> I've experienced similar close calls when trying to ride my bicycle, > even when there is a four-foot wide "bike lane" along the edge of > roads, marked clearly with a white line from the automobile portion > of the roadway. After enough of that sort of nonsense, >From motorist's prospective, I suspect cyclist is perceived as an alien object, something that doesn't belong in the traffic, - looking different and moving different (slower and less steady on course), and this can be annoying. It's a matter of atavistic instinct, which does exist no matter how hard we are trying to control it. >I decided > discretion was the better part of valour and I mounted by bike on a > stand in the basement and do my exercising there. Boring scenery, but > so much safer! Indeed. My friends thought I was crazy when I told them that was going to trade my apartment for a smaller one, but in 5 minutes walking distance from gym, pool and grocery store. Cycling in rain or snow adds more perils to those already existing in traffic, and pedalling a gym bicycle is 100% safe. Boring, I agree. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Fri Mar 02 2007 - 12:24:45 PST
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