I approved of a road bike on a sidewalk.
On 9/22/2020 7:48 PM, Joy Beeson wrote:
This afternoon, I looked across the street, saw a road bike on the
sidewalk, and told my companion the rider was doing right.
Those narrow tires slice into fresh, hot asphalt.
Friday around rush hour, my wife and I rode the tandem to our favorite
deli, about a ten mile round trip. The deli's on a busy arterial that we
avoided by using back streets. The last of those popped us out on facing
that arterial on a steep little uphill, waiting for a break in traffic.
(It's always a bit difficult to start the tandem on an uphill.) I said
to my wife "It's only 100 feet to the driveway. I should have used the
sidewalk."
On the other hand, it was many years ago that I stopped in a store about
200 yards farther on that same street, also at rush hour. The store I
stopped at didn't have the oddball microphone cable I needed, but I
thoght another store two doors further on might. I looked at the fierce
traffic and said "I'll just take the sidwalk, slowly."
I was very nearly right hooked at the only intersecting driveway.
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- Frank Krygowski
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