cyclists have all the rights
and responsibilities of the operators of motor vehicles.

Rich

Mike Rice wrote:
On 18 Jan 2006 18:11:18 -0800, "river college"
wrote:

99.9% of cyclists do not ride in the bike lane that's why they become
part of the road.

So true, but don't you mean

Part of the as in roadkill . ride the bike in the bike ln. or as far to

right as can get or become roadkill/part of the road ever time i
drive by a asshole biker i blow my horn hopeing they will cut
me off so i can run them over with 18 wheels.


I love to blow my horn at ass bikers horn HOHOHO MERRY CHRISTMAS.

"river college" wrote in message
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99.9% of cyclists do not ride in the bike lane that's why they become
part of the road.


What saddens me is the level of bicycle education. When I was younger, a
bicycle education seminar was virtually mandatory in Illinois. What a shock
to move to Missouri and discover people riding against the traffic! Now
they do it all the time here in Illinois, too.

There aren't a lot of bike lanes up here either, and there just is not a lot
of room for bikes with several million cars on the road every morning. I'm
within riding distance of work now, so I need to get a bike I can ride. I
can no longer safely get my leg over the bar on the faithful 1979 Schwinn
Suburban because I broke my hip some years ago. I've lost a bit of height
as I've gotten older. I was 22 at the time I bought it and it's a 23 inch
frame. Sounds like an upcoming spring project.

Charles of Schaumburg

river college wrote:
Mike Rice wrote:
On 18 Jan 2006 18:11:18 -0800, "river college"
wrote:

99.9% of cyclists do not ride in the bike lane that's why they become
part of the road.

So true, but don't you mean

Part of the as in roadkill . ride the bike in the bike ln. or as far to

Isn't that special. A troll who has to explain what he meant because
he couldn't understand the sarcasm in the other posts.

As Dean Wormer from Faber College said, "Fat, drunk, and stupid is no
way to go through life, son."

R

"river college" wrote in
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Mike Rice wrote:
On 18 Jan 2006 18:11:18 -0800, "river college"
wrote:

99.9% of cyclists do not ride in the bike lane that's why they
become part of the road.

So true, but don't you mean

Part of the as in roadkill . ride the bike in the bike ln. or as
far to

right as can get or become roadkill/part of the road ever time i
drive by a asshole biker i blow my horn hopeing they will cut
me off so i can run them over with 18 wheels.


I love to blow my horn at ass bikers horn HOHOHO MERRY CHRISTMAS.


I'm not exactly sure what you're saying - not very clear use of the
English language.

But, I'm glad to see you notice my ass (someone has to, I guess), but
I'm not that way. I like girls.

Thanks for the consideration, though.

--
Eric Babula

river college trolled:
HOHOHO MERRY CHRISTMAS.

No auto groups: -9 points
No irrelevant groups: -5 points
No mention of helmets: -7 points
Inability to get point across: +3 points
Posted more than initial post: +8 points
Mentioned cyclists as roadkill: +4 points
Mentioned self as 18-wheeler: +3 points
Can't use calendar: -19 points
Got 8 replies (so far): +8 points

Negative 14 points on the Austin Troll Scale.

Better brush up on your technique.

Austin

"Eric Babula" wrote in message
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But, I'm glad to see you notice my ass (someone has to, I guess),


Post a picture for us girls to see. There hasn't been any beefcake around
here since that video of Rick Onanian's bare legs.

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