Re: RE: Re: RE: Suspension losses

On 1/9/2025 3:20 PM, cyclintom wrote:

On Fri Jan 3 11:59:15 2025 Frank Krygowski  wrote:

On 1/3/2025 11:12 AM, cyclintom wrote:

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Coming out of Niles Canyon, you have to ride at around 20 mph Because of traffic I was forced to cross a rumble strip with my 28 mm tires and came damned close to losing control but it did allow me to let 5 cars moving at 45 mph + get past before a constriction. While you're talking about taking the lane why don't you come here and try taking the lane? You would soon discover, if you're lucky, from a hospital bed that California deivers don't like your ideas.

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Ah. We haven't had a "Bicycling is really dangerous _HERE_!" post in
quite a while.
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So you judged that nearly losing control in front of a 45 mph car was
safer than legally taking the lane? Yes, my choice would have been
different, and I've made that choice in <gasp!> California; but
admittedly not in your super-dangerous neighborhood. When I do that,
motorists wait until its safe to pass. Exceptions are vanishingly rare.
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As I often ask, what do you do when riding in a ten foot lane with no
shoulder, when an 8.5 foot wide truck approaches from behind? Do you
jump off the bike and humbly bow?

 Frank, this is California and not Ohio (if there is any real diference in drivers). The roads which used to be some of the best in the nation are now some of the crapiest. It is really not a good idea to ride at 20 mph in front of a car approaching at 45-50 mph from behind that will ride up to within inches of your rear wheel. All it takes is one pothole or wobble and they make contact. Because of this you try 5to stay out of their way. I should also note that the speed limit in school zones when shool is in session is in many places (three blocks from me) 30 mph when children are entering or leaving school. And "traffic engineers" are trying to raise these speeds.
 I simpy cannot believe that Ohio is that different from California. Whereever Democrats control they are bbusy feeding money from the public coffers to each other.

Yes, I know, bicycling is _really_ dangerous where you ride.
But you forgot to answer my question. Again: What do you do when riding in a ten foot lane with no shoulder, when an 8.5 foot wide truck approaches from behind? Do you jump off the bike and humbly bow?
Maybe you simply never ride in such a place, because it's too scary? I'm honestly curious.
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- Frank Krygowski