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  #21  
Old August 15th 07, 01:30 AM posted to or.politics,pdx.general,rec.autos.driving,rec.bicycles.misc,rec.bicycles.racing
David L. Johnson
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Default Portland's Bridge Pedal Debacle

steve wrote:
On 14-Aug-2007, smacked up and reeling, (Paul Berg) blindly
formulated
the following incoherence:

Bottlenecks not only forced cyclists to walk their bikes along parts of
the course, but also meant as many as 1,500 of the estimated record
19,000 cyclists in the event were unable to complete the ride.
Organizers barred them from crossing the Fremont Bridge and other spans
as authorities sought to reopen them to vehicle traffic. Other cyclists,
frustrated, left the course on their own.


What is the point of these mass rides, anyway? It cant be good riding, and
it obviously screws up traffic.


I was going to ask just that question. No one I've talked to who rode
the 5-Borough tour of New York would do it again, but still they have
thousands and thousands of people riding it. They've started one in
Philadelphia as well this year.

I just don't get the appeal.

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  #22  
Old August 15th 07, 03:54 AM posted to or.politics,pdx.general,rec.autos.driving,rec.bicycles.misc,rec.bicycles.racing
Brian Huntley
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Default Portland's Bridge Pedal Debacle

On Aug 14, 2:50 pm, Don Homuth dhomuthoneatcomcast.net wrote:

http://www.classiczcars.com/forums/s...page=4&t=17399


Nope.

http://www.northwestz.org/members/ha...berProfileView...


Dang - I was expecting a '73 B210. Now *that* was a stealth vehicle.

  #23  
Old August 15th 07, 05:46 AM posted to or.politics,pdx.general,rec.autos.driving,rec.bicycles.misc,rec.bicycles.racing
Steven[_3_]
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Default Portland's Bridge Pedal Debacle

On Aug 14, 8:54 pm, Brian Huntley wrote:
On Aug 14, 2:50 pm, Don Homuth dhomuthoneatcomcast.net wrote:

http://www.classiczcars.com/forums/s...page=4&t=17399


Nope.


http://www.northwestz.org/members/ha...berProfileView...


Dang - I was expecting a '73 B210. Now *that* was a stealth vehicle.


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  #24  
Old August 15th 07, 06:11 AM posted to or.politics,pdx.general,rec.autos.driving,rec.bicycles.misc,rec.bicycles.racing
Steven[_3_]
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Default Portland's Bridge Pedal Debacle

On Aug 14, 8:54 pm, Brian Huntley wrote:
On Aug 14, 2:50 pm, Don Homuth dhomuthoneatcomcast.net wrote:

http://www.classiczcars.com/forums/s...page=4&t=17399


Nope.


http://www.northwestz.org/members/ha...berProfileView...


Dang - I was expecting a '73 B210. Now *that* was a stealth vehicle.


He's never finished the videos?

  #25  
Old August 15th 07, 06:35 AM posted to or.politics,pdx.general,rec.autos.driving,rec.bicycles.misc,rec.bicycles.racing
Tom \Johnny Sunset\ Sherman[_621_]
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Default Portland's Bridge Pedal Debacle

Royal Dalton wrote:
Don Homuth wrote:
On Tue, 14 Aug 2007 19:44:21 GMT, Royal Dalton
wrote:

Don Homuth wrote:
On Tue, 14 Aug 2007 18:57:05 GMT, Lobby Dosser
wrote:

Don Homuth dhomuthoneatcomcast.net wrote:

On Tue, 14 Aug 2007 15:48:42 GMT, "steve" wrote:

On 14-Aug-2007, smacked up and reeling, (Paul Berg)
blindly formulated
the following incoherence:

Bottlenecks not only forced cyclists to walk their bikes along
parts
of the course, but also meant as many as 1,500 of the estimated
record 19,000 cyclists in the event were unable to complete the
ride. Organizers barred them from crossing the Fremont Bridge and
other spans as authorities sought to reopen them to vehicle
traffic.
Other cyclists, frustrated, left the course on their own.
What is the point of these mass rides, anyway? It cant be good
riding, and it obviously screws up traffic.
Just for the sheer fun of doing it, apparently.

My Datsun club does the same thing when it does a cruise or a tour.

They disrupt regular traffic?
Sometimes they have done exactly that, so I hear. A long column of a
couple dozen Datsuns of various vintages can be pretty noticeable.

Mine has been in the restoration shop long enough that I haven't gone
on one of those, since I only actually Joined the club several months
back.

But if you check, you can even see pictures of the car
pre-restoration.
http://www.classiczcars.com/forums/s...page=4&t=17399


Nope.


I like the blue one better.

http://www.northwestz.org/members/ha...AB17E14285BEF6


I want a B210 "Honey Bee".

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  #27  
Old August 15th 07, 09:04 AM posted to or.politics,pdx.general,rec.autos.driving,rec.bicycles.misc,rec.bicycles.racing
Lobby Dosser
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Default Portland's Bridge Pedal Debacle

Royal Dalton wrote:

Don Homuth wrote:
On Tue, 14 Aug 2007 20:04:39 GMT, Royal Dalton
wrote:

Don Homuth wrote:
On Tue, 14 Aug 2007 19:44:21 GMT, Royal Dalton
wrote:

Don Homuth wrote:
On Tue, 14 Aug 2007 18:57:05 GMT, Lobby Dosser
wrote:

Don Homuth dhomuthoneatcomcast.net wrote:

On Tue, 14 Aug 2007 15:48:42 GMT, "steve"
wrote:

What is the point of these mass rides, anyway? It cant be
good riding, and it obviously screws up traffic.
Just for the sheer fun of doing it, apparently.

