I went for a cycle ride on Friday afternoon.
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From: Derek C on 19 Jun 2010 09:27 On Jun 19, 11:29 am, Jim A <j...(a)averyjim.myzen.co.uk> wrote: > On 06/19/2010 06:16 AM, Doug wrote: > > Thing is Doug, are you ever going to enjoy cycling? If not, maybe you > need to look for another pastime. > How about Russian Roulette? In Doug's case it might be safer than wobbling all over the road on his electric bike, confrontng all those killer drivers in runaway Toyota and Kia cars with faulty brakes, who are deliberately trying to ram him off the road. And who can blame them?
From: Roger Merriman on 19 Jun 2010 14:18 Doug <jagmad(a)riseup.net> wrote: > Big mistake! Not to be recommended. It just didn't occur to me when I > set off and never ever to be repeated. Three examples of motoring > madness combined to provide a hostile and highly dangerous > environment. They are... > > a) The school run > b) An early rush-hour home. > c) The weekend getaway. > > The roads were atrocious, with jams and impenetrable queues of fast > cars which made turning right virtually impossible. Of course many of > the car multitude came dangerously close to my bicycle, which was > wobbling from fear. > > Add to all that hordes of schoolchildren, who were quite rightly > exercising their right to use public roads as well as pavements, and > you have what might be described as a cyclist's nightmare. > > Doug. I had a nice ride though the rush hour traffic last night, even slowed down due to the firewood I was carrying I get very rarely close overtakes etc, you do. roger -- www.rogermerriman.com
From: Ret. on 19 Jun 2010 14:57 Doug wrote: Of course many of > the car multitude came dangerously close to my bicycle, which was > wobbling from fear. My goodness - you have a *nervous* bicycle? That must be a real problem for you... -- Kev
From: bod on 19 Jun 2010 15:06 Ret. wrote: > Doug wrote: > > > Of course many of >> the car multitude came dangerously close to my bicycle, which was >> wobbling from fear. > > My goodness - you have a *nervous* bicycle? That must be a real problem > for you... > > :) Bod
From: GT on 19 Jun 2010 15:18
"Doug" <jagmad(a)riseup.net> wrote in message news:5ab94480-b155-44bd-9c18-9bb112e4b7c7(a)x21g2000yqa.googlegroups.com... > Big mistake! Not to be recommended. It just didn't occur to me when I > set off and never ever to be repeated. Three examples of motoring > madness combined to provide a hostile and highly dangerous > environment. They are... > > a) The school run > b) An early rush-hour home. > c) The weekend getaway. You slate car drivers for driving vehicles that *might* crash, yet you continued on a journey even though it was a "hostile and highly dangerous environment". That is just irresponsible! > The roads were atrocious, with jams and impenetrable queues of fast > cars which made turning right virtually impossible. Of course many of > the car multitude came dangerously close to my bicycle, which was > wobbling from fear. May I ask... if the cars were all queued, then why did you have any difficulty in turning right? I usually find when there is a large queue, its very easy to turn right as no one is moving and you can turn into the side road. The only danger is when someone is illegally undertaking the queue of cars and you don't see them until its too late. If they were overtaking the queue, the right-turning driver would see them and wait for them to pass. I won't ask about the afraid bicycle! > Add to all that hordes of schoolchildren, who were quite rightly > exercising their right to use public roads as well as pavements, and > you have what might be described as a cyclist's nightmare. > > Doug. Thanks for sharing though! |