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Does a trike put me on a collision course with traffic?
Perhaps when gas is $10 a gallon, drivers will start to see us in a different light. Don't hold your breath on that. It's up to $8.50/gallon equivalent here (UK) and it hasn't made any real difference to attitudes. The vast majority of drivers are as careful as they ever were and there's a very small, but persistent, number of complete idiots. -- Nigel |
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Does a trike put me on a collision course with traffic?
On Mar 31, 12:00*pm, ComandanteBanana
wrote: Having other types of bikes in my collection, I'm about to get off the beaten path and get either a ROAD TANDEM BIKE or a FANCY UPRIGHT TRIKE. Well, I like them both but the road tandem would necessarily put me on the road AMONG THE BEASTS all the time, while the trike I can use on the back streets and on a new path being built overlooking the ocean (cool). But I'd be tempted to ride it on the streets sometimes, squarely TAKING THE LANE because then I'd be more of a vehicle. What's your thought, I'd be safer in the trike than on the road tandem, or should I start planning my funerals? WHY THE BANANA REVOLUTION?http://webspawner.com/users/bananarevolution I've never had this happen when I rode a bicycle. It seems as though riding a trike is such a dangerous thing. I wonder why this is? Are people easily distracted by it? Cullen |
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Does a trike put me on a collision course with traffic?
On Mar 31, 5:18*pm, "Roger Zoul" wrote:
"ComandanteBanana" wrote in message ... On Mar 31, 2:26 pm, "Roger Zoul" wrote: "ComandanteBanana" wrote in message ... Having other types of bikes in my collection, I'm about to get off the beaten path and get either a ROAD TANDEM BIKE or a FANCY UPRIGHT TRIKE. Well, I like them both but the road tandem would necessarily put me on the road AMONG THE BEASTS all the time, while the trike I can use on the back streets and on a new path being built overlooking the ocean (cool). But I'd be tempted to ride it on the streets sometimes, squarely TAKING THE LANE because then I'd be more of a vehicle. What's your thought, I'd be safer in the trike than on the road tandem, or should I start planning my funerals? I've ridden my recumbent trike in real live traffic on many occasions I always live to tell about it. I take the lane when needed, too. It's about attitude and if you ain't got none, ride something else. :Yeah, but if I'm riding a bike in traffic, I'm giving my back to the :enemy... :Whether I survive or not has little to with attitude, and a lot to :with their clemency. I think it's clearly about your attitude toward what you think may happen vs. what will happen. *You're assuming drivers will run you down. *Perhaps you live some place where cyclists get run down as a matter of sport, on a daily basis, anytime they share the road with traffic. *Why don't you tell us about where you live and how many cyclists are killed there per year?- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I don't know how many are killed a year, but I've seen a beautiful lady on a scooter get crushed by a car running a red light right before my eyes. And out of the few cyclists who dare ride this road, never ever seen a trike. All you see is a few hardcore riders ride it early on weekends. By the way I do live in Miami Beach, USA. |
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Does a trike put me on a collision course with traffic?
On Mar 31, 5:43*pm, " wrote:
On Mar 31, 12:00*pm, ComandanteBanana wrote: Having other types of bikes in my collection, I'm about to get off the beaten path and get either a ROAD TANDEM BIKE or a FANCY UPRIGHT TRIKE. Well, I like them both but the road tandem would necessarily put me on the road AMONG THE BEASTS all the time, while the trike I can use on the back streets and on a new path being built overlooking the ocean (cool). But I'd be tempted to ride it on the streets sometimes, squarely TAKING THE LANE because then I'd be more of a vehicle. What's your thought, I'd be safer in the trike than on the road tandem, or should I start planning my funerals? WHY THE BANANA REVOLUTION?http://webspawner.com/users/bananarevolution I've never had this happen when I rode a bicycle. It seems as though riding a trike is such a dangerous thing. I wonder why this is? Are people easily distracted by it? Cullen I think the cute factor may actually deter people from aggressive behavior, but I'd be worried about the SPEED DIFFERENTIAL being too great, particularly when they are on the phone. |
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Does a trike put me on a collision course with traffic?
"ComandanteBanana" wrote in message ... On Mar 31, 5:18 pm, "Roger Zoul" wrote: "ComandanteBanana" wrote in message ... On Mar 31, 2:26 pm, "Roger Zoul" wrote: "ComandanteBanana" wrote in message ... Having other types of bikes in my collection, I'm about to get off the beaten path and get either a ROAD TANDEM BIKE or a FANCY UPRIGHT TRIKE. Well, I like them both but the road tandem would necessarily put me on the road AMONG THE BEASTS all the time, while the trike I can use on the back streets and on a new path being built overlooking the ocean (cool). But I'd be tempted to ride it on the streets sometimes, squarely TAKING THE LANE because then I'd be more of a vehicle. What's your thought, I'd be safer in the trike than on the road tandem, or should I start planning my funerals? I've ridden my recumbent trike in real live traffic on many occasions I always live to tell about it. I take the lane when needed, too. It's about attitude and if you ain't got none, ride something else. :Yeah, but if I'm riding a bike in traffic, I'm giving my back to the :enemy... :Whether I survive or not has little to with attitude, and a lot to :with their clemency. I think it's clearly about your attitude toward what you think may happen vs. what will happen. You're assuming drivers will run you down. Perhaps you live some place where cyclists get run down as a matter of sport, on a daily basis, anytime they share the road with traffic. Why don't you tell us about where you live and how many cyclists are killed there per year?- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - :I don't know how many are killed a year, but I've seen a beautiful :lady on a scooter get crushed by a car running a red light right :before my eyes. And out of the few cyclists who dare ride this road, :never ever seen a trike. All you see is a few hardcore riders ride it :early on weekends. :By the way I do live in Miami Beach, USA. Sad about the lady... Even here, there are roads that I choose not to ride on. But at the same time, there seem to be plenty roads that I can ride on. If your view of cycling means you go everywhere you need or want to go by trike/bike, then perhaps that is a serious concern. As a recreational rider, I look at cycling from a different POV. |
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Does a trike put me on a collision course with traffic?
