Re: Heat Kills Jim, Denise & Skot, Cars Kill another Relay Leg :(

[Jeff Orum]

Terry Morse > wrote in message news:<tmorse-
> Santa Rosa to Napa is a cake walk on a bike. I ride those roads
> often. Don't use your failure to find a rider as proof that the
> roads there are hostile to cyclists. They are not.

Well said Terry, I completely agree. I've ridden in that area quite
often and have never had a problem.

The other leg they decided to abandon - out of Arcata - is difficult
but also quite doable on a bike. The roads are most certainly not
unsafe as Mr. Krieg claims. Been there, done that.

The claim that these aborted relay legs make the case for them is a
bunch of hooey!

[Joshua Putnam]

In article >,
says...

> We also lost another relay leg. We had to pull the Santa Rosa to Napa
> leg as Bill Haluzak of Bicycles by Haluzak, could not find anyone brave
> (or suicidal) enough to undertake that 42 mile connection.
>
> Do not all of these aborted relay legs make the case for the need for a
> National Bicycle Greenway?

Does your inability to find a rider for a relatively safe, popular route
make the case that even your ceaseless self-publicity has limits to its
effectiveness? It's summer, the weather is good, college students are on
vacation, and you can't find someone to ride 42 miles in wine country?

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