Wow, I'm befuddled that you took my pleading to my fellow cyclists as a rant. Yes, I happened to be in a car when I saw this group of riders. Sounds like you completely misunderstood my post.
On Nov 14, 9:24 pm, Jeff Snavely <[email protected]> wrote: > Curious that I've never heard a rant like this from someone who was on a > bike. You WERE driving a car right? > > > > On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 2:12 PM, philbga <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm new to the area, but looking forward to both road and mountain > > biking in the Triangle. > > > Must say that I was thoroughly disgusted by a group of about 9-12 > > riders on Brassfield Road in N. Raleigh today. We cyclists have a > > hard time with our relations with drivers, and having ridden many > > thousands of miles across the entire country I almost always come down > > on the side of cyclists in the arguments that ensue. However, this > > group I witnessed today is an example of why the animosity exists and > > what can trigger the road rage idiots that create an instant deadly > > weapon out of a car. > > > This group was riding 2-3 abreast all the way out to and even crossing > > the center line, at a very leisurely pace (12mph approx.), carrying on > > conversations, totally oblivious to traffic, and arrogantly making no > > effort to narrow their group or acknowledge traffic on the road. > > > Geez people, like I said, I'm almost always for the cyclist in these > > situations, but this was arrogant, rude and ridiculous. I've ridden in > > groups from OH to PA to CO to CA to W.VA to NJ etc. and never seen > > such stupid riding. But I have seen and known of serious carnage and > > very bad stuff that happens when car meets bike. All it takes is one > > drunken teenager or one road-raging idiot with a bad attitude toward > > cyclists and there will be serious horrific consequences (as happened > > on a club ride in Cincinnati where I lived 2 years ago.) > > > Car vs. bike--car wins. It's ugly folks. Please don't ride like this. > > > Thank you, > > > Phil > > > -- > > You received this message because you subscribed to the Gyro email group. > > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] Hide > > quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you subscribed to the Gyro email group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected]
