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Old 03-15-2013, 09:55 AM
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Originally Posted by SwampYankee View Post


I'm one of those bike dorks that still uses hand signals, stays near the curb and obeys the rules of the road.
Staying near the curb out here will get you killed. In fact, riding on the road on a bicycle is so risky that I wouldn't want my family members doing it.

I was on a two lane one day and had traffic approaching from the front. Everything was fine until the rear car decided that it was okay to pass, because cyclists shouldn't be on the road anyway.

I couldn't get off the road due to a 6 foot dropoff into a snake infested ditch. So I had to quickly dismount & stand on the edge of the pavement, while this DB in a Ford Explorer whizzed by just centimeters from me at 65mph. His wife was screaming at him from the passenger seat as they went by.
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