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To: cuban leaf
(people going the same direction as me deciding to take a right).

Ruh-roh. Same as me. After 3, I gave up. The last time I did a summersault and landed on my feet, landing without a scratch. Why I didn't give up after the first crash, I don't know...

190 posted on 05/08/2013 5:00:23 AM PDT by St_Thomas_Aquinas
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To: St_Thomas_Aquinas

Ruh-roh. Same as me. After 3, I gave up. The last time I did a summersault and landed on my feet, landing without a scratch. Why I didn’t give up after the first crash, I don’t know...


I always saw it coming. One car I rode around the corner, snapping off the rear view mirror with my arm when she came to a stop and I kept going. I don’t see that as a very dangerous collision.

It’s why I consider freeways pretty safe. Everyone is going the same direction and roughly the same speed.

The one time I was worried was coming through the international district of Seattle from the east at about 40 mph downhill and a woman going the opposite direction decided to make a left right in front of me. Again, having anticipated that she might do that I was able to go around her - in front of her. ;-)

But that one did get the adrenalyn going. I’ve put tens of thousands of miles on bicycles. The only time I ever went down was in summer of 1966 when I was jumping dirt mounds on my paperboy special. I’ve seen plenty of other guys break bones though - especially in pace lines gone wrong.


192 posted on 05/08/2013 5:08:11 AM PDT by cuban leaf (Were doomed! Details at eleven.)
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