My Datsun club does the same thing when it does a cruise or a
tour.

They disrupt regular traffic?
Sometimes they have done exactly that, so I hear. A long column
of a couple dozen Datsuns of various vintages can be pretty
noticeable.

Mine has been in the restoration shop long enough that I haven't
gone on one of those, since I only actually Joined the club
several months back.

But if you check, you can even see pictures of the car
pre-restoration.
I like the blue one better.
http://www.northwestz.org/members/ha...mberProfileVie
wChanged&userId=3503C8E7-3048-2906-B43387A57222B78B&vehicleId=4B4176
05-3048-2906-B4AB17E14285BEF6


De gustibus, and all.

Mine is still a work in progress.

When it's done, I will like it. Whether or not someone else does
will be immaterial.


I still like the blue one.


They're all Crap.
  #28  
Old August 15th 07, 09:05 AM posted to or.politics,pdx.general,rec.autos.driving,rec.bicycles.misc,rec.bicycles.racing
Lobby Dosser
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Default Portland's Bridge Pedal Debacle

Don Homuth dhomuthoneatcomcast.net wrote:

On Tue, 14 Aug 2007 18:59:22 GMT, Lobby Dosser
wrote:

Don Homuth dhomuthoneatcomcast.net wrote:

On Tue, 14 Aug 2007 09:54:07 -0700, "Gattman"
wrote:


"steve" wrote in message
. ..

What is the point of these mass rides, anyway? It cant be good
riding, and
it obviously screws up traffic.

It's a fund-raiser. I have a friend who trains for it and then flies
out from Virginia every year just for the ride.

Careful there, Chris. If you mention that you "have a friend" folks
like the Three Monkeys will determine that you do not.

Notice that his friend was not a Transportation Expert who knew how to
clean up the traffic jam? Didja?


I did notice that.

But then, neither was mine.


Damn sure he was no Expert.
  #29  
Old August 15th 07, 10:54 AM posted to rec.bicycles.racing,rec.bicycles.misc,pdx.general,or.politics,rec.autos.driving
Ted Mittelstaedt
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"Paul Berg" wrote in message
...
~

News article from The (Portland) Oregonian - August 14, 2007

Officially, it's called the Providence Bridge Pedal. But the annual bike
ride over Portland's bridges earned a new name Sunday -- Providence
Bridge Ped-debacle.


This was just a stupid article. My wife did this ride and had no problems.
(I personally am not "in" to riding a bicycle) The problem wasn't the ride,
the problem was too many people on this ride shouldn't have been there.

The dedicated bicyclists all registered early, showed up early, and did
their ride without stopping. Portable toilets? The dedicated riders wern't
stopping to take a dump every 2 miles because they were too fat to do the
ride. They wern't using the toilets except possibly at the end of the ride.

The problem with this ride was all the wannabe whiner riders that didn't
do any training for it and registered late and got late start times. Then
they
poked along the route way too slow.

I would have never thought in my wildest dreams that there would ever
be such a thing as a wanna be bicyclist. But, come to Portland and you
can see tons of them. Sheesh.

There's plenty of other rides that are organized in Portland that are a lot
shorter for the newbie and wannabe bicyclists to participate in. The
bridge pedal isn't as hardcore as the Portland to Seattle run, but it is
definitely not for someone who doesen't ride a bike 5 miles every other
day.

Ted


  #30  
Old August 15th 07, 11:02 AM posted to or.politics,pdx.general,rec.autos.driving,rec.bicycles.misc,rec.bicycles.racing
Ted Mittelstaedt
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Default Portland's Bridge Pedal Debacle


"David L. Johnson" wrote in message
...
steve wrote:
On 14-Aug-2007, smacked up and reeling, (Paul Berg)

blindly
formulated
the following incoherence:

Bottlenecks not only forced cyclists to walk their bikes along parts of
the course, but also meant as many as 1,500 of the estimated record
19,000 cyclists in the event were unable to complete the ride.
Organizers barred them from crossing the Fremont Bridge and other spans
as authorities sought to reopen them to vehicle traffic. Other

cyclists,
frustrated, left the course on their own.


What is the point of these mass rides, anyway? It cant be good riding,

and
it obviously screws up traffic.


I was going to ask just that question. No one I've talked to who rode
the 5-Borough tour of New York would do it again, but still they have
thousands and thousands of people riding it. They've started one in
Philadelphia as well this year.

I just don't get the appeal.


If you are in shape and have trained it is a very nice ride, early in the
morning with blue sky and the crisp air. The views from the bridges
are spectacular and when you drive over them in a car you go so fast
you really don't see or pay attention much. The rises on the entrances
to the bridges are gentle enough that a rider in shape would hardly break
a sweat going up them. And the architecture of the bridges that they
go over is facinating. If you were to see pictures taken along the route
you would understand why it is popular.

Ted


 




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