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I found BONES!
2011-Mar-23, Wednesday 02:06Ok so anyway, I did. I got out on my bike today, and so first I headed out of South Park and up Brown street towards Univdersity of Dayton. You know, seriously you'd think that in a city known for being bike friendly, that has bicycle paths and bike lanes painted on the roads all over town that people would understand that when I am in a lane it is MY LANE. Especially riding right thoughthe UD Ghetto practically on the campus.
Three rules:
1) Do not honk at me because I'm not going as fast as you want me to. I challenge you to manage to go 10 mph in a stiff headwind up Brown Street any day of the week. Let's see how far you get. And if you're honking at me from your car, I can pretty much guarantee that you can't do it, or you'd know better.
2) WHEN you pass me, and you will, and that's fine, do not pass me half in the other lane and half in mine. This is MY LANE and you need to understand that I am NOT required to ride in the gutter so that you can pass me without changing lanes. In fact, the gutter is not safe as it is full sewer grates designed to capture bicycle tires, and especially this time of year potholes and gravel bound to cause a wipeout. You have no right at all to get angry if I'm riding in the middle of the lane where it is safe, and you are in fact required by law to change lanes to go around me.
3) I am NOT required to ride on the sidewalk even when you shout at me to do so. In fact, it is not only illegal for me to do so, it is very dangerous for me, and for the pedestrians walking there. Please shut up and enjoy the bird I will show you when you do shout at me to get on the sidewalk.
These people may not have even noticed that we were all stopping at the same red lights and that the cars were in fact NOT progressing any faster than I was because I also had to stop at each light. Why are people in such a damn hurry to get to a red light anyway?
Ok so that's the limit of my ranting. Now for my story. With BONES!
( Click here to see the bones... )
Three rules:
1) Do not honk at me because I'm not going as fast as you want me to. I challenge you to manage to go 10 mph in a stiff headwind up Brown Street any day of the week. Let's see how far you get. And if you're honking at me from your car, I can pretty much guarantee that you can't do it, or you'd know better.
2) WHEN you pass me, and you will, and that's fine, do not pass me half in the other lane and half in mine. This is MY LANE and you need to understand that I am NOT required to ride in the gutter so that you can pass me without changing lanes. In fact, the gutter is not safe as it is full sewer grates designed to capture bicycle tires, and especially this time of year potholes and gravel bound to cause a wipeout. You have no right at all to get angry if I'm riding in the middle of the lane where it is safe, and you are in fact required by law to change lanes to go around me.
3) I am NOT required to ride on the sidewalk even when you shout at me to do so. In fact, it is not only illegal for me to do so, it is very dangerous for me, and for the pedestrians walking there. Please shut up and enjoy the bird I will show you when you do shout at me to get on the sidewalk.
These people may not have even noticed that we were all stopping at the same red lights and that the cars were in fact NOT progressing any faster than I was because I also had to stop at each light. Why are people in such a damn hurry to get to a red light anyway?
Ok so that's the limit of my ranting. Now for my story. With BONES!
( Click here to see the bones... )
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