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Kevan Smith /\/\ wrote:
I often ride to my LBS from my house, taking the same 7-mile route each time. When I am all spandexed out and on my racing bike, cage creatures give me room on the road, seldom yell, and, in general, treat me well. But, when I am on my ATB, outfitted in normal clothes, I get heaps of abuse -- cars pass way too close, people yell, etc. Nothing changes but the bike and clothing. I find this odd. I've seen the same thing. I think it has as much to do with your speed as your clothing though. Maybe it's nothing more than the drivers considering the fact that someone who's going fast just MAY be able to catch them at the next light. Mark Hickey Habanero Cycles http://www.habcycles.com Home of the $695 ti frame |
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On Wed, 10 Sep 2003 14:44:26 GMT, Mark Hickey wrote:
speed as your clothing though. Maybe it's nothing more than the drivers considering the fact that someone who's going fast just MAY be able to catch them at the next light. I don't think there are any concious decisions by the drivers to respect or buzz a cyclist; I think it's mostly subconcious, or a result of the circumstances. I couldn't begin to guess how that actually applies, though. Mark Hickey Habanero Cycles http://www.habcycles.com Home of the $695 ti frame -- Rick Onanian |
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a cage creature observation
Zoot Katz wrote in message ... Pros like you and Mario should be riding Ducati's Testasretta SuperBike 998 with those gorgeous Marchesini wheels. Or something manly like the Moto Guzzi V11 Sport Ballabio. Leave the Hondas and Harleys for amateurs. Ask any of us over on team Fassa Bortolo and the answer will be Jap motor bikes are what you must ride these days. |
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Kevan Smith /\/\ wrote:
On Wed, 10 Sep 2003 23:42:29 GMT, "Baker, Jane Baker" from EarthLink Inc. -- So, Kevan... how does your ass look in spandex? Pretty god damned good! My legs look great, too. I find it ironic that just a few posts ago, Kevan was so concerned with the importance of telling the truth, and now... Mark Hickey Habanero Cycles http://www.habcycles.com Home of the $695 ti frame |
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"Fabrizio Mazzoleni" wrote in
. ca: Zoot Katz wrote in message ... Pros like you and Mario should be riding Ducati's Testasretta SuperBike 998 with those gorgeous Marchesini wheels. Or something manly like the Moto Guzzi V11 Sport Ballabio. Leave the Hondas and Harleys for amateurs. Ask any of us over on team Fassa Bortolo and the answer will be Jap motor bikes are what you must ride these days. Yeah but Fab the hot ones are not the 4s, it is the twins that all the cool guys are riding. |
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Tom Keats wrote:
In article , writes: I have noticed some of the same behaviors with my commuter bike vs. my grocery shopping bike. I'll be riding the same roads right near my house. Riding the same way, often at the same speeds (assuming I don't have twenty pound sacks of rice in my baskets). Yet I get a lot more honking, swearing, and bad behavior from motorists. Practical cycling also exposes riders to poor-bashing. That's my intuitive guess, anyway. I've wondered if that might explain it. My shopping bike certainly is nothing much to look at. And when I go shopping, I'm just in a t-shirt and shorts. Usually not looking terribly natty. Shopping by bike in Bellevue could be better. Bellevue isn't terribly bicycle friendly (Verdamnt Superblocks) (Sorry Claire). One of the reasons I just moved back to Seattle. -- Dane Jackson - z u v e m b i @ u n i x b i g o t s . o r g "The bullets are just his way of saying 'Keep it down, I've got a hangover.'" -- Kiki to Dr. Schlock, as seen in http://pics.sluggy.com/comics/000108a.gif |
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