Many years ago, a friend in college was out riding a motorcycle in
rural Illinois (two lane roads). An old farm couple were our driving
as well. He passed them, but then they speeded up and passed him,
only to slow down. He passed them again, they passed him again and
slowed down again. He
A little common sense would help too.
You do not play games with cars. You either speed up and run away from
them, or you slow down and stay well behind.
Rule: you want 200 feet of air all around you. You do what is needed to
keep that space regardless of what other traffic trys. Sometimes
frank theriault typed with one hand:
well, today started with a bang!
Nasty, glad to hear you wore a helmet and I wish you a speedy recovery.
The relevance of a missing bell is lost on me, particularly when in traffic
in a city, drivers with radios on etc would be hard pressed to hear it, when
Malcolm Smith wrote:
frank theriault typed with one hand:
well, today started with a bang!
Nasty, glad to hear you wore a helmet and I wish you a speedy recovery.
The relevance of a missing bell is lost on me, particularly when in traffic
in a city, drivers with radios on etc would be
Yo Frank, bad news man. Get better soon!
From: frank theriault [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2005 6:28 PM
To: PDML
Subject: OT: matching shoulders g
well, today started with a bang!
i got hit by a car making an illegal turn, while riding
to work this morning.
Keith whaley wrote:
Part of Frank's settlement ought to be to have that obviously
biased traffic cop reassigned to the garbage truck detail...
Speaking of helmets, our local motorcycle shop has about 8
used helmets hung up above their accessories counter,
showing how much abrasion a
Keith whaley wrote:
Speaking of helmets, our local motorcycle shop has about 8
used helmets hung up above their accessories counter,
showing how much abrasion a helmet takes.
A couple of the full face helmets which were almost
completely worn thru by rough pavement make you a real
Mark Roberts wrote:
Keith whaley wrote:
Speaking of helmets, our local motorcycle shop has about 8
used helmets hung up above their accessories counter,
showing how much abrasion a helmet takes.
A couple of the full face helmets which were almost
completely worn thru by rough pavement make
Very glad to hear you're ok, Frank. Wouldn't want to see you pedalling round
the Great Velodrome in the Sky.
--
Cheers,
Bob
-Original Message-
From: frank theriault [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 07 October 2005 02:28
To: PDML
Subject: OT: matching shoulders g
well, today
On 10/7/05, keith_w [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I've read in serious cycling magazines about how many riders wear a full set
of leathers all summer long too. Screw the heat! It's losing yards of skin
that gives you the willies!
All you need is once. Doesn't really matter who was at fault, does
Ouch, Frank, really sorry to hear that. May be of some comfort to know I
did a headstand off my bike when I was 17 and have no long-term effects - at
least I don't think so!
John Coyle
Brisbane, Australia
- Original Message -
From: frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: PDML
Frank,
Sorry to hear the bad news. Hope you're riding
around soon. Keep us posted.
Gautam
-Original Message-
From: frank theriault [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2005 6:28 PM
To: PDML
Subject: OT: matching shoulders g
well, today started with a bang!
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