Clearing debris from roadway
03-29-07, 08:06 AM
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We have a few bike lanes around the city. Sometimes as I'm driving down one there are these 5000lb metal objects placed right in the middle and sometimes I give them a good kick as I go by. They don't usually move but sometimes there seems to be some movement from inside these objects.
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Originally Posted by Godwin
We have a few bike lanes around the city. Sometimes as I'm driving down one there are these 5000lb metal objects placed right in the middle and sometimes I give them a good kick as I go by. They don't usually move but sometimes there seems to be some movement from inside these objects.
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Originally Posted by Hambone
One of my new favorite stress relievers is to f* with the mirrors of the delivery trucks which park in the bike lanes here in NYC. (FedEx seems to think that the bike lanes are their own personal double parking zone. They don't even take the curb when they can. I think it is because they are afraid another Fed Ex truck will box them in.)
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06-10-07, 06:44 AM
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I move things off of the highway frequently: limbs, garbage cans, garbage bags, etc. I'm a retired highway engineer who was in charge of a road system for many years; I can't help myself. 
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06-10-07, 07:08 AM
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I don't typically move stuff off the road as noted previously since it would be a walk.
If your on a group ride PLEASE communicate when there is debris. Yesterday on the local Saturday morning latte ride (~40 riders) there was a pile up when one of the riders hit part of a downed tree branch. One guy either broke his collarbone or dislocated his shoulder (and trashed his frame) and the other banged up his knee bad.
Be safe.
If your on a group ride PLEASE communicate when there is debris. Yesterday on the local Saturday morning latte ride (~40 riders) there was a pile up when one of the riders hit part of a downed tree branch. One guy either broke his collarbone or dislocated his shoulder (and trashed his frame) and the other banged up his knee bad.
Be safe.
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If I stopped to clear stuff from the mup or bikepaths around here I might as well give up riding forever. There is so much crap that I'd be off the bike more than on it.
06-10-07, 10:22 AM
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I've found (2) used syringes w/ needle on the side of the road on two different occasions in the same spot. Fearing kids would get hold of them I destroyed and buried them.