On Mar 31, 3:35 pm, "Nigel Randell" wrote:
Perhaps when gas is $10 a gallon, drivers will start to see us in a different light. Don't hold your breath on that. It's up to $8.50/gallon equivalent here (UK) and it hasn't made any real difference to attitudes. The vast majority of drivers are as careful as they ever were and there's a very small, but persistent, number of complete idiots. -- Nigel I've been there. It was my observation that on the whole the freaking idiots over there are much nicer than the freaking idiots over here, but I was pretty much just about town and not out in the country. Freaking idiots abound, to paraphrase a long dead leader of the USofAliens; God must love them as he made so many of 'em. Over there I frequently saw bicyclists wearing normal clothes, over here the assumption is that unless they're wearing spandex they must be an undocumented worker. I guess maybe there is a immigration problem there too? I did note a French language channel on the tele. |
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Does a trike put me on a collision course with traffic?
On Mar 31, 5:48 pm, "Vito" wrote:
But I think it also has to do with HATE. Yeah, they hate that other people remain free and healthy .... Free and healthy my ass! What we hate is groups of cyclists bored with the many bikes and trails people like me paid for who ride 3 or 4 abreast at 20 mph blocking a 55mph highway. That's why "jousting" is so popular - y'know a couple good old boys in the back of a pickup with 2x4s looking for cyclists to put in the ditch. So much for free and healthy .... Well, I 'm not talking about those hardcore cyclists, but about the little guy doing the right thing by riding a bike around. And while jousting is not done with 2x4s, it can easily be accomplished with the bumpers. Drivers envy motorcyclists because they remain free, and hate cyclists because they are healthy and free --and slow them down. |
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Does a trike put me on a collision course with traffic?
On Mar 31, 6:29*pm, "Roger Zoul" wrote:
"ComandanteBanana" wrote in message ... On Mar 31, 5:18 pm, "Roger Zoul" wrote: "ComandanteBanana" wrote in message ... On Mar 31, 2:26 pm, "Roger Zoul" wrote: "ComandanteBanana" wrote in message .... Having other types of bikes in my collection, I'm about to get off the beaten path and get either a ROAD TANDEM BIKE or a FANCY UPRIGHT TRIKE. Well, I like them both but the road tandem would necessarily put me on the road AMONG THE BEASTS all the time, while the trike I can use on the back streets and on a new path being built overlooking the ocean (cool). But I'd be tempted to ride it on the streets sometimes, squarely TAKING THE LANE because then I'd be more of a vehicle. What's your thought, I'd be safer in the trike than on the road tandem, or should I start planning my funerals? I've ridden my recumbent trike in real live traffic on many occasions I always live to tell about it. I take the lane when needed, too. It's about attitude and if you ain't got none, ride something else. :Yeah, but if I'm riding a bike in traffic, I'm giving my back to the :enemy... :Whether I survive or not has little to with attitude, and a lot to :with their clemency. I think it's clearly about your attitude toward what you think may happen vs. what will happen. You're assuming drivers will run you down. Perhaps you live some place where cyclists get run down as a matter of sport, on a daily basis, anytime they share the road with traffic. Why don't you tell us about where you live and how many cyclists are killed there per year?- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - :I don't know how many are killed a year, but I've seen a beautiful :lady on a scooter get crushed by a car running a red light right :before my eyes. And out of the few cyclists who dare ride this road, :never ever seen a trike. All you see is a few hardcore riders ride it :early on weekends. :By the way I do live in Miami Beach, USA. Sad about the lady... I don't know if she died or not, but she won't be as pretty as before if left with a limping leg. Even here, there are roads that I choose not to ride on. But at the same time, there seem to be plenty roads that I can ride on. If your view of cycling means you go everywhere you need or want to go by trike/bike, then perhaps that is a serious concern. *As a recreational rider, I look at cycling from a different POV.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - To me FREEDOM TO BIKE is just that. Freedom to ride when you want, where you want. Otherwise there's no freedom, period. You're just feeding the beast (wars and environmental destruction). I'm not opposed to driving, but most trips under 5 miles can be accomplished by bikes. http://atom.smasher.org/highway/?l1=...ast%21&l3=&l4= |
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the beauty and the beast
the beauty...
http://www.schwinnbike.com/heritage/...chmentid=38628 and the beast... http://www.marketingshift.com/images...UV-7300cxt.gif |
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Does a trike put me on a collision course with traffic?
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, ComandanteBanana wrote: Having other types of bikes in my collection, I'm about to get off the beaten path and get either a ROAD TANDEM BIKE or a FANCY UPRIGHT TRIKE. Well, I like them both but the road tandem would necessarily put me on the road AMONG THE BEASTS all the time, while the trike I can use on the back streets and on a new path being built overlooking the ocean (cool). But I'd be tempted to ride it on the streets sometimes, squarely TAKING THE LANE because then I'd be more of a vehicle. What's your thought, I'd be safer in the trike than on the road tandem, or should I start planning my funerals? I see you've changed your screen name but not your behavior. A trike is no more of a vehicle than a bicycle. The trike riders I have met report that drivers give them more room on the road because they are an unusual veicle. Drivers may assume that the rider is infirm in some way, too. |
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