Yup, I remember both the tracks across Seminole Hwy - which got the bulb outs about the time I started biking down that way - and the "shared" bike lanes on University, plus the stick-person figure t-shirt.
I'm glad someone else remembers that t-shirt, because I've described it to people a number of times, and thought maybe I imagined it. Unfortunately, I'll be out of town for the trail opening. Robbie Webber Bike Walk Madison Steering Committee www.bikewalkmadison.org Join our group on Facebook! On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 7:11 PM, Patrick Lenon <[email protected]> wrote: > GEEZER FIGHT! > > I drove my car on State St. one of the last nights it was open to traffic, > which happened to be the night the Hockey Badgers won an NCAA championship. > > I also used to ride the Univ Ave bike lane when we "shared" it with > east-bound city buses, whose drivers HATED bikes. They'd coast up to six > inches behind a bike and touch the hydraulic brakes (puhKISH!) and give the > biker a heart attack. > > There was a popular t-shirt labeled "University Avenue Bike Lane Survivor" > with a cartoon of a bus tailgating a furiously pedaling biker. Anybody got > one tucked away? > > You kids these days don't know how good ya got it with yer fancy schmancy > bike lanes. ;) > > ------------ Patrick Lenon > > > > ________________________________ > Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2010 21:12:18 -0200 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Bikies] Bikies Digest, Vol 23, Issue 17 > > On the topic of being "old enough to remember" I'll weigh in by stating that > I remember when there were NO bike trails whatsoever in Madison and State > Street was open to regular auto traffic and University Avenue was a two-way > street (and that is where the Yellow Jersey was). I am sure that there are > others of you lurking out there that are of similar "vintage." It would be > interesting to find out if there is a written history of how things changed > [regarding bikes in Madison] for I now live in a place [in Brazil] that > approximates Madison in the 1950s [regarding the use of bicycles as a form > of transportation]. > > Anybody have any such history of the growth of bicycle use in Madison? > > Regards, > Matthew Berigan > Campina Grande, Paraiba - Brazil > > On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 8:16 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > Interesting history Patrick. However, the opening is a different - albeit > nearby - trail. > > The one you refer to is the Cannonball Trail. One small segment was to be > built this year; the piece that crosses Seminole will wait a year or two. > > The Badger Trail splits off of the Southwest Trail in Allied Drive and > slices down to where it crosses PD south of PD. > > I'm old enough to remember those days but did not live in Madison then. > > Al Matano > > >> Just curious, anyone besides Michael & me old enough to appreciate the >> irony of the bike path following the trail of the >> at-one-time-controversial railroad track across Seminole? >> >> For years the track crossed Seminole at a close to 45-degree angle, which >> forced bikers to either 1) go straight across them and risk catching a >> wheel in the gap, or 2) going wide to get a 90-degree angle going across >> the track and risk having cars try to kill you. (You can almost >> approximate this experience today on the N. Sherman Ave. RR tracks if you >> want.) >> >> Various solutions were tried, the "best" being paved shoulder bulges that >> let us angle out. >> >> Finally in the 90's the rail owners gave it up, sealed over the whole >> thing, and it was largely forgotten. Until now. Now, when bikers on the >> path cross Seminole, they'll be at the same oblique angle the tracks were >> at. Hope nobody tries it with a stiff neck... >> >> Ah well, it still beats road dueling with Fitchburgers. >> >> ------------ >> Patrick Lenon >> >> >> >> From: [email protected] >> Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2010 15:59:39 -0500 >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [Bikies] Bikies Digest, Vol 23, Issue 17 >> >> >> >> On Sep 13, 2010, Patrick Lenon wrote:The trail may not be Officially open >> then: >> >> >> http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/article_fbad01f0-be9c-11df-9716-001cc4c002e0.html >> >> The sections I've seen are paved but the shoulders aren't done, so there's >> a sharp drop off. >> >> Of course, that hasn't stopped a few scofflaws from sampling parts of the >> trail. Nothing I'd ever do personally, of course... *koff* *choke* *koff* >> >> >> A *FEW* scofflaws!? Watching the Ironman bikes at Seminole and Whalen on >> Sunday, there appeared to be a steady stream of garden-variety Phreds out >> sampling the trail. >> I very much doubt it will be ready by this Saturday, since as of >> yesterday, the bridges need railings, the shoulders south of (I think) >> Lacy needed to be graded, and the section south of M needed to be paved. >> But I only know this because, I, um, flew over it in an airplane. Yes I >> did. >> I might go to the opening. I've been looking forward to it since rail >> operations stopped back in the early 90's. >> Michael >> _______________________________________________ >> Bikies mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org >> _______________________________________________ >> Bikies mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org > > > _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org > > _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org
