To Patrick Moore, It's Jersey. Home of bad drivers and cyclist who ride on sidewalks and against traffic on regular basis. You have to be extra careful getting around NJ since everyone tends to be Formula 1 race car drivers and the way they drive, they translate that into the cycling habits as well. One last thing, if he did the violence as you suggested, he would have been in worst shape. We tend to be more coarse in our language and attitude and if violence erupts, it will erupt in a way that you did not intend it to since his bicycle shop location tells me he lives near the major cities. Jersey city and cities around that location are near the NYC were most of their jobs are and people tend to live in those locations. Those locations have a dense population so people can be hostile and the NYC environment of fast pace makes it worst. Sometimes, you have to let things go, even when you are right.
On Fri, Oct 13, 2017 at 9:21 AM, Leslie <[email protected]> wrote: > Glad you're alright, and sorry about the attitude of the other fellow... > > Bilenky is great: I had RBW send some dropouts to Bilenky so they could > replace the bent hanger: did a *beautiful* job on the metalwork. > https://www.flickr.com/photos/leslie_bright/24133962382/in/ > album-72157623199721925/ > (They would have powder-coated it for me, too, but I wanted to preserve as > much of the original paint, so I had them not deal w/ the paint after they > did the metalwork, then I painted the rear ends of the triangles. > https://www.flickr.com/photos/leslie_bright/23946265090/in/ > album-72157623199721925/) > > > > > On Thursday, October 12, 2017 at 7:30:11 PM UTC-4, John G. wrote: >> >> Yesterday, at 5:30 in the morning, I collided head-on with another >> cyclist. I was on a path along the Hudson river on the Jersey side, and the >> guy had no lights. And I went over the bars. >> >> Thankfully, I'm all right, but my Atlantis is pretty messed up, and I'd >> like to get the lists advice . The fork is badly bent, and my local shop >> thinks that the Head tube maybe messed up. They're stripping it down and >> sending it to Bilenky to see if it can be realigned. Do any of you think >> that's a bad move? >> >> I don't want to think about how much worse it would've been if I had >> been riding a carbon bike. I'm pretty bummed. The worst part is that the >> other guy swore at me and threw my water bottle at me while I was lying on >> the ground. Called me some names I won't repeat here, and rode off before >> I was even able to get up. Sometimes I really hate riding around here. >> >> Anyway, be safe out there and hug your Rivendells tonight! >> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
