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06-12-2004, 06:30 AM

On Sat, 12 Jun 2004 10:39:04 GMT, "Gooserider"
<[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:

>Are BMX kids the worst offenders? I think it's a tie between them and DUI
>Charlies. I saw a teenager on a BMX yesterday. He was wearing a walkman, and
>cut across two lanes of traffic(not at the intersection), and proceeded to
>ride down the turning lane. Geez.....
>

I don't know if they're BMX bikes, but the riders where I live who
exhibit the most robust death-wish wear wool stocking caps, pants
several sizes too big, and have their seats adjusted so low that their
knees come up around their chin. They use only one hand, the other
one either dangles or has a cigarette.

06-12-2004, 07:12 AM

On Sat, 12 Jun 2004, Florence Henderson Had A Mullet wrote:

> >Horses weren't mixed in with cars, either.
>
> Then maybe cars should be banned from the roads.

Except that this is reality, not dreamy-dream land.

> Let's face it: A lot of roads were built before cars were invented. So
> do cars really have a right to be on our roads?

Nonsequitur.

-Stern

06-12-2004, 07:12 AM

On Sat, 12 Jun 2004, Florence Henderson Had A Mullet wrote:

> >Horses weren't mixed in with cars, either.
>
> Then maybe cars should be banned from the roads.

Except that this is reality, not dreamy-dream land.

> Let's face it: A lot of roads were built before cars were invented. So
> do cars really have a right to be on our roads?

Nonsequitur.

-Stern

06-12-2004, 07:12 AM

On Sat, 12 Jun 2004, Florence Henderson Had A Mullet wrote:

> >Horses weren't mixed in with cars, either.
>
> Then maybe cars should be banned from the roads.

Except that this is reality, not dreamy-dream land.

> Let's face it: A lot of roads were built before cars were invented. So
> do cars really have a right to be on our roads?

Nonsequitur.

-Stern

06-12-2004, 07:12 AM

On Sat, 12 Jun 2004, Florence Henderson Had A Mullet wrote:

> >Horses weren't mixed in with cars, either.
>
> Then maybe cars should be banned from the roads.

Except that this is reality, not dreamy-dream land.

> Let's face it: A lot of roads were built before cars were invented. So
> do cars really have a right to be on our roads?

Nonsequitur.

-Stern

06-12-2004, 07:12 AM

On Sat, 12 Jun 2004, Florence Henderson Had A Mullet wrote:

> >Horses weren't mixed in with cars, either.
>
> Then maybe cars should be banned from the roads.

Except that this is reality, not dreamy-dream land.

> Let's face it: A lot of roads were built before cars were invented. So
> do cars really have a right to be on our roads?

Nonsequitur.

-Stern

06-12-2004, 07:18 AM

> maxo [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

wrote:

>Riding your bike on the sidewalk on Sheridan road in Chicago WILL get your
>bike impounded. Irony is that it's one of the scariest places for even
>experienced riders in town--I've seen full dress racer boys chicken out
>and jump up on the sidewalk there.

All that really means is there are some places we should avoid riding, Sheridan
Rd being one of them. For those not familiar with Chicago, if you drive north
on Lake Shore Drive and never exit you'll end up on Sheridan Road just south of
Loyola University. At points LSD is four plus lanes wide in each direction.
Sheridan is two lanes in each direction. Add the college traffic and is it any
wonder the traffic is miserable? Oh, and there *are* parallel alternate routes
that include surface streets and a designated MUP.

Regards,
Bob Hunt

06-12-2004, 07:18 AM

> maxo [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

wrote:

>Riding your bike on the sidewalk on Sheridan road in Chicago WILL get your
>bike impounded. Irony is that it's one of the scariest places for even
>experienced riders in town--I've seen full dress racer boys chicken out
>and jump up on the sidewalk there.

All that really means is there are some places we should avoid riding, Sheridan
Rd being one of them. For those not familiar with Chicago, if you drive north
on Lake Shore Drive and never exit you'll end up on Sheridan Road just south of
Loyola University. At points LSD is four plus lanes wide in each direction.
Sheridan is two lanes in each direction. Add the college traffic and is it any
wonder the traffic is miserable? Oh, and there *are* parallel alternate routes
that include surface streets and a designated MUP.

Regards,
Bob Hunt

06-12-2004, 07:18 AM

> maxo [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

wrote:

>Riding your bike on the sidewalk on Sheridan road in Chicago WILL get your
>bike impounded. Irony is that it's one of the scariest places for even
>experienced riders in town--I've seen full dress racer boys chicken out
>and jump up on the sidewalk there.

All that really means is there are some places we should avoid riding, Sheridan
Rd being one of them. For those not familiar with Chicago, if you drive north
on Lake Shore Drive and never exit you'll end up on Sheridan Road just south of
Loyola University. At points LSD is four plus lanes wide in each direction.
Sheridan is two lanes in each direction. Add the college traffic and is it any
wonder the traffic is miserable? Oh, and there *are* parallel alternate routes
that include surface streets and a designated MUP.

Regards,
Bob Hunt

06-12-2004, 07:18 AM

> maxo [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

wrote:

>Riding your bike on the sidewalk on Sheridan road in Chicago WILL get your
>bike impounded. Irony is that it's one of the scariest places for even
>experienced riders in town--I've seen full dress racer boys chicken out
>and jump up on the sidewalk there.

All that really means is there are some places we should avoid riding, Sheridan
Rd being one of them. For those not familiar with Chicago, if you drive north
on Lake Shore Drive and never exit you'll end up on Sheridan Road just south of
Loyola University. At points LSD is four plus lanes wide in each direction.
Sheridan is two lanes in each direction. Add the college traffic and is it any
wonder the traffic is miserable? Oh, and there *are* parallel alternate routes
that include surface streets and a designated MUP.

Regards,
Bob Hunt