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The great bicycle debate: moved from Schiano thread

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CFPBuckeye said:
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AKAK said:
Well... I have a confession to make, I'm an asshole on a bike.

Friday, I thought maybe, since it was chilly and windy... it might be safe to use the Olentangy/Scioto bike path... plus, you can get to Thurns (if you don't know what this is, then you're missing out) more or less, and I figured if I'm going to eat all forms of really fatty charcuterie a 35 mile round trip on the bike might justify it... so, I get some cash together (Thurn's doesn't take American Express. Or any other plastic and a soft sided cooler and roll...

So, really, not too crowded except the usual clowns around Park of Roses, even Antrim wasn't too bad.

Pretty much no one around campus... except one guy.

Now, I generally am pretty good about signalling when I pass... sorta (lets not talk about observing the 15mph speed limit, doesn't happen and why I try to ride on this stupid thing when I think there will be any amount of people) but I'll be the first one to say that the frequency with which I signal drops in frequency in some order starting with Groups of runners walkers (Always) Single Runners/walkers (95% - if they are all the way over on the edge and there's no one else around and, the path is wide and I can be more than 10 feet from them, I don't always) comfort bikers in groups, commuter riders etc, kind of 75-95%. Now for whatever reason, I'm bad about signaling to other road bikes. I think its partly because there's not a great speed differential usually and I for one, know when someone is on my six. (Further if they are going more or less than the same speed as you, there's time to observe what they are doing and pass in a place where there's no one else around... as opposed to walkers that are for all intents and purposes stationary and like do do moronic things like turn around and go the other way for no reason without looking.)

So, rolling by the stadium I see this dude doing oh, maybe 17-18 mph, and there's no one around so, just before Batelle, I just roll by him...

Dude puts his hand up and screams at me, "Signal when you pass, you fucking asshole"

Like wow man, Bike path road rage. Pretty good stuff. So, at 3rd Ave, there's the under the bridge switch back where you have to cross the river. so, this clown is now "chasing me" - wtf? Now, keep in mind, I didn't cut him off, I didn't get close to him really, and I was going like 25 mph when I passed him so, there was immediate separation. So, I just keep doing what I'm doing and run down to the end of Olentangy at the confluence... and the light is red at Spring or Long or whatever the fuck that is... and the guy is nowhere to be seen, so I figure he punched out on goodale or whatever... so, sucking on some GU, since I was on the hammer since 161... light changes, and here comes mister road rage.... dip[Mark May] passes me on the right and doesn't signal... :lol:
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did you get in a fight or what?
 
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My one serious run in with a motorist had me going warp speed after he went back in his truck reaching for the gun rack.
You can't outrun bullets, man! I can be really , really fast when I need to be!
 
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