Somewhere earlier you mentioned it was fun to ride with a groups. You ride in groups that DON'T take up the whole lane??
Later you stated how two cyclists riding side by side was "safer" for the motorist.
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What the hell difference does it make if my reason for being on the road is recreation or fitness.
Fitness in this context IS recreation.
Any motorized vehicle (or horse drawn in the case of the Amish) moving that slow on a legal highway or roadway would be properly required by law to be marked with a large reflective warning triangle.
Furthermore, the general public obstructed by such traffic understands that those guys in said vehicles are not out there merely to get their jollies, they are there because they need to be.
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Are you suggesting people on the road for recreational pursuits shouldn't be there?
Are you suggesting it should be legal for folks to walk down the road for recreation and fitness in a manner that obstructs passing traffic? Whats the difference?
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Does that mean the guy slowly trailering his horses to the national forest to ride doesn't belong on the road?
What? Horse trailers always roll down the highway at 10 to 20 miles per hour, slower on the uphills?
You are merely trolling here. You started this thread for attention; a verbal form of putting yourself out there on the road in colorful spandex. But no worries, after your demise its in your will that somebody gets sued or whatever.
Birdwatcher
I ride in groups. I mentioned that I won't ride with road hogging groups. I will only ride with groups that treat motorists respectfully.
I am pretty sure I didn't say two bicyclists riding side by side was safer for the motorist. It does take less time to pass them if they are side by side rather than end to end.
I don't ride down the middle of the road and obstruct traffic. When someone comes up behind me I make room for them as quickly as I reasonably can.
I didn't say that horse trailers ALWAYS go well below the speed limit. I have been caught behind them in Colorado for several miles, going well below the speed limit. It's much easier to pass a slow moving bicyclist than a slow moving horse trailer or trailer boat as the case may be.
I rode Independence Pass from Twin Lakes to Aspen several years ago. I didn't hold up a single motorist for more than a few seconds. On the downhill into Aspen I was held up for long stretches by cars. I passed a few, but not one made an effort to move over for me. I didn't get worked up about it.
I mentioned earlier that I knew full well coming into this thread what would happen. I offer that every single thread started on the internet is for attention. Attention in the form of conversation. Would you start threads if you knew nobody would respond?
I do have an accidental death rider on my life insurance policy. I have told my wife that if someone was negligent in killing me she should use the extra money on the accidental death insurance to sue the. Ultimately that is up to her. Why is that a problem? I don't want to be sued for what little I have, so I don't drive negligently. I am having a hard time seeing how that's a point of contention at all.
