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His lights were off because he doesn't want to stand in the breadlines for new batteries.. Maybe, but most of the serious lights are rechargeable now using a standard smartphone charger, the modest draw of LED lighting allows this. Ain't that many good battery ones left, which is a pain because that’s my preference, no trouble at all to pack an extra set of AA or AAA Lithium Energizers around but if you forgot to recharge a rechargeable, you’re SOL. Should have used the pink font.... Fixed it. Clearly he is a "red diaper doper baby" I had a little rechargeable light about the size of a pack of matches with two little magnetic contacts you stuck to either end of a AA, or C or whatever to vampire the juice out. Kinda finicky, but then they replaced it with a USB model so you had to pull out your computer to charge it...though I guess you could use a usb power brick.... You could clip it to your hat or whatever...
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"If memory serves fails me..." Quote: ( unnamed) "been prtty deep in the cooler todaay " Television and radio are most effective when people question little and think even less.
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For some reason the scene from Easy Rider comes to mind with the two back woods guys riding next to Dennis Hopper in an old pickup truck blow him away with a shotgun.
Its all right to be white!! Stupidity left unattended will run rampant Don't argue with stupid people, They will drag you down to their level and then win by experience
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Who obeys traffic laws on a bicycle?
My only concern was not getting squished. Exactly: #1 Not getting squished. #2 Not POing drivers. Generally if you maximize #1 you help #2, big part of the reason we all hate cyclists is you can never be sure WTF they are gonna do when you are passing them. When the cyclist obviously stays out of your way it means they know you are coming up on them and are acting accordingly.
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I would have had a custom t-shirt or bumper sticker made for him.
It would read: "I killed a bicyclist." And here I thought you were going to say you'd have made the custom bumper sticker from him. That's complete Horse Shiet. I specifically ride towards the curb on my motorcycle just to be as far away from oncoming traffic as I can. I've not seen a huge build up of crap on the curb side of the road, I've been riding for 30 years. Agreed. Not that there is never any debris there, but I rode bicycles in traffic for years without any problems from drivers or curbside debris caused flats.
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Agreed. Not that there is never any debris there, but I rode bicycles in traffic for years without any problems from drivers or curbside debris caused flats.
You must have rode different streets than I do 🙂 Roofing nails, regular nails, screws, metal debris, glass, more glass (beer, wine and liquor bottles), bits of retread with wire, and the occasional cartridge case and syringe with needle. I have destroyed every brand of premium tire there is over the last seven years and maybe 12,000 miles. It gets worse when it’s been a good while since a heavy rain.
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You must have rode different streets than I do 🙂
Roofing nails, regular nails, screws, metal debris, glass, more glass (beer, wine and liquor bottles), bits of retread with wire, and the occasional cartridge case and syringe with needle.
I have destroyed every brand of premium tire there is over the last seven years and maybe 12,000 miles.
It gets worse when it’s been a good while since a heavy rain. I'm not saying there was never any road hazards close to the curb or never any broken glass, nails, etc. But I don't recall that being a constant issue keeping me away from riding closer to the right. However it has been over a decade since I last rode in traffic and I don't doubt that could be worse now given the overall degrade of individual conduct in general. I imagine the roads are also more dangerous due to smartphones as well.
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Don't forget tools.. My saddle bag fell off once and I found a nice set of pliers and a wrench when I went to pick it up..
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"If memory serves fails me..." Quote: ( unnamed) "been prtty deep in the cooler todaay " Television and radio are most effective when people question little and think even less.
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This Who obeys traffic laws on a bicycle? Nobody. And this: You could have just said nothing, instead of being afraid to go home. You could have gone straight home and enjoyed a cold beer instead of following some stranger around the neighborhood. Choose you battles. Fight the one's worth fighting. If your lefty friend continues to play stupid games and wins a stupid price, would that really be a bad thing?
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What would you do if he pulled a gun and shot you? Or burned your house down in the middle of the night? I think you shouldn’t have gone looking for trouble!
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What would you do if he pulled a gun and shot you? Or burned your house down in the middle of the night? I think you shouldn’t have gone looking for trouble! Truth. If I was on my bicycle at night (I often am) and some guy followed me, I’d presume malicious intent on their part.
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What would you do if he pulled a gun and shot you? Or burned your house down in the middle of the night? I think you shouldn’t have gone looking for trouble! Apparently OK. trained attorneys are immune from common sense and seek out confrontation to enforce truth, justice and the American way. I guess there are not any drunk, drugged or deranged bicyclists in OK. and the OP knows who might be safe to harass. Some great judgement on display there. mike r
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It would have launched the VW too, but he had burned most of his energy by the time he got to numbers 13 and 14
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