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Transplant wrote:You've got to be suicidal to ride a bike on the roads around here. There aren't even bike lanes on most roads. Every time I see a cyclist in the right lane on curvy streets with cars having to slam on the brakes not to hit them I wonder why they don't pick a safer hobby, or ride somewhere else. Safer hobbies of course would be things like combat photographer, recreational astronaut, helium balloon chair riding, gator wrestling, home based explosives R&D. Etc.

Regarding the cyclist that is in the OP; these activist types that set out to change the world need to wake up and see that the world is the way it is. Trying to force conversations like that with the wrong person is either going to result in this guy getting discovered dead on the side of the road somewhere, or he'll spend all this time yelling about this and no one will listen and he will have wasted his energy instead of doing something good his life. There are worse things in Houston than people giving cyclists 32" instead of 36".

jmra wrote:

gringo pistolero wrote:

jmra wrote:

android wrote:YOU are the most important person in the country and the rest of us should never forget that.

Actually it has nothing whatsoever to do with me.

However, it does sound like the attitude of someone who mounts a 3 foot horizontal pole on his vehicle.

Now that's a thought. I could mount a 3 ft pole to the side of my truck to help me gauge the distance. I'm sure I'd only hit a few before I got it right. (of course my response is tongue in check).

Here's my ride. I think cyclists will give me 3 ft clearance.

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jmra wrote:Will get flamed for this but IMHO bicycles do not belong on most roadways. There should be a minimum speed requirement for all roadways. The vehicle you are operating should be able to consistently maintain that speed. If it can't it doesn't belong on the road.
It amazes me that we don't let dirt bikes, ATVs, and gas powered golf carts use roadways but we let 12 year olds on bicycles on the roads. Simply doesn't make any sense.