Sorry, I should of clarified. It's only on sidewalks where biking is illegal (where buildings abut the sidewalk). And I understand incidental biking in those areas.
On 3 Dec 2009 at 10:52, [email protected] wrote: Date sent: Thu, 3 Dec 2009 10:52:47 -0800 (PST) From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Bikies] I met THAT guy Send reply to: [email protected] <mailto:bikies- [email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> <mailto:bikies- [email protected]?subject=subscribe> Not that any Bikies ever participate in obnoxious behavior, but isn't this ... "One tactic I use for fun when I see an adult biker coming down the sidewalk is to wander aimlessly on the sidewalk and make it appear that I do not see him/her. I say nothing and they come to a very slow crawl." ... kind of obnoxious? Riding on a sidewalk is not illegal in many parts of Madison, and if someone is riding at "reasonable for sidewalk" speed (I would say about as fast as a jogger might run, say 7 mph), why shouldn't they be there? (Okay, that was rhetorical, I'm sure people can think of several reasons.) I once got yelled at by a guy for *walking* my recumbent (I was sitting down on it, it's hard to walk it standing up) at less than 4 mph on a sidewalk. The guy had two bike tires draped over his shoulders and clearly thought he was God's educator to the idiot cyclist masses. Fortunately, I don't remember what he looked like, so if it was one of you, I'm none the wiser should I ever meet you. To get home from work every day, there is a 30 yard stretch I take on a sidewalk where it is legal to ride (the other options are cycling the wrong way down the road, cycling on Whitney Way (the no-shoulder portion), or adding two miles to my commute. I ride at 7 mph or slower and, if there are pedestrians on it, I get out of their way. If they are ahead of me and don't see me, I stay behind them at their pace or, if they are just standing there, say, "Hi there" and ask to pass them. Occasionally I've been sworn at anyway, but I figure those folks are really meaning to swear at the people who've come by them at 20 mph with no warning, not me. Kathryn Kingsbury www.kathrynkingsbury.com On LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/kathrynkingsbury _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org
