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My town, Grand Chute, just installed a roundabout. I'm definitely going to check it out this spring. I'm a recumbent tricyclist, so I sit closer to the ground than an average cyclist. Have any of you fellow recumbent cyclists been on such a thing? It seems, to me, to just be a gloried intersection with yield signs. Is there anything special I should look out for? Thanks, Cullen |
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wrote in message ... Hello, My town, Grand Chute, just installed a roundabout. I'm definitely going to check it out this spring. I'm a recumbent tricyclist, so I sit closer to the ground than an average cyclist. Have any of you fellow recumbent cyclists been on such a thing? It seems, to me, to just be a gloried intersection with yield signs. Is there anything special I should look out for? Thanks, Cullen You have to watch out for the usual things...cars aimed by mostly careless oafs, busses, trucks, obnoxious lycra clad racer boys, dogs tall enough to pee in your lap, or eat your face, junk in the road...like I said, the usual stuff. gotbent aka FRT rider |
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On Feb 10, 12:50*pm, "gotbent" wrote:
wrote in message ... Hello, My town, Grand Chute, just installed a roundabout. I'm definitely going to check it out this spring. I'm a recumbent tricyclist, so I sit closer to the ground than an average cyclist. Have any of you fellow recumbent cyclists been on such a thing? It seems, to me, to just be a gloried intersection with yield signs. Is there anything special I should look out for? Thanks, Cullen You have to watch out for the usual things...cars aimed by mostly careless oafs, busses, trucks, obnoxious lycra clad racer boys, dogs tall enough to pee in your lap, or eat your face, junk in the road...like I said, the usual stuff. gotbent aka FRT rider Gotbent, I'm curious. What makes "obnoxious lycra clad racer boys" so obnoxious? I hope my question doesn't start a war. I'm just curious. VELOve, Cullen |
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wrote in message ... On Feb 10, 12:50 pm, "gotbent" wrote: wrote in message ... Hello, My town, Grand Chute, just installed a roundabout. I'm definitely going to check it out this spring. I'm a recumbent tricyclist, so I sit closer to the ground than an average cyclist. Have any of you fellow recumbent cyclists been on such a thing? It seems, to me, to just be a gloried intersection with yield signs. Is there anything special I should look out for? Thanks, Cullen You have to watch out for the usual things...cars aimed by mostly careless oafs, busses, trucks, obnoxious lycra clad racer boys, dogs tall enough to pee in your lap, or eat your face, junk in the road...like I said, the usual stuff. gotbent aka FRT rider Gotbent, I'm curious. What makes "obnoxious lycra clad racer boys" so obnoxious? I hope my question doesn't start a war. I'm just curious. VELOve, Cullen quoting not working I don't know what makes them obnoxious. Some racer boys aren't obnoxious. Just look out for the obnoxius ones. -- gotbent aka FRT rider |
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On Feb 10, 3:40*pm, "gotbent" wrote:
wrote in message ... On Feb 10, 12:50 pm, "gotbent" wrote: wrote in message .... Hello, My town, Grand Chute, just installed a roundabout. I'm definitely going to check it out this spring. I'm a recumbent tricyclist, so I sit closer to the ground than an average cyclist. Have any of you fellow recumbent cyclists been on such a thing? It seems, to me, to just be a gloried intersection with yield signs. Is there anything special I should look out for? Thanks, Cullen You have to watch out for the usual things...cars aimed by mostly careless oafs, busses, trucks, obnoxious lycra clad racer boys, dogs tall enough to pee in your lap, or eat your face, junk in the road...like I said, the usual stuff. gotbent aka FRT rider Gotbent, I'm curious. What makes "obnoxious lycra clad racer boys" so obnoxious? I hope my question doesn't start a war. I'm just curious. VELOve, Cullen quoting not working I don't know what makes them obnoxious. *Some racer boys aren't obnoxious. Just look out for the obnoxius ones. -- gotbent aka FRT rider Great reply, GB (is it alright if I vou call you that?). I'm happy to see that you're not in INTENTIONALLY lumping "Obnoxious", "Lycra- clad" , and "Racer Boys".! I'd probably be "Lycra-clad" "Racer boy", If I still had the ability to ride a bicycle. I might even be "obnoxious" too! Regards, Cullen Appleton, WI |
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gotbent aka FRT rider wrote:
[...] I don't know what makes them obnoxious. Some racer boys aren't obnoxious. [...] Yes, the one's on lowracers are just fine. -- Tom Sherman - 42.435731,-83.985007 |
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On Tue, 9 Feb 2010 13:48:47 -0800 (PST)
" wrote: My town, Grand Chute, just installed a roundabout. I'm definitely going to check it out this spring. I'm a recumbent tricyclist, so I sit closer to the ground than an average cyclist. Have any of you fellow recumbent cyclists been on such a thing? Oh yes. Don't skulk around the edge, take the lane so you're where the cagers are looking. They'll pass on both sides then cut across your face, so be prepared to brake -- don't swerve though because there might be another coming up on the side you swerve to. Even in counties where there are thousands of roundabouts the cagers can't get the rules for signalling into their heads, so expect them to turn left signalling right, right signalling left, turn with no signal, signal right while doing a 360 round the roundabout, etc. Just like normal junctions, but more so. Mike -- Mike Causer |
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