Maybe I'm too new at this and I need to get used to it - but on just a short 10 mile return ride home, I was almost hit by cars or people (a car door as well), honked at, and yelled at more times than I ever have on a ride twice that long. Two people honked at me while I was riding on a side street for riding in the road (???) nearly frightening me off my bike - AND someone yelled at me for getting all the way into my lane to make a left turn!!!
Man - this is going to take some getting used to... I mean, it's not like there aren't other cyclists around here!
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06-29-2007, 06:26 PM #1
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Grrrrrrr!!!
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06-30-2007, 10:14 AM #2
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I feel your pain. Some days I think more of the jerks are out than normal. I'll go weeks without incident and then all of a sudden they all are on attack mode!
Sorry you had a rotten ride home. Hopefully your next one out will involve much less anger thrown at you from drivers. You keep riding tho, no matter what. You are just as much a car as they are, so never give up your own safety for their convenience!
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06-30-2007, 10:26 AM #3
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No, no, no - they were just tootling. Remember the "handling yourself in traffic" post
They were just being a little clumsy in their tootling.Winter riding is much less about badassery and much more about bundle-uppery. - malkin
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06-30-2007, 10:53 AM #4
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Always keep 3 to 4 feet between you and a line of parked cars on your right. Just assume someone is going to open their door without seeing you coming. If it means you have to take the lane for a while, then do it. Don't ride close to parked cars or you *will* get doored one day.
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07-02-2007, 11:36 AM #5
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I've sure learned some lessons in the past couple months - that is definitely for sure - and that is actually the first time I have heard of "tootling". I guess it just stinks sometimes when people are just darn irritated that you're in the road and are rude - geez! But I guess it's not too much different than the average day on the freeway!
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07-02-2007, 11:54 AM #6
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on my ride this weekend I heard someone yell "Road" at us.
maybe they were singing Row row row your boat
or "are we on the right road?" (and i just didn't hear the whole thing)
I just can't assume they were being unfriendly.
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