Good kid dies biking on Manhattan Bridge

On Nov 19, 8:37 am, dgk wrote:
He sounds special and it's too bad that we won't get to hear from him
in the future. The only time I rode over the Manhattan bridge was with
a 5-Boro Bike Club ride where we rode over the East River bridges at
night, so I'm not sure what happened, but you shouldn't be able to
fall onto the lower roadway from the upper roadway.

http://www.newsday.com/news/printedi...lihind19546776...



No comment from the helmet lobby, I see.

You know, you really shouldn't be bicycling drunk, either...how the
**** he fell off the bridge, I just can't imagine. "He tried to turn
around and hit a concrete barrier"?!?!

Really, folks: if you ever ride on the highway, ignore the honking
cars. I've ridden on highways and their bridge equivalents (that is,
off the pedestrian path when construction necessitates it, like in Sam
Hindy's case here), even in complete darkness (lights off on the bride
for some reason) and have never had a problem. Sure you get some
people who honk and sped past you very closely in a deliberate way,
but that's still pretty rare. Just ignore the assholes.

NEVER GIVE UP YOUR GROUND AS A BICYCLIST. THE ****ING ROAD BELONGS TO
YOU. THEY NEED A DRIVER'S LICENSE FOR A REASON: DRIVING IS A
PRIVILEGE, NOT A RIGHT. YOU ARE THE ONLY ONE WHO TRULY BELONGS ON THE
ROAD. A BICYCLIST IS NOTHING MORE THAN A PEDESTRIAN ON A SADDLE. THE
EARTH AND ITS PATHS BELONG TO US. DON'T LET THEM HONK YOU OFF THE
ROAD FOR NO REASON WHATSOEVER!

And really, stop drinking. Only morons drink **** water. Want a
buzz? Get a vibrator.

On Nov 19, 11:11 am, Prisoner at War
wrote:
On Nov 19, 8:37 am, dgk wrote:

He sounds special and it's too bad that we won't get to hear from him
in the future. The only time I rode over the Manhattan bridge was with
a 5-Boro Bike Club ride where we rode over the East River bridges at
night, so I'm not sure what happened, but you shouldn't be able to
fall onto the lower roadway from the upper roadway.

http://www.newsday.com/news/printedi...lihind19546776...

No comment from the helmet lobby, I see.

You know, you really shouldn't be bicycling drunk, either...how the
**** he fell off the bridge, I just can't imagine. "He tried to turn
around and hit a concrete barrier"?!?!

Really, folks: if you ever ride on the highway, ignore the honking
cars. I've ridden on highways and their bridge equivalents (that is,
off the pedestrian path when construction necessitates it, like in Sam
Hindy's case here), even in complete darkness (lights off on the bride
for some reason) and have never had a problem. Sure you get some
people who honk and sped past you very closely in a deliberate way,
but that's still pretty rare. Just ignore the assholes.

NEVER GIVE UP YOUR GROUND AS A BICYCLIST. THE ****ING ROAD BELONGS TO
YOU. THEY NEED A DRIVER'S LICENSE FOR A REASON: DRIVING IS A
PRIVILEGE, NOT A RIGHT. YOU ARE THE ONLY ONE WHO TRULY BELONGS ON THE
ROAD. A BICYCLIST IS NOTHING MORE THAN A PEDESTRIAN ON A SADDLE. THE
EARTH AND ITS PATHS BELONG TO US. DON'T LET THEM HONK YOU OFF THE
ROAD FOR NO REASON WHATSOEVER!

And really, stop drinking. Only morons drink **** water. Want a
buzz? Get a vibrator.

If we take you logic to the next obvious level, then bicyclists should
stay of the road because it should only be used by pedestrians. If it
weren't for motor vehicles our bicycles would still be in the
factories.

On Nov 20, 1:33 pm, bluezfolk wrote:


If we take you logic to the next obvious level, then bicyclists should
stay of the road because it should only be used by pedestrians.

Nope, because bicyclists and pedestrians are one and the same, the
same class of road-users. The difference is akin to that between a
passenger car and a long-hailer trailer. Big difference, but same
over-arching category.

If it
weren't for motor vehicles our bicycles would still be in the
factories.

You do know that bicycles were invented before automobiles, right?