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I took a nice 33 mile ride this morning.

jeez.......3 YO thread.........

Once upon a time..early 90's...I was a die hard sprocket head

Mountain biked all all CO & Utah...best physical condition of my life

Chics were hawt for sprocket heads.........time goes on.....you get older

get new hobbies.....still have the same ole Trek 8000....should & could still ride.....but do not

The skinny tire street bikes never at all interested me......but still great exercise..traffic scares me......

pic..1991..me on the left...Manti Range Utah....31 mile loop through single track timber & forest roads @ 9000'

I'd much prefer that kind of riding to the concrete jungle I live in. I have to get exercise somehow though. I spend a lot of time on our dedicated bike paths on our levees. They are traffic free and some pass through some relatively pretty places.

I'll bump this one from time to time. I think it's therapeutic for some folks to beyotch about bicyclists.

Please, Please, Please, Please don't tow your child around in a nylon cart behind you when riding on busy city streets
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I rode for a long time - mostly to campus - and generally have no issues with sensible bike riders. I appreciate the "bike lanes" as well. It is the occasional brazen idiot on a bike that bothers me - yes - those who insist on riding on the very left edge of the bike lane, or even past it onto my driving lane. That creates some real temptation on my part. So far - so good.

It is interesting that you mention the very left edge of the bicycle lane. There may be a legitimate reason for riding there.

So, Paul...are you saying you ain't missed one yet?

Only a democrat would ride a bicycle on a road.

On my ride on the road this morning, my friend and I spent a good bit of time discussing our disgust for the modern day democrat/socialist/communist.

OK - I think I am still educable. So, if "there may be a legitimate reason for riding there" - thus exposing the bicyclist to harm by my vehicle and exposing a legitimate vehicle driver to danger and a possible accident responsibility (and citation or lawsuit), what "might" that "legitimate" reason be?

A true conservative would be on a Harley.

Then post a cry for attention,,, Ain't you special!

On St Charles street in New Orleans the bike lane is almost completely within the door zone of parked cars. Cyclist are regularly hurt and killed by doors swinging open in their path. Smart cyclists who ride in that bike lane will hug the outer left edge. While the driving lane is narrow, I still have room to move far left in the driving lane to give the cyclists a little extra measure of comfort.

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I just noticed your location. Also during our morning ride we spoke of drivers. I was telling my bud that drivers in the Rockies are the most courteous I have encountered anywhere. Thank you.

Thanks - good explanation of a particular in-town situation where the old streets are narrow and there is motor parking to the right of the bike lane. I would not ride a bike in those conditions and, probably never will go to NO again, let alone haul my bike to that place. My comment about idiot bike riders pushing to the left edge of their lane (and over it) has to do with the open road situations where we encounter most biking.

It is already cold here, bikes and harley are in storage for the winter.

There must be some kind of stigma against riding a bike on the sidewalk. Maybe a "badge of honor" to not do it.

Paul?

In many locations sidewalk cycling is illegal. When it is not, it is rife with hazards. People aren't expecting to encounter a bicyclist traveling at 15 MPH. Bicycle safety experts will advise strongly against it. The closest I have ever come to hitting a cyclist was one that was on a sidewalk. When riding I have been known to hit a stretch of sidewalk just to get the hell out of the way. When I do, I slow to just above walking pace.

I have encountered cyclists who may have deserved that. Those cyclists were on the narrow shoulder and not in the way. That's a good way to create unnecessary conflict between two user groups and to get your ass kicked.