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01-16-2007, 10:59 AM

Roger Zoul <rogerzoul2@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Tom Keats wrote:
>
> :: I dunno.
> ::
> :: But as a life-long city boy, I do know when I'm
> :: confrontin'. And I know when to back-off.
>
> I tell you what....I'm surprised the ladies on bikes let them get so close.
> It's hard to know the circumstances, but if I were riding and saw them
> threatening kids ahead in the bike lane, I'd have either turned around or
> swung wide with speed. Could be the problem started with the kids standing
> in the bike lane and the cyclists trying to use that lane too.

Yes, the cause of the incident is now obvious to me. Bike lanes. If it
wasn't for them, the women in question would have been cycling in the
street and not had this problem (removes tongue from cheek).

Really though, I don't let anyone get within arms reach of me on the
bike if I can help it. Mainly because people do stupid random things
and I'd like a little maneuvering room. I would definitely have swung
well into the road.

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Dane Buson - sigdane@unixbigots.org
You can take all the impact that science considerations have on funding
decisions at NASA, put them in the navel of a flea, and have room left
over for a caraway seed and Tony Calio's heart. -- F. Allen

01-16-2007, 10:59 AM	#37 (permalink)
Dane Buson Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Two cyclists attacked and beaten in Portland Roger Zoul <rogerzoul2@hotmail.com> wrote: > Tom Keats wrote: > > :: I dunno. > :: > :: But as a life-long city boy, I do know when I'm > :: confrontin'. And I know when to back-off. > > I tell you what....I'm surprised the ladies on bikes let them get so close. > It's hard to know the circumstances, but if I were riding and saw them > threatening kids ahead in the bike lane, I'd have either turned around or > swung wide with speed. Could be the problem started with the kids standing > in the bike lane and the cyclists trying to use that lane too. Yes, the cause of the incident is now obvious to me. Bike lanes. If it wasn't for them, the women in question would have been cycling in the street and not had this problem (removes tongue from cheek). Really though, I don't let anyone get within arms reach of me on the bike if I can help it. Mainly because people do stupid random things and I'd like a little maneuvering room. I would definitely have swung well into the road. -- Dane Buson - sigdane@unixbigots.org You can take all the impact that science considerations have on funding decisions at NASA, put them in the navel of a flea, and have room left over for a caraway seed and Tony Calio's heart. -- F. Allen